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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1929
Page
3
A new case of infantile paralysis in Lancaster raises the outbreak total to twelve with two deaths overall. Authorities note a week without a new report but urge parents to seek prompt medical attention for any mild fever or similar symptom in children. Hospital laboratories assist physicians in diagnosis.
A Yakima Republic reader voices a reform idea about starting a general clean‑up and the need to begin somewhere with practical steps. The tone is casual and aimed at encouraging action rather than debating phrasing.
County events include the Kauffman reunion at Long Park Lancaster with an active program and many attendees. Eph rata Farmers Day committee plans October event with officer elections and exhibit head appointments. Landisville hosts Sunday mortgage burning and musical selections led by former association president Samuel Boyd of Columbia. Lancaster Automo bile Club surpasses 12 000 members with 450 new applicants at Moose Theatre Elizabethtown, ranking second in PA. New Holland Legion festival displays elaborate fireworks with bands chicken corn soup and various diversions on the athletic field.
A desert camp tale follows the Red Shadow, a scarlet masked Frenchman leading the Rif f s against Captain Fontaine and a French girl. He reveals his past as Pierre Birabeau, a boy who feigned folly to hide his identity as a French officer, while the Riffs bargain for Margot Bonvelet’s safety amid tensions with Fontaine and his strained loyalties.
In Lancaster Pennsylvania August Term 1929 No. 24 Leroy F Meisky is commanded to appear September 16 1929 at 10 A M to show cause why Beatrice Meisky should not be divorced. Sheriff Pp P Dattsman issues the order. Also Helen R Kendig is summoned in Term 1929 No. 5 to answer why Omer Kendig should not be divorced, issued by Sheriff Pp P Dattsman.
In Hast and West Donegal and West Hempfield Townships farmers report slow readiness for cutting tobacco. Drought at planting and subsequent heavy rains caused plant losses necessitating replanting. Some farms show uneven growth, with about half the crop ahead of the rest. Overall quality is good but timing remains uncertain.
Reports indicate vegetables have grown well with a late potato crop promising a bumper harvest. Farmers note favorable weather and growing conditions boosting yields for the season.
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