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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1928
Page
4
The Lititz Record lists B. BE Bach as editor and proprietor. Subscription is $1.60 a year. The notice notes storage at Lititz Post Office and formation as Second Class Matter.
The piece recalls how older travelers lugged heavy trunks to resorts, stressing the burden on porters and drivers. It contrasts with today’s lighter travel, noting shorter garments, fewer clothes, and the shift to suitcases, while anecdotes cite delayed baggage spoiling vacations in Lititz.
A Lititz note discusses tipping practices for summer help in hotels and restaurants. It recalls past resistance to tipping, explains low pay for workers and the rationale for tipping, and suggests a 10 percent guideline as a safe standard while warning against lavish, burdensome tips.
Rev Israel and wife Abram Gray bill and family visited Clayton Hershey near Mt Hope over Sunday. Todd and wife Galen Balmer and family attended the Krauss reunion at Reinholds on Sunday. R and Adams and family were Hershey on Saturday. Jeanne F Benedict Lancaster spending week with Evelyn M Aument. Nathan C Frey and family Buck's Mill visited Samuel C Meey over Sunday.
Families including the M Elmer Burcher and Weist clans gathered at Hershey Park and Mountain Park Schaefferstown for reunions. The Ober family attended a Zartman reunion at Brvilla Emanuel Church. School opens in township on August 27. Lester Keller visited Gettysburg. Virgie Wealand visited Margaret Gerhart.
Mrs Adams of Hammer Creek church motored to Tershey on Sunday. Mr P O Hiser visited his sister Mrs Hannah O Mellinger near Mt Airy and she remains confined to bed with illness. Rev and Mrs T W Gerhart and daughter M Phoebe of Columbia visit the former's parents for several days this week.
Mrs Walter Ehrhart hosted a Sunday dinner with Prof John Ehrhart and family, Ray Hartman of Wilkes Barre, Mrs ab ram Hackman of Lititz, Elmer Good and children, Parke Good family, Fianna Hollinger family, John Hartranft and kin, Emanuel Bry of Mannheim, Haniel Wentling family, Eugene and Howard Lutz at the Groff reunion, Edwin Lats family, Filbert Brown and mother, Aly Abrams Hackman, Mrs Sara Hackman, Mrs Isaac Garman, Mary Ober, and others visiting from Lititz, Bainbridge, Manheim and Brownstown. The gatherings centered on cousins and friends visiting throughout the area.
The Joint S S picnic to Rocky Springs drew many locals from Brownstown and Talmage last Saturday. Cammons family reunion planned at Sandy Beach meadow. A daughter born to Mr and Mrs Wert Sunday morning. Esther Weidman celebrated on Tuesday with a small party. Various residents enjoyed visits and trips to Philadelphia Atlantic City and New England States.
Uncle Ad explains that a distinctive mark or phrase builds trust and value for a business. He urges choosing a feature to advertise, backing every promise, and making the feature familiar to customers, noting the process grows a valuable asset. Seabee!
The piece notes that Muga silk is produced by Asseu and Gri silk comes from cacarpillars fed by eastor oi plant. It claims high value in India and mentions a silk that can be spoken without harming three conns, while asserting silk is worn by a strict minded group.
Aurelian philosophy advocates cooperation and condemns acting against others as against nature. The speaker urges self-command to forgive understand and love, embracing harmony with neighbors and self.
The piece warns that Canada thistle is widespread in Berks County, affecting farms and vacant lots alike. It explains that eradication requires community effort, outlines enforcement under the 1885 1923 amendments, and details methods such as cutting destroying roots and crop rotation to suppress seed production.
Weekly sale items include 25 lb Franklin sugar at 51.49, two 1 lb packs, 15¢ Heing canned beans, 2 cans 35¢, New Peas 2 cans 19¢, Sugar Wafers, Grape Juice, MOR. FT. Coffee priced in a compact list format for quick shopper reference.
Travelers and relatives from Cincinnati Perth Amboy and Lititz visit, attend reunions, and vacation along Atlantic coast. Residents share auto trips, summer visits with siblings and cousins, and care updates as Lititz social scene includes many named locals and extended family cameos.
Fragmented text suggests a commenter or editor noting minor errors to perfect a word by removing slight mistakes. It mentions TP and a couple of vague phrases but no clear event, names, or places. The readable content is too fragmentary to identify a full news item.
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