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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1919
Page
2
Clayton Brubaker returned to his parents home in Elizabethtown last Tuesday in a touring car with a woman he said was his wife. The next day both were jailed at the request of Moline police. Brubaker faces charges of stealing the automobile and the woman of deserting her husband.
The proposed expansion would extend Yellowstone National Park 30 miles south of the current boundary, incorporating Jackson Lake and surrounding scenery in Jackson Hole. The area would add elk grazing grounds and prime trout fishing waters, with Victor Idaho listed as the nearest rail hub and several accessible auto routes noted.
Farmers report abundant water this season with streams full and no dry wells or springs. If July and August bring heavy rain, scarcity is unlikely. Most mills have engines for low water, but many operated without using them all summer.
Carl H. Brown of Montgomery says he was struck by lightning three weeks ago and rendered unconscious. Since then he has rapidly shed weight at about five pounds weekly, though he does not recommend this method to others.
A fragmented dialogue opens with a girl asking for names among boys in line. The first answers Tom, corrected to Thomas, while the next boy replies Jackas, highlighting mispronunciations and confusion in a playful scene.
Prof George Lee of Latrobe is elected supervising principal of Marietta public schools. J M Rowelag sold 1918 tobacco crops at 19 and 6 cents. York welcomes soldiers on September 27. The 4 mile Marietta Columbia pike sold to the state for 5000 dollars. West Point cadet Guy H Stubbs named from the district. A brick house in M mplra sold for 12000 dollars to George Roger. Merchant Barr Spangler, 95, made an auto trip with kin to Harrisburg Gettysburg Shippensburg and York, covering 170 miles. Lightning struck James Hrabst home at Klinesville, roof damaged. Centreville house struck. Baltzer Renninger family shocked and one daughter scorched.
U K seeks DoJ and IRS rulings after a constituent asks Senator Simmong if he may legally make cider under the prohibition law. The attorney general advised the Treasury secretary that cider is not a vinous liquor and thus not prohibited, though farmers fear possible crackdown.
Marine private Kauffman of the Fifth Marines brought a small deer from a Rhine border forest to his Norwood home near Columbia. The creature, eight inches tall, roams the royal forests of the former Kaiser. He plans to keep and raise the deer at his father’s Norwood farm. Kauffman fought at Chateau-Thierry starting June 6, 1918.
Allentown health board imposes penalties on two milk sellers for dirty bottles. Pilgrim & Meyer Co takes over Humuelstown Shoe Factory to convert it into a weaving plant. Major Baylor brings the first German captive, a police dog Boots, to York. Krick of Decatur visits Berks county for a funeral. A weasel kills thirteen hens. the family collects a pelt from the weasel. Tlershey Chocolate announces a 10 percent pay raise for 3000 district employees. Veterans organize retail food orders after a Wilkes-Barre food-handling dispute. J Holland Good heads to Shanghai for Bethlehem Steel, with planned moves to Honolulu and Tokyo. A long winter forecast from local clans Hicks and Goosebone. John 8 Myers, 100 next January, veteran of Mexican and Civil wars, long service in frontier conflicts, with a large Pennsylvania family in Birmingham.
On the State Road between Buck and Mc Call's Werry a flock of over fifty geese draws attention. Though some are this season's hatch, all are full grown and large. Herbert Graybill sustainably raises geese each year with steady customers, boosting farm income. Lancaster New Era.
Henry Parish of Meddybemps Maine counted peas for nearly a month to win 2.50 from neighbor Wainwright. Parish boasted he could count a million peas by January, counting 100000 by Saturday night and submitting jars for validation. Wainwright agreed to eat the peas if miscounted. now both men await the final tally as Parish insists the bet stands.
Bathing participants at Mt. Gretna camp meeting must wear long garments reaching two inches below the knees and stockings when using the Conewago bathing beach. The rule applies to everyone over ten years old and is led by the United Brethren in Christ Campmeeting Association president Congressman Aaron B. Kreider of Annville.
An aged German couple quarrels at home and the wife sighs that heaven would be pleasant. The husband mockingly asks to try heaven in a beer garden. The wife retorts that the husband always tries to pick the best for himself.
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