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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1915
Page
2
Retailers advertise a selection of coats and rain coats suitable for men boys and gift buyers. The notice highlights brown or grey serge rain coats and plain grey options, urging shoppers to choose a fitting gift for husbands fathers or friends.
Samuel Thuma celebrates eighty first birthday while local remarks note Marietta merchants and firm Thuma & Bro. Henry Miller removes a tree limb horseshoe mark from 1865. Farmers Week sessions planned by Pennsylvania State College to Dec 27 1915 and Jan 1 1916. County roads praised for smooth condition amid light rain and traffic. A stray cow from Benjamin Schaubach remains unfound. a rare sharp-shinned hawk shot by G N Mumma may join N J Harmon’s collection. Lancaster arrests for burglary heard before Alderman Bone. bail set or jail. Local lawyers expand into hardware business with Reilly and Moore acquisitions. A man shares a playful record of kisses with his wife through years.
All About Pop Corn ALE Paso Texas recounts Stanley Cobb applying for a marriage license to Margaret Corn. The clerk thought it a joke but relented after conviction, and Pop Corn opposed the union yet headed the husking list. The Lower End Farmers report rising petty thefts in Lancaster County, with hogs and poultry stolen from Union and Spruce Grove, alarming farmers as pork and birds are valuable. State Fire Marshal Baldwin urges safe Christmas tree decorating and recommends electric illumination only to prevent fires.
The Flowers-for-the-Living Club organized Friday night at the Chandler building with twenty charter members. Officers and a board of directors were elected, a constitution committee named, and an initiation fee set at 25 cents. Members agreed on a code to praise others, welcome strangers, and spread Christmas cheer, with a 10-cent fine for gossip and a conscience fund to be used at Christmas.
Mrs John Wissler of Lititz, famed as the county sponge cake champion, rose from obscurity to fame by baking hundreds of cakes for housekeepers. Lititz is also noted for fasnachts and superior pretzels, while readers are urged to buy and read the town paper for full local details.
The article surveys Mt Sinai as once sacred to ancient Egyptians and now reinterpreted by archaeology. It notes Flinders Petrie’s discoveries near the monastery of St Catherine, the Septuagint manuscript found there, and how new excavations reshape Moses’s revelation narrative. It describes Sinai’s geography, Bedouin inhabitants, and desert fortitude shaping biblical history and modern war context.
The piece notes that Shakespeare born 1564 died 1616 never saw a female role played by a woman. Women first appeared on stage with a troupe of French players in 1629, then in 1661 Pepys recorded women on stage, with Desdemona in 1660 cited as the earliest Shakespearean role played by a woman.
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