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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1914
Page
4
The piece urges a generous, thoughtful Christmas toward others. It asks readers to share joy broadly, visit or write to friends, and show appreciation rather than focus on gifts, framing Christmas as a season of connection and kindness.
An old Christmas meditation recalls the Nativity and the enduring message of peace on earth. It reflects on Jesus as a modest birth, the example of virtue, and the season’s drive to kindness, selflessness, and humanitarian action.
M F Longenecker of near Denver sold three acres of Havana to A N Wolf of Akron at 16 and 2. The Lancaster Intelligencer notes steady buying over ten days at 10 to 12 cents by quality. Buyers expect wider activity after New Year as tobacco stripping proceeds and most of the crop awaits inspection.
Slaughterer Frank Edwards reported two heavy hogs weighing 429 and 455 pounds. Jacob Dissinger moved to Linnaeus Miley’s Locust Street home and plans work with Hershey Lehman contracting. Rev F P Meyser preached at Emanuel Lutheran. Emanuel Sunday school to perform The Message of Joy on Dec 27. James Coleman chapel to present Christmas Eve program on Dec 24. Rev Weitzel preached a trial sermon for Brickerville Lutheran charge on Dec 18. Funeral of Harvey Kline’s child held at St John’s church with burial in St John’s cemetery. Jennie and Arden Reifsnyder visiting Lancaster with siblings.
Christmas preparations appear everywhere in Penryn with electric lights wired at J. T. Weber and Theo Wolfskill homes and brisk shopping to Lancaster. Local schools and societies host programs, debates, music, and Christmas services. Several residents recover from illness, others attend funerals, weddings, or family gatherings as winter events unfold.
Mrs Adam Trostle and Mrs John Bollinger visited Ephrata Lancaster and Mountville for a Christmas festival at Johnstown school led by Miss IdaS Lauser. Millbach Springs held a Christmas program with Arthur H Keener as teacher. weathered patrons offered a repeat on Dec 28. John Miller withdrew a four acre southern town property from public sale.
It will pay you well to call at Bolster Bro s Granite and Marble Works in Ephrata to see their large stock of latest designs Over 25 carloads to select from at special low prices All work guaranteed first class Special bargains for the next sixty days All work set up next spring or summer If you can t come write or phone.
The balsam fir makes the best Christmas tree with regular form and deep green foliage, better than spruce. Thinning young forests prevents loss and favors the best formed trees, while overcutting spruce and fir risks state losses. Christmas trees are a legitimate byproduct of managed forests and six foot trees command strong demand.
An aged king Ferdinand and a friar scene unfold as a coin is broken to reveal blood. The friar denounces royal greed and warns that even kings deeds cry out from mortal things. The tale ends with the call to give wealth to the people and to God.
The article extols handmade Christmas decorations over store bought ornaments. It urges using nuts, cranberries, crabapples, oranges, popcorn, gingerbread figures, tissue paper, and paper crafts to create meaningful, personalized tree adornments. It highlights simple, at home materials and inventive techniques.
Linen items listed include table cloths napkins towels and pillow cases with Mercerized and all linen options. Prices range from 5c to 20 per set for table linen ensembles and up to 5.00 per dozen for napkins, with wide sizes and finishes including damask and hemstitched options.
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