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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1929
Page
2
A confectioner drafts a clock with parchment face, bees as hands, and bloom hour markers. Each hour the bees land on a blossom, while a note discusses stainless iron versus stainless steel by carbon content. The piece also includes Edgar A. Guest’s 1929 Christmas Seal meditation on generosity and mercy.
A Washington Star line quotes Uncle Eben advising caution in exposing truth where it may not be welcomed, urging slow speech and careful timing in discussing sensitive matters.
The text claims isinglass derives from air blubbers or sounds of fish and notes the finest isinglass is made in Russia. The statement links fish vocalizations to a material used in clarifying liquids and asserts a geographic quality standard.
The American Red Cross aided 120 disasters nationwide and abroad, spending 8 020 000 in relief and rehabilitation. The West Indies hurricane of 1928 caused the greatest losses, with 2 000 lives lost and 700 000 helped after a public fund of 4 883 725 62 plus 30 000 from Red Cross treasury. Thirty eight states were touched, with 204 counties affected and 28 counties hit twice.
The article notes sea foods contain higher iodine than vegetables or animals. It lists Gray shrimp crabs lobster smoked herring fresh salmon oysters codfish green beans bananas asparagus garlic cabbage green peas and tomatoes as notable sources.
Washington Star quotes Uncle Eben noting trouble is always hard to identify in advance and you cannot pick which kind you can manage. The wry remark emphasizes caution about anticipating difficulties.
Letters Testamentary granted to Morris Irvin and LeRoy Hoffer. Creditors urged to pay promptly and claimants to present claims for settlement. Addressed to Hopeland and Brunnerville Pennsylvania. Estate notices continue for Lizzie Lenhert and Frank S. McCreary with similar requests.
Phoenixville resident Phoenixville Fisher, 77, must pay $5 009.02 for medical treatment and board after a Phoenixville Hospital judgment was refused to be opened. He was badly injured in August 1924 when an iron beam crushed his leg at Phoenixville Iron Works and remained in hospital for nearly five years.
Former Governor Dr. M. G. Brumbaugh, president of Juniata College, warns Pennsylvania that tuberculosis remains a menace and calls for substantial aid to the State Tuberculosis Society. He urges funds to mobilize action, educate the public, and curb the disease through prevention, treatment, and early reporting.
The article explains land sections in the United States public domain, noting a section generally contains 640 acres and that original thirteen states were not part of the public domain. It mentions variability in section sizes across states.
The Boston Herald notes that Gray revised his poem and that Poe’s To Helen reached greater beauty in its final form, surpassing earlier drafts where lines like the glory that was Greece and the grandeur that was Rome did not appear.
Former Governor Dr. M G Brumbaugh accepts the chairmanship for Pennsylvania's Christmas Seals campaign and urged vigorous action against tuberculosis. He notes 6732 deaths in the state last year, 18 daily, with two thirds under 45, urging funds to support the Tuberculosis Society.
Saving the Children reports a dramatic drop in pulmonary tuberculosis among children under nine in Pennsylvania from 1910 to 1927. Officials and volunteers expand child health work, well-baby clinics, school health education, tuberculin tests, X ray programs, open air classrooms, nutrition classes, and summer camps to reduce adult TB risk.
Pennsylvania faces vast potential gains from improving child health. Despite progress, tuberculosis in 1928 claimed lives of children aged five and under. Each school age child represents value, with losses impacting education and economy. Communities must safeguard health through clean water, safe milk, housing, playgrounds, and early care, aided by Christmas Se.
The Keystone State reports 1928 tuberculosis deaths in Pennsylvania with a rate near 68.3 per 100 000 as the chief cause reducing life production. Eighteen lives ended on the last day of the year after an illness lasting two to one years during which patients are unable to work.
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