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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1922
Page
4
The town improves its image and business prospects through careful maintenance of homes and streets rather than costly architecture. Residents who repair fences, paint houses, and tidy up shed a sense of order, inspiring neighbors and boosting the town’s progress.
A writer describes turning around a poorly disciplined school by inviting mothers to meet at the school every fortnight. The mothers joined in discussions and reviewed pupils work, leading to improved reading, spelling, and handwriting as children strove to impress the mothers.
A fragment notes that Lititz parents facing school work or discipline issues can often improve conditions through personal cooperation and collective effort.
Neighborhood neighbors gathered at the Wiest home to honor Miss Sadie S. Wiest on her birthday with a party. A separate crate gift event celebrated Mr Sam E. Ferry on his birthday with help from Mrs Eli Hartman and Mrs Katie Romig. Some relatives visited Pennville while illness kept a grandparent at home and snow delayed three workers from returning home until Monday.
John S Hess receives seven cars of Maine seed potatoes from northern Aroostook County seed farmers. The seed, grown under Department of Agriculture supervision, includes the Early Surprise variety and Cobbler type. Over 5000 bushels expected to meet city and town需求 with good weather.
Muhlenberg Glee Club presents a varied program including piano vocal and violin solos a quartet a skit and novelty act. Notable performers Howard Winkleman and Luther Bennyhoff will headline with pieces from Prof J M D Brown and Prof Harold Marks. Tickets go on sale February 7 at Dr C E Lanes office and the public is urged to attend.
Borough accounts show carfare salaries and various labor costs. Names include Clarence Kreider C Walter Miller E E Breneman C T Ritchie Amos Brubaker Peter Adams Haydn Long J F Zug Charles H Birkenbine Daniel Ludwig and George Eicher with items for labor snow shoveling hauling and dumping, concrete work and street maintenance.
Ledger shows the Lititz Borough 1921 general account with balances and expenditures across departments. Notable items include water department receipts, tax collections, street department stone and hauling costs, street lights, and various licenses and fees. The document reflects a receipt and expenditure basis and lists loan information and departmental line items.
The Brunnerville schools announce a spelling bee to be held Saturday March 4. Miss Hettie Hess and Mrs Roy Doster are listed as the teachers involved.
Irvin L Femrite of Des Moines Iowa outlines guidance for ex service men seeking government land grants. Applicants must inspect land and prove habitation and cultivation based on military service credit. Arid lands near Sentinel Arizona offer limited homestead options with specific costs and improvements.
A fragment from a 1921 publication presents a waffle recipe with rich indulgent phrasing. It includes ingredients such as cream sugar flour baking powder and salt and describes beating yolks and whites separately before folding into the batter and cooking on a hot waffle iron.
An ice storm destroys years of care and nurture as trees are split and mangled. Wires and schedules may be restored quickly, but living trees take generations to replace. The Worcester Telegram notes that shade and neighborhood assets vanish in a single night.
A humorous look at rain policies for vacations explains how buyers insure against wet weather. It notes English origin and US practice using weather bureau data to set rates, citing a $11 213.25 payout to the Waltham fair and a $25 000 policy for the Topeka Kansas free fair.
Brig. Jen Clarence R. Edwards argues army wives face a harder life and must be helped by reforms. He says wives and daughters of soldiers now have a vote and can influence Congress to secure comfortable conditions, warning that delaying change harms the military system.
A speaker offers to share plans to manage drafts to save money and keep a warm house. They propose telling an alarm clock to initiate drafts and pledge $100 toward a machine to show Educational Pictures for schoolchildren. They seek others to help make the children happy.
An old style meat market ad promotes chuck and rib roasts and sausage at 18 cents and pudding at 12 cents. It notes they do not sell meat broth and emphasizes fixed low prices.
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