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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1926
Page
2
To clean patent leather shoes use a simple method. Remove mud or dirt first then rub in a small amount of vaseline. Leave the vaseline until you plan to wear the shoes, then wipe off and polish with a proper cream.
Capper's Weekly explains razors pull on rainy days because a strop loses grip in wet conditions. The editor notes the razor itself stays sharp, but moisture makes the strop slippery, causing poor edge on damp days.
Rio de Janeiro leads South America with a festive Mardi Gras from February 13 to 16. The city hosts exuberant celebrations as businesses pause and revelry fills the streets, highlighting the event’s inclusive, jubilant atmosphere across the period.
George K. Ashley, state geologist, reports a sample from Black Rock near Hanover in York County is coal but advises caution. He notes Triassic age coal mineable in Virginia but not Pennsylvania, and explains east of the Alleghenies coal is scarce outside Broad Top and anthracite regions. He adds Triassic coals in Pennsylvania are typically 6 inches to a foot and not workable.
Judge Frank Smith in Doylestown warns jazz fever harms home life and community. He likens modern social life to a merry go round as families neglect quiet evenings, golf, and bridge while chasing wealth and status. A record subscription note follows.
German farming is described with notes on labor, methods, and tools including women’s role in gardens and harvests. Conestoga wagons and Conestoga horses epitomize frontier transport. The piece covers moon calendars, folk beliefs, and land succession shaping farming life. It notes wheat and flour exports in 1751 and Pennsylvania’s role in feeding armies during the Revolution.
A glass bottle plant burned near Kane in McKean county last Thursday night causing about 45000 dollars in damage. The plant will be rebuilt immediately to fulfill two years of orders including 200 carloads of half pint flasks.
A poem excerpt by Theda Kenyon in Everybody's Magazine reconsiders the idea of a valentine. It contrasts fragile paper lace and rosy labels with a blunt, sincere admission of devotion, declaring in bold lines that love can be spoken plainly and freely to the beloved.
The Gonestoga Traction and Transportation Companies of Lancaster filed petitions with the Public Service Commission seeking permission to operate four motor bus systems. Ralph B. Hull, general manager, said the plan includes a Lancaster to Reading line and a Lancaster to Lebanon route via Manheim and Hulls Tavern.
Members of the Lancaster County Historical Society prepare a Sesquicentennial Exposition display in Philadelphia this year. The exhibit aims to portray Lancaster county’s role in winning American independence and its broader national history since that era.
Lancaster proclaimed New Station Day urged citizens to telegram W. W. Atterbury, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, to request funds in the 1926 budget for a new Lancaster station. Civic groups joined with hundreds of telegrams and about twenty resolutions demanding a new station. The railroad currently holds a station site north of the city.
The trace of the Andson's Bay company expedition from June 1719 led by James Knight to discover the Straits of Annan was discovered in 1767 when wrecked ships were sighted at Marble Island.
A Boston Transcript item notes that Fortune makes no advances and that her calendar contains no leap years. The brief quip frames the idea with a witty, period voice and reflects a light social observation from the era.
State of Julia Lutz late of Lititz deceased Letters of administration granted to the undersigned all persons indebted to the estate must pay immediately and those with claims present them for settlement to the undersigned Lititz PA R D 4 Ba Lem Lutz Administrator Zimmerman Myers and Kready Attorneys
Letters of administration issued for the Jacob McCreary estate in Warwick township. Debtors must pay promptly to Rothsville, Pennsylvania holder FRANK B. McCREARY. Creditors urged to present claims without delay to attorney H. Frank Eshleman.
Estate of Martha Bender of Warwick townshop requests immediate payment of debts and urges those with claims to present them promptly for settlement. Notices read from Lititz Route 4, undersigned executor residing there.
Letters of administration granted for the estate of Sarah Shreiner late of Warwick township. All those indebted are urged to make immediate payment and those having claims should present them at Lititz Pa Route 4 E. B. Tess.
Farmers shift to alfalfa hay for horses after trials show safety with precautions. Agronomy expert H R Cox notes feeding moderate amounts, about a pound per hundred weight, helps prevent overeating. Farmers mix alfalfa with timothy, corn stover, or straw and avoid dusty hay to reduce heaves and other issues.
The Legion of Honor was created by Napoleon on May 19 1802 to honor civil servants and eminent benefactors. Three-fifths of medals go to army and navy officers. World War I saw thousands awarded to soldiers and public servants with five classes led by the Grand Cross. Many Americans and British citizens received the medal and allied military leaders were honored after the war.
A concise note on entasis describing the swelling outward curve of a column shaft profile used to correct visual proportions. The principle explains how tapering and bulbous curvature create an illusion of straightness and strength in classical architecture.
The text explains entasis used to prevent concavity in column middles. In fine Greek Doric examples the swelling lies just below mid shaft, not hindering the steady taper. Entasis counters optical illusion that straight lines would appear curved inward, and is consistently applied in English churches.
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