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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1926
Page
3
In the storm season of December, Jerry Harmer faces a fatal accident linked to a drunk driver. A police inquiry, a strained family, and Jerry’s admission of love for the wounded man drive a moral reckoning. Prudence, Jerrold, and the officer unfold the social tensions of a Middle West town.
In a quiet room a purse glinted as a companion exits with a smile. Duane lies pale on a white bed, eyes closing then opening to a tender, wounding look as Jerry stands over him. He concedes he was treated badly, begging her acknowledgment.
A tense moment ends with a girl collapsing in tears then kneeling beside a bed. She turns to her mother in despair, finds solace in a gleam of joy as she presses a kiss to his shoulder, insisting the feeling remains the same despite renunciation.
Jerry surrenders to Duane s steady hope as hospital walls fade and plans for a shared future bloom. He hints at love and marriage, while Jerrold coordinates a stable path for Duane s business and Jerry s building dreams. The couple envisions a home, bank savings, and a life intertwined with Prudence and family.
Tokens of a bygone period dripped with sentiment and were essential in wooing. Now valuable as collectibles, these valentines fetch high prices among philatelists, with unique specimens commanding premium and certain varieties in keen demand similar to Mauritius stamps.
A nostalgic comparison of old fashion secrecy in valentines with modern open mail. The piece notes changes in sentiment from private to public display and recalls two brief anecdotes about John Archie Jones and Jimmie Hicks, highlighting societal shifts in romance.
In a 1925 Western Newspaper Union piece health commissioner Dr. Herman N. Bundesen warns that modern food controls, especially for raw milk, are needed to prevent typhoid, diphtheria, and tuberculosis. He cites epidemics and urges pasteurization, clean handling, and thorough washing of fruits and vegetables.
A compact Lititz advertisement lists Hershey and Gibbell Real Estate and Insurance with services for deeds wills mortgages and settlement of decedents estates. It notes notary public duties and legal papers at 18 Lincoln Ave Lititz PA and funeral director services with embalming and a lady assistant at 107 South Broad Street Lititz with Bell phone numbers 37-A-4 and 39-4.
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