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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1926
Page
7
Thrift Magazine notes in its survey that during the first nine months of 1924 the 25 leading cities showed a 17 percent rise in housing construction versus 1922, with 844 smaller cities and towns showing a similar gain. The data suggest a possible shift toward small towns as urban growth cools.
Residents of Polytechnic Fort Worth join a shade tree planting drive in their suburb. Local volunteers organize a community event to beautify streets and increase urban canopy with support from neighbors.
A resident of Avenue M sparked a successful parkway beautification, leading to trees lining every street in the suburb. Though initially limited, the idea spread, with each street choosing a different tree variety, making future drives shaded by sycamores, elms, and pecans along Texas routes.
Taking care of both exterior and interior home upkeep preserves investment and stimulates neighbor interest in maintenance. A well kept home enhances curb appeal and can ease sale, often fetching a higher price than a run down property.
Sheep are first class weed killers eating over eighty species of weeds and cleaning light brush on land in a few years. They efficiently use waste feed and peck beet tops, reducing grass and weeds around irrigation girdles and fences. Lambs provide meat for distant markets, aiding disposal of small carcasses. wool is a major product with substantial demand, using about 560,000,000 pounds annually and valued at around 20,000,000 dollars.
Local feed dealer advertises Zartman’s Laying Mash with dried powdered butter milk claiming 2075 protein for eggs and growing shoats. Also offers hen feed, mixed hay feeds, and all mill feeds delivered to Lititz and surrounding area each Thursday.
Charles T. Bray argues in Bulletin 304 from Colorado Agricultural College that protective tariffs on wood and other crops support home industry and farm profits. He stresses live stock use to consume unsold products and restore soil fertility, highlighting sheep as a key means to utilize wasteland and improve worn-out land in Colorado.
The Lancaster County prison inspectors present their annual report for the year ending December 31 1925. They note 185 prisoners convicted including cost prisoners, 21 more than 1924, with 607 persons charged with crime up from 470. Manufacturing output totals and stock valued at 5873.25 are detailed, along with expenses, boardings and profits from the caning department. Orders issued cover maintenance clothing fuel light salaries and manufacturing costs totaling 25 072 08 for current expenses and 410 87 for materials. Signed by F Shuman president and officers, affirmed before Notary Harry Conn on January 4 1926.
Yellowstone superintendent Aurace M. Albright is exonerated by a congressional committee after an investiga tion into park conduct. The report finds lodgers were disrupted by rangers acting under the superintendent.
Dr Samuel C Lind associate director of the United States Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory in Washington DC has been awarded the Nichols medal for research during the last year on chemical activation of alpha particles.
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