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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 18, 1937
Page
2
Miss Rosie Hoerger 71 of Lancaster died at Lancaster General Hospital Thursday from bronchial pneumonia. Survived by niece Katie Hoerger and nephew Charles of Lititz, brother Christ of Auburn NY, and another nephew of Pittsburgh.
Mrs Emma Peters 85 former Middletown resident died suddenly at United Zion Home near here Tuesday night from a heart attack She was admitted to the home last September She is survived by one sister Mrs B C Settle of Conshohocken Pa and a number of nieces and nephews
John Joseph Pendleton 70 of 1 Lincoln Avenue died Monday of a heart attack after a brief illness. A retired carpenter, he had lived in Lititz for about three months after moving from Chester. Survived by his wife two sons Charles and John Joseph Jr a sister Mrs Elizabeth Hewitt. Services at 3 today at the home with interment in Evangelical Cemetery Beck Bros funeral directors.
Nathaniel B. Leaman aged 76 died at his home 147 E Main Street at 1130 p m Wednesday night after an illness of more than two years He was a director in Farmers National Bank for many years and helped organize the Hershey Leaman lumber and building supply firm in the area He was a prominent local figure
The Farmers National Bank of Lititz as administrator of A. F. Webber deceased filed in the Lancaster County Orphans Court for private sale of a two acre eight perches lot with a two and a half story frame house in Kissel Hill Warwick Township. Sale price set at 2500 dollars. Hearing scheduled March 4, 1937 at 10 a.m. Objections must be filed with the Clerk prior to the hearing. Joseph B. Wissler, Attorney.
Prominent Lititz businessman who helped organize a chocolate firm and boosted local real estate across the east end dies aged near century mark. Survived by his wife Annié Risser and twelve children, plus relatives. Services held at Lititz Mennonite Church with Hess cemetery burial. funeral director R. M. Spacht.
Miss Frances McGinnis visited Elizabethtown to see Mrs. Minnie Stephens and others. Mrs. Eliza beth Hepp and Mrs. Mabel Hertz were in Bethlehem on Sunday. They called on Mrs. B Hagen who is ill and attended Communion at Central Moravian Church. They also visited Mrs. Marguerite Long Beiler in Auf town. Randolph Bricker spent the week end in Lititz.
The Cologne cathedral, the largest Gothic church in northern Europe, began in the 13th century and was completed in the 19th, reflecting its centuries long construction.
The earliest church and public clocks used weights and wheel work with a vibrating regulator and escapement to keep time. The Strasbourg cathedral clock, begun in 1352, illustrates medieval ingenuity. later dials added moving hands and Greek water clock ideas.
Land's End is a high granite headland in Cornwall England about 60 feet tall with sheer cliffs and jagged rocks. It marks the southwestern tip of England and serves as the entrance to the English Channel from the Atlantic Ocean.
The December 16, 1811 earth tremors in the Mississippi bed south of the Ohio River mouth caused town destruction and formed Reelfoot Lake.
A Scientific American writer notes high grade bond papers come from rag stock or sulfite pulp and that white paper can be produced from sulfite pulp and old paper if the latter originated from sulfite. Old paper must be sorted to remove groundwood, screened to remove wires and strings, and bleached and washed to remove ink.
The article notes rubber was first marketed in Europe in the eighteenth century and was used to rub out lead pencil marks.
One of the strongest fibers known is made from the hemp plant covering. The interior woody part yields 90 percent cellulose, useful for by products including writing paper.
The shield commonly used as a modern Jewish emblem appears not to have ancient Hebrew roots but likely originated in the Middle Ages, with one authority suggesting possible derivation from the Templars.
A railroad diagram notes the point of contact between track and wheels as no more than the width of a halix line. The description emphasizes a precise measurement for track wheel interface in the mechanical layout.
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