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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1931
Page
2
Exhrata-Whauat hosted what attendees called the area’s largest horse sale in ten years at Leber Sale and Exchange Stables. About 500 people watched 23 finest Kansas horses fetch average $128, while 16 acclimated horses sold from $15 to $120.
Doctor recounts starting a medical practice in a mining town with abundant saloons and poverty. He cites a whiskey bottle in a home and crying children as proof of alcohol’s harm, arguing Prohibition brought improvements and urging vets to witness the change.
A fragmented dialect note describes a person named Pertickler in Kerch, a shepherd figure, and a choir director warning of noise. It references children, adults watching, and bells, with unclear details about attendance or actions. The text also mentions entertainment and time, ending with a sense of ongoing wakefulness.
NEFFSVILLE NEWS reports U B Church members held Thank Offering services with a program including scripture readings and songs led by Mrs. T L Brooken and Mrs. Frank Leng. The collection of offering boxes was noted as part of the service. Other items cover Ladies' Aid gathering, mass meeting at A B Church led by Rev. Benner, a Lutheran class spelling bee, and a play in the High School at Neilsville. Residents visiting or hosting relatives are listed.
Local items note numerous Sunday visits across Baré ville Kleinfeltersville Manheim Rothsville and Lititz. Families including Hess Stoner Fahnestock Carpenter and Singer figure, with many residents hosting and visiting in a tight community roundabout. A surprise party honors Miss Jennie Enech with gatherings at several homes.
A fragmentary note reports a person named Sag Te collecting an aye that lived for about AOD years. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR. No further context on time, place, or actions provided.
A commemorative aratery marks the Raleigh colony site in North Carolina to honor Virginia Dare, the first child born to English settlers in the New World. The memorial recognizes Dare’s place in early American history and the colonists who established the venture.
Two elderly Wrightsville residents, Miss Marie Leber 86 and her sister Miss Mary Leber 81, died within 48 hours of one another from pneumonia and shock and double pneumonia, respectively, marking notable local losses in eastern York County. The sisters were daughters of the late Daniel and wife Leber and well known in the area.
Lutz and many residents including Mrs. H. Mohn Chas. Bear and Emma Imhoff received FREE Sugar last week. Tickets numbered 787 792 768 730 791 788 837 727 789 849 614 953 954 836 783 784 TRS 957 958 929 and 799 can win a 2 lb bag this Saturday. Bring ticket Friday or Saturday. Boiling Beef Joe Pudding 20¢ Sausage 24c 4 lbs for $1.10.
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