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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 26, 1931
Page
2
Lancaster officials report a Harrisburg Real Estate Board complaint against a Lancaster City woman selling Florida land to Amish and Mennonite locals without a license. No sales occurred, so prosecution not pursued.
In Spokane Washington unemployed and homeless men have converted an abandoned brewery into a makeshift hotel for the jobless. Local businessmen donate mattresses utensils and lumber while grocers supply food. The venture is led by a quoted organizer calling himself the King of the Vagabonds with house rules banning intoxicated guests and alcohol on the premises.
The text traces the word match to the Greek Latin roots likely from myxa meaning a lamp nozzle. It notes 1837 as a literary reference to matches and explains the term’s evolution from a candle wick to a modern match. The earliest use in its present sense is dated to 3430.
The British province in India covers 1 004 800 square miles. Protected native states or agencies total 711 082 square miles. Combined, India's total area equals 1 805 332 square miles.
Lexington area social notes list Mr and Mrs Charles Baer Mr and Mrs John Singer Mr and Mrs Kermit Singer Mr and Mrs Morris Carpenter and daughters Pauline and Marguerite and Rudy Carpenter hosting a turkey dinner at Mr and Mrs Mary Baer in Lititz Norman Kline and others attended meals and visits across Lititz Bird in Hand Elizabethtown College Lehigh area neighbors and relatives appear at various Sunday dinners and calls including Stoner families Weidman Keller Weidman Hoffer Steffy Koch and Hilton households with extended kin and friends from Manheim Rothsville Brunnerville and East Petersburg.
The W M A societies of the Lutheran and U B churches plan Woman's World Day meetings Monday evening at Mrs C E Rice home. The Golden Rule Class of the U B Church met Tuesday at Mr and Mrs Rufus Brookmyer home. Mr and Mrs Harry Krick hosted guests on Sunday.
Mr and Mrs Elmer Shreiner of Lancaster and other relatives return from Florida. Mr and Mrs Lloyd Roland Annie Kline Mrs Butt and daughter Elizabeth of Akron visit Hiram Fulmer Lititz. Vernon Foreman and son Russell of Manheim join Edwin Reijdenbaugh. Mary Zwally and Betty of Lititz visit John Rothfus family. John Hornberger of Lititz calls on Jacob Hornberger.
The item lists numerous local visits and social events in Penryn including Biemesderfer and Hassler gatherings, Mrs. J M Rineer visit, Brownstown and Lititz residents calling on friends, lectures at Grace Evangelical Church, and various meetings. It notes officers elected for Jerusalem Reformed Church Woman's Missionary Society, World Day of Prayer observance, and a largely attended funeral for C B Kauffman. E P Will and other locals appear on the sick list while several families host and visit throughout Sunday.
Barrisburg-Huanters licenses set for 1931 wine color with white numerals and letters. Games Commission authorized an order for 544,000. A Salvation Army group traveling in a motor truck between Chambersburg and York were overcome by carbon monoxide gas. ten women and seven men were revived after arrival at the citadel. Coatesville victim Marion Baker, 28, of Downingtown, seriously ill after taking poison pills. A check case saw a defendant’s bad check charge withdrawn as family made good. Lancaster missing John Firestone, 60, an itinerant farmer, last seen three weeks ago. In Philadelphia a rummy game between two young married women escalated to a fight and then a damages ruling of 41 in favor of Mrs. Baker.
In a case described as unusual, Mrs Balter testified that she was the injured party after an electric train was thrown at her. The jury heard her account alongside defense contention challenging the sequence of events and responsibility.
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