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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1920
Page
2
Local notice records the Lititz Pennsylvania Post Office designation of material as second class matter under postal regulations, indicating a change in mailing status and handling for periodical distribution and related items.
Editorial urges Lititz area residents to support local banks as they enter a new business era. It highlights strong regulation, growing surpluses, and the banks' role in serving the community during postwar recovery. Residents are urged to view banks as a valued asset and to help sustain their progress.
Mrs Maude R Tarlay of Chicago a Fair Price Commission member urges cutting egg consumption and resisting costly coats to force prices down Attorney General Palmer echoes the idea noting 10 percent more work could drop prices by 20 percent The RECORD backs both but hints at other persuasive appealsEvans Lititz concedes patriot profiteering is not allied with patriotism and urges writing profits to a minimum
The government pursues the fourteenth census to determine state populations for House representation and direct tax apportionment. Lititz conducts the process, noting the national count was 3,929,214 in the first census and estimates a 1918 population around 105,125,800 with a likely 110,000,000 continental total for the new count.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference influenza in 1919 and a year of turmoil with mentions of epidemics and national strain. Readable bits hint at public health concerns and the era’s upheaval as the outbreak eased and the country faced a difficult postwar period.
The narrative recalls a mysterious epidemic of 1918 spreading from Europe to America. It caused severe fatalities in Lititz and across the nation, with no clear explanation for why the disease appeared that year. The region prays for never again such an agonizing period in history.
United Evangelical Sunday School officers were elected for the ensuing year led by Supt. E R Leib with B F Lutz asst supt and J G Conrad assist. sec. Jacob Mumma treas and Miss Katie Royer named librarian and Miss Hulda Ginder assistant. Church officers include Class Leader E R Leib asst leader R M Evans chorister E R Leib and trustees Harvey Meese and John Mumma. Local visitors and town residents mingled at gatherings as Carmel high school basketball beat Palmyra 40 16 then Camp Hill 43 23 at home, with Parkesburg scheduled Friday night.
Local families from Lexington and surrounding towns hosted and visited over the weekend. Clergy Rev Fretz and Rev A G Fahnestock joined guests Clara Rosenberger and John Dahman from Hatfield for Sunday services. Clara Metzler is improving after illness. Families including Hesss, Bolands, and Klines attended meals and social calls across Brunnerville, Hammertown Creek, and Rothsville with multiple visits noted.
Hon H Frank Eshlema laments urban excesses and the movie screen's sway over rural life. He critiques postwar disintegration, rising divorces, mass politics, wage wars, and a fragile world order, urging rural leadership and compulsory ballot power to unite public opinion and save the republic.
A lady manager places an office job ad seeking an experienced fireman. An efficiency expert asks why. She replies she cannot bear to discharge anyone and hopes the veteran will do the firing.
Hopeland residents weigh pig feeding and eating as a municipal quip while listing oversized hogs from 400 pounds up. The tale notes property transfers, church activities, and a 1920 Sunday School officer slate at Hopeland U B Church with revival meetings ongoing.
John Fetter, son of Central hotel landlord and WWI veteran, plans a bold business move by purchasing the Hotel Monti cello in Atlantic City. Local arts lovers will see the Kent stock company perform three nights in the P O S of A hall starting Monday. The city also reports progress on the firemen's fair and upcoming home improvements by Corporal L A Hetrich. Catechetical classes were held at the Reformed and Lutheran church led by Revs Bachman and Sechantz. Mr and Mrs Samuel Harttanft visited Schoeneck to see their grandson Samuel Hehnly on New Year.
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