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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1925
Page
2
Do not let the air in the house become too dry. Place an open vessel of water on or near radiators to prevent dryness. Excessively dry air harms furniture and reduces heat efficiency. If you doubt your heating plant, don’t blame the coal. check the stove or furnace with an expert.
If your furnace is faulty consult smaller anthracite like pea and buckwheat before expensive repairs. Buckwheat costs about half of larger sizes and can cut your coal bill. Ensure the pipe damper is open and the check damper closed to keep dust in, and monitor radiators to prevent cold air buildup.
A brief admonition on proper fireplace care warns wives against letting ashes accumulate under the grate as it worsens the fire and damages grate bars. It suggests keeping the fire well filled, avoiding tinkering, and shaking the ashes twice daily. It also notes that fortunes are often found between discarded Bible pages.
A 12-year-old boy found a dead baby beneath a Midland house on December 31 as detectives pursue leads. Burrs in the hair suggest the body was brought from elsewhere while a dog stood guard over the grave. Also, the Highway Department began mailing 1925 driver license applications January 1, with about a million packets planned and only two questions required.
The Chicken Plague fears have prompted Pennsylvania to impose a strict quarantine to safeguard its poultry industry. State authorities emphasize the industry is valued at over 50 million dollars and remains a leading economic concern, with regional trade impacts in the eastern United States.
Montoursville retired rural mail carrier John F. Updegraff logged 171000 miles and handled about 2112000 pieces of mail over twenty two years in service. He was absent only eleven days due to illness. He noted rural population declined since he began delivering, blaming youth leaving farms for city life.
In Lancaster police court Ernest Sprout of Lititz Avenue was jailed for failing to deliver Christmas trees sold to fathers and mothers on Christmas Eve. Patrons testified they paid for trees, waited, searched for replacements at the last minute, and found only disappointment.
Lancaster county farmers opened the season with a round table in the Farm Bureau rooms. Frank M. Payne of Frederick Maryland spoke on Marketing Nearby Hennery Eggs, sharing decades of experience in aligning local egg prices with New York and Western markets.
Squire A B Myers of Millersville former Register of Wills resigns to Governor Pinchot amid prosecutions by motorists he fined illegally. It is intimated that additional suits pending will be dropped as a result of his resignation.
Monroe Bingaman of Ephrata was given a hearing before Alderman Hiden in Lancaster on a manslaughter charge tied to the December 22 killing of Edward Turbiani of Reamstown after a auto strike on Reamstown streets. Bingaman posted 1500 bail for the next court term. Railroad veteran W Homer Stover of Columbia was placed on the Pennsylvania railroad honor roll and pensioned after fifty years of service. William Spence, Lavine furnaces employee, survived after leaping into the Susquehanna canal as an ore furnace exploded, his clothes aflame, and colleagues pulled him to safety.
A bobcat escaped from Happy William Darrencamp's pen last week after a cage was opened by a son to feed them. Darrencamp had reared the tame pair from kittens. the male and female were kept separately and handled frequently. The female grew ferocious at times, suggesting an escape risk.
A Reading household owned by John Padison was set ablaze Monday morning as a frozen water pipe was thawed. Family members escaped in scanty attire before firefighters extinguished the blaze.
Otto Boltzhauser, a Pittsburgh truck driver, gave his life to save children sledding in the street. The parked heavy truck rolled downhill on a sharp grade. Boltzhauser chased it, jumped aboard, and steered it into a pole, breaking his back to prevent a greater tragedy.
The piece describes Chippewa fishing using live squirrels as bait. A squirrel is fastened to a hook and cast into the lake. The water stirs, attracting large fish which are then caught. The narration notes the method as cruel but effective and suggests it would suffice for others.
A year’s memorial list from January to February records numerous deaths across Lancaster area. Names include Amos Hostetter of East Petersburg age 44 and Jacob Longenecker of Ephrata age 70, with a wide range of ages and local church affiliations such as Brethren, Lutheran, Moravian, and Mennonite. The list names burial sites including Lincoln cemetery, Mellinger’s, Fairview, Rothsville Lutheran, and United Zion.
A jumble of aged individuals and place names from Manheim and Lancaster appears, including references to Phares Snyder aged 389 years and Mrs Catherine Hammer aged 42, with Lutheran church mentions and note of continued reading on page 6. The text also cites a motivational line about saving and a derisive reference to Connecticut nicknamed the Nutmeg State.
A report notes the swift as the fastest bird with a feeding speed near 70 miles an hour while its top speed remains unknown. An anecdote mentions a swallow allegedly flying 105 miles an hour from Roubaix to Paris, adding mystery to avian velocity.
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