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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1922
Page
2
Elder Samuel R. Zag of Palmyra observes 63 years as a Church of the Brethren minister. At Landisville, Mrs. Susan Hershey aged 87 and her sister Mrs. Eliza Hershey aged 97 live together, reading and sewing daily without spectacles, finding happiness in contented routine.
Efhram Fry of Mediapolis notes corn brings only 40 cents a bushel while anthracite coal costs 22 per ton in his area. E S Geist of Blue Ball reports telephonic talk with brother Harry K. in Grand Forks, North Dakota, heard clearly across 2500 miles. John Durner, 82, near Martinsburg wears the same boots in winter for over thirty years. boots were made for Rev F A Rupley but proved too tight. Convict A-11285 at Rockview asks Agriculture Secretary Rasmussen for last eleven bulletins to study farming during nine months confinement. Snowshoe rabbits from Maine head to the state for distribution by Game Commission, with cotton tails and other rabbits from the Midwest and Kansas being tried.
The New Holland Brass Bronze and Aluminum Co in New Holland County secured a major order for 400 800 brass parts for automobile engines. The contract strengthens local industry and positions the firm for continued growth.
The Long Home for Aged Woman, founded by the will of Miss Catherine H. Lang of Lancaster, will be enlarged. A Lancaster township property once sold by Samuel Brubaker to George R. Miller in 1850 was not recorded at the courthouse until last week.
Lancaster county recorded 162 divorces and about 1600 weddings in 1921. More than 20 divorce applications remained pending as officials consider new rules. One proposal would appoint a court examiner to hear testimony instead of the attorney on the filing side.
The shopkeeper quotes fifteen cents a dozen for cream puffs inviting a housekeeper inside. She marvels at the price, claiming she usually pays four times as much. Tony jokes that she’s cheap and mentions closing the shop and a girl named Carlotta in a lighthearted, humorous exchange.
July 5 to October 28 reveals a long obituary list from Ephrata Lititz Manheim and surrounding towns. Names include John G Hirshman Ruth Elizabeth Andrews Harry E Baughey Mrs Harry Kocher Abner B Miller Sarah M Forney Cassandra Miller Benjamin E Wenger and many others with ages ranging from 12 to 94 across Moravian Mennonite Lutheran Evangelical and church graveyard sections.
A home kitchen guide links thrift to flavor with a boiled salad dressing and multiple salad recipes. It details steps for dressing with olive oil, butter, lemon juice and vinegar, plus mustard and peppers, then suggests Potato, Beet, French and Chicken salads with specific ingredient combos and serving notes.
Ruskin quotes warn that if you grow grapes for your neighbor he will grow grapes or grape shot for you, and you will reap what you sow, highlighting reciprocity in exchange and the consequences of actions.
The article praises fresh carrots and spinach as valuable foods, noting raw carrots suit meals well and can be grated into soups and salads. Spinach provides iron and minerals and pairs with egg and dressing. canned varieties are acceptable when fresh greens are unavailable. It suggests draining the canning liquid, using it in soup, and serving with butter and salt. fruit like peaches musk melon and pears appear in abundance, with buttermilk and sandwiches forming a balanced meal.
Descriptive fragment recalls a prairie fire sweeping across a sun scorched landscape. Heat and smoke distort the horizon, red glow of embers lingers after sunset, winds shift, cattle roam, and residents discuss fire guards and prospects of rain.
Read the Record notes that in mid ocean waves typically reach 30 to 40 feet, but occasionally a single enormous wave erupts at speeds over 100 miles per hour. Such waves can overwhelm ships from behind or ahead, reaching 400 feet and even extinguishing masthead lights, with calm days occasionally producing 150 foot surges.
A vivid portrait of Thomas Stukely as a flamboyant adventurer whose career blends marriage wealth piracy and exploration. He rises from obscure origins to grand schemes from Florida to Ireland engaging in battles and maritime ventures before joining papal forces at Lepanto as chronicled by the Chicago Journal.
Two New Yorkers installed bronze plaques in Cafe Beaux Arts to mark meeting their future wives. One plaque bears Happy Dawn September 1905, the other notes a meeting with the future spouse and twelve years since its installation. The inscriptions reference A ind L, Aere Perendins, MCMIX and a celebrated pay lawyer, with no request to alter.
The Buffalo physician Dr. Pierce of Bialo New York moved to Buffalo and offered his Gulden Medical Discovery a tonic for the blood. Made from a root extract it contains no alcohol and aims to improve pimples digestion and vitality. Consumers were invited to write for confidential medical advice and to request a trial package.
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