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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 14, 1926
Page
2
Letters of administration granted to Joseph B Wissler and Pereie Bear. All indebted persons must pay promptly and all claims should be presented for settlement to the administrators at Ephrata Pennsylvania.
In Williamsport a big Billy Sunday evangelistic campaign tabernacle left dust that yielded 26,60 in change later turned over to the Salvation Army. Shamokin Dam resident M D Greiner escaped a fall from his porch roof after sleepwalking during a vivid dream, suffering bruises and shock from an 18 foot plunge.
Abram Redeau of Milton and Leonard Noll of Dewart met for the first time since 1865 after hearing news of each other from a Milton newspaper. Both men served in Company B, 210th Pennsylvania Volunteers and had lived within six miles of each other since the Appomattox surrender. Redeau traveled to Watson town and then to Dewart to reunite with Noll, their tears showing their joy at the reunion.
Benjamin Franklin acted as Pennsylvania's resident agent in England for two terms. His first term ran from 1757 to 1762 and his second from 1764 until the start of the American Revolution.
A 1924 Western Newspaper On page offers home dining tips and recipes. Idle time guidance contrasts work and leisure while detailing desserts and dressings. Recipes include braised beef tongue, cherry tart, orange jelly, and a roquefort salad with olive oil and chili sauce. Dates with peanut butter suggested as a nourishing snack.
A guide on efficient home tasks urges teaching children to care for belongings, prepare meals on a porch with napkins, and use simple methods to save steps. It recommends soak-and-dry dish routines, magic mitts for peeling potatoes, and overnight gelatin desserts for wholesome, low effort meals.
County New SCHOOLS options in the northern and western Lancaster sections have been obtained by the Lancaster Board of Education. Schools will be needed soon to relieve growing congestion. directors plan to discuss proposed sites at next week’s meeting.
A counterfeit ten dollar bill bearing a likeness of President Jackson was passed at the first toll gate on the Lititz Pike. It was detected at the Conestoga Traction cashiers office and turned to the Lancaster Trust Company with federal authorities notified. Spurious notes have circulated in Lancaster County for nearly a year linked to an Italian counterfeit ring based in Lancaster and New York.
Two factions clashed at the Lancaster County Fair Association directors meeting over liquidation versus continuation of the fair. The pro continuation group won 15 of 25 director seats. A special meeting on Monday January 18 will elect association officers and decide next steps in the dispute.
Miller engineers advise raising a stored car to relieve tire strain and deflate air from all tires when storage lasts two months or more. For frequent use cars, such precautions are unnecessary. A cool ventilated room is ideal. avoid resting inflated tires on the floor to prevent rapid elasticity loss.
A fragment notes a growing mushroom-like crack in a concrete walkway joint in Nantucket. The pressure appears to have widened the joint, signaling potential damage to the path and the need for inspection and repair.
Beatrice, daughter of Major Audray, secretly marries John the plumber who aspires to be a mechanical engineer. The two families clash over class and duty as war looms, and Beatrice is later found at an aviation field with the major reunited with his daughter.
Mrs Myron B Johnson of Millville Pennsylvania reports two operations failed to stop a goitre four years later it began growing again with headaches palpitations dizziness breath difficulty throbbing in throat and head nervousness depression weight loss eye and neck pain. Within a week of using Sorbol Quadruple most symptoms subsided and the doctor could not find the goitre. She offers to share her experience and notes Sorbol is available at local drug stores or via Sorbol Company Mechanicsburg Ohio. Read the Record.
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