Local Postal Notice Entered as Second Class Matter
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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1913
Page
4
Doctors Disagree Over Diet and Taste Preferences
An array of opinions shows doctors debating diet with humor about personal taste. Dr. Woods Hutchinson advocates flexible meals including pie and steak served as desired, noting affordability limits for the opulent. The piece notes severe frost damage in Southern California with estimated losses near 20 million from growers and substantial impacts on shippers and railroads, urging irrigation and frost-control investments.
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Woods Hutchinson
St. Louis
Jack Frost
California
Florida
THAT RAILROAD CROSSING
A letter urges borough council to install a constant crossing watchman at Broad street after a near miss when a freight car struck a vehicle. It criticizes the warning gong as ineffective and notes obscured sightlines due to a chocolate factory and sidings. The piece calls residents to push railway safety measures to protect lives.
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Broad Street
Punishment of burning women in Saxon and Norman England
The article notes that burning women alive existed in Saxon England for slaves and persisted under Norman rule for crimes including killing a husband and treason until 1790, with public whipping ending in 1817 and private whipping by 1820. It contrasts these punishments with Roman circuses and inquisitorial displays, citing Judge Jeffreys’ harsh orders during executions.
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England
Local families gather for Sunday at Brubaker and Hallville sale
Levi M. Zug of Lampeter hosted relatives including Frank Bear and Aldus Kready. Visitors attended Mrs. Leda Todd's public sale near Hallville. Benjamin Hacker and Wayne Kline families visited relatives. Lincoln Todd, two, broke an arm after a porch fall near Hallville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levi M. Zug
Lampeter
Frank Bear
Frank and
Paul
White Oak
Harry Kready
Lancaster
Aldus Kready
East Petersburg
Levi Zug
Brubaker
Leda Todd
Hallville
William Hacker
Lincoln
Benjamin Hacker
Wayne Kline
Brunnerville
John Euck
William Todd
Lecture in East Petersburg on life in Japan with 96 slides
The Lutheran church hosts Rev Knittle this Thursday at 7 PM for a Japan life lecture with 96 slides. Sunday services featured Rev Smyder from Gettysburg and a wedding reception celebrated Stella Foltz Esben shade at Jacob Foltz’s home with relatives from Refton Lititz Lancaster and nearby towns. Also noted are local visits, dinner at East State street by Fred Andes and various church officers elected for Emanuel Lutheran Sunday school 1918. Farmers prepare tobacco for buyers as only a few crops have sold locally. Grace Huber of Wichita Kansas visited her grandmother Mary Huber for a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knittle
Japan
Mr. Smyder
Gettysburg
Jacob S. Foltz
Stella
Frank Esbenshade
Refton
Lititz
Lancaster
Rossmere
Fairland
Manheim
Fred. O. Andes
East State Street
Jacob Bender
Martin L. Swart
Landisville
Mary Snyder
Emanuel Lutheran Sunday School
Thomas Wolf
Milton Ulrich
Sec
J. Irwin Huber
Thomas Ulrich
Treas
Aaron Z. Weidman
Paul M. Weidman
Harvey Y. Steiner
Raymond Edwards
Margie Demmy
Salem Evangelical Sunday School
D. D. Butter
Harry Carvel
Agnes Speraw
C. D. Gass
Jennie Reinhold
Elsie Adams
E. G. Fry
D. D. Butzer
Henry Sha
Near Reading
Barton Kieffer
Jos. N. Mohn
Keystone Hall
Funeral of H. K. Duck Draws Large Crowd in Brownstown
The Brownstown area notes a large funeral for H. K. Duck with attendees including Carpenter Bohnert and wife from York. Other items report illness of Annie Zook, job moves for Elvin Buch and Harry Shifter to Milton, upcoming public sale by I. J. Myers, and various local events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. K. Duck
Annie
C. M. Zook
Rose Hill Mill
Rockingham
N. Y
Earl Castle
Harry Mohler
Lititz
J. R. Bowers
Lancaster
Akron Council Reorganizes For 1913
Akron notes show the city council meeting to wind up 1912 business and reorganize for 1913 with the same organization as last year.
Town Officials Report Strong Finances and Roads Debate
The town lists committees and officers, notes the water plant changeover, and reports strong finances with audits published. It mentions church revivals, school events, a new basketball team in Akron, and plans to extend the electric line to Millway and Rothsville. The piece analyzes road costs and the economic impact of bad roads on farmers and commerce.
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Frank S. Miley
Bittner Electric Light
Haydn A. Stauffer
Millway
Rothsville
Evangelical Lutheran Church
W. A. G. Eaby
Lyceum
Happy Hollow
Dietrich
H. W. Oberholzer
Clifton Heights
M. Kinport
Ephrata
Akron
Usner
Harry B. Enck
Norman Smith
Evangelical Church
W. A. C. Eaby
Benjamin Weaver
Union Grove
Church of the Brethren of the
West Conestoga
Middle Creek
Rufus Bucher
Quarryville
Allen Root
Reading
Bis Place
Evangelical Cemetery
Rev
Brunner
Also Mentioned on This Page
J. F. Buch
Lexington Doings
Brickerville Budget
Brownstown and Vicinity
Rothsville Notes
Akron Notes
United States
Logan Walter Page
Office of Public Roads
Chicago
Hager
Sam
Parcell Post
Hager & Bro
Lancaster, PA
Denver
Messrs. N. H. Fichthorn
M. B. Brubaker
Fry
Fry’ S Drug Store
H. F. Ruhl, Manheim c. &. Ensminger
H. L. Cox
G. S. Royer
D.C. Shummen
E. Main Street
Lititz, Pa
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