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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 19, 1922
Page
7
John Raymond presents eight sketches on how modern American chemists achieve centuries old aims by using coal tar by-products. The work highlights innovative processes, practical applications, and the role of industry in advancing chemical science.
The article traces the alchemist dream of turning base metals to gold and youth to old, contrasting it with real chemistry. It explains coal tar byproducts like toluene and xylene produced by fractional distillation, then shows how intermediates yield drugs, explosives, perfumes, foods, and photographic materials. It highlights Germany's 1859 dye industry as a strategic use of chemistry for peace and war, giving it a forty year lead over the US.
Description imagines atmospheric shifts that would reveal constant daylight by stars and planetary motion. It envisions perpetual starlight, a solar halo, giant comets near the sun, and easy tracking of Mercury Venus and any inner planets, altering perception of the cosmos.
A historical sketch describes the Hindu barber as an indispensable figure in India. He delivers birth news to families, attends funerals, travels without a shop, and participates in rites such as ear and nose piercing and wedding ceremonies, performing many duties for the community.
Charles M Leinbach, Reading post office delivery superintendent, answers Gertrude M Zwally of Brownstown’s $25,000 breach suit, claiming he asked four times to marry and she refused. He admits writing a letter, disputes damage, cites alleged parental opposition and lack of proof of her marriage preparations. The filing notes December 25 1920 wage of marriage talks and that Zwally bought a wedding trousseau valued at $600.
Guidance from the United States Department of Agriculture on feeding, water, shade, and housing for growing chicks. Emphasizes clean dry quarters, green feed such as alfalfa and sprouted oats, fresh water, and shaded areas. Recommends moving coops to fresh grass, using sand on the floor, and maintaining dry roofs to prevent moisture.
Joseph Cassell of Lansdale left his estate to seven nieces and nephews if they attended his funeral or offered a satisfactory excuse. Executor D. Conver, of Lansdale, reports that all seven attended, and they profited to the extent of 1700 dollars.
The Agricultural Will Open Loan Application for a charter for the Agricultural Trust and Savings Co. of Lancaster, the reorganized Agricultural Trust Co. wrecked by its embezzling treasurer last summer, has been made. It is expected that business will be resumed before February 1 and settlement with depositors will then be made.
The Plaindealer of Canton New York is praised for linking distant readers and surprising a mountain peddler. A rugged long-time subscriber recounts finding the paper in a remote Rocky Mountain town and rediscovering family ties through hometown news. The tale underscores community bonds fostered by local journalism during Subscribe for Your Home Town Paper Week.
A New York Evening Post excerpt notes Dickens, Irving, Thackeray and others visited Washington in the 19th century. It recalls Dickens dining on possum in 1842 at Webster’s Connecticut Ave home and Thackeray tasting ice cream with fried toppings at Hamilton Fish’s H Street residence. The piece highlights authors who lived or wrote about the city, including Bancroft, Whitman, Burroughs, and Mrs Stow, and asks which writer truly becomes a city’s author.
The article extols nature and the role of plants in producing oxygen and filtering air. It notes leaves are mostly water with carbon from the air and that millions of pores in leaves exchange carbon dioxide and oxygen, sustaining life. It emphasizes gratitude to trees and plants for natural balance and clean air.
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