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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 20, 1921
Page
4
The piece argues that paying cash rather than buying on credit would free local capital, cut interest costs, and stimulate home business, farming finance, and construction. It urges savings in banks and reduced credit usage to lower production expenses and restore confidence.
The piece urges merchants to advertise boldly to shape outsiders view of the town as bright and wide awake. It frames the local paper as the community spokesman and notes outsiders judge the town by its advertisements and business character.
A street scene dialogue shows a chauffeur pitying a worker’s hard life, then realizing it would not spare his own. A pugilist quarrel unfolds backstage with sharp taunts about boxing fate and mortality.
The Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 plans a fair starting January 29 for four weeks with music by the local band and visiting groups to be announced. Elmer A. Reist notes Near East Relief contributions are rising as most local groups donate generously. School directors Fetter and Roger found area schools functioning well during their visit.
Millersville Normal students balance semester exams with skating on the lake. Miss Peppard, a speech defect specialist, spent last week at the school examining training school children and lecturing Seniors. After a Saturday basketball game the score showed Millersville Normal 56 to Keystone Normal 16. The next lecture on February 11 features magician Mr. Davis in the chapel.
Mrs Scott Miley has returned home from Douglasville after a several weeks stay. Miss Grace Peters of Manheim and Mrs Florence Bomberger with two children visited Elmer Todd and family on Sunday. Mr and Mrs A G Fahnestock and son Lloyd visited Sheaffer Grayhill and family at Millport. Mr and Mrs Abram Metzler and two children Elva and Clyde visited Mrs Fannie Schreiner at Lititz on Sunday. Mrs Ruth Scheaffer and daughter of Lancaster visited relatives here on Saturday.
An anecdote about Professor Sophocles of Harvard from John Spencer Clark's life of John Fiske shows him testing a backward student by asking to name passages from the Triad and Oedipus. The student erred and was told he murdered Greek and that the professor wanted no more to do with him. Complaints about the professor's marks followed, with his remark that he cannot distinguish between the three students.
Laborers on the Barrett dam project near San Diego receive a morale boosting program including a recreation hall with a piano phonograph and steel guitar. Hydraulic engineer H N Sauvage reports lower labor turnover and notes most workers are Mexican origin American citizens, who enjoy the music.
The Montreal Herald notes a global longing for music as Europe endures war’s wreckage. Observers from England to Russia report a universal enchantment with music, noting that even amid tragedy people seek solace and charity through the arts.
A traveler recounts buying souvenirs in Babylon when an Arab boy steals a small inscribed stone horse from his bag and sells it to another buyer. The boy laughs at the failed bargaining and shares the joke with the embarrassed customer.
The wedding festivities for Queen Victoria of Spain included a lavish bullfight described as central to Spanish life. A fiery pair of bulls led to torturous scenes as a blindfolded horse was raked by horns until slain. The queen remained unmoved, though observers noted she likely felt faint. The crowd cheered her composure.
A young graduate joins an elderly, famed attorney who boasts never losing a case. The next day the state Supreme Court overturns a favorable lower-court ruling, revealing the mentor’s retainer led to no loss for him, while the client bears the loss.
The Educational Service Committee of the Y M C A in Lancaster plans a Friday meeting on January 28 to allocate $6,000 in free scholarships for ex soldiers across city and county. The committee lists local figures and urges eligible ex soldiers to apply through district representatives or Secretary M N Wickert. A set of resolutions from the Lititz Red Cross branch expresses sympathy on the death of Mrs Mery Pierson and forwards the resolution copy to her family. A note details a bicycle incident on South Broad Street where a rider’s wheel hit a rut causing a spill and minor loss of a new overcoat.
Listings announce multiple sales from January to March at Lititz area farms and hotels. Items include horses cattle farming stock and implements on various dates with auctioneers H H Snavely and others.
Lititz Pennsylvania business listing notes neat packing and prompt delivery services connected to a local record printing house.
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