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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1923
Page
2
A reader recounts a Swiss hotel scene where two solo travelers, a student from Pennsylvania and a gentleman with modest luggage, are treated differently by staff. The tale, relayed as a letter to The Record editor, ends with a humorous twist about assumed status and hospitality.
Work has started on the Conowingo Bridge project as a dam site and village for company employees take shape half a mile above Conowingo. Engineer Boyd Eby, noted for his Holtwood plant work and California projects, leads the operation with many laborers to be employed next month.
Fertilizer labeling and state law guidance warn farmers to trust guaranteed analysis on bags and obtain a free state agriculture dept leaflet. January seed catalogs invite early planning, germination tests, and advance ordering. Winter green feed uses sprouted oats for poultry, with precise feeding measures. Trade notes caution branding, select butter buyers, and roadside booths to grow special trade.
Dr. Harvey, credited with discovering the circulation of the higod, is said to be the first coffee drinker in England and is noted for his dual claims to fame in this brief historical item.
Mrs. J. A. Eigle of Boston prized a pumpkin raised in 1921 kept sound in a second floor clothes closet until recently. The M'll property at Adamstown, a Lancaster county landmark, sold at sheriff’s sale to John Warren of Reading for 4550. The mill, built about 200 years ago by William Adams, later housed by Mohn hosiery. A recovered 1000 silver dollars from a Bradford house celler adds to 4500 found previously in a clock. Fred Smith, a widower, died of heart disease ten days ago after a career as a carpenter.
Baroness Rose Von Bors Kassay, once of the Austrian imperial court, now at the William Penn hotel star, a former Budapest-born singer age three years old, fled to the United States at the war’s outbreak and worked as a waitress after losing her fortune and becoming stranded in Pittsburgh.
Adelaide silk mills in Allen town will manufacture 10,000,600 yards of silk press woods under Albert Tilt, with Allentown and Pottsville plants put on full time. The order, reputedly the largest ever given to a U S mill, involves over 20 million dollars affecting 2000 operators.
A ten year old pupil attempted to pry open a dynamite signal torpedo in an Adah school room near Brownsville last Wednesday. Seven children were injured, three seriously, including probable loss of sight in one eye and mutilated fingers. others suffered injuries from the stampede while fleeing exits.
The estate of Toho Slulhering of Berwick, age 84 years and seven months, closed after death. He worked as a day laborer and left an estate valued at fifty thousand dollars.
Lavine Furnace Co announces the resumption of operation at its Lebanon Valley blast furnace in Lebanon after earlier downtime. The move restores production at the site and supports regional steel outputs.
Catarrh treatment advertised as a two part product includes an ointment for local relief and an internal tonic said to act through the blood. Marketed by J Chenay & Co in Toledo for over 46 years, the ad emphasizes constitutional influence on catarrh and broad drugstore availability.
The item highlights multiple Lancaster area notes including ministers Samuel and Isaac W. Taylor in Ephrata, a hosiery mill revival in Ephrata, Adamstown lacking a bank, Mrs. Elizabeth Grayhill’s 90th birthday in Lancaster, Susquehanna River ice danger, eight year old Daniel Repman crossing to York Haven, Charles Zell as paroled treasurer turned parole clerk, Samuel Thuma a Marietta lifer, a long time C F L U member, and a Franklin and Marshall College fundraising drive for dormitories and athletics in Lancaster.
Wayne Mill is sentenced in Lancaster for second degree murder of his wife at Bowmansville last August. Convicted in Lancaster court, he pleaded insanity but accepted the sentence, saying he hopes to get out on parole after ten years.
Lancaster Automobile Show dates fixed for February 21 22 23 24 at Arcade garage North Prince Street Lancaster. Automobile Trade Association members announced the event expects larger exhibits than last year with space on the second and third floors for cars and accessories. Membership eligibility extended to newcomers until January 29. Early shows from New York and Philadelphia hint at a strong 1923 season.
York County leads the state in egg production with Paul Bentzel's Dover township poultry farm near Dover borough housing about 4,500 birds and a 25,000 chick incubator capacity. Col. Trexler of Allentown is the nearest rival with around 3,809 birds. Bentzel, who started with 190 birds a decade ago, runs a model lead farm with 19,580 square feet of laying and colony space, four new laying houses, electric heat, trapshoots to measure egg production, and a six man payroll.
The State College authorities selected three breeders in York county to raise 1009 dollars each toward a 10000 dollar allotment aimed at poultrymen in a 2.06 million dollar campaign. Chosen breeders include Mr. Genizel near an unnamed location, Guy Leader near Spry, and Zech brothers at Seven Valleys.
Ad touts Dr Pierce Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for ill health and low vigor. Claims it strengthens the heart and nerves, purifies blood, and stimulates the liver with herbs from Indian reservations near Buffalo. Offers trial for 10 cents.
A cryptic OCR fragment notes leeches found near a beach or sea area tied to a relief effort. Names, dates, and places are unreadable, but the terse line hints at an unusual discovery or incident prompting local attention.
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