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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1932
Page
3
Harrisburg notes the death by own action rate for last year may be the highest on record. For the first ten months of 1931, 1156 crisis reports were filed with the Vital Statistics Bureau, up from 1098 in 1930 and 1037 in 1929.
Ma Shelby endures a Christmas ruined by news of Johnny's arrest for his father's bootlegging. As Johnny serves a three year term and Ma’s eyesight fails, Isaac schemes for profit while Isabelle remains loyal. Johnny promises support from afar, and Ma clings to hope until tragedy deepens the family rifts.
A miscellaneous shower was hosted by Mr and Mrs John Kreider in Neffs ville A on Tuesday evening. Guests included Mae Binkley Pauline Seaman Eunice Sload Betty Phyllis Ada Kauffman Alberta Meuse and others.
Shelby's cup of woe fills as Johnny takes a costly sentence to shield his father from disgrace. The Lacher dies, aging the mother. Isaac hides Johnny's payments and profits from his mother. Thomas lives in New York, dislikes Shelby, and Susan's husband forbids her living with them. Johnny works in Alaska where a deadly explosion kills many men. Ma clings to hope while Isaac urges a visit to Thomas or Susan. She travels secretly, passing Isabelle, Johnny's childhood love, who also believes he will return.
Mrs. Harry Kratzert and son Charles along with John Kreider and family and Rev. D. G. Reinhold of Allentown visited Mrs. K. B. Reidenbaugh on Monday. Elmer Schweiner of Lancaster spent Sunday with the Krick family. Huber families entertained guests including Donald Huber. Shoemaker and Miss Minnie Rincer attended a funeral in Dupont on Monday.
The $800,000 Tarding Memorial in Marion Ohio is praised as world class. It features a circular 102 foot diameter, 57 foot high open structure in a 10 acre park with 24 marble doré columns totaling 53 tons each encircling the outer ring. Inside, 22 fused ionic columns hold the remains of President and Mrs Harding.
The Bermudas consist mainly of dense limestone formed from blown shell dust with irregular stratification. Reefs are limestone ridges covered by thin coral layers and calcareous organisms. The crusts show convoluted serpulid tubes, barnacles, corallines and some incrusting corals, likely resting on aeolian rock foundations.
Dutch Institute of Tropical Medicine reports dengue fever spread by the same mosquito that carries yellow fever. Involves fourteen volunteers bitten by infected mosquitoes and subsequent monkey infections. Recovered subjects showed yellow fever immunity while monkey mortality differed, prompting concern for outbreaks in the Dutch East Indies.
The article notes the Prodigal Son parable as a 500 word example of a structural masterpiece. It traces the short story’s development from ancient authors to the nineteenth century and cites Washington Irving as early American influence.
In a school scene a fourteen year old girl named Ellen struggles to parse the word courting. The teacher presses and Ellen finally answers that courting agrees with all the girls. The moment highlights stage fright and awkward learning in a classroom.
Lieut. Col. Charles W. Whittlesey and the 308th Infantry earned fame during World War I as the Lost Battalion for advancing into dense Argonne forests. Surrounded and cut off, his regiment endured four days of attack with scant food and water before relief arrived.
A Norfolk farmer and his wife appear in a playful origin story. He compares her cheeks to apples and is promised a dumpling the next day. The wife fulfills the pledge, producing the famed apple dumpling, prompting the farmer to laugh and spend on ribbons at the fair.
Banana is described as kali producing and useful in reducing body acidity. It benefits young children needing weight gain and can be given to infants. When unripe it contains starch, aiding digestion. as it ripens, starch converts to sugar.
A man laments hair loss after using two bottles of tonic, seeking relief from his barber. The barber admits confusion as the tonic appears ineffective and the man vows to try one more bottle but insists it must be the last.
Subpoenas issued for multiple divorce actions in Lancaster Court of Common Pleas. Listed defendants include Bessie T. Collins, Paul O. Eshleman, Louise W. Jennings, Ellis E. Austin, Miriam H. Schubert, Harold E. Schubert, Russell J. Vance, Sumner T. Bohee. Each entry orders appearance before judges in Lancaster on February 15 to show cause why divorces should not be granted.
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