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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1920
Page
3
Vital Washington news reports the House passed the smallest rivers and harbors bill in years, totaling 12.4 million dollars. Attempts to amend or recommit with broad project lists failed. The House also rejected 11 million dollars for Mississippi Ohio and Missouri river work and other smaller projects.
Senator Cummins of Iowa says Uncle Sam's railroad deal will cost $700,000,000 and must be paid out of the treasury. He adds the next issue is fair new rates under private ownership, arguing flat rates would enrich some roads and impoverish others.
The House spent minutes on a Telegram opposing pending anti sedition laws during a roll call. Representative Kru nearly finished reading the telegram when Representative Blanton objected, forcing a vote to decide if the reading could conclude.
Justice Department says nationwide adoption of trade committee suggestions will reduce clothing costs from manufacturer to retailer. In Washington the Capitol burned for the fourth time in two months, small damage around 500 dollars, fires timed near 1 80 a m suggesting a deliberate firebug at work.
War Department reports no vacancies left at Camp Alfred Vail New Jersey for Signal Corps students. Enlistments to that school will only be accepted through the New York Recruiting District. Openings remain in the Wireless and Telegraph Battalions with roles for telegraph operators radio operators electricians linemen photographers cable splicers and more. Jobs include training at Camp Taylor Kentucky Camp Pike Arkansas Camp Grant Illinois Camp Bodge Louisiana Camp Gordai Georgia and Camp Funston Kansas with a path to Camp Vail schooling.
State Game Protector Samuel Keene of Christiana encountered a hawk attacking partridges near the old foundry dam. He found the covey in a corn shock after a noise from the shock and found three birds already dead. Keene shot the hawk with a revolver once it showed no resistance.
A wartime poem recounts a scarred recruit who longs to be a soldier. On the border a unit confronts Mexican skirmishers and a lone runner sacrifices himself after a bayonet charge. The sergeant and crew honor him with a grave marked “That’s how a Soldier die.”
Rev Samuel Fr Rock writes of crops in Riverside County detailing spinach and onion acreage in Coachella Thermal India and Mecca totals, with estimates of carloads, crates per acre and overall yields. He notes cotton and date harvests, fruit crops and heat harming fruit quality, with prices cited for dates.
Influenza is milder this year and responsive to ordinary treatment. The U S Public Health Service offers a free booklet titled Reprint 507 explaining what influenza is how to recognize it causes spread and prevention. Readers may request a copy by writing to Washington D C and club secretaries can obtain copies for members.
Reports indicate Mt Joy will gain a new industry as the W. F. Steelman Company moves in to manufacture asbestos pipe covering. The plant promises substantial employment for many workers in the area.
Reader commends the Lititz weekly for clean local reporting in Lancaster County and Pennsylvania, noting enjoyable pieces on Prof. Beck and regional tales, while urging continued non sensational coverage and engagement with readers. The State Agriculture Department launches a statewide dog license enforcement, declaring unlicensed dogs to be outlawed and subject to killing. penalties apply to owners and guardians when dogs roam unrestrained.
In parts of the county much corn fodder remains unreaped as stalks freeze in the ground. Some fields still yield corn to husk while farmers invest more time in tobacco, delaying wheat. This reflects ongoing uneven, late-season farming practices.
Ying-Saing Hwa of Wusih China has entered the milling engineering course at The Pennsylvania State College to learn flour mill operation. His cousin Yang Lee will join later. both plan to study in the U S, visit Europe grain centers, and return to China as assistants to their uncle T K Yang the "Mill King" of China.
A carload of twenty thousand dollars worth of Holstein cattle will be imported into Lancaster County and distributed among local farms in the spring. H C Reinhold of East Petersburg will oversee the distribution from his noted stock farm as he travels through New England and Canada seeking high grade pedigreed stock. The shipment consists of Holstein heifers and will be shipped from Syracuse to East Petersburg.
The Schoeneck Hotel, a three story sandstone landmark at Schoeneck, closes after 128 years. Its history traces to 1792 with builders and landlords including Jacob Hlagg, Jacop Shirk, and David Snyder. The village dates to 1789 90. post office since 1837.
A Manheim milkman, William W. Nauman, notes his nine year old hen scoring unusually productive years. The hen produced 18 chicks from two settings in 1918 and 20 from two settings in 1919, and began laying on January 10 this year with one egg daily for seven days, prompting debate over the believed end of a chicken's usefulness.
Hiram Wesley Free, famed Pennsylvania Railroad engineer of the 1885 Johnstown flood救 hero status, was killed instantly in Orangeville when struck by a freight engine. The veteran driver had saved hundreds by racing the Conemaugh flood with the express flyer before the dam burst. He died at age 67.
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture reports from an Experiment Station that carefully dried seed corn yields about four more bushels per acre than corn dried in the shock. That implies forty extra bushels on ten acres at January prices, suggesting easy profits.
In Pittsburgh the claim highlights efficiency and convenience with less coal use and more heat, suggesting money saved through improved heating performance.
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