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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 02, 1925
Page
6
William A. Radford explains cost effective ways to make a country home attractive and practical. The article highlights a weatherboard and brick porch house with a cement walk, 2 first floor rooms including a bedroom, a central hall plan, a rear kitchen with breakfast room, and a second floor with four bedrooms plus two lavatories and ample closets.
A well built stairway in the entrance hall defines a house's character. Choose durable materials with period appropriate finishes and harmonizing colors. Ivory enamel walls paired with ebony treads and handrail create a striking Colonial look while mahogany tables enhance display and preservation.
Cautions on concrete work in cold weather note heating aggregates can allow pours but anti freezing compounds often weaken the mix. The guidance prefers completing concrete tasks before cold weather to ensure a safer, stronger result.
A compact history notes Fort Carillon later Ticonderoga from its 1756 French post formation and 1775 capture by Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys to its 1777 retreat before Burgoyne, 1780s ruin, and 1909 restoration funded by Mrs. Stephen Pell. The article references Arnold, St Clair, Brown, and a monument by Horace Moses with sculpture by Charles Keck commemorating Continental fighters.
The tea tax stamp linked to the American Revolution is described as a blue embossed stamp once used after the 1765 Stamp Act. It is owned by C Frederic Heyerman of Detroit, collector and president of the American Philatelic Association. Fewer stamps survive, and the inner oval reads Evil to Him Who Thinks.
Anecdotes from the National Gazette recount Lafayette’s reception in Boston and his remarks on citizenship. He greets the widow of John Hancock, tears and pride accompany her exclamation of having lived enough. In chats, Lafayette asserts his English is strong because he is an American just back from Europe. A wine gathering aboard the Cadmus yields his clear statement that he is an American general.
The National Honorary Committee leads the five million dollar American Legion Endowment Fund for disabled veterans and war orphans. Alongside President Coolidge, top national figures from industry labor and the professions back the drive including John W. Davis Hon. John W. Davis and fifty other leaders from government Red Cross and clergy.
The article explains that westerly winds move mariners, drive atmospheric circulation, and drive weather distant regions. It notes their fluctuations relate to global weather events and their dry breath fuels major deserts.
A London pageant show notes a new vicar preaching last Sunday. He censured the devil severely in a stirring sermon, drawing strong reactions from attendees.
Community urged to donate to the national American Legion Endowment Fund to aid disabled veterans and provide homes for orphans. The fund will be perpetual, with income used for veterans’ care, and a future board will guide its use. The Legion highlights past aid and ongoing efforts to house and educate war orphans in family-style cottages.
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