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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1920
Page
4
A humorous Lititz Pennsylvania post shows a satirical view of picnics as gatherings for laborers and ants. It mocks the social mix of attendees, bands, tipping, and weather prognostications with playful, disparately described scenes.
Letter argues railroads idle vast coal cars, delaying unloading and distribution. Calls for government action and prosecutions of officials to force movement and prevent winter shortages.
Elmar S Heineman reports from Panama to his parents that he arrived safely in uniform with the U S army. He describes a three week camp, swimming and eating coconuts bananas and fruit, rainy season weather, and daily routines before a six month stay. He notes Panama city life with streetcars trains stores and local people including natives and workers balancing loads on their heads. He signs off promising to write again.
Dear Readers of the Lititz Record note Lancaster county girls among waitresses staying at the Albemarle in Asbury Park New Jersey this summer They describe health good times on the boardwalk Crocheting sewing reading singing and inviting friends to visit while weighing themselves at the Casino
Mishler family and descendants plan the seventh annual reunion at Ephrata Park on Sunday July 25. Hon. John D. Mishler of Reading J Milton Mishler of Philadelphia and Hon Edwin Gerhard of Newton Grove Neb will speak. If weather fails the event moves to the same place next Sunday.
Ledger lists neighbors and relatives visiting each other across Lincoln, Brickerville, Lexington, Pennville, Kissel Hill, Denver, York and Lancaster. Activities include Sunday gatherings, weekend visits, and weekday calls among the Elser, Wiest, Stauffer, Palm, Zarxtman, Meily, Balmer, Enck, Huber, and Kellar families and their extended kin.
Lancaster County once hosted a thriving crockery industry led by the Gast family in Lancaster and the Sturgises in Lititz. As clay suitable for stoneware vanished in the region, Ohio became the center of production and the trade faded. Summer orders and dairy use drove peak activity before sanitary creameries and cement pipes reduced demand.
The famous Paramount star Ethel Clayton appears as Maggie Pepper in the film at Paramount Theatre Saturday. She is lauded for beauty on and off screen with golden hair gray blue eyes and irresistible personal charm.
Charles Kline stars beside Rose Stahl with Elliott Dexter as the lead along with other notable screen players in the production.
The Moravian church will skip Sunday evening services for four weeks to allow the organist and choir a vacation.
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