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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1935
Page
9
M Harvey Taylor, state GOP chairman, plans a large Harrisburg meeting soon after the September primary. Delegates from every county will be chosen by population, aiming for at least 1000 attendees to adopt a declaration of principles and align with candidates on the ticket.
A new anti Roosevelt chain letter circulates among Republicans claiming it cannot be stopped by Farley. It quotes September and October 1932 speeches accusing the administration of excess spending and urges federal spending reductions. It lists expenditure totals from 1789 to 1918 and three year totals for Roosevelt from 1934 to 1936.
Dr Hertz, famed Lexington peach grower, anticipates over one hundred bushels from his orchard as heat continues across Lancaster County. The item notes hot mid-summer temps with readings reaching the hundred-plus range and reports on local farming life, accidents, livestock, and community happenings around Rothsville Lititz and nearby towns.
William M. Huber of South Broad Street buys the goodwill and fixtures of the Hotel Sturgis from current occupant J A Shank and will assume possession next week. Huber once ran the Springs Hotel and was a popular landlord. The Evangelical Church auditorium reopens Sunday after seven weeks of redecoration. Misses Mary and Anna Meiskey head to Atlantic City for a week. Other Lancaster youths depart for Mt Gretna for ten days with a group. Herman C. McCloud and family from Clearfield visit his parents. Dentist D A Long had a quiet period following recent work.
Mulch conserves moisture and reduces weeds with options like paper. Mowing pasture removes seedhead grass and brush to improve grazing. Clean housing and equipment prevent flock problems including tapeworm and coccidiosis, linking sanitation to better poultry health.
The Earth travels around the sun at 18 miles per second and crosses Tempel's comet orbit annually. Tempel's comet, however, completes its own orbit about the sun once every 3 1/2 years.
The article notes a rising number of congratulatory letters to Congress members who voted against the Administration’s New Deal priorities. It suggests a growing dissent within the House, with more than half of Democrats opposing the Administration and a public perception that the New Deal push toward centralized control is losing momentum.
Lititz residents spent Sunday at Red Point Maryland including Mr and Mrs Robert Hanna and family Mr and Mrs Charles Dus singer and family Mr and Mrs Clifford Helter and daughter Jake Brubaker and Miss Ella Mae Sharp Mr and Mrs Fred Spinner and daughter Mr and Mrs Lloyd Neff and family Mr and Mrs Chester Wertsch Mr and Mrs Floyd Starr and son Mr and Mrs Owen Badorf and daughter Mr and Mrs Harry Kready and Miss Mary Dus singer.
A schedule lists July events at Lititz Springs Park including an Accapella Male Chorus concert on July 18 and various reunions on July 20 25 and 27. August brings Kling Kreider Mechanicsburg Leola Union and many more reunions plus a county W C T U convention August 28 29 at the Moravian Church.
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