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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1919
Page
7
Farmers with ring-necked pheasants sign petitions for a closed season to reduce noise and protect birds. They seek legal aid to manage pheasants and partridges, noting limited access by gunners to private properties and the recent rise in protection over the last two years.
Grape growers in New Jersey face a near total crop loss as June’s dryness kept vines healthy but persistent heavy rains and dew rot fruit. By now three fourths of the crop is rotting, leaving growers with little to worry about a heavy season turning to failure.
A Greensboro, North Carolina pony owned by John Lethro lost its right fore foot to barbed wire and received an artificial leg by Dr Haton. The pony wakes with the leg in place each morning and returns to farm life, delighting the owner’s daughter. Also notes rabbit farming profitability, oats diet, and a government revenue district reorganization affecting Lancaster and bank deposits.
More than a hundred horses used at Mt Gretna by cavalry units and staff are to be sold in Lebanon this week. Some were bought for troops in West Virginia and others came from the west.
A special train will run from Lancaster to Willow Grove and return, serving Ephrata Stevens Manheim Lititz Millway Ephrata Reinholds Vinemont and Denver stations. Tickets valid only for the date of the excursion in each direction. Children aged 5 to 12 pay half fare.
A long promotional note extols GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a safe gentle remedy for kidneys liver bladder and stomach troubles and urinary symptoms. It urges regular use for restoration and ongoing health with a money back guarantee and prompts readers to buy the original imported product at drug stores in sealed packages.
Farmers praise toads as the best remedy for sick alfalfa fields. Toads quickly destroy injurious insects without harming crops. Having many toads in the yard and on trees yields a lush lawn and thriving foliage.
Homing pigeons will assist forest rangers on patrols in two Oregon forests. Birds provided by a Portland association will replace some fire alarm duties as eggs hatch. Older birds return to the home loft while youngsters are trained for duties.
HH B Gingrich and Stother of Lawn purchased four carloads of cattle from Lebanon last week. The steers weighed 1330 to 1550 pounds and sold for 16 to 164 cents per pound on the hoof. Cattle were shipped to the Consolidated Dressed Beef Company in West Philadelphia. Mr Sprecher plans to go to Ohio to acquire dairy cows for the Gingrich firm.
Three hundred fine Holstein and Durham bred cows and heifers were washed and combed at Lancaster stock yards for inspection by French High Compassion buyers to replenish France herds. Barnacle harvest from Long Beach pilings shown as new food industry with piling encrusted by over 100 tons of sea life.
A historical note recounts the 17 year locusts appearing six weeks ago, then fading. Yew trees reportedly suffered, mirroring 1902 cicada damage, as millions swarmed but declined quickly with fewer attacks. Mrs. Ida Beitel of Nazareth dies, her husband’s will funds a Nazareth children’s home valued at $250,000, with trustees named. The Beitel family supported a Moravian church and helped start a local newspaper in Nazareth.
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