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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1927
Page
2
Stores on ships include wine tobacco spirits and similar items used on board. On land such goods are liable to duty. Broadly the term covers all provisioning and the materials needed for repairs and maintenance of a vessel.
A reflective note, quoting Tilatsou, likens postponing self improvement to starving oneself by delaying eating and rest. The passage urges decisive action rather than perpetual intentions.
In Garden Spot County Happenings a man named Kapinski of Lancaster alleges knock-out drops in wine led to loss of $130 and his release to friends of John Pritchard. Kapinski, a boarder at Pritchard's home, says he woke with $70. Police traced Pritchard, who bought gas in Yeagertown with a $50 bill. He is jailed in Mifflin awaiting a hearing.
Cloister Post American Legion of Ephrata wins the State cup to be awarded at the State Legion Convention in York during the first week of August. The post reports the greatest percent membership increase in its class in the state over the past year, giving it a chance to send a representative to the Paris Convention.
The executive committee meets at Parkesburg as extra stands are erected at Crystal Park for the annual convention on July 30. More than 10 000 fiddlers and listeners attended last year, and organizers expect record crowds again.
The First Journalistic School was established at Washington and Lee University. The program marks a milestone in U.S. journalism education as the nation’s first dedicated school for journalists.
Marion County Alabama reports an obituary notice noting favorable credentials some will have to show before final rites. The notice comes amid local reflections on heritage, faith, and community memory.
The Lancaster Automobile Club met July 15 at Fire Company Hall Lititz to plan safety programs for Lancaster and county boros. A traffic survey of unguarded grade crossings was ordered, with a plea to Reading Railroad for remediation.
The Frueauffs with Matilda Mohr travel from Allentown to Ellenville New York to the Herrnhut House near Cragsmoor Ulster County for a mountain view stay. They praise the Saxony founded Herrnhut and New York Herrnhut House for scenic landscapes and extend their abroad familiarity to Norway Germany Switzerland and the Black Forest.
In Souderton area a quarry pond draining project will convert the site into a public swimming pool. Warden Harry H. Wampole supervised gathering of fish into cans for relocation to Perkiomen Creek as a 10 foot drainage ditch was blasted to empty the water. A Norristown merchant H. H. Johnson found an oil stained note while examining a cash register showing a $5 shortage from ten years ago.
Bert Herbert of Forty Fort Luzerne County says a neighbor's rooster crows 64 times each dawn disrupting a quiet suburb. The rooster owner Adam Glahn argues it acts as an alarm clock and was ordered to appear before the Burgess to seek a resolution.
The text notes the first German in America as Turker the German cited in the Saga of Leif Ericson’s voyage. It also mentions Germans among Jamestown settlers and those in the Massachusetts Bay colony.
The passage notes a Confederate flag used to envelop the body of the departed chieftain. It describes the flag as newly created and first employed to enwrap Stonewall Jackson's remains, marking a symbolic funeral moment.
The great novelist ranted at his wife in a doorway about interruptions to his work. He complained that someone had meddled with his materials, naming his new detective novel and his tobacco jar as missing items.
A brief verse contrasts a clingy wife with a brash keep of the home, noting a sting from marriage. It adds that a resigned artist abandoned tricks of effort and instead laid brick for pay, earning money through steady labor.
A fragment quotes Pattinder as a woman regrets never affording an ocean voyage and longs to see the world. She mentions a seasickness remedy she is eager to try acknowledging her restless desire.
A Washington Star quip contrasts interest in sports and beauty contests, noting both are hard on the heart. The witty exchange questions public fascination with athletic events and beauty pageants.
A domestic squabble centers on a dressmaker's work as Mrs Van der Jones-Hilda scolds a worker for leaving fringe of teeth around a chicken fashioned as a dress. The exchange features Hilda claiming, Doi's the dress, mum.
A light dialogue jokes about marriage and vocation as a telephone operator. The exchange portrays a humorous clash between romance and work in a playful tone.
Jenkins is described as a marvel for walking into traffic and crossing safely. She has been practicing on a public golf links according to the report.
A terse exchange features Bertie and Algy discussing a remark and a sharp retort about minding one’s tongue in a witty, stagey dialogue. The line hints at social snobbery and clever repartee.
Fragment from Boston Transcript captures a brief exchange about companionship and propriety. A hostess asks if a husband accompanied, a guest replies that he did not, adding that his pleasure lies in knowing she is present.
A riddle about dissolving silver and gold ends with the punchline Get married. The line plays on chemistry wordplay and social cliché rather than a real solution.
A farmer arrives in town seeking non speculative finance options. He states a preference for public utility staff backed stocks and bonds. A local acquaintance recognizes him from previous summer lodging and notes a dialect remark.
A humorous exchange where a newlywed jokes about her husband’s flaws. He hints at personal failings while she retorts that those flaws kept her from a better suitor. The brief exchange captures witty relationship banter.
A humorous street encounter features a polite motorist who splashes a woman and is asked to splash the other stocking so they match. The quiet exchange turns playful as the idea of matching attire emerges.
Dialogue excerpt shows Mae seeking praise for performance and Bill recalling the audience reaction as the stage lights dimmed after the exit. The exchange hints at confidence and stage presence in a theater setting.
In a terse exchange Mae asks why light a fire that never burns long. Marion replies it provides a good excuse to turn out the light.
A garbled dialogue recalls a quarrel involving a new congressman and his wife. The playful exchange touches on collars ties and dress, mixing political context with humorous misstatements and a stray spider remark.
Dialog items play on wordy puns about marriage and misfortune. Witty exchanges include a wife locking out a poker winner and hiding earnings, a man’s car vanished by a spouse, and rain causing bells to ring.
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