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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1920
Page
6
A Boston Transcript quip notes Rump steak prices 40 and 50 cents with a waiter’s sharp knife joke. The American Legion Weekly mocks a traveling man asking about a tornado damage and a phlegmatic farmer’s baffled barn inquiry, illustrating light wartime humor.
Partial list of properties for sale includes the Swan Hotel along the State Road and Turnpike with twenty one acres suitable for building lots. A frame factory building and big barn sit on the land. The hotel offers bath room and hot water heat with travel and trade benefits and a planned trolley connection to Rothsville and Lititz.
The present owner, busy with other interests, offers Lime Rock Mill and Coal Yard for sale. A 214 story frame house sits on the land and the property is described as a good business with room to expand due to a large surrounding territory. Sale terms stated as right.
A well kept property including a two story brick house a good barn and a tobacco shed sits on limestone land two miles from Ephrata in Ephrata township.
A well located house on Cedar Street opposite the public school building. The fine stucco dwelling includes hot water heat and modern conveniences. It features a 66 foot front, a 214story frame house, and a 24 by 24 foot garage.
Property listing notes a 244 story frame house and a good barn on the Spruce Street and Locust Street properties.
The campaign titled A Greater Farm Bureau launches August 9 with township captains and workers to spread the message to every farmer in the county. The effort will also distribute the first issue of Garden Spot News, the bureau monthly.
A farmer crowd urges fair pricing, arguing producers deserve cost of production plus a reasonable profit. They call for paid membership to push this cost, expand County Agent service, and guarantee publicity for farming interests during a Lancaster County campaign in August.
Posters across the county announce a Farm Bureau paid membership drive starting August 9. The effort seeks to educate farmers on true costs of production for milk, wheat, corn, eggs, and other products, enabling farmers to price fairly and compare costs across hundreds of farms. The Lancaster County Farm Bureau reorganizes with a $5 annual dues drive to elevate farming as a business.
Assistant County Agent is sought to work out expansion details as Agent Bucher faces rising demands. The Farm Bureau aims to inform farmer members through the Garden Spot News and field outreach. Executive Committee teams tour 41 townships to select captains for a August 9 canvass, with a preparatory meeting July 31 in the Chamber of Commerce rooms chaired by President J. C. Brubaker.
Distribution of campaign material will also be made at this time. The note indicates additional outreach activities accompanying the event.
A Mrs Smith teases about a baby resembling the husband. She confirms the child has a bottle withdrawn, and recalls the infant attempting to crawl toward the cellar stairs, in a light Chicago Daily News anecdote.
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