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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1926
Page
4
The Lititz Record E edited by Buch and Proprietor announces subscription at 1.50 dollars a year. It is entered at Lititz Pennsylvania Post Office as second class matter.
The piece portrays weeks before June marriages with hustling dressmakers social events and planning for decorations. It notes grooms should save more and brides take lessons while aiming to please a future spouse. It suggests better preparation could reduce divorces and tears.
The piece muses on kicks as drivers of reform and improvement. It cites Mark Twain, a traveling salesman, and Dave Harum to argue kicks reveal flaws, inspire accountability, and promote humility within firms and leadership structures. It cautions against overreacting and urges self scrutiny among those in power.
June is called the month of roses and many homes enjoy rose displays, with climbing vanities adding a sensational touch of beauty to neighborhoods as flowers bloom.
Pushing over porches and pillars, the rose covered cottage symbolizes a dream home for romantics. Roses, long popular, are cultivated in many varieties. more than 100 million cut roses are sold annually, with warmth and sunny soil boosting growth and reward for diligent planters.
Elm residents and nearby families shared Sunday visits across Lititz Palmyra and Lancaster County. Paul Miller bought a Buick touring car. Rev. Edgar Diehm visited his father Oliver Diehm. American Legion held memorial services at Grayhill and Penryn cemeteries.
The article lists extended families visiting or visiting from Kissel Hill Manheim Lexington and Petersburg including Ober Gibble Lutz Bender Ditzler Mease Pfautz and Gerhart families along with Carrie Wiest Lemon Wiest and Homer Graybill. Names appear with kin relations and towns.
A report notes that the Marheim family were guests of Mrs. Gerhart on Monday. It also records that Mr P O Elser visited Mr and Mrs Wm Romi on Sunday.
Leah Becker visited her brother Levi in Ephrata on Saturday while Mrs. Monroe Eckert and Mrs. J. W. Roth spent time in Eph rata for carnival preparations. Laura Flory of Scranton stayed with her parents P. W. Flory and wife from Saturday to Monday. Andrew Shissler hosted guests at the Mt. Gretna cottage In and Out including the Wichelberger and Risser families and Rev. F. E. Druckerprod. Clarence Smith and C. A. Smith of Alvon attended Stevens church and visited Jacob Mishler in Manheim. Albert Roth hosted Trua Reidenbach and family of Gow Hill. Jamie Kline and Morris Hebert with Minnie McCay fished at Brownstown on Monday and Monroe Eckert entertained multiple Lebanon guests along with other local visitors.
The Akron High School Alumni Association will hold a public meeting Friday evening at the Fire Co hall followed by a banquet. Many local families are listed with visits and Sunday gatherings across Reading, Lancaster, and nearby towns. Renowned residents and visitors from Eliabethown and York area add to the social scene.
Sunday gatherings occurred in multiple towns as families visited relatives. Frank Malschnee and others hosted or joined visits with the Wolf, Hess, Weaver, Bomberger, Enck, Bender, Stoner, Werntz, Rattay, Pickell, Gibbels, Mohlers, Burkholders, Zooks and others in Lititz, Mopelnd, Nesstown, Bart, Quarryville, Ephrata, Bareville, and Bar.
The article describes earthworms as vital soil engineers. Darwin noted 53 000 worms per acre, processing ten tons of soil yearly. Worms burrow deep below freezing, aerate layers, and cast digested soil at burrow edges forming towers. Their tunnels extend seven to eight feet and their entrances are guarded with debris. For Sports Read the Record.
A list of upcoming events across Lancaster area including church picnics reunions and lodge gatherings. Dates range from June to July with groups such as Dorcas Circle Quincy Orphanage Band Rothsville Union 8.5 Stauffer families and various Lutheran churches.
A list of family and church group reunions and Sunday schools with dates from July through September. Locally dated entries include Kling, Kupp, Tadmore Siesta, Lititz Union, Hamish, Kemper, Kurtz, Bomberger, Witmer, Gantz, Garman, Butzer, Stevens unions, and Keath, Frymyer, Elser Oberlin, Coldren families with August and September dates in Lancaster County.
Odd wedding note describes the British Grocers' Company giving Miss Marjorie iellock a hundred pounds of sugar as a wedding gift. An elderly woman visits the judge asking to be the executioner for infidels as part of probate matters in a humorous exchange.
A phone contact will bring the linoleum salesman with samples and prices to the Broad and Orange area.
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