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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1921
Page
2
Central Pennsylvania Lutherans will gather for their annual reunion at Lakefront Park Altoona on July 21. The Lloydsville orphans band will perform as part of the events.
France’s forests face severe oak decline from an outbreak of the fungus Ordium first noted in Champagne in 1907. The oak, a valuable species, is heavily damaged across the country with young coppice and seedlings under ten years most affected. No remedy has been found.
The piece notes Australian sheep shearers average about 80 to 100 sheep per day while ranch helpers are paid weekly. It cites a 327-sheep nine-hour record by a Queensland shearer, and mentions changes in fleece weight over time. It also observes English spreading as a common tongue across English-speaking nations and forecasts population growth in the British empire.
Notes on the Elizabethtown Herald suspension for cost problems. Lancaster grocer Seth Em A M Reever distributed 75 bushels of potatoes free to all comers. Capt Philip L Sprecher holds a seven inch key from Libby prison. Fulton opera house bought by John Guerrini and Harvey Butzer for enlargement. Philadelphia pike bridge rebuilt after being torn down by the Public Service Commission. Harry E Gockley shared a potato harvest of Irish Cobley variety. New potatoes cultivated and harvested 58 days after planting.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports 42 preparations tested to kill chicken lice by painting roosts and dropping boards or spraying interiors. No method showed practical value as fumes did not reach effective concentrations to kill lice.
Hundreds of tons of coal from the river bottom near Pequea are shipped daily to Baltimore as anthracite firms finalize arrangements for continuous output. The Susquehanna’s spring floods expose new coal deposits and flood the artificial basin behind Haltwood dam, now powering recovery machinery. Last week’s haul exceeded 1000 tons.
Thomas J. Bannigan elected adjutant of the Connecticut department of the American Legion for three years. He heads the department service division and has played a key role in forming Rau-Locke post No 8. A Hartford cigar dealer and wartime captain, he directed the Soldiers Sailors and Marines club and helped secure a permanent Legion headquarters site.
Abrief note from the Minneapolis Journal recounts Mr Johnson meeting Mrs Lovejoy at dawn as they photograph her pet dog Dido. Johnson affectionately pats Dido, jokes about Beauty and the Beast, and remembers himself with a startled, variable mood after the moment.
Aunt Liza's former mistress speaks with her about a shy child named Prescription, noting the laborious effort needed to get him filled. The humorous scene unfolds as the woman questions the unusual name and the aunt explains the difficulty of keeping him full.
The user asks for memory test the new vice president of the United States. This question seeks current political information.
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