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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1919
Page
7
The article warns that kidneys failing to function slow health, urging immediate action when nervous, weak, dizzy, sleepless, or back pain appears. It explains impurities and uric acid build up as poisons, stressing the need for kidney support to prevent damage.
An old world remedy claims to ease many ailments with soothing oils and cleansing herbs. The ad promises prompt relief or money back and urges purchase of the original imported GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules in sealed packages in three sizes.
Train schedule lists departures New York from West 2nd Street at 6.59 PM and Liberty Street at 7.90 PM for a special excursion to E Petersburg Lancaster Jet Manheim Lititz Millway Akron and AES Reicksinc stations arriving Lancaster at 3.46 PM 3.53 4.03 PM with stops at 3.30 3.39 3.46 4.03.
The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad ad announces over 300 tobacco plant beds 6 by 8 feet at 3 dollars per bed. It lists three kinds of seed leaf plants and Havana plats and urges planting Havana tobacco this year. It also notes about 200000 Jersey yellow sweet potato plants for sale this year and references local telephone exchanges.
Prof J G Sanders of the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture warns that millions in the United States are damaged yearly by clothes moths due to improper storage. Cedar chests and bags are ineffective. thorough brushing, sun exposure, and fumigation with carbon bisulfide are advised. The Bureau of Statistics notes Pennsylvania fruit crops likely to reach 51 percent apples, 66 percent pears, 60 percent peaches, 60 percent plums, and 62 percent cherries, based on early May data after an April freeze.
The Department of Agriculture reassures that the 17 year locust is not related to Egyptian pests and causes little damage. The insect lives about three weeks, harms only young trees by laying eggs under bark, and the eggs hatch after 17 years. The adult eats little and affects minimal vegetation.
The Alumni Association pledged 50000 dollars for campus improvements at Albright College during commencement. Rev G Marquardt of Bangor Pa was named committee chairman for the fundraising campaign. Scholarship prizes were awarded to many students.
H W Baldwin of 513 Hast Venth street Pa, once weak and ghostly after grippe, credits Tanlac for relief. He says after half a bottle his stomach improved, bowels regular, kidneys functioning, and nerves calmed. After three bottles he reports perfect health continuing, with Tanlac sold by J I Gore Co and L N Moyers Druggist.
Driving around the county observers note unusually fine potato crops this summer with regular emergence and few bugs. Farmers predict minimal blight, good harvest potential, and steady prices. Sweet potatoes also show strong plantings and ready market, though heavy rains washed some early rows requiring replanting.
Lancaster county cattle feeders lose 0,000 or more as beef prices fall from 17 cents to 14 and even 12 cents. Farmers with full herds face declines of 600 to 1,060, with 40 percent of fat cattle still on farms hoping for a price rebound. Former Lieut. Gov. Mc Clain estimates 60,000 cattle fed in Lancaster county this winter, leaving about 20,000 remaining if 4 percent stay unsold.
By the will of Mrs. Levina Hendrix, widow of Dr. Henry A Hendrix of York, the 112 acre Hendrix farm along the Baltimore turnpike near New Freedom is allotted to the York Children’s Home. The estate, valued at about 15000 for the farm and 250000 for personal effects, will be divided among nephews and nieces with no public sale. The site sits on land once hosting the Garrettson Inn, where Marquis de Lafayette and President Andrew Jackson paused en route to Baltimore.
A wheat tractor on the first coast to coast run from New York to Los Angeles reached Lancaster. The trip is the first of its kind attempted and features steel road wheels with hard rubber tires. A matching tractor carries a three bottom plow and wide bleated wheels for plowing and other farm work.
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