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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1913
Page
4
Advertisers and others are asked to note that we print every Thursday morning and cannot insure the handling of each matter after Wednesday moon. Communications for insertion must identify the writer by name and address, not necessarily for publication, but as a guarantee of good faith.
The report suggests Colonel Roosevelt could lecture in the Argentine Republic this fall and continue around the globe, visiting Australia China Japan and Russia before returning to the United States in late 1915 amid the 1916 presidential race. Also notes strong farmer prices Illinois bank loan issues editorial figures Daniels and Gonzales in the South and the looming Woman's Suffrage debate in Congress. The Moravian Provincial Synod opens at Nazareth with a fraternal British delegate and planning for economy in quinquennial meetings.
From our CorrespondentsMr. Kauffman and hands are very busy. A party gathers in Elm as Em'l and Hiram Diehm drift apart. Mrs. Diehm seeks a new partner while Hiram dogs his job hunting a good housekeeper. Also reported are church events, Sunday school plays, social visits, a robbery scare, and a fishing accident death on the Conestoga river.
A sneak thief has been active in Lexington, stealing peas and two pet rabbits from Mrs. Elam Stark while she visited her mother near the hotel. Additional rabbit thefts occurred a week earlier at the same location. Local residents including Mr. Benjamin Lutz Sr of Lititz and visitors from Lancaster attended family gatherings. Community notes mention home painting projects, haying season, a wedding at St. John’s Brickerville, and residents visiting relatives. Warren Enck, Princeton student, returns home for summer and works at carpentry.
A large aluminumware demonstration at Mr. and Mrs. J. M. Redman drew strong interest. Clayton Shreiner’s wagon accident near Neffsville left him with a sprained wrist and scratches as the horse bolted and the vehicle crushed between a wall and fence. A baby boy arrived in Gardenville, NY, at the Evans home. Tobacco planting is underway with a promising rainfall forecast, while acreage shifts reduce overall area. A poverty social on Dr E H Witmer’s lawn supported the Lutheran church with solid attendance and funds.
The piece urges calm and pleasant mood at meals, avoiding fatigue and irritability. It cautions against reading while eating, stresses light conversation, and emphasizes thorough mastication to aid digestion and teeth health, noting starches require extra chewing.
Isaac Sarah of Penryn buys all kinds of horses and ships weekly. Write or call him by Ind. phone No. 70 or bell phone No. 193 for inquiries.
Carvel, found in Lancaster after a liquor-tinged afternoon, is committed to jail by Squire Derr for a hearing. He protests innocence, but Mrs. Weitzel, unharmed though shocked, identifies Carvel as her assailant after arrest. She stayed with Constable Greek Saturday night and returned to Ephrata Sunday evening.
Two young Texas ladies on a summer visit in the north tasted red cherries for the first time and declared them delicious, noting they had believed Texas cherries were black and eating both ripe and green cherries without discrimination.
A Hager 6 Bro display offers a comprehensive assortment of dainty summer dresses. Prices range from a couple dollars to over twenty, with notable selections at 5.09 dollars featuring poplin effects and color patterns, plus 10.00 dollar options in ratine and French linens. Styles include lawns and batiste, with various necklines, sleeves, and trims in pink blue lavender black and white.
A bold note states a favorable buy of lawn dresses priced at 2.05 each for six dozen plus sizes. Described as neat and attractive with black pin stripes on off white, the dresses would have carried 3.00 retail but the maker sought to close his line.
Plain pink lavender red and blue crépe ki monas trimmed in ribbon to match empire effects at 95e delivered by parcel post free. Sizes 36 to 44. Name and address listed plainly.
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