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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1919
Page
3
The Mearkle Senate approved a bill requiring all vehicles on public roads to use lights from one hour after sunset to one hour before sunrise. Gov. Spreul signed the measure after two decades of advocacy by automobile owners. The law mandates that all specified vehicles display lights visible for at least 200 feet from the front and rear.
Officials reported thrift stamps and certificates would meet a large part of the government's financial needs during the wartime transition and into the future. The secretary urged officials to sell more savings stamps to raise money, stressing their role in fiscal policy and government obligations. A separate test case described shipping coal from Clair to Philadelphia by motor to cut rail hauling and costs.
A breezy summer dress idea features sheer materials like georgette voile lawn or organdy. It highlights a wide hem a girdle round neck deep cuffs and a braided front blouse detail for subtle decoration.
A list of upcoming events details numerous family reunions and church picnics across towns including Ephrata Lititz Paradises Springs and Hershey Park with dates from June through August. Highlights include Sweigart and Fassnacht reunions at Springs and multiple Sunday School picnics at local churches with planned celebrations at Springs Brunnerville Hess woods and Perkasie venues.
In a 41 year struggle the suffrage victory in the U S Senate moves to state legislatures. Leaders expect women will vote in 1920 elections with Southern resistance likely over race and voting. Northern and New England states projected to adopt with ease.
The railroad administration shows a deficit of about 53 million dollars in April, bringing the year to date shortfall to 259 million dollars for the first four months. Senate considers five year immigration ban with stricter entry rules. Senator King targets alien anarchists while Senator Sterling seeks denaturalization for fraud and aiding others to gain citizenship.
The War Department offers several thousand gas masks no longer needed for military use as souvenirs of the great war. Masks are sold only as keepsakes and not for protection. Bids for one or more masks are being received by salvage officers at Camp Dodge Iowa and the masks will be mailed by parcel post.
Representative Upshaw of Atlanta introduces a House bill to extend pension benefits to Confederate Civil War veterans and their widows. He cites assurances of support from leading Republican members in both houses and notes the veterans served the Union and funded pensions for victorious comrades while their descendants fought in two wars.
Provision bans passing street cars with doors open while boarding or alighting. Slow or heavy vehicles must stay near the right curb. Overtaken drivers must yield to faster traffic. No obstruction of the roadway. Law officers may arrest on sight. violators face fines up to five dollars or five days in jail.
The Record notes a booklet titled Gas Engine That This Booklet provides general suggestions to inexperienced gas engine operators on avoiding common trouble. It covers ignition and fuel system tests, starting in cold weather, and a trouble chart with remedies. Redbergs may obtain a free copy by requesting F. B. 1013 from the Division of Publications, Department of Agriculture, Washington.
A dense roster lists multiple Lititz and adjacent businesses including Walter H. Buch tailors R. E. Adams restaurant confectionery and S. C. Hassler bakery. Entries cover groceries hardware farms banks and services with names, products, and street addresses such as 75 E Main and 37 S Broad.
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