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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1924
Page
3
Farm calendar notes last year over 23000 acres of potatoes were sprayed proving profitability. Guidance on feeding horses and care of eggs. Insect control warns of oriental peach moth twig injury and recommends another spray with nicotine soap. Dairy calves over six months may pasture in summer with hay and grain. a suggested grain mix is corn meal eats bran and oil meal.
The Ephrata Mountain Springs Summer Resort in Lancaster County opens for the season on Saturday June 14 under new proprietor H. J. Von Nieda. The resort, long run by D. S. Von Nieda and his sons, adds daily concerts by musicians from the Combs Conservatory of Philadelphia.
Lancaster County Farm Bureau launches a fire prevention drive urging farmers to install lightning rods on all barns and roods and to equip farms with efficient dry chemical extinguishers. County Agent F S Bucher notes many fires are preventable with proper gear and quick action. The cooperative division offers a cost sale of endorsed extinguishers, with Lancaster borough fire companies backing demonstrations.
The Paradise Valley Lutheran Association formed to accept land in Monroe county Tenlyville section and add 800 acres to develop a Lutheran resort. An unnamed Philadelphia donor gave initial land to aid health, with churches boards planning homes and cottages. A dammed spring will create a 23 acre lake, at 900 to 1600 feet elevation near Stroudsburg.
Altoona police chief J N Tillard bans Calithumpian serenades at weddings to curb disorder and street nuisances. The move follows complaints about noise and abandoned paraphernalia left in the streets after festivities.
A homing pigeon settled with Lewis N. Davis's family on East Gay street West Chester and refuses to leave. The bird, tagged with 23-H. T.14204 and a message band, roams the house and was repeatedly released elsewhere but returns to the Davis home.
A chaotic page mix ties a public sale and a wedding notice into a single spoof item. The report names William Smith and Miss Lucy Anderson, auctioned at a barn with farm livestock present, a hay rope ceremony performed by Rev. Jackson, and a John Deere plow departure.
A long list of local gatherings and events scheduled through August. Reunions, church services, fire company festivals, picnics, and carnivals are planned at Lititz Springs and nearby parks in Lititz, Ephrata, Akron, Stevens, Reading, Lancaster, and Adamstown, with dates from June 21 to August 14.
Listing of local summer and fall events from Lititz Springs to county fairs including reunions and picnics with dates from August through November. The Epiphany explanation follows, noting its meaning as manifestation and the visit of the Magi to Jesus at Bethlehem.
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