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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1918
Page
2
Lancaster county residents raised 261,955.95 for the Red Cross drive amid wage gains, while Lancaster city policemen resignations appear. ex Senator Winfield Scott Smith of Bainbridge long served as village merchant and railroad agent.
A collection of brief notes reports Harrisburg police adopting gray uniforms after long blue attire. Hazleton brewers issue rule barring beer except for cash on delivery. A five span iron bridge broke ground at Lewistown for the Pennsylvania Railroad over the Juniata River. Sisters reunited after 40 years as Mrs Christian Kelleg visits Mrs Mary Ober in Lebanon. St Johns Reformed Allentown will donate 100 to French orphans instead of a summer picnic. Reading condemns 700 pounds meat and 28 pounds fish. Inspections require better protection against flies. A Westport youth receives 750 days for failing to pay a $750 fine for trout catching under six inches. A large plant site in Allentown purchases to manufacture airplane engines. work to start soon. John P Fox of New York, a transit expert, mistaken for German spy during Reading survey, released after mayor recognizes him. William Rothmeier, Hazleton’s first soldier in France, hid wounding claim in photo ribbon sent to his mother. Lula Clippinger, Sierra Leone missionary, leaves Chambersburg to return to work without passport assistance. Lehigh field miners oppose deferred draft classification, fearing loss of coal production for war effort.
Old Zeke Perkins sells his hogs and takes a ride in a Ford that won t stop. He blasts tires and drains gas but the car plows through town, fatally striking Miranda then plunging into a muddy yard. They escape by wading to shore as the Ford continues onward.
H B Thomas of 2345 Nicholas Street Philadelphia a United States Mint smelter says he ignored health concerns while building silver dollars. After trying Tanlac he reports better sleep appetite energy and strength. Also notes local post routes Lancaster Baltimore and West Chester expansion and various civic updates including a court case dismissal and university plans.
A wartime booster piece extols outdoor exercise and tonic pills named Irontic and Torantic to restore vitality and blood strength for men and women at home. It cites Dr Pierce’s Surgical Institute in Buffalo, N Y, and urges readers to buy 60 cent vials or mail 10 cents for a trial pack.
A pithy old joke centers on a character dubbed the Mire acle Man who supposedly can do anything. The punchline asks what he cannot do and answers that he cannot convince a woman that she snores in her sleep.
The text discusses hydrogen as the lightest gas, obtained by electrolyzing water, reacting hydrochloric acid with zinc to liberate hydrogen, and sodium reacting with water. It notes hydrogen from sodium hydroxide and alum yields aluminium hydroxide. It concludes the first method is cheap and most commonly used for hydrogen production.
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