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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1934
Page
9
The piece condemns newspapers and voters for war propaganda and liquor advertising. It cites a local church sermon attacking nonvoters and presses that publish liquor ads while refusing letters from advertisers. The Lititz Record, it states, will refuse liquor ads despite low funds.
The 190? Lititz Record editor argued holidays depress business and suggested fewer holidays would let people spend money more freely. The note recalls the Fourth of July falling on a Sunday in June and the Monday following becoming a long holiday.
Two diet disputants in Copenhagen sought to settle whether vegetarians or meat eaters are stronger by staging a forty five mile bicycle race. The event aimed to prove which dietary choice yields greater strength.
Reported Sunday night thieves entered Martin Brubaker’s cellar near Brickerville and took 12 dozen eggs and various edibles. The Tranville Band secured for the Fourth of July, while a fire destroyed 100 cases of 1881 tobacco on Herman Graybill’s farm. A quilting party gathered at Tobe Martin’s New Haven home, and John Ziegler plans to sell two acres across the San Domingo Creek on June 22.
The event drew cheers from butchers and stock markets while green grocers lamented the outcome. The vegetarian finished strong two seconds behind the winner, keeping the platform open for further debate from both sides.
An editorial voice reflects on the pressures of reporting news and the reactions from both sides. The author imagines Missouri in Mark Twain's era, noting that in that time people preferred action to talk and even shot first before speaking.
A Wheatsheaf of incidents from Kissel Hill to Lititz area includes a six foot wheat stalk, a defunct bank payment, a rescued boy on a train track, runaway horse near South Broad Street, and bees moved to a yard. Also notes on meetings, travel to Philadelphia, new housekeeping, a touring car purchase, hospital discharge, and a cherry tree accident.
Observers inspecting the excavations for the United Brethren Church and the Moravian church note the cellars rest on solid rock. This assurance comes from visible geology and careful surveying as work proceeds.
A writer muses on unusual weather, noting hot days and cool nights and wondering if California has shifted its climate. The piece reflects familiar regional skepticism and curiosity about distant weather patterns and their possible reach.
Farm officials announce relaxed regulations for wheat and corn reduction plans allowing idle acres to be used for pasture and forage. Farmers may harvest crops such as soybeans millet or grasses for forage. A 34 cow herd at Penna Industrial School in Huntington yields high milk totals, while drought hits field crops statewide except the Garden Spot region. One third of Pennsylvania homes gain electricity with rural electrification support.
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