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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1921
Page
8
Trimmers Store advertises a special sale for Saturday June 25 offering items at reduced prices including oilcloth 25c per 5 yards, Palm Olive powder 10c cake, Swiss Rose Soap 25c, P and G Soap 5c with a limit, Sweet Ann soap 8c, muslin 6c per yard, 12x15 wax paper 5c, 20 picnic plates 10c, salted peanuts 15c lb, cake prices dropped, Uneeda biscuit 7e. Nabisco 12c box.
Mr and Mrs Wm H Muth with their daughter Miss Sarah and son Henry attend Ithaca New York for commencement at Cornell where their son Fred is being graduated.
Earl Grant and Harry Stump, Ephrata youths, were nabbed by state troopers Eckert and Siegman after a chase that lasted weeks. Troopers searched twenty farms on Friday and allege the pair robbed Harold Sechrist of $14 at gunpoint on June 1, a sum belonging to Hacker Ice Cream Co. The pair are jailed to await court, with Stump noted as once having ties to the area.
A lengthy list of events and picnics scheduled from July through October in the Lititz Springs and surrounding regions. Includes church picnics from St Mark's Lutheran to Advent Lutheran, reunions for Madlem Showalter, Brunnerville, Taylor, and many other families, plus fairs such as the Kutztown Fair and York Fair and a Chautauqua at Lititz.
The Industrial League features strong crowds as Paper Box leads with Chocolate and Stiffel-Free man tied. Paper Box beat Stiffel 9 to 2 after overtaking a 2-1 score in the sixth inning, then defeated Ideal 7 to 2. Safe Makers showed pep, Spickler puzzled batters, and Lemon Furlow emerged as a solid hitter and first baseman with a homer over the right garden wall.
Oneida defeated Stevens Trade School by 14 to 4 with Runk's hitting shining for the trap makers. Long, Stevens Trade catcher and son of Dr. D A Long, hit a home run. Also noted are upcoming games Rotherstown vs Animal Trap factory and Rothsville vs Brownstown with expected hot rivalry and strong lineups from Lititz players. Nearby obituary notes the death of four month old Marvin Reidenbach, funeral held at South Spruce Street home with burial at Longenecker's.
Mrs. S. G. E. Beckler led a Hershey outing by track with Anna Longenecker Hattie Miller Helen Bear Viola Roth Thelma Pfautz Helen Longenecker Dorothy Johansson Mary Witmer Sylvia Pfautz and each girl brought a invited friend. They enjoyed an abundant lunch together.
A curated sequence of quips and witticisms reflecting social norms of a past age. Jokes touch on fashion, travel, temptation, money, farming, and marriage with compact moral and humorous takes. Notable lines include references to hats and gowns, flying machines, camp meetings, and the fate of a June bride.
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