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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1920
Page
2
Snow banks cling to Oven Mountains near Milroy as residents note a loan exchange on a bank in a deep Tussey gully. Locals expect the snow to persist until July 1 despite mild weather.
Daniel Leopold aged 82 and his brother Jacob 84 left Lebanon County for Manito and Kankakee Illinois to spend an indefinite time with friends and relatives. Mt Gretna cottages are fully occupied as summer residents pour in with Chau tauqua Inn and Hotel Conewago opening June 24.
Announcement of pur chase of the Colebrook ice house and adjoining tracts by Captain William Hicks of the State Arsenal. The property will be used for future purposes.
In relation to the State Military grounds extending from Mt Gretna to Lawn the land now under negotiation will be purchased and options secured last week.
Hershey Chocolate Corp plans to issue ten year sinking fund gold bonds totaling 10 million to a New York syndicate. Proceeds will fund further purchases of Rosario sugar properties and reissue notes from earlier acquisitions. The move follows competitors investing in Cuban sugar interests and secures a supply from its own properties.
Experiments in hog pasturing are under way on two farms in Lebanon County. James A. Riber near Myerstown pastured fifty hogs on oats and field peas then to rotate onto soy beans and rape. Harry Yingst near Mt. Zion pastured twenty five hogs on oats and field peas then to rotate onto oats and rape. Weighed and examined individually, with records kept to compare pasture feeding with pen feeding.
Irwin Reagan of West Chester bought a violin from a newspaper ad for his daughters. Inside the box the label read Anton Stradivarius made in 1737, prompting hopes of a rare prize. An expert will appraise its value in Philadelphia. a prior Strad sold in New York reportedly brought 16 000 dollars.
The Kreider Shoe Co has begun erecting a row of houses in Elizabethtown to house its employees.
The J. C. Penney Co. has leased the first floor of the Franklin House hotel on North Queen Street in Lancaster, adding a new department store presence to the town.
One of Lancaster's oldest residents Mrs Martin Graf died last week at age 90. She is survived by a sister Mrs Barbara Eshbach aged 85 living in New York.
Hugo P. Rush of New Providence graduated this week from West Point Military Academy and enters the regular army as a lieutenant.
Akron based Fine Bank Seeking Bros and cement contractors of Millway laid wooden forms for the concrete foundation walls of the Akron National Bank and its new residence.
Bright outlook for Sanitate factory in Akron as thousands of jar tops are produced. The industry ships large quantities and the plant has orders to operate for at least a year, signaling strong demand and sustained production.
Mary Y. Welsh, longtime principal who taught in Columbia public schools since 1870, informs directors she will not seek re election. She may claim a lifetime pension.
A fire started in a cookstove unused since fall exploded last Friday afternoon, wrecking Mrs. Gottleib’s kitchen in New Holland. She escaped serious harm after leaving the room. All window panes shattered and the stove blown apart. In a separate note, poultry dealer E G Dohner found a live peep in a load of eggs, a reminder to handle eggs carefully as peeps are valuable.
Lancaster County Commissioners offered 9000 to buy and free the Manheim and Lititz turnpike, but the bid was refused. The Pike Company had previously set a 14000 price. Directors declared a 6 percent annual dividend on capital stock payable on demand.
A lightning bolt struck the incubator house at O. D. Brubaker’s duck farm in Bird-in-Hand during a Wednesday storm. The bolt struck the side of the building and penetrated inside, killing three thousand young ducks instantly.
Over the past two weeks A Hooker and Son of Lancaster shipped twenty plus carloads of first class cattle from Eph rata Stevens and nearby towns to New York for European export. Similar consignments have moved from across the country to the eastern seaboard to restore Europe’s cattle supply after World War I. Each animal is inspected and blemish free before shipping.
At the United States Tobacco Association convention in Atlantic City representatives of about ninety percent of growers joined manufacturers and warehouse interests to oppose anti-tobacco activists. They named a committee to raise a fund to combat opponents of Lady Nicotine. Last year tobacco output reached 35.0 billion cigarettes with forty percent exported. plug tobacco declined by 5.9 million pounds while smoking tobacco rose by 15.0 million pounds.
Complaints to the Highway Department lead to a state police watch on head lamp lenses. Many car owners have not fitted non glare lenses, violating the 1919 act. Vehicles with electric headlights must use approved lenses or improvised glare reducing devices.
Emanuel Arnold witnessed a buck deer fight a five-foot blacksnake about a mile and a half west of Youngdale while fishing in McHlhattan run. The deer stomped the snake to death in seconds, leaping four times before vanishing into the woods.
The last of four sons of Mr. and Mrs. Parker O. Sheckart, Ray mond L. Sheckart, returned from Fort Ethan Allen Vermont after four years of service. He served 22 months in France with the 3d Division and wed a French girl. He was wounded six times in the world war and came home as his brother Lewis’s funeral was held. Other Sheckart brothers served in France and at sea with honors and different divisions.
A humorous exchange about the urge for a house with a backyard reveals a wish to have a private outdoor space to toss empty cans. The quip underlines suburban dream aesthetics and a thriftier lifestyle mindset.
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