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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1921
Page
2
Houtzdale in Clearfield county sees many stray cows and horses nightly. The local paper urges a curfew or night watchman to corral wandering livestock, saying the nuisance makes nights hideous.
Mrs. Margaret Fearnside of West Conshohocken serves as juror in Norristown and outgenerates a main juror during deliberations. The panel stands 11 to 1 as a man threatens to stay a week. she offers to stay two weeks, tipping the balance. State official Finegan appeals to school superintendents about U S military training camps for boys 16 and older with government support for food and transport.
Education and citizenship notes announce Pennsylvania boys will attend Camp Meade in Massachusetts. USDA specialists say lime water is not as good as water glass for egg preservation. taste may reflect lime. Lime solution: dissolve two pounds of lime in a small amount of water, dilute with five gallons boiled and cooled water, let lime settle, use the clear liquid to cover clean eggs in a jar with two inches of the solution above the eggs.
President Lincoln walked with a friend in Washington when he stopped to aid a beetle lying on its back legs in air. The story attributes his reply that leaving the bug to struggle would not feel right, saying he wished to give it an equal chance with other bugs.
A Diuvich company presented a fairy tale at a Halle theater packed with children. The youngsters claimed the piece was silly and the scenery inadequate, loudly demanding refunds. Police arrived as chaos spread with broken seats and a comically misused tea spoon amid the pandemonium.
Within the county no happenings throughout the Garden Spot. The cornerstone of the boys' building on the Masonic Home grounds at Elizabethtown will be laid July 4. A victim of nervous prostration Rev. W. S. Brendle of Reamstown is under treatment at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore.
The Ephrata Mountain Springs summer resort opens for the season after improvements to the buildings. Robert H. Hiestand of Elizabethtown won two Augusta Military Academy medals for highest credit and oratory. Real estate activity includes H. E. Gehman selling two building lots to H. B. Miller who will erect six modern dwellings beyond Buck in Lancaster County. Herbert Graybill’s geese operation near Buck grows, with nearly 100 young geese and strong egg sales. goose prices have risen to four dollars from 75 cents a few years ago. Christian Eckman of Hast Drumore also raises a large flock and Lancaster Rouen ducks for yearly supply.
A London Mail snippet captures a sharp exchange between spouses. The wife retorts that she would never want another husband like him, underscoring a caustic, comic tone in the overheard dialogue.
The Pennsylvania Bureau of Plant Industry explains why apple, near and quince trees bloom a second time after spring frosts. A killed terminal bud forces an adjacent fruit bud to become a leafy shoot and develop terminal flowers. This creates a second bloom that yields fruit for the 1922 season, observed in the current year.
Daniel J Eyler Gettysburgs best known resident will undergo cataract surgery on his left eye at Warner hospital Philadelphia. At 98 he hopes the operation will restore sight and extend his health prospects. Eyler famed for recalling BarbBar Fritchie stories and long rural labor feats believes he will live past a hundred. The procedure was performed by Dr John Walsh Croskey of Philadelphia.
Five federal engineers survey the Susquehanna between Safe Harbor and York county seeking a dam site across a mile wide river. The plan envisions locks for navigation and a large water power plant to supply Columbia and nearby towns, with origin unclear between federal or private under government direction.
W H Mathers of 20 W Main St Lititz testifies Doan's Kidney Pills relieved long standing back and kidney pain. He slept poorly and felt dizzy with colored urine and nervousness before using the remedy. After a short time the pain eased and three boxes cured him. 60c at dealers Foster Milburn Co Buffalo NY
A fragment from the New York Sun reports chatter about Jinks possibly married and in deep debt. The item notes the speaker’s surprise that des perate circumstances may accompany the rumor, reflecting sensational early 20th century gossip dynamics.
The report notes Guba uses motor vehicles to supplement railways and steamers. It highlights repairing old military roads and building new highways to improve transport, with coastal roads usable while interior routes remain mule-accessed. It mentions strict anti-glare enforcement and careful selection of automotive ramps.
The American Forestry Magazine urges rational preservation and proposal of native forest animals. It praises large game transplantation between forests where former abundance existed and notes the forest service work in this field deserves broad support.
A Saturday Evening Post piece explains how the Greeleyville potato brand arose from Colorado seed. Westward settlement around Denver produced a hardy potato, grown from seeds of wild Colorado varieties. Railroads and northern routes helped distribute the giant spuds to diners and travelers nationwide.
Dr Penfold at the Australian Commonwealth Serum Institute in London reports a bold serum method. After removing red corpuscles from horse blood for diphtheria serum, he reintroduced them, boosting new blood formation without harming vitality. In trials, a horse normally carries 88 quarts, yet up to 50 quarts weekly could be drawn without loss of vitality, and the red cells were reintroduced in all 40 horses with the same effect.
The Pennsylvania bees face starvation as late frosts killed blossoms and cool weather slowed flower development. The State Department of Agriculture plans to issue a bulletin urging farmers to feed bees to safeguard honey supplies once valued near a million dollars in some years.
In Harper's Weekly an anecdote recalls Lincoln boasting of his height and challenging Sumner to measure. Sumner refused, delivering a bold speech on uniting fronts against the enemy. Lincoln calls Sumner his idea of a bishop and a fine tall man.
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