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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1927
Page
2
The text defines a caique as a long narrow skiff with two seven oars used on the Bosporus and notes the term applied to small Levantine sailing vessels. It includes a quotation about resolutions becoming habits and a linguistic note on geese as a plural form related to geases and tailor's irons.
The passage advertises a convenient remedy to avoid embarrassment or delay, emphasizing reliable protection against loss by fire or theft when using the product. It suggests practical security benefits and ease of use for the user.
W. K. Fishburn of Ephrata sold two 200 year old Chippendale chairs once owned by his aunt Hannah Hollinger. The purchaser was Peter H. Martzall of East Petersburg, who bought them for Willowby Fahr of New Jersey.
The United States Asbestos Company at Manheim is starting an addition to its manufacturing plant. The new building will be 100 feet long and added to the weaving room of the brake lining department. Increased brake lining output drives the expansion.
Reproduced from an old newspaper, a Versailles Kentucky public sale notice from March 1 1849 details a move to the Oregon Territory. It lists livestock tools and household goods including two oxen names Ben and Buck and Lon and Jerry, kettles, whiskey barrel, copper still, loom, poles, barrels, leather and rifle with mold.
Secretary C G Jordan urges motorists to see Pennsylvania’s mountains and factories and also its strong farming, grain yields, orchards, and livestock. He notes higher agricultural investment relative to mining and metal manufacture and calls Pennsylvania a premier agricultural state. Sale details and slaves referenced appear in fragmented OCR text.
Russell Amber, one of Lancaster County’s three commissioners, pledges to match every dollar the State allocates for road work. He spoke with four Lancaster Automobile Club committee members as the club urges a large road building program. Commissioners Zimmerman and Clarke, absent, previously resisted joining Ambler on the road issue. A conference with State highway engineer J C McCarrell is planned to discuss the situation.
The Farrandaville settlement in Clinton county around the Harbison-Walker brick plant is up for auction at 30000 dollars. The sale includes seven vacant houses a 10000 dollar school a church a rail siding a water system and more. Local group offers a 100 premium to any bidder at that price.
A busy schedule of local gatherings lists farmers families church groups and reunions at Lititz Springs Park from July through September. Notable items include the Farmer and Walker Family Reunion on Saturday July 9 and numerous church schools picnics and family reunions across Lancaster Reading Buck's Mill Brickerville and Ephrata with dates ranging through September.
An old car stops with failing tail lights. The driver asks his young companion to fetch oil. She returns saying shops have no red oil available, leaving the scene unresolved.
A playful household scene shows a wife calling her husband the king and ceremonially crowning him with a rolling pin in a affectionate gesture.
A compact humorous vignette features lines about a anonymous letter to the governor, sharp jibes about a lazy scoundrel and a mistress seeking a maid, with quick quips on billiards, luck, and engagements. The banter balances sly insults and social touches in a light theatre tone.
A fragment quotes a frightened speaker described as terrified and shivering his teeth chattering, capturing a moment of intense anxiety and cold. The terse lines prompt curiosity about the surrounding events and context.
A neighbor and I share a growing bond as our sons grow up with one cat each. We bond over shared rides on a trolley and the silly plea of a son who cannot do without a father. The father suggests the boy invent a new self, a line passed to the mother.
A humorous dialogue exchanges memory, class yell, and college pranks with quick wits. A milk discussion turns to a mock inquiry about dairy purity while students question knighthood rituals and star effects. The piece preserves light banter and playful wordplay among campus figures.
A brief exchange features Jed admiring a car while another person argues about complaints and brute force. The dialogue hints at playful banter and self reference.
A reader recalls hearing Honolulu on radio last night via a London broadcast. The exchange notes muffled bets of ukuleles and a dropped consonant, suggesting cross ocean signals and local shorthand mentions of B sounds.
A soda fountain dialogue features a young lady asking for sandwich varieties and a clerk listing ham bread, ham roll, cheese on bread, cheese on roll, chicken salad on bread, tongue on bread, egg salad roll, tomato on bread, combination salads, hot dogs, followed by a request for a dish of chocolate ice cream. The scene includes a note about a book borrowed ten years ago and an old magazine for interest.
In a quirky exchange, the phrenologist claims the bumps on your head indicate a wife who is very impulsive and easily irritated, while Hooliigan challenges the notion.
The line reworks a classic Jilted lover quip. Clare is unfazed by a young aviator leaving her, claiming there are as good birds in the air as ever.
A playful exchange in a boutique features a shopper seeking a smart dance troc and a saleswoman promising a garment that would seduce. The dialogue shifts to a loan request where Ted asks for five weeks and has since demanded several encores, hinting at humor and flirtation.
In a terse exchange the speakers ask and answer what is coming, urging blunt candor and nastiness as they discuss the unfolding theme or tale. The fragment hints at candid, provocative storytelling.
A fragmented report notes an arrest linked to work on Park Avenue. Details are unclear in the readable text but the incident centers on a naming question and an arrest connected to activity on a city street.
Berlin museum expedition returns from Egypt with 290 pottery pieces bearing foreign princes and Egyptian names from around 2600 BC. Vessels were inscribed then smashed in ritual rites, believed to injure enemies.
The phrase is misattributed to the Bible with Genesis cited as the closest source. Most people believe it comes from Scripture, but experts note the idea has circulated in English writing for about 250 years, possibly inspired by Milton.
The Japanese embassy explains maru as circle and perfection. It notes maru was once a suffix for noble names, swords, and ships, and now commonly marks ships in proper names.
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