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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1937
Page
3
Wilson Baum, a renowned Lititz tailor, marked his eighty ninth birthday last Wednesday. He recalled youth on the Schuylkill canal where mules pulled coal boats. He notes 9 PM bedtimes and walking as health aids and claims sharp eyesight without glasses.
March sale listings include household goods public sale in Brunnerville by Mrs Harriet Flory, eight land tracts at Kissel Hill by Stanley Biemesderfer trustee for Salinda Sarnish and Horace Biemesderfer deceased, home goods on Maple Street by Gertrude Kofroth, livestock and farming tools on Clay Two road by John F Martin, Kissel Hill Real Estate including Kissel Hill Hotel by Susan Himmelberger, and house and ground at 30 E Lincoln Ave Lititz by Executors of John D Helter deceased.
A Rehrersburg native who grew up in Berks County recounts walking long distances to towns like Hamburg and Leesport, dancing lessons in Reading, and his time in a Cen terport band. He later worked for Walter H. Buch, a Lititz tailor, and now lives with daughter Mrs. Esther Brunner.
The piece recalls phrases about the city as a melting pot and Liberty wearing a fur coat. It notes cramped blocks and crowded escalators, with small movie houses offering double features. A line mentions paying $5 to run out of gas.
Prothonotary's Notice to be presented to the Court for confirmation nisi on Monday March 15 1937. Eshleman Louisa H guardian of Fulton National Bank of Lancaster real minded.
A vivid non sequitur of New York scenes contrasts with legal notices from Lititz Pennsylvania. Administrators and executors are named for the estates of Mary E. Weicksel James W. Keath Lizzie M. Kline Elmer F. Ruhl and others with instructions for debts and claims to be settled promptly by heirs and local attorneys in Lititz and Elm.
An advertisement urges women to avoid being a "three quarter wife" and to use Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound to ease menstrual and menopausal discomforts. It claims the product tones the system and supports women through puberty, motherhood readiness, and middle age.
Mrs Elma Verille of Havre de Grace Maryland reports losing 20 pounds claiming clothes fit better after daily use of Kruschen Salts. Ad urges light meals and fruit while avoiding fatty foods for a painless waste elimination.
Informal health ad urges kidney and bladder function, promoting Cystex as a guaranteed remedy for nighttime urination, nervousness, backache, and other pains. Claims quick relief within four hours and a one week guarantee, with price stated as cheap daily cost.
A social column urges wives to endure monthly hardship and hints marriage guidance. It cites Lydia E. Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound as a remedy and advises women on three life ordeals from girlhood to middle age.
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