Lititz Record Postal Entry Notice
Record announces its second class mail status at Lititz Post Office in Pennsylvania, indicating standard newspaper circulation and mailing designation.
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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 10, 1932
Page
7
Record announces its second class mail status at Lititz Post Office in Pennsylvania, indicating standard newspaper circulation and mailing designation.
President Hoover marks the fourth year in office amid a cautious optimism as critics ease and praise grows for his handling of difficult days. A tramp seeks pants, a woman’s door yields a joke about church and pew. The Pennsylvania Agriculture Department notes no funding or free seed distribution.
March 16 excursion for merchants to Philadelphia advertised a three day round trip at 1.90. A citizens meeting at Kemper House planned a Lititz to Brickerville pike. Rev B D Albright preached first sermon here last Sunday. Lititz National Bank declared 6 percent dividend. Tom Kissinger and Henry Conrad set out for Ohio seeking work. Timothy Grosh, 73, died Friday with large funeral attendance.
Twenty five years ago on March 14 1907 eggs were 17 cents a dozen in markets. About half the male population of Lititz and Warwick attended a market house meeting to discuss a fire engine, concluding to buy a combination ladder and chemical engine for 1350 dollars. Snow fell all day Sunday with over six inches on the ground.
The article lists ten year outcomes for Lititz High School graduates and attendees including college and normal school graduates, nurses, office workers, laborers, a dentist and a doctor, with many married or at home and a few dead or not accounted for. It also includes an unrelated advertisement for EBV'S Starting and Growing Chick Mash.
Many women find meatless menus harder to plan yet when well prepared the meals can be more interesting than meat dishes. The article gives menus and recipes for a Lenten dinner including salmon and corn patties, casserole of corn and kidney beans, baked apples, and a jelly roll with easy steps.
Nutritionists urge more Baked Beans in weekly menus as a rich protein source and economical food element. The article outlines several bean based dishes including tomato Veluta with ki oy beans, oven baked red kidney beans, and baked tomato stuffed beans, each serving 4 to 6, with steps and ingredients like peppers bacon tomato sauce and cheese.
A note discusses how writers portray injuries in auto accidents, noting that not all reporters frame a broken leg as a guaranteed result of collision and questioning the influence of education on such phrasing.
A 1985 Swedish 10 daler coin of solid copper earns the title of the world’s largest metal coin. It measures 25 inches long and 12.5 inches wide with a thickness near half an inch and a weight around 45 pounds.
An elderly Alabama Negro truck farmer tells his oldest son that he is wasting potential. He comments that being poor is a blessing and warns that if the son were rich he would be disinherited. The exchange centers on work ethic and prosperity.
In a light exchange, Mrs Adams notes Bessie’s stout figure and smiles like a summer sea. Mrs Green concurs, calling Bessie billowy and adding that she too shares the same impression of the cheerful scene.
A citizen, leaving the courthouse, protests being compelled to tell the whole truth. He notes that lawyers on the other side argued such a procedure would be improper, as reported by the Washington Star.
Percy declares to Esther that he has promised to marry, while a month earlier she asked Esther to be her bridesmaid. Alice shows off a new rain coat during a visit, and Grandpa jokes about water faucets.
A humorous dialogue centers on brown bathroom tiles and a wife who bakes fudge. The banter plays on compliments and a punchline about fudge becoming too hard to eat, highlighting a playful domestic moment.
On campus Sopho morton questions a history professor about being poor on dates. The exchange centers on a missed engagement with the professor, highlighting student frustration and campus timing concerns as reported by the Louisville Courier-Journal.
A collage of quips and snippets features characters like Uarry and George, a shipyard worker Bill, and a minister planning a christening. The pieces mix a running joke about betting speed with dry humor about doctors, a starvation death, and a quirky exchange on marriage and business. Names include Sondagsnisse Strix and Max in Berlin.
A 1924 Western Newspaper Union piece contrasts two fates from misfortune. It highlights a baker family tragedy where three siblings died from starvation after their sister’s death, then cites blind individuals who achieved success in law, medicine, writing, and education. The message urges resilience and achievement despite handicap.
The text argues that health is influenced by daily habits of living, including food preferences, cooking methods, ventilation, clothing, and hygiene. Positive habits foster well-being, while bad ones lead to unfavorable health outcomes, highlighting the role of lifestyle in overall health.
A Cincinnati Enquirer note extols daily manners over special occasion clothes, praising consistent politeness that endures when hosting guests and reflecting in social grace beyond attire.
The largest sturgeons in the Great Lakes weigh 200 pounds or more and grow up to eight feet long, fueling folklore that they resemble sea serpents and sparking curiosity about these mighty freshwater giants.
Lititz Fire Company Auxiliary nominated officers Thursday evening for April election. Positions include President Mrs M C Demmy Vice President Mrs Ralph Walters Secretary Mrs Victor Wagner Treasurer Mrs Sallie Templeton Financial Secretary Mrs Henry Hackman. Refreshments followed the business meeting and a birthday candle cake honored committee chair Solomon Strohm on his 38th birthday.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the United Brethren Church elected officers led by a new president. Other positions and names followed in the bylaw driven organizational posting, detailing leadership for the upcoming term.
Mrs Chester Martin as vice president and Mrs Harry McCreary as secretary head a list of officers for the Thank Offering organization. Elmer Ehrhart serves as treasurer and as secretary of Literature and Stewardship while H Wertsch is secretary of Thank Offering and Emanuel Ditzler serves another post. Mrs Wilson Gibbel was elected delegate to the convention at Harrisburg in May with Mrs Wertsch as alternate.
Grenville Keiser, author, tells Pathfinder Magazine that a President must have patience of Job perspicacity of Plato strength of Hercules wit of Itabolais courage of a lion eloquence of Demosthenes wisdom of Solomon gentleness of a dove universality of Shakespeare and occasional silence of a sphinx.
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