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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1920
Page
6
The RECORD notes New Jersey moves to legalize beer up to 4.4% alcohol, conflicting with the Volstead act and federal enforcement. It warns prosecutions may follow under federal law, while state law offers no prosecutions, prompting debate on secession and constitutional questions.
A collection of satirical quips and snippets from Lititz including jokes about spring fever railroads money and prices. References touch on local motifs such as Paradise village and a Lititz store inquiry about pig pens with a penny value. The tone mimics a civic column of light verse and local humor.
J. Gilbert of the Harrisburg Bureau of Remarks spoke at the Cedarville farmers institute on how a dollar is divided. He said the farmer nets about 36 cents, with 6 to 7 cents for shipment, wholesaler 10 cents, retailer 83 cents, and transport consuming about 14 cents. Spillman argued farmers are both capitalists and workers and urged cutting middlemen to narrow price gaps for consumers.
A long list of public livestock and farming tool auctions dated March 11 to March 27 is announced by multiple auctioneers including M. B. Ober, M. Mellinger, HG Gever, Mrs Sallie Chuonister, Jerome Ober, H. T. Hacker, Samuel and David Bauman, John Womert, Mrs Ella Schveiner, Allen Hasek, and Caroline Grosh. Items include cattle horses mules cows pigs chickens farm implements household goods and carpentry tools. Auctions occur at Neffsville Petersburg Brigkerville Brunnerville Elizabeth Ship Sunnyside Farm Lititz and other locations with numerous cataloged lots.
A brick and stone silk mill five stories tall, sized 136 by 245 feet, is planned for Ephrata with fireproof construction and a target occupancy by August. A New York firm with a Patterson New Jersey factory will fund most costs, while George W. Kinzer of Ephrata covers 50 percent of the first mortgage and the debt is repaid at 3900 dollars yearly after year one. The project requires 350 workers and the Silk firm will finance the balance and install all machinery. It previously sought Lititz but found limited encouragement.
There will be excursions this May over the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad on Sundays to the seashore, up the Hudson, to Washington, Niagara Falls, and the Thousand Islands. The first excursion on the Reading and Columbia Line will be run on May 5.
The document presents a bank statement with totals for liabilities and deposits and shows figures for capital stock, undivided profits, and various deposit types. It includes a sworn affirmation by T. Jd. H. WOUF, Cashier, of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, declaring the accuracy of the financial details.
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