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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 15, 1923
Page
2
The common pike is a ruthless predator, feeding only on living prey and broadening its diet to fish, eels, rats, mice, ducklings, waterhens, and frogs. Newly hatched fry eat minnows twice their size and quickly consume siblings, with rapid digestion fueling high appetites as it ambushes from reeds.
A muskrat dug a trench beside a 24 inch drainage pipe causing a pond embankment to fail and about a million gallons of water to rush into Chester Creek at Milltown four miles east of West Chester. Repairs started immediately and the town's water supply is affected though the main Chester Creek plant remains stocked. Many fish were carried away or buried under eel on the pond bottom.
City Controller will implement a new accounting setup across departments starting May 1 to monitor daily financial position. The property committee approved the arrangements aiming to improve municipal business operations and provide end of day status.
Farm calendar advises early spring checks for seed orders garden mapping and early vegetables. It covers testing seed corn with wet sand or sawdust, pruning grape vines, incubator temperature control for reliable hatches, and lice treatment for horses and cattle using a safe powder mix with wheat middlings while avoiding eyes and mucous membranes.
A potter experimenting with不同 earths seeks a mix to endure constant heat and accidentally discovers porcelain while an optician obsesses over glass and watches the process. This historic note highlights a serendipitous breakthrough in ceramic art and materials science.
Over the state Harry Reed and his daughter in Treaster Valley near Lewis Town are caring for a buck fawn found by Miss Reed in a field, weak and frail.
Edwin G. Emery, a clerk in the commissioners' office in Allentown, spotted what he thought was a cat in the snow and, after a 199 yard pursuit, captured an 18 pound possum at Mountainville. Mrs. Emery disputed the initial sighting as a cat. The animal could not run fast due to its fat condition.
Five cigars manufactured by the late William Roth of Team township York county in 1841 were presented to John E. Weitzel’s father in 1878. The cigars, kept in a small glass case, are in good condition though rough in appearance and resemble present-day stories.
Sunbury resident Stephen Bitternbender piled his clothing on the Susquehanna bank fourteen years ago and was said to have slipped into the river to cover an alleged funds shortage. James Phillips, Northumberland County treasurer, received a Portland Oregon letter from Bitternbender asking about his mother’s estate, though she is not dead, the official noted.
A dozen elk forage in hem locks near Kellettville Forest County this winter. Game Protectors Beaty, Wilson and Shaw guard and feed the herd during heavy snow. The elk, long released in Forest County, have not been seen by hunters since the season and are reported in fine shape.
Mr and Mrs Harry Watkins, living near Lock Haven, had their fourth set of twins born last Thursday. Their family now totals thirteen children, all living, and the couple has been married eighteen years. Three of the four twin pairs were born in the last three years.
County notes report Elizabethtown approving a municipal sewage plant at $61 060 with first Lancaster borough vote. Lancaster YWCA lists 2205 members. Measles outbreak in Marietta closes schools and church events. Sheriff and troopers report liquor seizure and cattle levy near Rothsville. A 990-pound hog, the county’s heaviest, was slaughtered by David H Weaver.
Emanuel Ditzler of Lititz 154 S Spruce St credits Doan’s Kidney Pills with ending years of back pain and fatigue after a brief course. He recalls persistent aches before use and says he has had no trouble since. Price 60 cents at dealers. Foster Milburn Co. Buffalo NY publishers of the remedy.
Lancaster County Historical Society raises funds to purchase a house for its meeting place and depository of valuable records. Peter B. Goodman, born in Lancaster in 1859, died in Chicago February 18 while waiting at a railroad station. He was a former financial editor of the Chicago Chronicle, a financial statistician and a crop expert. He leaves a father and three sisters in Lancaster.
Catherine Rakestraw, the town's oldest resident, reaches 95 while recuperating from a broken hip she sustained a year ago.
The author shares impressions from a Holland visit describing the Hague area and Zeist, praising Dutch waters, dikes, and pumps that reclaim land. He notes dairy prosperity, crop rotation, and livestock counts, contrasts steam pumps with windmills, and recounts a failed fishing attempt in a canal during a stay at the House of Amsterdam.
Catarrh described as a local disease affected by constitutional status. Hall's Catarrh Medicine combines a topical ointment for quick relief with an internal tonic that acts through the bloodstream to cleanse mucous surfaces. Sold by druggists for over 40 years by BF Cheney & Co. of Toledo Ohio.
The ad claims women’s health suffers from carelessness and late hours, and that Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescription, a herbal tonic discovered 50 years ago, rebuilds and stabilizes the nervous system. It urges readers to try the remedy and provides a trial price offer.
ARMIN recalls past summers in Holland and urges readers in Europe to visit the country. He praises the land reclaimed from the sea through labor and perseverance, noting the persistent battles with the elements.
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