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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1924
Page
2
C J Nephler of Oakland urges that cars remain affordable versus 1913 prices, noting 4,000,000 vehicles sold in 1923, 60 percent above prior year. He cites National Automobile Chamber of Commerce data showing cars, tires, and gasoline cost less than prewar figures.
The county end of the drive for the Rossmere Tuberculosis Sanatorium will wait for better roads. Work is underway, with the Rossmere Hotel inspected and a new heating system planned. Opening date depends on county raising its share of 50 000, with 28 900 remaining to be raised largely in the county.
Announcement from Lancaster states Lebanon County seeks State Senate seat in the Lancaster Lebanon District with Mayor Frank C. Musser again opposing Congressman William W. Greist. The Coalition nominates Guy Bard of Denville for Senator in the Seventeenth District, signaling a contentious contest.
A father chides a daughter for staying up late with her young companion and objects to their taking his morning newspapers when he leaves. The remark reveals social norms about propriety and adult relations in a domestic setting.
Bee pointers urge readiness of extra hive bodies and supers for spring honey yields. Hotbed care warns against neglect cutting air on sunny days. Watering guidance favors clear mornings. spray materials should be ordered early. subsoil drainage beats dynamiting. baby chicks require brooder temps around 100 degrees start, with gradual cooling and heat source access.
Hundreds of Cen tre county chicks hatch yearly suffer leg weakness from indoor confinement. Ultraviolet sun rays are blocked by ordinary window panes, hindering development. Experts urge placing chicks outdoors early in small fenced yards to bask in sun, noting Canadian practice of exposing week-old January chicks.
A folkloric line attributes extraordinary usefulness to chickens. The old Black quote claims you can eat them both before birth and after death, presenting a paradoxical proverb in regional dialect.
A description of the chameleon’s tongue shows its extreme speed when catching flies. The rapid motion can cause the tongue to rot if exposed or observed by the naked eye, highlighting the creature’s extraordinary predatory efficiency.
A police warning warns Norristown that dogs without licensed tags will be seized and owners fined. In Allentown crow shoots, the Northampton Rod and Gun Club reports more than 4 000 crows killed this year, reducing pests that threaten young game. Ada M. Haggerty sells Arch Spring property in Sinking Valley to A. L. Baker for 25 000 dollars, famed for the natural arch and underground river.
Pleading guilty to stealing a sack of flour valued at $1.65, Wm. Glenn of Uniontown, described as a negro, was sentenced by Judge Work to 24 cents to three years in the western penitentiary. One Hundred Years Old Mrs. Catherine Fepburn Thompson celebrated her centennial at her Curwensville home, praised for her preservation and reading. A policeman jobs go 2 begging Prosperity in the coal region leaves Allentown short of hopeful police recruits at $125 monthly. city council orders civil service exams for three new positions, but applicant numbers remain too small.
In a Souderton quarry pond divers recovered a Philadelphia man’s machine after a dive into forty feet of water. The license tags confirmed ownership, while a separate report notes Homer Zeigler, an undertaker from Northumberland County, borrowed Jerre G. Snyder’s hearse for a funeral, traveling twenty seven miles via Sunbury.
Lancaster Pennsylvania Railroad has closed a deal to acquire land north of the city for a new station. The announcement followed public release of correspondence between C S Krick, vice president of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and John J Evans, president of the Lancaster Chamber of Commerce.
Butter and butter substitutes can be distinguished by a simple test. Hold a spoonful over the kettle spout or above a gas flame. If the contents foam, you have butter. substitutes melt.
A Mexican parrot that lived with Edward S. Smith’s family in Columbia, Pennsylvania for over four decades died of pneumonia. The bird had a large vocabulary and could speak many sentences, adding to local interest across the county.
Rev Samuel Fry of Rheems, a noted thoroughbred poultry keeper, has a long running brood house along the State Highway. He recently sold a rooster for 20 dollars from a pen near his home. Robert Zecher of Lancaster tops Franklin and Marshall College, to deliver the Marshall oration. M Rusger Wehr of Denver earns second honors for the Franklin oration. J K Brubaker of Strasburg takes third in the senior class, with W P Lampe of Philadelphia fourth. he will deliver the valedictory.
A playful vignette of Yellowstone visitors at Rationel Park describing diverse behaviors by families and individuals. Observations include crowds around meals, curiosity about Geysers, cautious campers, and small mishaps with cameras and gear, illustrating the noisy, curious tourist scene.
Heirs of D. S. Von Neida did not dispose of Mountain Springs Hotel at the sale recently held though well attended. Bids reached $40,000 and several parties are now considering purchase.
The five brothers sons of David T. Robinson of Mountville report 189 years of combined Pennsy service. William 44 years as a Harrisburg passenger agent. Daniel 42 as Rockville telegraph operator. David 41 as Lancaster assistant yard master. Milton 25 as freight conductor. Ralph 24 in the Broad Street telegraph department. Brenner, state highway architect, orders a bridge over Cocalico near Ephrata to replace the old stone structure with a five foot path for pedestrians.
Mr L H Hackman assistant cashier of Farmers National Bank of Ephrata will leave to join his father in law Mr W O G Haverstick of Lancaster. He has written insurance in spare time since 1920. The new role focuses entirely on insurance including an income service with local offices to be kept in Ephrata.
The sale of Mrs Elizabeth Buck’s goods near Doylestown set price records for antiques. A half dozen chairs bought forty years ago for eight dollars sold for twenty five. A desk without a top went for fifty and linen bedsheets brought five dollars each.
Ages averaging over 81 gathered at Geo Thomas Post Lan caster to honor Philip Rudy longtime post commander for 14 years. Hugh R Fulton praised Rudy and presented a leather covered chair as a token of regard. Dr S C Schmucker donated gifts to Moravian Home Lititz bookcase 100 books sewing machine and Vietrola, in memory of his mother.
In Roadside Sketches Thackeray recalls a dinner in Antwerp listing dishes such as green pea soup salted salmon mussels skate roast meat patties melon stewed carp with mushrooms and onions roast turkey cauliflower and butter venison with asafoetida sauce stewed calfig ear roast veal roast hunky stewed cherries rice pudding Gruyere cheese and many cakes He says except items 6 18 and 14 all are written here with three fulls and a score of potatoes.
Two enormous geysers are spewing molten lava at 2,000,000 cubic feet per hour from the Kanes volcano crater. The crater, 2,000 feet wide, has shown dramatic activity with the lake of fire rising and dropping below the rim, and the surface gradually unsettling during late summer and September.
Boston Transcript recounts a 1757 measure by city leaders restricting travel near churches on Sundays. Coaches chairs and carriages were to move no faster than a foot pace to avoid disturbing public worship, with a ten shilling penalty for the driver.
A West End costermonger recalls a holiday walk turned grim when a passing swell shatters a shop window and strikes him in the head. Despite blood streaming down his face, he apologizes and asks forgiveness, noting his remembered manners despite the chaos.
A fragmented excerpt shows a man applying at a London ladies tailor shop. He questions experience in dressmaking, noting he has worked on kilta and acknowledges the establishment as a ladies tailoring house. The passage hints at dialogue about qualifications.
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