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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1924
Page
4
Notice to advertisers and others that the publication goes to press every Thursday morning and may not insert much matter after Wednesday afternoon. Communications must be authenticated by writer name and address as a guarantee of good faith. Entered at Lititz Pa post office as second class matter.
The April Fool custom may have begun in Hindostan during a March feast of Tin, sending people on errands to those away. In Scotland it is called Hunting the gowk with gowk meaning fool. Jokers route victims to others, ending with the butt realizing the ruse.
Reasons for a home vegetable garden include saving money if you do the work yourself and enjoying fresh green vegetables essential for health. The piece argues it benefits physical health similarly to costly sports and urges readers to consider these points.
Elmer Todd and family visited friends at Lancaster on Sunday. Rolandus Mull and family were at Maytown on Sunday. Warwick township should get a tractor to pull people out of the mud between Taflville and Lexington. Elias Hitnier moved from Elm last Tuesday into Mrs. J. J. Garman's house.
Mr and Mrs David Kurtz with children Lars John and James from Westover Md visited J V Roth and wife last Wednesday. They viewed their former home near Brunnerville now occupied by Charles Kochel. Mrs J W Roth attended the funeral of Mrs John Werner of Ephrata at Hess Meeting House on Thursday.
Mr and Mrs Devan Miley and Howard Roth with wife, all of Lexington, visited A R Roth G M Weachter and family in Hopeland on Sunday. Charles Eberly and Mrs Harry Eberly of Waldeck called on Paul Eckert. Lem Houck is ill, Annie Buchter relapsed, and Mrs Harry Landis is indisposed. The scribe spent Sunday at Lititz among relatives as L B Habecker and wife hosted several Ephrata guests.
Sunday evening commencement exercises in Grace United Evangelical Church will celebrate the graduation of four students from the teacher training course. The event caps a sequence of local social updates, including moves, sales, and visits across Lancaster and surrounding towns.
Ruth H. of Akron will take charge of the J. W. Buch store next week. Ma Buch will pursue another path. Avery Myers lies seriously ill with pneumonia, with a trained nurse in attendance. L. K. Wolf and his brother will end the restaurant venture, while Mr. McMullen and family from Mechanicsburg relocate to run the restaurant on April 1.
A car party touring rural Nature’s way spotted a baby calf feeding naturally. A rider quips about a self-help restaurant, calling it a Child’s restaurant and a Calfateria as the chauffeur drives on.
The National Board of Fire Underwriters reports that during 1318-4621 farm property losses in Pennsylvania totaled at least 1,793,037 dollars, with most causes preventable. Major sources were lighting, defective chimneys, matches and smoking, and stove or boiler systems. The piece urges reservoirs and water for fire engines near rural buildings as a prudent, potentially insurance-lowering investment.
The W C T U plans a Jubilee Rally at the Moravian Sunday School Chapel on Monday with a 2 30 pm long service including devotions readings and topical addresses and a 5 30 pm supper for members and friends priced at 15 cents followed by 7 30 pm music Crusade scenes and an address by Rev E B Knowles of Lancaster all are warmly invited
Washington Camp No 694 P O S of A initiated a class of five candidates last Friday evening. Sandwiches and coffee were served after the initiation. The twelfth anniversary of the Men s QU A B C of the U EH Sunday school will be held on Sunday the 6th. Gabriel Moyer of Lebanon will speak in the afternoon and Rev A Ineisey will deliver the sermon in the evening. H P Dizon is president of the class and Hlmer Raezer is teacher. A good reliable shoe repairer is needed here and we hope that there
Horace N. Bismesderfer announces a sale at Hershey & Gibbel Lititz of three plots in Kissel Hill with frontages on Lititz Pike and Landis Valley road. Plots may be sold together or as two lots with options for consolidation as the town grows southward. The auction begins at 7 30 P M conducted by H H Snavely, auctioneer.
Read the Record then buy four piano or player at Howard Young opposite Public Schools. Suburban ad notes subscription price of 1.50 dollars per year.
Springfield woman recounts her daughter's goitre removal at home five years ago using Sorbol Quadruple liniment. Mrs Frank Beard of 1610 Karr Street, Springfield, Ohio offers to share full experience. inquire at L. M. Moyers drug store or Sorbol Company Mechanicsburg Ohio.
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