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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1927
Page
2
A brief note highlights the phrase Never Satisfied as a business motto emphasizing constant effort and greater success in enterprise. It underlines dedication and drive within the company culture.
In Berks county the Behrsburg community talks of a report that Mrs Isaac Merkey found eight thousand dollars in gold in her cellar. The treasure is linked to three wealthy brothers who owned local farms. Mrs Merkey denies the discovery though locals insist it happened.
A mother bear and two cubs in a cave on a wooded hillside near Bordell attract many visitors. Game Protector Benson erected a strong wire screen at the cave entrance to protect the cubs from marauding dogs. The mother bear naps while visitors watch the cubs play and glimpse the mother in the cave rear.
An 81 year old man claiming to be Dr. C. P. Whitman of Swarthmore was arrested in Philadelphia on Monday for practicing medicine without a license. At arraignment he pleaded with the magistrate not to notify his parents, saying his mother is 101 and his father 104.
Kansas rabbits distributed by the State Game Commission approach completion for the year with 50 000 to 60 000 cottontails released. John Bokting 11 of Freeland returned a wallet with over 500 dollars and papers earning a 25 cent reward. Five youths from Ephrata Lancaster county admitted taking part in a Rising Sun Maryland robbery and were detained in West Chester as inspected by local officials.
State Police and county officials with bankers pursued a man posing as a farmer who passed worthless checks across Pennsylvania and New Jersey towns. In Elizabethtown he used the name G. W. Martin and targeted merchants including D. H. Martin and Henry Hoffman, with thefts totaling tens of dollars in some cases. Police found his worn suit and a stock of checkbooks near an abandoned mill and traced activity to Paterson and Newark. He visited Malvern and New Holland as part of the spree.
Grow legume hay crops to cut dairy feeding costs and milk production. Dock young lambs to train flocks and castrate rams in the mutton line. Feed cattle regularly, provide bedding in rain, prune hardy vines, plant quality vegetables, and keep milk utensils clean by sun-drying after washing.
A full fashioned hosiery plant will be erected at Denver with citizens taking over more than $50 000 in bonds. A meter mechanic need not be on the lookout for work.
Franklin and Marshall College will offer new courses next fall in English Economics Political Science and Psychology for the first time. An English drama course will study leading dramatists excluding Shakespeare from the 16th to the 18th century. Labor problems will be discussed in the advanced economics course.
The excerpt quotes Ruskin on mental purity and calmness. It argues inner peace emerges in its own time as one cannot force or filter a mind into serenity. It urges keeping the mind unpolluted by stones that disturb quiet.
An archaeologist notes soil disturbed by four burrows in Surrey, England, contains dust from a past era. Excavations uncover a Roman villa and household remains, revealing an ancient Remen buc h.
The term Maniton denotes a spirit or supernatural being used as an amulet or fetich. It was common among western and Mississippi tribes and applied to any object treated as magical or protective.
The head contains seventy seven muscles eight for the eyes and eyelids one for the nose eight for the lips eight for the jaw eleven for the tongue eleven for the larynx eleven for the motions of the head and neck one to move the hairy scalp and one for the eyebrows.
In a region with rain nearly daily, a tropical forest thrives with tall trees and abundant flowers. The climate supports robust plant life and continuous growth throughout the year.
Sherman described Atlanta as the wrist of a band whose fingers reach five main Gulf and south Atlantic ports, illustrating its strategic hold over important coastal hubs.
A Boston Transcript note frames an obituary as a caution about truthfulness in reporting. The piece comments on responsibility and integrity in memorial notices and media pronouncements.
Bloch Bros. filled their Quarryville warehouse to capacity two years ago and stored last season’s crop there. This fall the building was emptied. They are now receiving tobacco at Quarryville again, with rapid deliveries expected to fill the warehouse once more. The firm has many warehouses and is a major buyer in the county. They purchase untied stalks and pay fair prices comparable to graded sales.
The Committee on Masonic Homes at Hizabethtown awarded sculptor Augustus Lukeman a 20000 dollar contract for a Civil War monument to be placed in the Soldier's Memorial Grounds. Lukeman, famed for Stone Mountain figures and Buchmiller memorial fountain, will oversee the project at the Masonic Homes.
Arbutus Paul Myers of Manheim returns from a mountain trip with a bouquet of blooming arbutus. Arbutus typically blooms in May.
Manheim is assured a motion picture theatre costing 100000 dollars with seating for 1000 persons. It will be erected by outside interests.
State highway engineers study the Columbia to Marietta route to replace two angled wooden bridges over Chickies Creek with a single concrete span. A new road through Chickies Hill could shorten the route by over a quarter mile and remove two dangerous double curves.
The text notes that both Irish and sweet potatoes produce true seeds but are not used for propagation. Sweet potato seeds appear only in very warm climates, while true potato seeds occur only in cool climates, limiting practical breeding use.
The Reinholds post office was shut for a day last week due to illness. Postmaster Levi K. Grube is critically ill and assistant postmaster is also unable to work because of blood poisoning. Stephen Hornberger of the village was named to run the office temporarily.
The nef was a shiplike saltcellar and towel or napkin holder popular in the seventeenth century. Typically silver or pewter, it bore the owner’s emblem and coat of arms, serving as a personal display piece and culinary accessory.
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