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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1924
Page
2
Percy Trilnick of Lancaster travels to England France and Germany for a six week tour. Lancaster spring paving in the Garden Spot will start next week with Penn Square first and major business streets to follow funded by adjacent property owners.
Decreased production in the automobile industry leads Lan caster Steel Products Company to dismiss more than 100 men in the past two weeks. The remaining workforce, about 300, is now working on a half time schedule. the firm produces automobile parts.
President Ira E. Mellinger led a Harrisburg conference with game and fish commissioners Tru man Stackhouse Buller Gordo and Conklin on methods to improve stacking and propagating fish for the coming seasons. Lancaster county will receive a Lake Erie sunfish stock noted for large size and fine eating, offering trolling or line fishing sport.
Ralph Schonberger of Bethlehem evaded trial on worthless check charges after settling with George Lance of Reading. Schonberger paid the $24.60 check amount plus costs totaling $33.35 with aid from Attorney McCarthy. Bricklayers Reach $1.50 Hour Wage Increase Local 71 and contractors settle on new wage scale effective immediately, up from $1.87½. A pet dog Dewey Derr brought from France survived burial on Nescopeck Mountain after being struck by a car, digging out alive. John Boone, 78, a Civil War veteran and descendant of Daniel Boone, dies in Avoca near Wilkes-Barre, having served in the 77th and 142nd Pennsylvania regiments. Mailman Finds Maltese Kitten in Box A South Side mail carrier Edward Ziegenfuss discovers a Maltese kitten in a Third and New Streets mailbox after years of routine deliveries.
About 20 000 to 25 000 members of the Church of the Brethren from across the United States will attend the annual convention in Hershey from Wednesday June 4 to 11. The gathering, among the nation’s largest religious events, will feature clergymen and lay delegates and marks Hershey’s fourth such meeting in nine years.
The Arab, famed for endurance and a lean frame, endures brutal heat journeys on a diet of dates. His extraordinary stamina allows him to travel for days where heat would kill ordinary men.
Thinning guidelines for peas beans beets carrots lettuce spinach radishes shown. Seed corn condition flagged and Oriental Peach Moth control time noted. Tile drainage benefits explained. Milk’s mineral value emphasized. Lancaster County airs 11 307 farms and related stats including ownership and population. Early shipments: many chicks sent from local hatcheries to distant points within 72 hours.
N M Good a special representative of the Cigar Makers International Union addressed a gathering of local cigar workers in Ephrata to bolster the state wide organizing effort. The drive will crystallize on Monday June 2 with simultaneous meetings across the state.
The Water and Power Resources Board will seek authorization to build the dam for the large Susquehanna power plant planned for Conowingo Maryland. Consent from Pennsylvania authorities is needed to permit back water from the dam to flood the area from the Maryland line to Holtwood. Officials predict consent will be granted.
Read the Record notes a unanimous signing amid lingering doubts among delegations. The article warns that while all faced reservations about various provisions, they chose to endorse the concrete outcome of their hard negotiations. The piece reflects on the courage required to sign despite uncertainties.
A veteran newspaper correspondent recounts perilous journeys to cover Civil War battles. From Danville to Hanover and Gettysburg, he details wire setbacks, the first dispatches for the Tribune, and vivid memories of Union and Confederate troops along Devil’s Den and the Blue and the Grey reunion.
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