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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1931
Page
4
The Lititz Record lists its publishers editors and post office information. It notes South Broad Street Lititz Pa as the address for communications and provides a subscription rate of 1 50 a year.
The treasury notes an ongoing superstition around the two dollar bill feared as cursed. Many notes arrive with a corner torn off in an attempt to destroy the supposed misfortune. The article examines public belief and its persistence in this era.
The piece notes the Treasury spends about $15,000 replacing mutilated two dollar bills and argues for ritual alternatives to avert ill luck. It asserts droughts hurt crops, but water revives life in the soil and grass, making the nation more hopeful this spring after drought fears.
Gentle rains and sunshine across the country revive grass and pastures after a severe drought. The annual renewal appears more remarkable than usual due to memories of parched soil and scorched grass last summer. Citizens note the improvement as moisture returns.
Miles Hallacher arrived at 1 PM Monday with fifteen horses from Canada and sold all within two hours. The Lititz Cornet Band fair was postponed to the first week in June. Town schools planned to close on the last Friday of the month and the four graces staged a grand closing entertainment at Orchestra Hall.
Fresh shad were offered from the Susquehanna at Columbia and eggs dropped to 10 cents a dozen, a notably low price for the year. The item also recalls 25 years ago on May 18 1906 when local business and community events included coal yard purchases, a carpenter's accident, parade prizes, burglaries, store hours shortening, Fourth of July planning, real estate sales, and spring preparations with butter at 20 cents per four pounds and eggs at 15 cents per dozen.
White spruce is the most important and widely distributed commercial tree in Canada. The forest service estimates about 20,000,000,000 cubic feet of white spruce, roughly one third of the total spruce stand across all species in the country.
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