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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1919
Page
6
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A humorous yet pointed commentary notes tens of thousands in the Balkans wearing American pajamas as outer garments amid severe clothing shortages. It contrasts local restraints with the Red Cross sending over a million suits to Serbia, Montenegro, and Greece, and envisions society’s reactions and possible comfort versus dignity.
A public warning notes that many child burns stem from matches and smoking. It cites the high usage of matches in the United States and dangers from electric irons and gasoline handling, urging careful storage and proper cleaning methods to prevent fires.
The notice warns readers that frauds involving securities prey on unsuspecting Americans. It cites false promises of high returns and traces of Liberty bonds being misrepresented as better investments. It notes Pennsylvania and Lancaster County as hot spots for such schemes and calls for stricter state and federal action to curb the practice.
Lawmakers consider safeguards for stock buyers and advocate heavy fines and imprisonment to curb bond shark schemes that have long exploited investors. The push seeks to deter unscrupulous financial actors and restore market fairness.
Sunday visitors gathered at the Balmer Wiest and Balmer households including Callie Sadie Lizzie Mary Samauel, and others from Lincoln Rum Millway Naumanstown Penryn Lititz. Overland car bought, lovefeast at Jaybul's well attended, Eli Yocumbig painted farm buildings, new corn park planned for J L Graybill. J W Singer sick. State constabulary member inspected village, nothing resulted.
Local social roundup records Sunday visits and weekend trips. Families including Elmer Bucher with parents B B Bucher, Grace Royer of Stricklerstown with Elizabeth Landis, Ed Hess and Norman Grayhill in Lancaster forenoon. Middle Creek love feast attendance. Clayton Musselman family visited Harry Wealand. Harry Hisser family and Beatrice visited Risser parents H S Wealand. Ha Loose and Virgie Wealand visited Muddy Creek.
The ninth annual commencement ceremony at Roprsville High School featured laurel decorations, steel gray and navy blue lighting, and the class motto Only a Commencement. The program included music, processional, salutatory and valedictory orations, class prophecies, and presentations of diplomas. Numerous class members and staff attended, with diplomas awarded by Principal J Harvey Rodgers and staff, as well as a reception at the town.
Lewisville Kentucky residents in service of uncle Sam spent Sunday at Meacock visiting Mrs. Mohn and daughter Lillian V. Mrs Kinzer Bender M and Mrs Harvey Kissinger moved this week from this place to Denver. Thad Sechrist of Ephrata visited in the Jacob G. Conrad family. George Bip of York spent the weekend with his son Harry Bupp and wife.
A rough collage of local notices and anecdotes unfolds from Lititz to Trenton. Accounts include road conditions and farmer grievances about muddy, rock-filled roads. residents Mary Walter and Milton Getz visiting Tipple. Leah Widder’s farm improvements. a fence mishap involving Horace Frank. Isaac Getz and Erla Walter hosting the Steifs. weather-driven blacksmith activity. a strange visitor at the Garman household. and a long-moren bullet tale about Edgar Wilgus, a Trenton broker who died after a 20-year bullet in his brain.
Miss Janet A. Bailey daughter of Mr and Mrs N A Bailey dies in Philadelphia hospital after a five week typhoid illness She was 21 a York High School graduate and a Drexel Institute student Survived by parents and sister Anna Funeral held in York Tuesday Mrs Anna B Hostetter dies at granddaughter’s home in Manheim township Pneumonia age 75 Mennonite church member Survived by two grandchildren a sister and two brothers Funeral Thursday 10 am Hast Peterspurg Mennonite Church Interment in cemetery nearby
Minnie B Keener died at her mother's home in Manheim from tubercular meningitis in her 31st year. She was a member of White Oak Reformed Church and president of Camp Us P O of A. Survived by mother Mrs Minnie Keener and sister Mrs Walter Garner. Funeral Thursday at her home and White Oak Reformed Church with interment in the cemetery. Rev George B Raezer led services. BB Beek funeral director.
Isaac Netzley a longtime Ephrata resident died Thursday morning at 5 30 at St Joseph’s Hospital from apoplexy at age 60. Survived by three children Evelyn Netzley of Christiana J A Danner of Manheim and Walter Netzley of Ephrata. Funeral held Wednesday afternoon from Bethany Reformed Church Ephrata with interment in Bethany Cemetery.
A teaching view argues that art history and race are intertwined, with style shifts signaling changes in thinking and living. Good teachers must show architecture reflects social life and resists viewing design as distant, urging draftsmen to grasp social responsibility in their craft.
A habitual patron, Mr Feedwell, complains to the head waiter that the pepper is half peas. The waiter insists they grind their own pepper. The exchange ends with the customer enjoying the prank and the waiter’s strained smile as change is given.
Helgoland lies 40 miles northwest of Eibbe mouth in the North Sea. The steep plateau rises about 154 feet with a 123 acre area. Kaiser Wilhelm is said to have spent 1 000 000 on reconstruction, fortifying the island with great granite buttresses, 16 feet thick and 240 feet high, sealing fissures with ferro concrete and cemented quator fortifications.
A quiet household scene shows a ten year old asking what is funny about Abe Martin. Parents discuss a wife's allowance by contrasting spending on clubs clothes and conventions with hotel menu limits. The mother notes the allowance is not large enough to cover such expenses.
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