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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1924
Page
4
Advertisers and others are asked to submit material by Wednesday afternoon for regular Thursday publication. Communications must be authenticated with the writer’s name and address, proving good faith, filed at Lititz Pennsylvania post office as second class matter.
The article urges more flowering shrubs and rotated blooms to keep homes colorful all summer. It contrasts busy modern life with old timers who garden and notes Lititz has many flower beds but room for more.
The passage discusses May as a month of romance and beauty with quotes from Thompson about May’s colors and songbirds. It notes an old proverb that marriages in May are unlucky, then contrasts with modern life where May brings hard work for farmers and factory bustle, keeping people cheerful outdoors.
The State Department of Agriculture reports average prices received by Pennsylvania producers rose about 75 percent over ten years, from 62 cents a bushel in 1914 to 1.06 dollars last year.
The New York Medical Journal argues coffee in moderation does not cause nervous ailments and that cream and sugar coffee can provide nourishment. It notes coffee aids stomach conditions and kidney troubles, while excess consumption remains harmful like many other foods.
Mother's Day observed in Sunday Schools with pastors L A Werner and B Hoppes preaching. Edna Wolf to enter Lancaster Business College for bookkeeping and typing. C S Wenger ill at times unable to hire about. Missionary program by Woman's Missionary Society. Sunday School delegates appointed to 11th district convention in Lincoln. Evangelical Sunday School to hold Children's Day on June 8. John Stauffer and mother with Benjamin Atlee and wife visited Clayton Wenger family. Alice Rupp of Ephrata visited Miriam Buch.
A special Orphanage meeting will be held at United Zion church South 10th street Akron on Sunday May 18 at 2 15 P M. Program by Orphans and Friendless Children of Mispah Youth Home Lebanon County Pa includes devotional exercises recitations songs duets and a dialogue. Ministers from other districts will attend the evening service.
A sequence of visits unfolds as families from Lititz Manheim Lancaster and Browns Town travel to see relatives in Denver Mechanicsburg Ephrata Hopeland and Schaefferstown. Guests include the Shimp Zwally Leid Speran and Carper households with others joining the Elser and Bucher families for Sunday gatherings and a funeral attendance.
The York Adams district reports 51 cigar factories closed since year start. G Frank Lindesmith says about 200 workers lost jobs though many may find new factory work or other employment as the industry stabilizes. Most closures involve small plants with potential to reopen when demand returns.
The Anthracite Production Corporation moved coal dredging gear from Holtwood to Shenk's Ferry to reclaim vast river coal. The Shenk's Ferry area profitably hosts river coal operations as demand grows. In Wostwind village eight households now heat with river coal, reporting full satisfaction and about 50 percent savings.
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