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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1924
Page
2
The piece notes a Chinese carpenter who can visit a house, assess repairs by sight, and return to his shop to cut the exact lengths from memory. It also explains a method to polish cut glass dishes using warmed sawdust and a soft chamois leather for a dust-free final polish.
A literary spokesman of western Canada, Robert Stead grew up on a Manitoba homestead and began as a country newspaper correspondent. He became a reporter, printer, and owner of several small papers before choosing writing as his career, now acclaimed as a leading Manitoba Alberta Saskatchewan novelist and poet. His latest romance You of the Y.7 appears as a new serial offer in this paper.
Countywide events outline parade plans with about 35 companies and 30 bands in Mt Joy for the firemen's convention on June 7. Community farm bureau units are to form under Lan caster County groups, with H N Hostetter as field man guiding local formations. Mary Kuhns, at 134 South Queen, 91, handcrafts patchwork bed spreads from silk remnants. Pike stocking at Manheim Rod and Gun Club aims to revive the White Oak dam and floodgates project. Ephrata Hill to receive 30 000 pine trees as reforestation proceeds to protect the town water source. Memorial Day flag procedures: half staff until noon, then hoist to top. band plays at noon, flag returns to peak after lowering.
The Hagland court opened in 1855 with three judges and dissolved five marriages at its first sitting. In the first year BS divorces were granted from 288 petitions. From the Reformation to 1858 England saw 3817 divorces by parliamentary acts. The 1868 act allowed release for a wronged husband but gave no similar remedy to an injured wife unless aggravated by other offenses.
Prof Marcus B Lambert of Allentown has compiled a 16 380 word Pennsylvania German dictionary after nearly six years work. The work maps the dialect across 145 000 square miles and notes Lehigh Berks and Lebanon counties as its heart with 60 65 percent dialect speakers.
Vandals broke into a church Sunday night stealing a new carpet from the Sunday school area and a cradle in the infant room. Chairs were smashed, papers scattered, and officers in two counties were notified. Harry W. Kilmer, the church janitor, found the thefts. The incident occurred near the Lebanon line.
Former prisoner Abe Buzzard 72, released from Eastern Penitentiary two weeks ago after 42 years behind bars, plans to lead a Silent 70 Unity Sect chapter in Reading. He asserts a scientific interior religion and aims to reach Berks and Lancaster counties to reform and preach the gospel.
A descriptive piece explains the immense electrical power in a thunderstorm. It compares lightning to cat fur sparks, notes voltages up to a billion, and recalls a scientist's high voltage experiment. It describes cloud to cloud flashes and occasional cloud to earth forks that can destroy objects.
A long list of local reunions church gatherings and fair dates across May to November. Entries include families such as Martin, Keenrode, Stauffer, Weinhold, Sweigart, Mohler, Kilhefner, and Kopp with venues at Lititz Springs Ephrata Park Stevens Bareville Reamstown Adamstown and Manheim. Major events include the National Grange Convention at Atlantic City and several county fairs in September.
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