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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 29, 1924
Page
4
A brief publication statement notes distribution cadence as Thursday morning issues, with postal filing details indicating Lititz Pennsylvania as the processing point for second class matter.
Memorial Day prompts reverence for Lincoln and the nation’s veterans. The piece extols character over wealth, urges public devotion, and calls for tree planting to beautify streets as the town observes the holiday.
The report lists church events at Mt Zion and Union Evangelical venues with speakers Virginia Grosh Lula Barr and Rev Lynch. It notes a Holy Communion service and a men’s class rally led by Rev Bond. Funeral for John Garman, a three day outing by Hess brothers, falls by Harriet Adams, and numerous family visits and social gatherings across town.
Brownstown Township resident Wenger aged 73 74 dies Tuesday morning after a long illness He was elder and treasurer of Heller's Reformed Church and leaves wife Mary Landis and son Joel Also two sisters survive The funeral will be private Saturday from his home with services at Heller's Reformed Church Rev H J Hillegas officiating Also reports of school board appointments and local social visits accompany this notice
In Los Angeles County a hen named Hiphraim Newcomer from Glen Manor chose an apple tree in a neighbor’s orchard belonging to Jagob Shellenberger. The owner saw the hen fly from the tree with an in ion, discovering the bird had laid a desuped croton.
Checks totaling about $8000 were sent to Lancaster County Farm Bureau members from the Cooperative Commodity Division marking the first large scale spring fertilizer purchase based on cooperative principles. The purchase offered fertilize materials at market prices with rebates based on actual costs, rewarding members and hinting at wider participation possible across Lancaster's 11 000 farmers.
A garbled OCR fragment discusses wires and electricity with speculative references to deaths and austere warnings. It mentions Pfautz and Weg store, and suggests danger from live wires and potential injuries.
A man north of the railroad newly training his car sped toward a garage, jammed the gas pedal by mistake, crashed into the door, and knocked the structure out of plumb. He was shaken but uninjured and the garage will be repaired at a small cost.
Fragmentary quotation suggests a meditation on art perfection and memory with no clear event or context. The text offers a stray poetic thought rather than a report or named individuals.
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