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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1926
Page
4
The Lititz Record editor E Buch lists subscription at 1.50 yearly and notes the paper is entered at Lititz Pennsylvania post office as second class matter.
The piece praises Armistice Day, noting Americans united in wartime effort. It asserts that in 49 months the nation built a large armed force and mobilized on a mass scale, emphasizing practical action over talk to achieve peace.
Readers learn of a Hallowe en social hosted by High School alumni with refreshments and a brief literary program The Willing Juniors group met at Loyd Eshleman s home A pole vault accident injured Charles Weaver The P R Albright residence sale at 2520 went to Harsberger of Millway A masquerade party hosted by Richard Rottmund featured prizes and entertainment Several local families hosted dinners and visits with relatives from Reading Allentown Eas ton Philipsburg and Lancaster among others with neighbors listed.
A long list of local residents from Quarryville Lititz Manheim and Browns town spent Sunday with relatives and friends across nearby towns including Bardstown Ephrata Lititz and Rothsville. Notable mentions include Missionary Rally remarks by Mrs Zwally at Browns town Evangelical Church and visits to Millersville Children's Home.
Brownstown notes a full day of Rally Day services at the Evangelical church with a fine program. The local bank closed all day Tuesday for election. Public sale of Moses Butter property set for Saturday November 13. Revival meetings to begin Sunday evening November 14 led by Rev. I A Werner. Women’s Missionary Society meets Thursday evening in church. Men’s Bible Class to gather Friday at Rev L A Werner’s home.
Messrs Samuel and Zacharias Ferry and Mr and Mrs Lloyd Ober attended the funeral of Martin Zartman in Emanuel Lutheran church Lexington. On Monday they attended the funeral of Agnes Ferry in Lebanon. Weist wiring his house for electric lights. A dinner at the J W Gerhart home honored Mr and Mrs Elser Gerhart with guests including David Harnish Robert Turner and H Arlington Gerhart among others.
The listing names several residents including Mr. and Mrs. Tarvey Reifsnyder, Mr. and Mrs. David Eshleman, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Wiest and son Lemon, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Ober, Mrs. Ida Pfautz and daughter Ellen, and Mr. Omar Futer of Lancaster.
A Halloween social hosted by the Women's Missionary Society of Penryn Lutheran Church gathered many residents from Brownstown Akron Elm and Penryn at the Diehm home on Thursday Oct 29. Several other townfolk were noted visiting relatives and attending local events over the weekend including trips to the Sesqui Centenniel in Philadelphia and church conferences in Ephrata.
Balmer has been working four months at a New Castle paper mill and came home Sunday evening. Herbert Mann visited Philadelphia and the Sesqui event this week. Samuel Frey Jr. and family visited Elk Mitnner and Amos Frey over Sunday. The Shreiner family visited Charles Shreiner. Balmer shot four rabbits Monday and Charles Ruse three.
The text appears as garbled OCR with phrases about Zero in Consolation Chemistry and plans to address decay harmonions. It mentions "ANNE Techy" and locations "Dalits Caetios and Baprass" but carries no clear event, date, or identifiable entities.
A fragmentary line quotes a critic as a man who is always more focused on what is desired than what exists. The text presents a satirical remark on criticism and perception.
A five foot seam of anthracite was found near Phoenixville in the Perkiomen region by artesian well drillers on Horace Ashenfelter’s Arcola farm. Reading tests confirmed real anthracite and geologists note possible commercial value, with further borings needed to map the seam. The discovery suggests historic mineral potential in the Perkiomen Valley and prompts questions about geological formation and heat pressure effects.
Mr. Ashen felter has given up hope of obtaining water from his current well after reaching a flow of 10 gallons per minute at 100 to 200 feet. He intends to drill a new well next year seeking a reliable supply.
The celebrated American essayist Ralph Waldo Emerson began a long lecturing career in 1933 34. For over thirty years he presented talks on Human Culture Hominife and The Present Age.
An edible sugar glass has been developed as a novelty false glass that resembles real glass in appearance but tastes sugar sweet. The invention aims to serve as a edible pane for staged scenes or culinary displays where a breakage hazard is minimized.
Fragmentary quote from Washington Irving about a heavenly spark in the heart guiding through adversity. The readable prose hints at moral support and inner resilience attributed to a guiding spirit. No concrete events, dates, or persons beyond Irving and the generic concept of virtue are present.
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