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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1928
Page
4
The Lititz Record edited and owned by E. Buch presents a short notice on subscription pricing at one dollar fifty per year. It also confirms the paper’s post office entry in Lititz Pennsylvania as second class matter.
A November 11, 1928 reflection notes ten years since World War I ended. It argues the United States recovered faster than Europe because it saved less of its war wealth and invested in industry. It credits improved methods and cooperation between capital and labor for rising national wealth.
The piece notes early election returns spark thrill across the nation with urban and rural reactions differing. It urges calm coverage and warns winners face new troubles with a possible hostile Congress in 1938.
Charles Rose visited his mother at Tancaster over Sunday. Israel Graybill and wife visited friends at Manheim. M G Shreiner and wife called on friends in Lincoln. Robert C Garman and family visited Lebannon. Tobacco buyers were in the vicinity last week. Andrew Shissler and family from Lititz visited Homer E Shreiner’s family over Sunday.
A Pine Hill column lists numerous Sunday gatherings across Reinholds Lititz East Petersburg Reamstown and Wrightsville. Families such as Root Biemesderfer Roth Landis Hackman Hehuies Ehrhart Ferry Secrust Tyson Fry and others share visits and meals with relatives and neighbors. The note captures small town social ties and common weekend hospitality in a dated rural community setting.
DeForest and children Junior and Kathryn of Oil City and Mr and Mrs Emanuel Fry of Manheim joined Maxwell Chister of Chambersburg at a dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs Daniel Wentling and family. John Wentling and daughter Betty of Rothsville also visited the Wentlings and Amos Wendling family for the day.
Mr and Mrs Samuel S Wiest welcomed a baby boy on Thursday November 1. Mrs Lily W Gerhart and daughter Margaret joined Mr and Mrs Rufus F Heisey and Elwood in Elm on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Lloyd and sons Alton and Russell, with Mrs Gerhart and daughter, visited Elmins. Some locals attend Tabernacle Services at Lititz Armistice Day services on November 11.
Sunday saw the first community meeting at the Fire hall with Rev. I I Bergstresser of Mohnton as speaker and the Roths ville Mixed Chorus providing music. Evening services were led by Rev. John Fry of Hahnstown at United Zion Children church. A large funeral was held for Mrs. John Hallman. Numerous visits and family gatherings followed across local towns including Lancaster, Lititz, Reading, Reading and beyond, with many dinners and outings noted among residents and visitors from York, Ephrata, Downingtown, Bethlehem, and other nearby communities.
Mrs Cora Albright visited her daughter and the Arthur Guiney family at Lititz. Mr and Mrs Ed Hess and daughters Arlene and Kathryn and Mrs Smedley spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Harry Hess near Lincoln. Mr and Mrs Henry Mohn Mr Samuel Christ and son Clarence, Mr and Mrs Quinton Zwally and daughter Evelyn, Mr and Mrs Wayne Brubaker attended the ministerial service at the United Zion Children's Home near Lititz.
Lancaster Automobile Club president Edward Gable warns motorists to signal before starting, stopping, or turning, even with windows closed or curtains drawn. He cites the Motor Code requiring a clear visible signal to avoid accidents, whether by hand or approved devices, and stresses full driver responsibility for signaling when leaving the curb.
Reading an electric meter mirrors telling time on a watch, with four hands moving in opposite directions. The rightmost dial shows units, then tens, hundreds, and thousands. A reader speeds up with practice, and monthly errors adjust as the cumulative register isn’t reset.
Volcanic activity concentrates along coasts and on island chains. Stromboli near Italy is an example. No active volcanism inland in continents. California and Alaska host distant features considered part of coastal mountain chains.
An Archival quote by G H Corsan criticizes post dinner and radio speakers who praise themselves and call for humility. He laments America's loss of artistic taste, claiming the continent has become an unattractive place.
The expression originated in England in 1528 in Roy and Barlow's Rede Me and be not Rothe to designate something that will never happen. Brewer notes that on December 10 1888 a blue moon occurred during a mild winter, and the phrase now means very seldom.
The ninth annual conference of Lan caster County Sunday School Asso District No 9 met at St Peters Lutheran Neffsville with 14 schools represented. Warren Diehm presided. Dr G W Wellburn and Prof Paul Limbert spoke on religious education and personal conviction. The day concluded with a candle light service, prayers, songs, and an $108 camp fund report.
Charles Lathrop Pack argues in the Military Engineer that forests underpin economic growth from railroad ties to housing, barns, tools, and fuel. As new needs emerged, wood supply expanded, including timber for mining coal. He warns future historians will record this era by the trees whose use enabled national progress.
After painting, open each window and move it up and down two to three times daily for two to three days. This keeps the frame from sticking as the paint cures, reducing resistance and ensuring smooth operation.
Gold particles in soot from chimneys of smelting plants and mints were once wasted when soot was spread on fields. A German worker found glittering gold in dusty soot, leading to renewed sweeping and recovery by rightful owners. The amount recovered remains unrecorded.
The piece surveys farewell rites among cultures, noting actions from a Philippines face rub and Hindu dust at feet to Burmese hip, South Sea rattles, Othalheitol rope twist with three handshakes, Japanese slippers and odd honor phrasing, Sioux and Blackfeet spear stabs, and Viji red feather crossings. This compendium highlights ritual language and gestures used when parting.
A simple method to remove moths from upholstered furniture is to burn old cigarette and cigar stubs beneath the couch. The fumes rise into the couch and repel or overcome the pests, leaving the furniture moth free without costly renovations or discards.
In the dusty town of Cottonwood Gulch a gunfighter bursts into the hotel bar and proclaims his name Baraboiled Bill and his insanity. The bar attendant calmly directs him to the nearby marriage license bureau two doors down on the left.
Comedian and leading lady share a playful exchange in an observation car as they admire a sunset. The leading lady describes it as beautiful with pink and white tones while the comedian quips about a fading beauty, noting the scene’s quick decline during their journey from Kokomo to Kankakee.
Real Fun Wealth is not with this old vale of tears and laughter, or anywhere else so far as we know, and it often seems to us that the people who build the grand new house in the fashionable suburb don't get nearly as much fun out of it as their humble friends, who criticize it from turret to foundation stone, from stem to gadgeon and in all its ramifications, and in all its ramifications.
A reflective note on how guidance shapes children more by example than by instruction. It argues moral conduct in adults determines a child’s path, since the child imitates what is lived rather than what is preached.
A warm Fireside essay argues that the less a man dwells on success and personal gain, the more likely he is to achieve far beyond his dreams, suggesting humility and internal drive fuel achievement.
The Mobile Register quotes Grave Patterson: mistakes cannot always be corrected, but one should acknowledge them and move on. It urges meeting the situation as best as possible when faced with accountability for past errors.
Frank Wohn, 55, of Lancaster, despondent over the death of his landlady, shot himself in his room. Wohn had boarded at the house for 20 years.
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