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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1920
Page
2
Center county barns stockpile hay ready for baling but hay presses stay idle due to a complete lack of baler wire. The scarce material stalls work across farms, hinting at broader supply disruptions in agricultural equipment.
Mr and Mrs A B Dunn of York are in Greece after months in Florence and Thrace for the winter. Dunn served as physical director of the York Y M C A for two years and is now working for the Association abroad. A separate item reports Clair Kohler’s leap from a tree to the ground to avoid a 14 foot fall from a large black snake, injuring an ankle, with the snake later killed measuring 5 feet 4 inches.
Exhibit shows a waistcoat brought by Amos Koher’s descendants from Germany 88 years ago and worn by his father over 125 years ago. The garment features red and white pin stripes, plaid and white back, silk fabric with flax thread and a horn button, preserved in vivid colors. Read the Record.
The Tocal War Work Educational Committee with the Y M C A announces extra funds to extend scholarships for ex servicemen in Lancaster city and county. Night or home study options at the local Y M C A Evening Institute or Home Study Course offer free instruction to prepare for better occupational outcomes. For details contact Educational Secretary M N Wickert at A Building Orange and N Q Lancaster. Record subscription $1.50 yearly.
Harvey Hirshman of Ephrata was struck by a bullet that glanced off a stone and caused a neck wound. The injury bled noticeably.
A community pageant presenting the Red Cross tale will be staged in Manheim Auditorium on November 11. It marks the first such event in the area and aims to entertain and inform locals about aid work. Irene Frederick, a local Ephrata teacher, reported hunting success with four rabbits in a day, with her father P. S. Frederick and brother Hayden aiding in a multi day total of 22 rabbits.
Four fully grown alfalfa crops were harvested at the Masonic Home in Elizabethtown this summer. Three crops are usually good in this county, but four are unusual. The farm also yielded a bumper potato crop, totaling about three thousand bushels of large potatoes.
William Yarnell, seventeen, became the first Columbian victim on opening day. While walking with his gun, a misstep caused the hammer to discharge, injuring his right foot. He was taken to the hospital where no amputation occurred. The report contrasts hunting dangers with a local note on geese and ducks farming, detailing wealthy water conditions and rising poultry interests in East Earl and New Holland areas.
Penn State Professor F N Fagan urges orchardists to guard fruit trees before winter. Remove litter and weeds, mound soil around bases, and use wire screens or veneer wood protectors wrapped around trunks. remove protectors in spring. Safeguards aim to reduce girdling by mice and rabbits, especially where heavy snows occur.
With two weeks to Thanksgiving families focus on the feast and its menu. Farmers face questions about turkey supply as prices rise, leading many to substitute chicken, duck, or goose for the centerpiece.
The Sea Wolf screen version of Jack London’s novel shows for two days starting Tuesday at the Paramount Theatre. It features spectacular sea scenes including a ferryboat and a schooner crash, a ship in fog, and the ghostly vessel beached on a desolate isle. Noah Beery leads a strong cast with Tom Forman, Mabel Julienne Scott, and Raymond Hatton, in a Paramount Artcraft production produced by George Melford.
Plentiful but costly reports from York and Adams counties indicate an abundant turkey supply with live weight prices at 50 cents per pound.
Professor R. D. Anthony of State College notes that early Pennsylvania settlers planted apple seeds near their log cabins as orchards. He cites a history linking settlers to a fondness for apples and apple elder, with many trees over a century old still found at old farmhouses.
Carl Strait of Dauphin County claims the championship this season in Squirrel Shooting. He sighted a grey squirrel chewing a hickory nut on a mountain near Harrisburg, discharged his shotgun, and a stray shot caused the nut to lodge in the squirrel’s throat, choking it to death with no wound on the body.
A Pennsylvania woman touts Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and Favorite Prescription as remedies for skin blotches and a troubled blood condition. She says four months of rashes cleared after using the tonics, urging others to rely on these remedies rather than salons. The testimonial cites Mrs. B. O’Connell of Philadelphia, at 2302 Fitzwater St, as proof.
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