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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 13, 1924
Page
8
A collage of brief musings and notices from a local era. It touches on harvests, holidays, politics, voter apathy, tax bills, and public life. It notes Lan caster quarter sessions coming up, Sunday weather turning, Thanksgiving near, and the confluence of civic duties with everyday activity.
The article notes Marconi achieved successful wireless telegraphy across the Atlantic, with signals beginning in 1901 and a first complete message in 1908. It also cites Transoceanic telephone reaching Washington to Paris and Honolulu in 1915, covering about 5,000 miles.
Farmers are removing fences where feasible to cut costs and reclaim land. Cement fences, though pricier initially, last longer and improve appearance. Across rural areas, roadside fence rows are being cultivated, boosting land use and farm efficiency. Read the Record for $1.50 annually.
Lancaster County baseball hints at 1925 league to include Hast Lancaster or Manheim. Lititz High School eyes a strong cheer section under Paul Young as he fears flat responses. Shorty Ruhl plans away games with a new All Scholastics basketball lineup. Weiss remains on American Legion payroll as deadline looms.
Warwick Grange met in regular session Monday evening in Rothsville High School auditorium with a large attendance. After the business session a program followed including song, readings by John Allen, a roll call with short stories, five minutes of fun led by Mr and Mrs Cullen Carpenter, brief addresses by Chester Adams J W Bruckhart and Benjamin Miller, a piano solo by Peggy Walter, and the Grange Herald reading by Miss Alice Hess. The next meeting will elect officers for the coming year. Paul S Ulrich of Lititz and Elsie M Steffy were married Saturday at 2 pm by Rev F A Weichsel. the couple will live with the bride’s mother for now.
The article notes Odipos as an ancient watering place in Greece where Roman emperors once visited for sulphur baths. Today the town shows still-spouting sulphur waters from rock crevices and visible ruins, with streets lined by streams of hot mineral water.
A 1925 Oldsmobile endured a 120 hour continuous run driven by a trained man tied to a steering wheel and propped by a nurse, while observers noted engine revolutions and fuel use. Seeley steered from start to finish as the car averaged two miles per hour late, highlighting automobile endurance over human strength.
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