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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1924
Page
2
The night before St. John the Baptist day on June 24 was marked by Midsummer observances across Europe. Markets lit fires as youths leaped over flames or cast garlands into them, with dancing and singing accompanying the festivities.
The humanities comprise languages grammar philosophy and poetry including ancient classics. The name signals studies that humanize man and cultivate faculties that distinguish him socially and morally, shaping a truly cultured person.
Helen Keller the famous blind and deaf advocate will visit Reading on December 3 to promote a nationwide $2,000,000 endowment fund for standardized education of about 10,000 blind people in the United States and Canada. Accompanied by her teacher Mrs Ann Sullivan Macey she will demonstrate her remarkable ability to communicate and learn despite her disabilities, aiming to place the blind on an equal productive footing.
In Stroudsburg a 4 horse team sold for 26 cents illustrating the shift to cars. Auctioneer Wayne Posten oversaw the bid with Bert Barnum boasting the final sale. Joseph H. Kerr, district deputy grand master of the Pennsylvanian Masons, advertised stock for sale.
The dispute over who controls Albright College in Myerstown will be argued in Philadelphia on November 14. Judge Henry, Lebabon County court president, had set November 12 for the hearing but granted a postponement with the condition that the argument occur in Philadelphia where he will be presiding. The case centers on recognition of Albright College Trustees named by the East Penn Conference of the United Evangelical church, opposing the merger with the Evangelical Association.
Garden Spot area notes Eph rata opens a new municipal light plant at a cost of 100000. The prior plant was overloaded and steam is produced by four large marine boilers with a 1000 KW turbine generator providing current.
A cleric in a distant land crafted little cakes for prayers and shaped them into a circle with crossed ends to resemble folded arms in prayer. The resulting pretzel, named Pretiola, became a versatile, easily digested snack. It is boiled, baked, and toasted, making it suitable for children and adults alike across homes, schools, offices, parks, and trains.
At the fiftieth anniversary in Ephrata Township the history of the Conestoga church’s split into divisions, the original building of the Middle Creek Meeting House in 1874, its cost and land gift, and the notable ministers and deacons who served. The event recalls early customs of the church and historic local grounds near Millport.
Crib corn handling notes advise sorting soft ears for immediate feeding and diagonal tile ventilation to prevent spoilage. Before freeze, relocate soil for spring planting and remove garden refuse. Mulching timing advised for shrubs after frost in December and early poultry orders urged for next spring delivery. Tankage as corn substitute in hog feeding praised for economy amid low yields. Potatoes spraying shows higher yields and blight resistance considerations for 1925 crop.
A morning ceremony in parts of India marks marriage when a woman places a water pot in the groom's house and he lifts it. The act is said to ratify the union, according to local custom.
An old medical note warns that catarrhal deafness stems from mucous lining issues in the Eustachian tube. It urges reduction of the blockage to prevent permanent hearing loss and promotes H. RRH MEDICINE from Cheney & Co. to treat chronic catarrh.
A Peoria Star opinion item argues that calls for honesty clash with the lure of quick gains, noting many people resist fraud only when confronted with obvious temptation and cautioning against unchecked pursuit of easy money.
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