Weathered musings and market notes from a 1920s page
A collage of brief items notes fowls, eagles for sale, a low Spring creek, Thanksgiving timing, cigar makers demand, Christmas weeks off, rubber shoes need, garden cleanup, Florida oranges improving, fowl on the 30th, building activity, dull auto trade, mild Sunday weather, pleasant outdoor days, coal savings from fall warmth, sunshiny versus moonshiny characters, coal prospects darkening, politics and unrest, a push for full housecleaning, election memory fading, roads and taxes debate, and linger of short sleeves among girls.
Autumn Leaves and Thanksgiving Choices Stir Local Debate
Poems praise autumn beauty while locals debate raking leaves and budget choices for Thanksgiving. A Lititz driver cautionary note warns about collisions whether speeding or slow. Some critics who attacked women's short skirts now critique long ones for sanitation concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Read Doan's Kidney Pills Endorsement Ad
Lititz resident Emanuel Ditzler describes back pain relief after using Doan's Kidney Pills and urges others to try the same remedy. The ad promotes Doan's at 60c, from Foster Milburn Co. Also included is a tip to clean mirrors with tea and whiting paste polished with tissue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Emanuel Ditzler
Shoemaker
S. Spruce St
Doan
Dean
Ditzler
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
Harrisburg Princes Ceremonial at Alhambra Discussed
Harrisburg Princes of Bagdad will hold an elaborate ceremonial at the Alhambra in the Russ Building on November 23 at 8 PM. Princes from Lititz invited. a large Harrisburg class to be purified. A parade from Malta Temple at 7 PM to confer degrees by Tadmore Siesta of Reading.
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Harrisburg
al Saba Siesta
Bagdad
Alhambra
Russ
North Market Square
Fraternity
Lititz
Zeres
Siestas
Malta Temple
North 2Nd Street
Tadmore
Poultry Feeds Price List Mentioned
A note lists poultry feeds including Bes Bet Butter Milk and Egg Mash priced at $2.70 per hundred pounds.
Raezer's Pulmonic advertised as health aid for respiratory illness
An advertisement promotes Raezer's Pulmonic Co. Lititz Pa claiming the tonic cures after effects of the flu pneumonia laryngitis asthma and croup in children. It stresses it is not a cough syrup, contains roots and herbs, and is narcotic free with mail order options and posted prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raezer’s
Pulmonic
Raezer’s Pulmonic Co
Lititz
Raezer
Pulmonic Co
Post Office
American Express
Camel Battle: Drowning Camel Fails to Save Itself
Report describes a camel that cannot twist or right itself as it sinks. The animal struggles, fuses footing, and mangles its side while thinning water, offering little hope of rescue.
Lexington Man Raises 130 Capons For Market
Norman Kline of Lexington operates capon production with 130 birds mostly mixed game breeds. He weighs heavy fowl near nine pounds and plans all game crosses next year. Capons fatten easily, flesh tender, and fetch turkeylike market prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Kline
Lexington
Mr. Kline
Plymouth Rock
Rhode Island
Dr. Pierce’s Prescription Promises Health and Beauty
An ad touts Dr. Pierce’s Prescription as a tonic to nerves and weaknesses for women, claiming restored health brings back charm and youth. It urges sending 10 cents for a trial kit to Dr. Pierce’s Invalids’ Hotel in Buffalo New York. The Lititz Springs Fire Company gains charter from the court with incorporators listed. The Lititz Springs National Bank sues Ephraim G Hershey and Levi M Fahnestock as administrators for $242.68.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo, N. Y
Lititz. Bank
Lititz Springs National Bank
Ephraim G. Hershey
Levi M. Fahnestock
Clayton J. Rover
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Franklin Paper CO
Lititz, Pa
Mrs. Frank Burkholder
Gibson’s
Scott’s
Turkey
England
Duke of Norfolk
Hagland
Ireland
Pollard
Black Nam
Julius Roth
East Main St
U. S
Gude
Conkey
John L. Peiffer
Spruce St
Ind
Lexington Man
Penn
Broad Street
Lititz Springs
Chas. Brobst
Prop
Michelin
Lititz Tire Hospital
Cedar Street
Harry Erb
Durant and
Star Cars
Oenuran
F.o.b. Lansing
Mich
F.o.b
Muncie, Ind
Frank B. Burkholder
Main St. Lititz, PA
W. W. Appel & Son
Queen St
North
Lancaster, PA
Pfautz Bros
Grube’s
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