Fraught Park Visit Ends With Brusque Remark
Aunt Nellie and her beau took Ruth to the park where Ruth played on the slide of life for about an hour. Ruth later confronted Nellie with a stern remark about being too wide, eliciting a tense moment.
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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1920
Page
7
Aunt Nellie and her beau took Ruth to the park where Ruth played on the slide of life for about an hour. Ruth later confronted Nellie with a stern remark about being too wide, eliciting a tense moment.
A nostalgic dispatch celebrates Thanksgiving traditions from the Bleak coast to the Rockies and Pacific shore. It notes turkey pie and cranberries as enduring symbols, memories of departed loved ones, and the nation’s unity through simple, heartfelt feasts amid varied landscapes.
Fashion notes highlight blouses in georgette with embroidered silk accents and bold new rivals in taffeta and satin. Crepe de chine offers two colors per blouse, with satin duvetyn and canton crepe options. Winter wear gains warmth and bright details like ribbons, rhinestones, and crystal beads on georgette styles.
Cattle growers in Douglas County form a community meat ring to bypass high hoof prices and distant packers. They slaughter their own stock and sell direct, with steaks priced 18 to 25 cents at the ring and 40 to 50 cents when dressed for home sale. Roasts and boiling meat also priced to favor local buyers.
The piece notes bitter 1840s US campaign clashes between Harrison and Van Buren with jabs at lavish White House refurbishing and a Crawfordsville speaker calling for the ulus rubrica tree as a dig. It also traces English Corn Laws from medieval taxes to Peel's 1846 repeal and Hong Kong's later free trade shift.
A reflective editorial urges adopting Think and Thank as a national motto. It links the idea to Sir Moses Montefiore and the Pilgrims, urging thoughtfulness and gratitude amid sorrow, hardship, and postwar reconstruction in Britain and America. It notes Britain needs hundreds of thousands of new houses and laments postwar housing costs.
The article notes Amelia as an auto center and cites a 1919 Alexander Hamilton Institute survey. It reports 7 884 000 autos worldwide with 6 500 000 in the United States, and distributes 1 354 000 outside the U S among Britain Canada France Germany Italy Argentina the Netherlands Russia Japan and other nations. It also discusses a study from Dr E Guth Berlin showing more accidents late in the workday, suggesting shorter hours could benefit workers and employers.
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