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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1925
Page
2
A naturalist notes many owls and hawks killed and nailed to barns. Farmers destroy these birds though they curb mice and vermin. Barn owls mainly feed on rats and mice, not chickens. Dr. Fisher cites owl pellets showing 1799 rodent skulls among uneaten remains.
In a rural gathering the topic turns to cider costs. A barrel that once sold for five dollars is now much higher with quotes at forty cents per gallon and ten dollars per barrel last season. Kitchen gatherings and apple baskets may see cider disappear as prices climb.
Paris F Snyder of Julu was elected president of the County school Directors Association at its 39th annual meeting at Millersville Normal school. Officers include W Scott Bushong East Hempfield vice president A M Wade Quarryville secretary J H Hirshman Ephrata and Alfred Wood Fulton township treasurer. Robert C Shaw State deputy superintendent urged county school consolidation but noted current system can improve. J W German from the State Health Department stressed school sanitation in the morning address.
Executor Albert Y. Greenly and Rufus Y. Greenly request all debts paid and claims presented at once. Estate of William Yost of Warwick township Lane County Pennsylvania deceased. Executors Albert Y. Greenly of Talmage PA and Rufus Y. Greenly.
Over the state Lehigh Portland Cement Company, based in Allentown, has acquired the Tidewater Portland Cement Company's Union Bridge plant at Mad. The Maryland plant adds capacity of 1,200,000 barrels yearly, following a receivers sale in Baltimore federal court.
At Mrs. Henry Lorentz estate sale in East Greenville in late September an antique dealer paid $1 for an old-fashioned bottle. He sold it that day for $101 to a Pensburg dealer, who then moved it to a Lansdale dealer for $145. The Lansdale dealer sold it to a Philadelphia area millionaire for $250, adding the bottle to his collection.
Councilman Manus Sweeney reports a bad street crossing at Gonshocken where holes fill with water, muddying pedestrians and sparking jokes about clothing. Gray veteran notes skirts survive mud, potential costs for shoes debated. Farmers in McKean County near Kane face recurring black bear raids with sheep losses. wardens assist, traps cover farms, hunters warned.
A. Stanley Thompson, 24, of Pittsburgh, admitted embezzling 21195 from Colonial Trust Co where he worked as a coupon clerk. He received a sentence of 18 months to 3 years in the Western Penitentiary.
A large car load of potatoes was received from Maine by the Lebanon County Co operative Association and will be distributed to farmers in the county for planting. A E B Reist of Palmyra oversees the distribution.
The Lancaster area notes a surge in stock cattle feeding with more animals bought and shipped to Quarryville. Rainy weather keeps pastures green along the Octoraro, supporting strong feeders and a high-quality stock, while observers compare this year’s activity to past peak periods.
The celebrated Spanish port Lopes de Vera was born in 1625 and wrote about 1800 comedies 460 sacred dramas and 21 volumes of poetry He published roughly twenty two Taillion verses in his lifetime.
An historical account traces Pennsylvania's early farming before German immigration. Dutch and Swedish settlements along the Delaware built cattle herds and exports, while English colonists cleared forests and spread livestock. The narrative notes William Penn's era, cattle trade, market days, and the rise of Lancaster County led by Mennonites under Hans Herr, establishing foundations for regional agriculture.
A defensive account notes how wills disclose private details after a person's death. One testator insults his wife as a cracking “peram bulating vinegar cruel” while another constrains a son's inheritance to his signing a pledge and keeping it for 12 months.
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