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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1924
Page
4
Notices indicate a weekly publication issued every Thursday morning with a yearly subscription rate of $1.50 and official posting at Lititz PA post office as second class matter.
Physical culture experts urge continued winter exercise while many men rely on daily labor for activity and women on housework. The text notes sluggish habits in winter and suggests actions like bowling or walking to counter fatigue and boost vitality, adding a provocative line about applying a little sex power to stimulate the body.
Golden brown friend of my youth comes in khaki as autumn’s hero of Thanksgiving. I request cider and deem my heart influenced by pumpkins and farm memories. The speaker treats Sir Pumpkin as a comrade from the country while bantering with a waiter about simple rustic pleasures.
Neighborhood news reports a 9 30 a m service led by Rev Isaac Wenger at the Church of the Brethren. A public meeting at Fire Co Hall hosted by Park and Pollard Co of N Y drew wide interest with a large supper served to 360 attendees. Many local visits and gatherings are noted including marriages and weekend visits across multiple local families.
Brownstown notes describe stores factories and a bank observing Thanksgiving as a general holiday. Personal effects of 8 L Carpenter sold well at public sale last Saturday while L Shirk’s items waited for Dec 6 sale. A deer wandered near town, revival meetings continue in U K church with Ruth Mengel conducting singing.
Elmer Hertzler son of Mr and Mrs Andrew Hertzler Centerville and Barbara A Witmer daughter of Mr and Mrs Isaac Witmer Lititz were married by Rev John Hess at his residence on November 22 They departed for a wedding trip to Washington DC Zerphy Kratzert Walter Zerphy and Miss Louise Kratzert both of East Petersburg were married Saturday at 2 pm in Neffsville Lutheran parsonage Rev C E Rice officiated Attendants were the bride’s sister and her husband Mr and Mrs George Sahm East Petersburg The couple will reside in East Petersburg after a trip to Washington DC
In Around Our Town the writer mentions Mr Hall’s city booster role and a cider anecdote. Apple crops are short this season and older sweet varieties fetch higher prices. farmers once peddled them, now scarce. A group of Jokaly hunters visited two farms where the farmer had made cider from russet apples and cooled it in an orchard barrel.
The group praised cider from a single mature apple variety, noting its quality. They also remarked that persimmons are best harvested with snow on the ground, sharing their tasting experiences and curiosity about this method.
A Washington Star quote highlights a view that true success is not wealth notoriety or status but the ratio between potential and achievement. It emphasizes what we could have been and done versus what we have made of ourselves.
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