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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 27, 1924
Page
6
Continent inspired plan urges planting of cherry plum peach greengage and apple trees along roadsides. A local official would prune care for the trees and auction ripe fruit to citizens whose bids fund upkeep. After harvest, trees revert to the community until next summer.
The article advises on front walk layouts for different setbacks. For houses close to the front, use a straight path to the porch. with larger setbacks, curve entry paths and driveways starting and ending at right angles, avoiding corner entries. Include shrubs, keep walk width to needed size, and prefer brick or cement surfaces matched to lawn and house colors. Vines and planters enhance curb appeal.
The article argues owning a home is achievable with determination and favorable terms. It highlights benefits such as community belonging, long term satisfaction, and motivation for other endeavors, urging young couples to consider homeownership as a key life decision.
The article discusses a city planning vision for Washington aimed at beauty and comfort for residents. It notes the concept was revolutionary and emphasizes public input shaping a city considered among the world’s most beautiful.
A Detroit motorist notes the absence of town and village signs along a 2,000 mile drive. He laments that a community of several hundred people would not display its name publicly, calling it a lapse in civic pride.
The Detroit News recounts Hawaii legends near Ililo Hawaii detailing Hina hiding under Rainbow Falls and the dragon’s defeat by Maul in a canoe chase to the Boiling Pots. It notes the Naha stone at Hilo library and Kamehameha the Great turning the stone to unite the islands.
Roy Chapman reports Mongolian belief that evil spirits inhabit bodies at death. Bodies are carted through rough streets and devoured by wild dogs, considered the fiercest creatures. Expedition members fear these animals and carry revolvers at all times in Urga and during market forays.
Miss Jacobus of Worcester Mass notes common preventable home dangers. A child burns from a hot tin tub, a broom accident blinds a boy, a nail and a fall cause fatal injuries, and a needle hug leads to infection. Careless storage and unsaf e practices endanger life.
Guidance from H. H. Smith of Colorado Agricultural College covers initial sow watering after birth, gradual dietary ramping for sows in milk, and the shift to alfalfa pasture with a colony house. It notes needle teeth cutting, creep feeding at 3–4 days, and weaning ages of eight to ten weeks depending on litter frequency.
J V Starkey of Clemson College warns dirty hog housing leads to digestive ailments and disease. Fresh water shade feed and shelter are essential, and pigs thrive in sanitary quarters or pastures with runoff water rather than stagnant mud. Modern hog raisers must provide clean housing to keep pigs healthy.
Sanitary quarters prevent spread of round worms causing ascariasis. No proven cure once serious. move infested hogs to clean quarters, plow and reseed the lot, and keep pigs exercised.
Guidance on grazing lambs by day on rape and bluegrass pasture with a staged start after the den is off. Morning use bluegrass before rape and prefer grazing rape in the afternoon to conserve rape pasture.
Estate notices list executors Amanda Kraft Oliver Krafft and Amos E Burkholder for Harrison S. Shissler of Elizabeth Township and Ida Krafft of Warwick Township. Creditors must settle debts and claimants present claims, with deadlines and attorney firms N Myers Harnish & Harnish.
The note warns that delaying action costs freedom as history recalls an officer failing to halt a rocket on schedule. It stresses timely response to protect liberty and prevent long delays in Holland.
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