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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1918
Page
3
A Christian Herald verse describes red sumac flames on a hill and pumpkins gleaming like gold. It speaks of autumn breezes guiding through wood fringes and clouds opening to reveal a rosy lining. The speaker feels God’s love and gratitude for Thanksgiving.
A historical account traces Thanksgiving from early colonial debates in Virginia and North Carolina to New England customs and Plymouth 1621, noting the shift from Puritanic prejudice to widespread observance amid Civil War tensions. It contrasts English harvest games with Plymouth simplicity, and urges self examination during the season.
A landlady at Thanksgiving dinner remarks on being thankful for small mercies, while a boarder admires a small turkey and agrees that they must indeed be thankful for such blessings.
A festive vignette highlights neighbors sharing thanks for a pork chop a bean and coal as winter approaches. Folks help each other cope and celebrate community spirit amid hardship and thanksgiving in the scene.
A reader recalls a Winston-Salem wash day joke and chastises Lititz residents for an endless house cleaning tradition. The letter laments perpetual chores delaying family visits and asks when an invitation can be accepted without the Lititz habit interfering.
Sent to Germany Co. T. Boyd and T. A. Baimer were ordered off premises in Penn township after a violent encounter with Frank Herr at Mechanicsville who wielded a cane. Lititz solicitors were also forced away during campaigns. A New York case saw a solicitor knocked down and later exonerated by the judge who questioned why the other man was not tackled.
Professor Nystrom argues that mail-order houses spend 30 percent of each dollar on costs compared with local stores. He notes three consumer drawbacks: lost interest on prepayment, delays in delivery, and lack of opportunity to inspect goods before receipt.
Newly married couple falls prey to a mail order house scheme. The husband, injured in a game, yields to his wife who becomes a local pilferer for the out of town house. She loses friends as she lures them into the octopus network to obtain shoddy goods. The husband knows the danger but succumbs to his wife. Morat notes it often takes two falls to leave a memory cut.
A Lititz Record advertisement lists local merchants and shops offering holiday goods. Named businesses include Wm. M. Amer Stores, R. E. Adams Restaurant, Walter H. Buch Merchant Tailor, Elmer E. Eby Grain, Gingrich & Co Harness, Gochnauer Farming Implements, Grube Footwear, Huber Roofing, Enck Furniture and Undertaker, Hershey Seaman Coal, Farmers National Bank, Keller Bread, Longenecker Chevrolet, Longenecker Dr. D. A. Long Dentist, Meyer Drug, Rexall Store, Plantz Bros. Department Store, Lititz Record printing, Wertsch Jewelry, Zartman Groceries, Muth & Co. Food, Ideal Cocoa, Hassler Bread, Young & Son Pianos.
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