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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 28, 1929
Page
8
A fragment suggests an original account framing Ponce de Leon as driven to seek a fountain of youth. The text hints at a legendary motive shaping early exploration and adventure narratives around the traveler.
A highway in the Roldal valley within Norway’s mountains district snakes six miles for each mile of forward progress. The route’s winding path and terrain shape its slow pace and scenic route through the region.
Customer notice states there is no extra charge for engraving when purchasing jewelry. It explains engraving is complimentary and available at checkout.
Henry Sturgis Elder Emeritus turned 85 as the Zinzendorf Brotherhood of the Moravian Church held a Monday evening meeting. Rev E S Crosland and elder H L Eschbach gave him a ride to prayer. The closing prayer became a love feast with his favorite hymn O Happy Day That Fixed My Choice and the tie that binds sung as members shook hands.
The Star Spangled Banner began as The Defence of Fort McHenry with Francis Scott Key's later renaming revealing the song’s origin. A San Francisco Chronicle line notes a witty old saying about fooling people and an older sister.
A reflective note notes how friendship tempts excess sensitivity to faults while alive, yet only virtues appear after loss, urging mindful appreciation of companions before they fade. The sentiment contrasts present frailty with enduring memory, implying value in recognizing true worth in friendships.
The Delphian Club met at Mrs. Norman Badorf’s Lincoln Avenue home. Readings covered Spanish history and literature including Cervantes and Don Quixote with remarks by Mrs. Badorf Miss Sophie Bricker Mrs. W H Muth Mrs Edward Buch Mrs Valentine Brobst and Miss Mary Husbener. Refreshments followed. The next meeting will be at Mrs. William Moody’s Spruce Street home.
The Lancaster welfare drive advances with speakers James Shand and Eugene Andes outlining fund distribution among the Red Cross and three Lancaster hospitals. Dr M H Yoder heads the meeting selecting officers and a solicitor committee, with last year’s leaders remembered and Lititz noted for its prior $5,100 campaign.
The Woman's Missionary Society of the Moravian Church met at the parsonage with twenty present to discuss Home Missions. Mrs. Crosland led, readings and prayers followed, and funds for Alaska Chapel and Reading Mission were reported. The group planned December meetings and browsed rummage sale items for the Reading church sale.
The Anite diversion item describes signs seen on a lumber yard brick building reading Courtesy Service and Lumber and another declaring Hardware Implements and Tacks. A further sign proclaimed Butter Uggs Poultry and All Kinds of Junks in Todianapolis News style.
The undoubted oldest microscope on record is a four plain quartz lons artifact found by LH Layard amid Nineveh ruins. It measures six centimeters thick, 3.5 centimeters in diameter, with a focal length of 10.7 centimeters and is now housed in the British Museum.
A health note advises avoiding drafts while driving especially from narrowed windshields as those air currents can cause facial paralysis.
Chicago Post provides fragmented copy referring to a wife and spouse roles with unclear context and missing details in this OCR excerpt.
A wry remark questions marriage devotion with a joke about a married woman nicknamed a grass widow, suggesting a man once swore he could not live without her.
Historical note states Virginia topped ITV census rankings as the first census was taken with population twice New York and greater wealth, placing Virginia ahead of all states in both population and commerce.
The Moravian Sunday School Bible Class held a social in the Sunday School Chapel on Tuesday evening. Attendance reached 112, with a fine supper served. J. H. Breneman led the program featuring songs, prayers, readings, and reports including a brief note on the State Sunday School Convention at Williamsport.
A Wendell Phillips quotation on borrowing in invention use beauty and form. The note frames writers as wholesale borrowers reflecting on originality and influence in literature.
Public sale conducted by the Orphans Court of Lancaster County PA on Saturday December 21 1929 at the premises on the corner of Liberty Street and East Lincoln Avenue Lititz PA. The property includes a two and one half story frame dwelling with frame stable fronting sixty eight feet on Lincoln Avenue and depth of one hundred eighty one and a half feet to South Alley. Also to be sold are household goods and personal property. Sale starts at 1 PM with terms announced by the undersigned.
H Snavely acts as auctioneer with George L Keith serving as clerk and Joseph B Wissler as attorney for the sale closing December 12. Public notice lists property and bid procedures for interested bidders.
A clipped health note advises storing boric acid solutions in every medicine closet as a mild antiseptic for cuts and wounds. It mentions a compress dipped in boric acid as useful and instructive, and briefly notes changes in the Braille system with raised symbols replacing prior methods.
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