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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1911
Page
2
The eighth annual convention of the Pennsylvania State Bee-Keepers Association will be held in Lancaster on December 1 and 2 with sessions throughout the day. Prominent apiarists will give addresses and there will be exhibits of honey and supplies at the Lancaster County courthouse.
A nostalgic scene of Thanksgiving on a rural farm with a Shanghai rooster and busy kitchen. The mother stands in the doorway smiling as family gathers for a traditional meal while recollecting a long history of care and absence of anger.
Lancaster Mayor Frank B. McClain warns beef prices will rise due to slower cattle production versus population growth. Census data show beef cattle fell 6 to 8 percent over ten years while population grew 21 percent, with shifted demand from the Pacific coast and hopes for free beef imports fading.
The famous white oak on Donegal Church land in Lancaster County shows a long-ago limb injury. A missing proper cut allowed a decay pocket to form, likely shortening the tree’s life by about a century.
The article describes how New England farms raise and fatten prime turkeys for the White House and elite circles, with Rhode Island and Connecticut breeders supplying birds. It notes large runways, outdoor freedom, and seeds from wild plants as key to flavor and size improvements, plus historical context on Thanksgiving tradition and the economic value of turkeys and byproducts.
Congressman Griest of Lancaster pushes a plan for free mail delivery in every town with a presidential post office of the second or third class. He cites a reduced post office deficit and urges President Taft and Postmaster General Hitchcock to support extending city and rural carrier service to towns lacking delivery.
Samuel P. Orth argues in North American Review that public schools must move beyond mass teaching to awaken each child’s latent powers. He praises efforts to individualize education through vocational and special schools and predicts states will expand programs to cultivate diversified, honorable usefulness and a perpetual supply of capable citizens.
In a comic scene from New York Journal style, Little Wimpleton woos Jane and asks her mother Mrs Doddles for approval as son in law. Mrs Doddles cautions that proper behavior matters and hints the couple should marry to learn by experience. Disraeli quote on opportunity closes the snippet.
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