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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1914
Page
2
A description of spring and fall weights, rain coats, and popular shawl collar chinchillas in blue or gray from a prominent east clothing house. It lists hats caps shirts ties collars suspenders gloves hosiery underwear suits cardigans jacket sweaters and other dress or work items with competitive prices. The advertiser notes thirty eight years of experience in service.
The Marietta shirt factory seeks 200 workers at $3.00 weekly while training. Attorney Brinton lies gravely ill after hospital surgery. Abram Ruth, aged 79, returns to Earl township after 61 years away. Mount Joyborough voters consider a school debt increase for a new building. A segregated school opens in Salisbury Township on Welsh Mountain. Incendiary thieves alarm Lancaster County residents. Strasburg sends General Hospital a wagon of food including 600 bushels potatoes and assorted preserves and produce.
A. L. Martin issues the program for fourteen institutes in Lancaster County with J. W. Bruckart in charge. Lecturers include J. T. Campbell, M. E. Conrad, F. H. Fasett, and S. W. Funk. Local dates span November 27 to December 17 at Mechanicsville, Lititz, Eph rata, Lampeter, Millersville, Paradise, and Maytown. Lecturers J. Aldus Herr and John D. Herr will speak in neighboring counties. Read the Ancorp-$1.00 a year.
A London police court case highlights a female pawner vocation in poorer districts where women carry neighbors goods to pawnshops for small sums. Known as rutiners in some districts, they charge 1 to 2 cents per trip and many work on Mondays when pawning sustains the week for ill paid laborers.
A humorous London Punch exchange notes a man fearing rheumatic fever then a shoulder twinge may indicate neuritis. The banter lampoons medical alarm and casual misstatements in a clubman chat.
The York Fair week of October 5 will feature the greatest fireworks show in Pennsylvania. A 90 minute night program includes 21 nine inch aerial maroons, 35 color-changing lights, a 750 foot electric canopy, star canopies, floating parachutes, and a vast array of fountains, bombs, eagles, and diamond dust effects. Also highlighted is a revolving wheel and tinted meteor finale. In a different note, Farm and Fireside recounts John E. Cowan's tip to start a balky horse by prompting it to rise with a back-ride and firm heels.
A restless traveler asks if the train is on time and the conductor replies in cheerful mode that they are two hours late. The passenger jokes about preferring arrival there to the town he is headed to.
In a brief Seattle scene a diner requests a mixed seafood plate including bluefish, whitefish, and red snapper while noting his patriotism. The waiter confirms available options as the exchange ends with a playful nod to national pride.
A brief Baltimore American quip contrasts placing a medieval torture book on the library table versus the rack. The exchange uses a father son dialogue to inject humor about book handling and displays period voice. No further context or events are provided.
The Boston Transcript quotes a playful exchange about Jack's engagement status and whether Fanny is the bride to be, noting ambiguity in the wording.
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