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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1914
Page
4
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A 1914 newspaper column cites moral says and quotes proverb about heart and speech. It recalls Wellington and Blucher driving Napoleon and predicts a repeat with Kaiser Wilhelm. It notes Germany on war footing with Austria-Hungary weaker and critiques wasteful economic habits. It also advertises Colonial Theatre vaudeville acts and Doctor Cook appearance.
On Monday Lancaster stock yards received 247 carloads of cattle, the highest single day total. Most cattle were common to medium, selling 25 to 50 cents lower per hundred pounds. About 100 carloads remained unsold by Monday evening as yards overflowed and some cattle waited in Harrisburg. Good to choice steers brought $7.85 to $8.50.
Citizens attend the Lancaster fair this week. Justice B. Myers serves as juryman in Lancaster court. Champion carp weighed eleven pounds. H. L. Keith displays fall and winter goods. Local club beat New Holland 5 to 4 last Saturday. Mrs. John R. Wolf visited Hershey.
Local items report visitors from Brickerville to Halfville and nearby towns. A new Brunnerville Line connects Halfville to Lititz as the area prepares for church completion and dedication in late fall. Concrete work at the Reformed church and a new fence stand out among farm and family notes.
A damaged lightning struck steeple at St John’s Lutheran Church in Bricker Villle is being torn down and replaced with a shorter structure. An Ephrata contractor performs the work. During a cold snap H H Reifsnyder lit fires in his tobacco patch to deter frost.
The Schäeffe Heidelberg Grange Patrons meet to plan October 2 events including music discussion and farmers topics. Speakers include Ira J. Light Mrs E B Horst Frank Fenster and F L Stohier. Local news notes John W Dissinger and John Fetter officials and residents visit Hopeland sale Monroe Edwards buys farm for 1700.
Two Lexington women obtained hunters licenses in Lancaster county. J Monroe Markley serves as juror in Lancaster common pleas court. A concrete porch is under construction at the Union Sunday-school house. An entertainment in the Sunday-school chapel drew a good audience and funds for the school. Rally day is set for October 18. Several residents are listed as sick or visiting relatives in Reading Lititz Kissel Hill and Lititz with friends and neighbors visiting.
Mrs. Kate Dussinger of Reading visited Neffsville on Sunday while the Lutheran church observed the Lord's Supper and many communed. Most school pupils went to the Lancaster county fair on Tuesday, and frost may have caused minor damage. Corn cutting continues as farmers report large yields with multiple ears per stalk. William Lipp's home gains a painter's touch. Galen Brookmyer expands his house. Joseph Kofroth of Lititz installs electric lights and other improvements.
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