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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1934
Page
11
Lititz High School defeated Shillington High 35 to 0 in a rain soaked season opener in the Lancaster Berks League. Lititz led 13 to 6 at halftime and dominated on both sides of the line.
Heavy rains weakened the Lititz Schools building roof. Workmen opened areas Tuesday to lay new sections causing water to flood the auditorium and gymnasium. Four to five men mopped up the spill before classes could proceed in both rooms.
The text explains that peanuts originate above ground like other nuts but later gardeners bury the developing pods into the soil. A low herb produces flowers near the ground and after pods form the stems bend to push the pods underground for ripening.
The note outlines due dates for first book reports and monthly deadlines for the Junior and Senior High Schools. It lists required books across biography autobiography poetry drama history plus four other books, and notes class ring and commencement invite dates, a transfer, a conference on school recovery, club visits to Head College, and a high school band event with a Seals fundraiser planned.
A fragmentary note presents Alfred Biggs’s Fireside Philosopher urging that nobody is indispensable and love should not be taken for granted. It warns that grief for the dead is self pity and that cheerfulness helps weather adversity.
A short prose piece titled Fireside Philosopher warns that big minds stay open and life is too short for vengeance. It notes mixed human faults, values work over money, and suggests religion should prove itself quickly amid casual observations.
The piece presents a Fireside Philosopher column by Alfred Biggs reflecting on thrift and virtue. It asserts cheap items are costly in the end, wealth without labor misleads, education begins at college, and aging judges youth with envy. It notes jokes in death, the value of deeds, and efficiency among lazy people.
Advertisement touts 1000 gallons for 10 cents and claims electric power can pump about 4,000 gallons for the same 10 cent price. It argues this replaces hand pumps and avoids backaches or colds from carrying water.
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