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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1927
Page
8
Canadian officials report that 465 pigeons remain at Fort Monmouth New Jersey lofts serving the country. Notable birds include President wounded in St Mihiel, Snake with 58 messages, and Mocker among St Mihiel heroes.
A reflective note on perpetual caution urging readers not to overemphasize potential flaws. It cautions against overthinking errors and promotes a balanced approach to judgment and action.
Lititz High and Highspire High battled to a 0 0 tie Saturday. Lititz showed bursts of aggression and a late rush but failed to score while Highspire stopped all offensive attempts. Lineups and substitutions are listed for both teams with officials named.
The Junior Varsity squad from Lancaster High School will face Lititz High on their home field Saturday afternoon in a local football matchup.
Concrete pavement growth drives U S urban transit as Portland Cement Association reports 1926 saw 2400 miles of new 30 foot wide streets. Major gains in cities over 1 million and 500000 to 1 million populations reflect heavy traffic. Los Angeles leads with 700 miles of concrete streets and 200 miles built in 1926.
Two memorials on the Masonic Home grounds at Elizabethtown will be accepted in the next two months by Masons of Pennsylvania. The Buchmiller memorial fountain, built for 15000, will be dedicated Oct 15 with Grand Master William H. Hamilton presiding. The war memorial honors World War I service with a bronze soldier figure among trees.
The Department of Highways asks map making firms to defer printing maps of Pennsylvania highways until new traffic routes are firmly set. It will not pursue radical changes to the main highway numbers.
Dear Sir describes life in Koenigsfeld at Moravian Gasthof der Bruederge meine. The writer notes women milking cows, carrying potatoes, guiding heavy wagon loads, and chimney sweeps on bicycles. Observations include local politeness, hats, canes for children, and telegraph pole timber hauling at Peterzell. Next door, a Brethren butchery offers samples.
Farmers Protective Association forms a statewide body in Pennsylvania to oppose tuberculin testing of cows. W J Watts of Clearfield elected president with officers including John Shank and Rev W D Marburger. The plan links local herd testing to neighborhood quarantine and requires association approval for area tests.
A collage of dated quips on work, fashion, politics and society. The notes bemoan overcoats, rising salaries reducing effort, culinary expectations at events, and social norms, mentioning Coolidge era politics and public office preferences.
A man in Chester, Connecticut, grows twenty kinds of apples on one grafted tree. The tree has been repeatedly grafted to produce an amazing assortment of varieties.
A distorted fragment recalls a British politics era and an Irish nationalist movement begun to secure Irish autonomy and satisfy persistent nationalist sentiment within the UK framework.
The Mennonites migrating from Canada to Paraguay travel in groups toward Buenos Aires and along the Parana River to a land grant on the eastern Andes. Paraguay grants exemption from military service and allows self rule, with 3,000,000 acres purchased for the colony and potential for 100,000 settlers in coming years. The settlement aims to practice Bible authority, pacifism, and language schooling within a self governed community.
Unclear OCR fragment shows a question directed to a class and a signature or imprint “Louisville Catyrier-Tournal.” The readable portion requests information or participation from a class group with a playful tone.
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