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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 17, 1929
Page
4
Lancaster County tobacco prices are rising with wrappers at around 25 cents a pound and hair cut at 18 cents, promising $250 to $400 per acre. New buyers and faces appear in tobacco districts as old stocks vanish, while scrap chewing tobacco buyers and cheap exporters retreat, suggesting a healthier local market and broader purchasing power for residents.
An excerpt argues that the true power of a newspaper lies in the home town weekly rather than big city dailies. It cites Campbell-Ewald executive G S Crane and details expansive circulation, ad volumes, offices, and editions across the United States. It contrasts metropolitan papers with the influential country weekly.
A brief, whimsical note describes leisure roles within a family as cars signaling activities. The old man plays golf the wife plays bridge and the kids play shower.
An exploration of aging, mental health, and activity. The piece cites Dr. Hugh S. Cumming on maintaining equanimity in old age, encourages reading and social engagement, and notes radio as a suitable pastime for the elderly. It also discusses coffee effects, sleeping sickness, blindness causes, eye safety, and adult education movements globally.
Report notes a new simplified Chinese language plan reducing characters to 1300. Broadcast primers promote the simplified script across the country as part of a national reform effort.
A telegraphone recording telephone invented by Waldemar Patersen recorded sounds via a telephone receiver and mailed letters for reproduction by the regiment. The device failed to achieve commercial success.
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