Lighting the Home With Reading Lamps and Careful Placement
The article discusses lamp choices for living rooms and reading areas emphasizing the Davenport setup beside the hearth or away-from-wall arrangements. It highlights the I E S study lamp, adjustable shade, multi‑level lighting with a central bulb and two 40–60 watt auxiliary bulbs, and options for end table lamps or Love Seat configurations to suit room size and preserve eyesight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ewing
John
Parade of Wedding Pranks at Parsonage
Town friends decorated a car in front of Rev. Geo. B. Raezer’s parsonage as he married a couple. Crepe paper covered the vehicle with a large Just Married sign and noisy roller attached. The couple’s motor trip through Virginia began amid cheers and rice showers.
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Geo. B. Raezer
Hugh Sige
Pike
Virginia
Farm Calendar Notes on Gladiolus Bulbs and Seed Potatoes
Timely farm tips cover DigDaldilolus bulbs before frost, drying corms, and storing at 45 degrees. Guidance on saving seed potatoes stresses clean, injury free seed and insulated cellars. Also advises ordering fall tree seedlings for reforestation and Christmas tree uses, noting limited supplies of pitch pine Scoted pine white spruce Japanese larch and black walnut.
Public Sale Notices from Lititz Estate Auction
Public sale of real estate on 5th side of West Main Street Lititz Pa by Marguerite A Arntz administrator of the estate of Elmer C Ritchie deceased at 2 PM Saturday Oct 19. Public auction sale of household goods including mahogany dining room set antiques and old books and farm utensils by Mrs Mary Bechtel Kissel Hill Pa at 1 PM. Saturday Nov 2 public sale of household goods on premises West Main Street Lititz by Marguerite Ritchie Arntz administrator of the estate of Elmer Ritchie deceased at 1 PM.
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W. Main St
Lititz
Marguerite A. Arntz
Adm
T. A
Elmer C. Ritchie
Mary Bechtel
Kissel Hill
W. Main
Marguerite Ritchie Arntz
Elmer Ritchie
Visitors from town tour hawk sanctuary in Blue Mountains
Dr C E Lane Barton Sharp Edwin Bear Harry Lane Robert Snyder Charles Regen nas Dr and Mrs M H Yoder Guy Bomberger and children Guy Jr Robert Nancy and Dr Justin Roddy and Clifford Manberger all of town visited the hawk sanctuary in the Blue Mountains on Sunday. Roger T Peterson Audubon Society writer and illustrator was among the local visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Lane
Barton Sharp
Edwin Bear
Harry Lane
Robert Snyder
Charles
Harry Regennas
M. H. Yoder
Guy Bomberger
Guy, Jr
Robert
Nancy
Justin Roddy
Clifford Manberger
Lancaster
Hawk Sanctuary
Blue Mountains
Roger T. Peterson
Audubon Societies
Local residents visit relatives in Lancaster and York
Brevities note several local families visiting relatives over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Ebner Brubaker and daughter of York visited Mrs. Elizabeth Brubaker. Miss Dorothy Roth returned to Lancaster for nursing duties after a vacation at home. A group including Mrs. Grast Fry and son amp Hill, Mrs. Kelly and daughter, Mrs. Bess Baldwin, Miss Irencerr, Miss Katherine Metzger, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bitzer and Gloria Bitzer visited Mr. and Mrs. Graybill Bitzer in Lancaster over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebner Brubaker
York
Elizabeth Brubaker
Dorothy Roth
Lancaster
Miss Grace M. Bushong Weds Edwin G Bigler in Lititz
Weddings report the marriage of Miss Grace M. Bushong daughter of Mr and Mrs Ivan G Bushong Lititz R D 4 to Edwin G Bigler son of Mr and Mrs Adam Bigler of West Willow. The ceremony occurred Saturday at 4 30 pm at the Lutheran parsonage Lititz with Rev F A Weicksel officiating. Attendants included Hazel Sheaffer bridesmaid and William Leroy Riggs groomsman. The couple was joined by the groom's parents and siblings.
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Grace M. Bushong
Ivan G Bushong
Lititz
R. D
Edwin G. Bigler
Adam Bigler
West Willow
F. A. Weicksel
Hazel Sheaffer
William Leroy Riggs
Adam Bigter
Sweigart
Watson Spong Couple Wed At Liberty Street Home
John H. Watson of town and Catherine I Spong of Manheim were wed by Rev Geo B Raezer at 129 Liberty Street Saturday morning at 10. The ceremony used the ring rite with W R Watson of Bismark and Alberta L Spong of Manheim as attendants. The couple, Penryn Reformed Church members, honeymoon by car through Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Watson
Town
Catherine I. Spong
Manheim
Geo. B. Raezer
Liberty Street
W. R. Watson
Bismark
Alberta L. Spong
Penryn
Miss Ruth Raum Weds Rev Robert Carl in Lancaster
Miss Ruth Raum of Lancaster and Rev. Robert Carl of Hanover were married Saturday afternoon at Grace Lutheran Church in Lancaster by Dr. A L Benner. A reception followed at the bride’s parents home for families and the bridal party. They will live in Greymount Maryland where Rev Carl has a charge. Mrs Carl is Life Service Secretary of the Lancaster District Luther League.
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Ruth Raum
Lancaster
Robert BE. Carl
Hanover
Grace Lutheran Church, Lancaster
A. L. Benner
South
Greenmount
Carl
Luther League
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Christian Herald
Silver Screen
Woman's World
Needlecraft
Cloverteat
Home Circle
the Country Home
Cloverleaf Review
American Poultry Journal
the Farm Journal
Cappers Farmer TJ
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Mother's Home Life
Needlecraft Successful Farming
Everybody's Poultry Magazine
Woman's’ World
American Fruit Grower Check
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