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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 21, 1920
Page
7
Fashion notes describe fall and winter coat styles for practical, discerning women. Coats blend simplicity with beauty, using velour day cloths and fur accents. Examples include a cloth coat with panel pockets and a fur trimmed sealskin look jacket with wide collar and fur borders.
The text recounts Frederick O Brien s portrayal of large crabs on the Marquesas islands. These robber crabs climb trees reach coconuts, sever husks, and use strong claws to open nut husks and extract meat for meals described in vivid detail.
In Babylon a small stone horse sold by a child was snatched by a clever Arab boy who then tried to re-sell it to a man who quickly bought it. The boy laughed at the narrator as the involved bargaining continued, and the joke was enjoyed by all, including the victim.
A man warns a coat thief to return the overcoat without questions while a witness details the suspect. The description cites a blue serge suit tan shoes gray hat height about 5 ft 8 in gray hair rounded shoulders a wart on the chin and even provides a business address. In other notes quartz utensils replace platinum heat resistance, made by melting material above 2000 degrees and can be quenched in cold water without breaking.
A prominent citizen at a penitentiary is urged by a warden to avoid offending inmates as he speaks about any topic. He jokes about discussing the high cost of living, suggesting prison life might lessen the outside struggle, while a doctor offers a therapeutic quip about headaches.
Mrs. W. Kabbaz a former Lancaster lace dealer tells of six months as a prisoner under Turkish rule in Syria. She details starvation, life on wild dandelion, and witnessing Turkish graft and abuses before reaching Paris after Syria’s occupation by the French. Her daughter Hena attends school in Paris.
Lancaster county tobacco growers warehousemen and others in the industry will gather Thursday Oct 21 for a hearing on proposed federal supervision rules. Under the warehousing act the USDA may establish bonded and licensed warehouses with receipts usable as collateral. State Agricultural Department reps will attend. The same issue notes barrels and apple wood for Pennsylvania growers with 100 carloads located to aid shipment of products.
Farmer Corntessel cites popularity as influential but not decisive in elections. The remark follows a quip that if popularity ruled, moving picture stars would dominate office, noting that hot tempered people do not always gain allies.
Louisville Courier Journal notes a trend where women on a block persuade others to experiment with thrifty clothing reuse and buying habits.
A playful exchange notes that English speakers say cinema for movies while asking what term covers spoken drama. The quip contrasts the British usage with the broader theater label and ponders naming schemes across media forms.
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