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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1914
Page
2
A long list of spring and fall weights including rain coats and shawl collar chinchillas in blue or gray. Hats, caps, shirts, ties, collars, suspenders, gloves, hosiery, underwear, suits, cardigans, sweater coats, and workwear offered by a prominent eastern clothing house. With thirty eight years of experience, they claim to serve customers well at competitive prices.
Two men attempted to rob the toll house on the Lancaster pike between Kenler's and Mountville but were scared off by a neighbor's shouts after she called the police. Amos McCartsey, arrested in Columbia for attempting to wreck trolley cars, admits guilt and has been sent to prison. Clarence Waddell of Fulton township faces arson charges after a deputy fire marshal accuses him of burning Eugene Haines barn. Lancaster workers profit from war orders with Philip Lebzelter & Sons receiving 70,000 for wagon material and Columbia Wagon Works securing a 3,000 wagon supply for French and English armies, promising broad employment.
A newspaper reader recalls a notorious man from their township who courted a schoolteacher for two years and after she taught him all she knew he abandoned her and became a lawyer. The quote highlights local reputations and the claim of mean conduct.
A humorous exchange highlights a salesman boasting about a color's speed. The gray joke centers on a color claiming to be fast and quickly “running” away, illustrating sales bravado and quick wit in a Louisville Courier Journal quip.
George Scanlan, jailed in Reading, admits stealing a clock to remember to take medicine. Stables of Frank Philipps in Shillington lose a black stallion and a spring wagon, plus Raymond Fry’s bicycle. Lebanon farmer Trwin Shelly wounded. anti mortem statement targets Mrs May Kohl. she says Shelly shot himself. Lioneta rivalry over largest potato. weights recorded from several growers. Bear sighting near Sugar Lake-Cooperstown highway, party of local residents reports a near but non-threatening encounter.
In Paris 1775 crime ran high with daily morgue offerings and nets lowered from the Pont Neuf to catch those cast into the river by cutthroats. Jekyll recounts a brutal wheel execution viewed from a balcony as the city’s officers fulfilled their grim duties in costume.
In Algiers wild olive trees spring up and are grafted where they stand. Some groves touch overhead and yield per tree averages eighty to one hundred pounds yearly. Trees aged over four centuries are noted, with more than five million wild olives estimated. Grafting is conducted systematically under government auspices.
East Petersburg state orchard inspector E. Bowers condemns growers who sell worm eaten knotty fruit while praising state efforts to raise quality. He says Pennsylvania can lead apple production with superior varieties like Transparent and Stayman Winesaps and urges market buyers to demand perfect fruit and reject inferior lots.
In golf too much time studying shots harms pace and enjoyment. Procrastination or overthinking slows fields, especially on busy days and in tournaments. Some players may speed up after realizing they hold others back, while best putters judge quickly and strike with confidence as Francis Ouimet notes.
On Tuesday October 27 1914 the Abram Snavely farm in Penn township Lancaster county will be sold at public auction. The 141 acre property includes a stone and frame dwelling with summer kitchen two family setup a large frame bank barn wagon and tobacco sheds a blacksmith shop and other outbuildings. Land quality is good with fences water and fruit trees including apples pears peaches and quinces plus vines walnuts and 15 acres of woodland.Viewing by calling on the premises with sale starting at 2 PM. details by auctioneers B W Stoner and clerk J T Weber.
Orphans Court of Lancaster County Pa orders the administrator of Samuel W Spickler deceased to sell at public auction October 31 1914 at Lititz Springs Hotel the Lititz Borough property fronting 45 feet on East Main Street between Willow and Locust. The two story frame dwelling with nine rooms includes a summer kitchen cistern well and borough water, plus frame barn pig sty poultry house and fruit trees. Viewing by appointment with Mrs Casiah Spickley or the administrator. Sale at 7 30 P M with terms announced by S C Hassler auctioneer. PILARESS SPICKLER CG N Derr Clerk M G Schaeffer Esq Attorney.
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