Poetess Marries the Gun in Los Angeles Ceremony
Eastern papers mock Los Angeles for an elaborate marriage of a poetess to a gun. The joke notes the unlikely pairing and the city’s lingering publicity.
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Los Angeles
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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 22, 1931
Page
6
Cigar Store Complaint Sparks Banter and Lesson Misreadings
A man returns to a cigar store exclaiming the cigar is awful. The clerk jokes he has hundreds, while a reading lesson leads a pupil to mishear "cat" as "Si." A child explains a sea lion as a sea man eater with a rudder, and a quip links four musical daughters to being no lover of music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chelsea
Stray Stories and Short Sketches in Quiet Vignettes
The fragments depict casual dialogue and labeled characters such as Mrs. Wages and Mrs. Tagg, with snippets of conversation about money, travel, and workplace life. The tone mirrors a late era humor column or light fiction page with stray lines and notes.
Paul in Corinth a missionary in a great city
The lesson outlines Paul’s approach in Corinth as a model for missionary work. He finds shelter with Aquila and Priscilla, works as a tentmaker, preaches in the synagogue, and gains converts including Crispus. Silas and Timothy strengthen the effort with news and gifts, while Paul faces opposition. The text notes God’s encouragement to Paul, his near presence in danger, and the verdict before Gallio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul
Corinth
Aquila
Priscilla
Rome
Claudius
Goriath
Silas
Timothy
Thessalonica
Christ
Bis
Satan
Crispus
Gallio
Fle
Sosthenes
Sunday Social Roundup From Lancaster Area
A long list of Sunday visits and gatherings flows through the Lancaster region. Local couples and families hosted and visited kin at homes in Kissel Hill Mastersonville Lime Rock Brunnerville and other nearby communities. Attendees included the Blam Shenk Kreider Henning Miller Minnich and Markley families among many others.
Evangelical Church Mission Workers Draw Delegates
Evangelistic services in the Evangelical Church by the Mission Workers of Detroit are well attended with delegates from Birdsboro and Reading present in the past week. This week large delegations from distant areas and neighboring towns are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelical
Mission Workers of
Detroit
Mich
Birdsboro
Reading
Grace Moore Demonstrates Smart Street Frock Fashion
Grace Moore, noted for musical show fame, models a tomato visor hat and a lacy mesh dress with durene cotton, black accents, and a wide suede belt. The ensemble features a snug hip line, flared skirt, and modular revers, reflecting this season’s versatile, figure flattering styles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Moore
Social News and Notices From Local Community
C E Wolf spent Sunday at Monterey with LeRoy Wolf and family. A Halloween social will be held by the local High School in the school building tomorrow evening. Many of our people attended a Farm Show at Ephrata during last weekend. C B Killian will offer his home at a public sale on Saturday. A lot of household goods will also be sold. Harry Leopold and daughter of Cleveland Ohio visited in the homes of Mr and Mrs A R Zwally during the past week. Richard Armstrong and Miss Faith Heiss of Lancaster visited the Marvin Clark family last Sunday. Miss Margaret Miller of Reading spent Sunday with her parents Rev and Mrs A E Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blam Shenk
Fruitville Pike
Landis Kreider
Smoketown
Forrest Henning
Harry Baughy
Neffsville
Coventry Church of the Brethren
Acapella Chorus
Ethel Miler
Miriam Todd
RB. D
Elmer Eberly
L. Miller
Henry Miller
Princeton Road
Anna Minnich
Ruth Rice
Millway
William Miller
West Lancaster
Lewis Himmelberger
Kissel Hill
William 8. Longenecker
Mt. Joy
Ellen Jane Longenecker
H. G. Minnich
Grace Hollinger
Esther Markley
Eria Longettecker
Harvey Markley
Lexington
Paul Shelly
Jeanette Marie
A. M. Shelly
Mastersonville
Enos Keller
Lime Rock
Horace Keller
Lloyd Keller
Aaron
Willis Graybill
Earl Rohrer
Nathaniel Keller
Phares Grayhill
Isaac Gibble
Rufus
Susan Gibbel
Hiram Fahnestock
Clayton Balmer
Fairland
Silas Gibble
Elizabeth
Emma
Brunnerville
Elam Sensenig
Earl Graybill
C. E. Wolf
Monterey
LeRoy Wolf
A. Hallowe’en
Ephrata
C. B. Killian
Harry Leopold
Cleveland
Ohio
A. R. Zwally
Richard Armstrong
Faith Heiss
Lancaster
Mervin Clark
Epitaph Quoted on Funeral Note Sparks Grim Line About Health
The Natal Mercury via the Boston Traveler cites a six part epitaph mocking medical surgery. It jokes that a father is gone to join his appendix tusils kidneys and hat drum with a leg removed by a hospital surgeon seeking experience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Natal Mercury
Boston Traveler
Local Insurance Firms Mentioned on Spruce Street
A fragment references INSURANCE at 153 Spruce Street Lititz PA and firms HUEBENER and HABECKER located at 34 E Main St Lititz. The notes imply a local insurance connection or office listings in Lititz Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huebener & Habecker
E. Main St
Litis
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Milly
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Taggs
Eass
Bess
Tess
Donna
Henry
PR. Fitzwater DD
Moaty Bible Institute of Chicago
Uni
Esson
Jesus
Guy Ing
Marcus Dodds
Tennyson
Route Three
Brownstown
Emma Lou Fetta
Margaret Miller
Rev. Y
Ms. A. EB. Miller
Chevrolet
Flint
Michigan
Lang
M. A.C
W. H. Muth & Co
M. Ada Schnerer
Hershey & Gibbel
Lititz, PA
ASCO
California
Victor Bread
Pillsbury’s
Ivory
Victor Coffee
Asco Coffee
Acme Coffee
Lititz
N&w
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