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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1930
Page
4
The Lititz Record notes a thirty acre Leacock Township farm sold Thursday for 12000 dollars, suggesting some keep faith in farming in the Garden Spot of America. The piece foresees rising 30 acre farm values as roads and cars shrink distances to cities and encourage outward movement for elbow room and freedom.
A Kansas youth from Oelwein in a Chicago auto show era buys a Winton with $700 from friends, disassembles it eight times to learn, then works in a car factory. His drive and risk lead to Chrysler's rise and a modern tower at Forty Second Street and Lexington Avenue. Also notes three Amazon nations myths spanning Africa Asia and Scythia.
A New York pageant showcased topaz and other stones for sports and street wear. Aquamarines jade amethyst and classic evening stones were displayed alongside diamonds sapphires emeralds rubies and pearls from various regions. International young mannequins in Riverside Drive costumes modeled the pieces.
Hi Ho the sage of Chinatown muses that fame can bend reality as popular imagination builds a motion picture around an accidental figure in public life. The Washington Star quote reflects on the theater of perception and identity in urban imagination.
The modern commercial pansy descends from a European native and is linked to the heart ease and the Zobnny jump up. It likely reached the United States with early settlers, developing through garden cultivation.
Lexington notes list numerous calls and visits as families such as West Hornley Markley Carpenter Meiley Tobias Burkholder and others spend Sunday with relatives in the Lititz Manheim Brunnerville and Diamond Station regions. Attendees include Esther Markley a Elizabethtown College student and households from Rothsville East Petersburg and Harmersville.
A Los Angeles business closing notice proclaims “We’re through forever in four days” as it winds down operations.
From the past fifty years ago October 22 1880 Lititz reports epizooty sweeping through the area. O P Bricker and J F Sturgis fished at Fites Eddy returning with 73 fish. Mrs J B Haberbusch fractured her right arm after a fall on a plank walk. Julius Fisher dislocated his hip when a frightened horse dragged him. A plow factory location dispute continues as the town seeks aid before a deadline. Lititz National Bank moves into new quarters with noted furnishings.
Twenty five years ago on October 27 1905 notices announced dedication services for the United Zion Home north of town to be held November 11 and 12 with lunch for attendees. Ida Delp was surprised at home by two young folks. Anna Bricker hosted fifteen friends for her birthday. Mr and Mrs J G Schleith moved.
Lancaster residents on Spruce Street welcome William B. Berry a candidate for State Treasurer as he travels to town promising to shake hands with every supporter who comes out to meet him.
The notes list multiple incorrect features in the picture including a smoke stack not connected to the flue, a clock on the boiler, a can of gun powder on the boiler, and a clinker door placement at the boiler base. It also notes a worker not firing the boiler through the ash door and other improper details such as hinge placement on the fuel door, an improper shovel use, mislocated handle on a coal seuttle, and incorrect spigot position near a vider barre.
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