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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1934
Page
9
The Lititz Community Show entries and leadership draw praise for dedication and a plea to support the event financially. The article notes new members, lingering dissension, and the challenge of raising funds mainly through concession space to keep the show clean and above-board.
Town merchants will greet thousands this weekend as stores remain in first class order with new clean stocks. Shoppers may be impressed by the quality and variety and decide to return for future purchases.
A passage from Christian Education in Your Church cites a Munro book noting the Marts and Lundy Co. report covering 1980 31 and 2 as low mood years. It claims churches showed virility and solvency with only rare closures among banks insurance firms colleges hospitals and churches.
A reader's letter reviews a novel and a play about Pennsylvania German life by Thames W. Yon, set in Lebanon County and its communities. The letter notes scenes in Lititz and Lancaster County with references to Mennonite culture and the York witch trials influence, and mentions a Broadway run and a Baltimore theatre production.
Fragmented notes describe new street paving on Broad Street causing slowdowns as carts and carriages stall amid variable weather. Reports mention deliveries, a Sunday rescue of a horse, and local moves including Harry Myers relocating near Mohnton with household effects, plus community notes on students and local farms.
In Lititz last Thursday, Her Stark set a local record while Tie helped in a decisive early Bard event marking a notable performance by community athletes.
Fifty years ago on Henry Franke’s Brast farm a chestnut tree measures 22 feet in circumference. Rev Nagie bids farewell to his congregation before moving to Philadelphia. Bed of tenstees meets Jas week and favors Rev Reinke of Lebanon. A Sisters’ house project for balding is mentioned. A man named Booka, near Millway, faces legal matters with a harrow incident. Wourth dies from lockjaw and is buried last Saturday. Teachers of Littla public plan to attend a Lancaster institute next week. Election day crowds at our office squared accounts and renewed them.
The readable fragments describe a distressed, mortgaged Portland setting with themes of poverty, employment strain, and personal struggle. Names and clear events are largely obscured, but tone suggests a reflective, literary character study from a bygone era.
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