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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1926
Page
2
A brief note to farmers highlighting trust and sympathy in relations with a company or organization. The message emphasizes support and steady assistance, reinforcing a friendly partnership with agricultural communities.
Miles Fry of Fryville Ephrata reports a hawk measuring five feet six inches across the wingspan was shot after watching chickens disappear daily. The large bird perched on an old tree before being brought down with a gun, likely ending the poultry losses. A separate note says Lancaster county state highway patrol actions target dealers license plate misuse with over 30 motorists fined. arrests to continue until the practice ends, described as particularly prevalent locally.
The passage touts Doan's Pills as a stimulant diuretic to help eliminate faulty kidney action. It claims this condition leads to fatigue and backache with irregular secretions and burning passages. For over forty years Doan's has earned favor nationwide, urging readers to ask their neighbor.
The West Chester old town clock may gain chimes or a music box to ring melodies every fifteen minutes and at noon daily. caretaker Joseph Belt plans to connect a music source while the clock remains in good condition and still keeps near perfect time. Also noted is Dr. Henry Warren of West Chester, famed ornithologist and political ally of Quay, who died at sixty eight after a career in state service and museum work.
Three months earlier a wayfarer bought a cheap suit at Hollidaysburg and left his old coat. The coat held papers and a fifty dollar Liberty bond later traced to W H Tompskins of New Rochelle. A letter confirmed the coat’s owner had used it for motoring. Papers and bond were returned. Silk mill plans near Rossmere will create around three hundred jobs, after local Chamber efforts.
Parents of Freshmen at Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, protest a student senate fueled hazing regime that punished an underclassman with a week of costume penalties including a skirt, rolled trousers, a neck ribbon, a log, and a large straw hat, forcing class attendance in daily life.
The county reports a bumper crop of both black and English walnuts with trees laden with nuts. Scarcity remains for black walnuts due to high prices and sales cuts, while English varieties have increased recently and grow fast to future abundance. An embargo on foreign nuts should sustain a strong domestic market and protect trees from disease.
A large black bear has occupied the western Edensburg area for the summer, near the Wil snore plank road and the Borough trash plant. It watches people calmly, often standing on hind legs, but does not flee. The bear is expected to leave by bear season opening November 10 for its winter den in the mountains.
Thieves who broke all records for nerve raided the home of William Craig at Lattimer. They stole eight geese in one night and returned the next night to take fifty pounds of feed Craig had stored for the fowls.
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