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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1912
Page
4
Advertisers are advised that the paper goes to press every Thursday morning and cannot guarantee insertion for late reservations. Communications for insertion should include the writer’s name and address as a guarantee of good faith, though not necessarily for publication.
An item was entered at Lititz Pennsylvania Post Office as second class matter.
The item highlights debates on reducing meat duties to ease high prices and open ports, parallels coal and wheat duties, and notes the Boston & Providence Railroad electrification plan costing 8 million. It also lists social visits, church notices, school activities, a fire company hall project, water service for construction, Rally Day, and local ads for Cortright's Metal Shingle Advocate.
The Bull Moose pamphlet attacks Congressman Griest for voting 1909 tariff reform that shielded Lancaster county tobacco, cigars, and tobacco workers from Philippine free entry. Roosevelt had urged free trade with the Philippines earlier, but Griest fought to modify the tobacco schedule. The Cigarmakers Union praised his efforts, and the piece urges voters to back him in the coming election.
Correspondents report on barbershop injuries and family visits in Lititz. Funeral attendance in Pottstown, Taft and Sherman meeting planned at Samuel Fair's hotel, and political events including Democratic mass meeting and Bull Moose gathering. Local clergy sermons, baptisms, and evangelistic services noted along with roadwork and neighborhood visits.
John Spickler leaves Isaac Minnich's farm after years of tenancy. Seth Graybill rents to a farmer named May. current tenant is Boose. Community notes cover social visits, a stork birth, and church confirmations with new Lutherans joining. An early morning fire damaged Hoke's hotel but neighbors saved the building. origin of the blaze remains unknown.
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