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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1922
Page
2
Reported whiskey cached in Groundhog Vale during a hunting spree as groundhogs flee into holes. Hunters divide the prize amid speculation of increased activity in the Pocono region. Nearby, Mrs Chaonhe recounts a chaotic move from Sinking Hollow with bears, rattlesnakes, and distressed cows during a prior residence.
Christiana National Bank appoints Katharine Harrar as notary public. County C stockholders set tolls at 2500 dollars for Manheim and Penn township turnpike, tollgates to be abandoned. Oldest Methodist Bethel Church in Lancaster County, Fulton House, built 1822. Aster stalk yields 81 blooms on a Swamp Church farm. Kinport Cigar Co buys Witters factory at Terre Hill, three months behind on orders. Dirigible note dropped over Salemia by son of J. S. Kendig in Washington. County tomato canning quality improves due to seed varieties and grower-cooperator seed supply.
A New York Herald correspondent reflects on George Washington’s Potomac measurements and Mount Vernon details. He cites diary entries on river width and porch height, comments on surveyed accuracy, mentions Curtis mansion and Arlington, and recalls trying to throw a silver dollar across the Potomac himself.
A Pennsylvania Railroad train ride between Chambersburg and Carlisle led to Mrs. Harry Myers of Carlisle inheriting £15,000 after meeting a stranger, Dr Wal finger, who reportedly died last month in New Jersey and left the legacy. The incident occurred within a casual, hour-long acquaintance on the train.
An old advertisement claims Hall's Catarrh Medicine has served for over 49 years. It describes an ointment for local relief and an internal tonic that purportedly works through the blood and mucous surfaces to reduce inflammation. Sold by all druggists, F. J. Cheney & Co. Toledo Ohio.
Rat Snap offers a cake bait that kills rats in minutes and dries the carcass, leaving powder. It comes in three sizes 85c 65c and 1.25. Sold with guarantee by L. M. Moyer Litita and S. M. Fahnestock Lexiseton.
The article extols a cheap sugar year and abundant fruit crops making canning profitable. It advocates the Cold Pack sterilization method while noting some home canners reject sterilization and rely on washing and new seals. It urges maximum preservation of fruit and jellies despite varied methods.
A Lancaster County Club formed at Columbia University in New York City with 29 students. Officers include Paul E. Witmer as president and Marguerite Herr as secretary. Members span New Holland, Millersville, Rohrers town, Bainbridge, Marietta, Mt. Joy, and Silver Spring, among others. Grover Chandlee, H B King, Ruth Landis, Anna Rod dy, and I L Brookmyer are noted participants.
The eight year effort by Clinton county tobacco growers yielded an experimental broadleaf tobacco named Olson Broadleaf. Otto Olson, head of federal tobacco experiment stations in Lancaster and Clinton counties, born in Ephrata, supervised the project. Connecticut broadleaf and Pennsylvania Slaughter contributed to the blend. The christening occurred during an inspection tour by Clinton county growers.
Treasurer Shubrooks announces unclaimed Lancaster city bonds held by Anna Ranck of Farr township dating 1911 to 1914. Ranck returns with bonds and is paid 1105. He finds she owns two more bonds warranting similar redemption upon presentation.
A Cleveland household awakens to a thief rummaging in the lower floor. The resident captures the intruder and questions the motive, noting the youth and drink blamed by the offender. The householder, after a promise of reform, releases him, joking about the stolen silver and strange events of the night.
Downtown shoppers crowded a Springtie's Union millinery sale amid light showers. Women sheltered bargain hats under umbrellas and discussed weather while securing their fashion finds, keeping hats pressed close to chests to stay dry.
The column recalls a prank where a man accused a stranger of being a doctor who attended his wife. The accused denied the name and claimed no connection, prompting the quip that the man must have a double as another speaker exits the scene with a wink.
A fragment from the Age Herald quotes a jumbled dialogue about a boy named Tomy and a small skirmish with the Smithers boy. The line hints at a humorous mispronunciation or garbled speech captured in a column or cartoon caption.
Executors of Gideon Sehmax or Sehmuck announce a public sale on Thursday September 21 1922 at 2 PM. The event features a farm in Elizabeth Township Lancaster County Pa with a dwelling barn tobacco sheds timber land and approximately ten acres of timber. Personal property includes tobaco lathe chairs rocking chairs desks beds and tools among other items. Proceeds go to the estate of Gideon Sehmuck with M Rebman Auction and attorney Blaug Schmidt Sheaffer.
In Magazina Adventur Magazine, tales from the Sixteenth to early Seventeenth centuries depict explorers imagining the Americas as a land of riches and wonders. Narratives mention lost Israelites descendants, mythical cities, and El Dorado-like visions fueling colonial fantasies before the Powellian War revealed harsher truths.
Indians of British Columbia and Alaska rely on a fish known as the polidian for butter. Each summer they harvest millions, process them in cedar vessels then boil in water to extract oil, skimming the fat to create a lardlike product stored in cedar boxes for year round use.
The document announces a public proclamation by Judge Charles Langis and Associate Law Judge Aaron Hassler of Lancaster County. It orders the public to appear at the Court House in Lancaster for the Court of Oyer and Terminer and General Jail Delivery on the Fifth day of September in the year 1928. It directs officials to bring rolls records examinations and inqui sitions and to prosecute those who fail to appear as required by the court.
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