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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1927
Page
2
In southern Lancaster county residents hear that a New York firm has options on farms along Barren Hill after testing ore at 65 percent iron. A prior mine was started years ago but abandoned due to bad roads. A new road is under construction, with hopes trucks and faster transport will revive the project into a major industry.
Lancaster county gains a new industry as Kerr Chickeries Inc buys 924 East Orange Street Lancaster property from J. G. Forney and Co. plans a two story hatchery and 100000 eggs purchases. The firm, second largest nationally, operates branches in Syracuse Rochester New York and Springfield Massachusetts. The First Reformed Church may benefit from estate value.
September Saturday events feature the 10 Flory and Eckert reunion and the Reading Railroad gathering scheduled for Saturday September 16. Organizers invite attendees to participate in both community reunions and rail heritage activities.
More than $200000 left by the late Sara B. Diffenbaugh funds church work and a home for the aged in East Lampeter township. Boy Scouts and young congregation members removed weeds from a family burial plot, honoring the will that the plot be kept clean for church use and poor relief.
A Pennsylvania mill built in 1688 near West Chester on A G Cornogg property has been razed for development. The owner Mrs Cornogg holds land deed from William Penn with Lord Markham’s signature. Sold to William Taskell of Cossart. historic hinges and stone to be reused. Henry Ford once eyed the structure.
The excerpt explains that ambassadors are ordinary in talent when resident at a foreign court, and extraordinary when dispatched for special occasions. It notes ambassadors are generally ordinary yet extraordinary in expenses, ignorance, and presumption according to Samuel Johnsen.
The prize old growl is the man who will howl when everything's going OK. Tribune.
The records show there are gaps in lists of soldiers who served in the American Revolution. The Adjutant General’s office War Department in Washington holds the most complete records that exist.
The article surveys sprawling developments and exchange activity across Keystone states. It catalogs local projects, market moves, and regional exchanges highlighting notable growth, investment patterns, and regulatory considerations shaping the evolving terrain.
George Baker of Kingston earned the rattlesnake killing honors as he hunted groundhogs near Rock Hollow. He shot a 41 inch, 17 rattle rattler with a single shot, the largest found on Chestnut Ridge this year. A separate report notes 1 060 stolen fowl found at Indian Run Gap Lebanon County farm solving three months of poultry thefts. Schmolze and Bickleman linked to the capture, with Schmolze hospitalized under guard after a shooting during evasion.
Emile Birkel of Bethlehem sues Fred Matthieson of Collingsdale for 10000 in damages after a bee in Matthieson’s car led to a collision near Friedensville on July 2 1926. John Birkel aged 11 was killed when the driver lost control while trying to kill the bee, alleging negligence for removing hands from the wheel.
Donald Charles of Williamsport stole a wrecked commercial plane to attend a party miles away. After lifting off he forgot his WWI training, the aircraft began to shimmy and nosedived about 100 feet. He escaped unharmed but is jailed in Lyeming County on larceny charges.
Dr. David R. Detwiler of Red Lion and Dr. W J. Shenberger of Windsor fired on nearly one hundred blackbirds along the Susquehanna River near Bridgeville, aiming to reduce the flock.
The 1927 edition of the Pennsylvania State Manual, formerly Small's Legislative Handbook, will be off press and ready for distribution by October 1. It will total 22 000 copies and includes new tax and educational statistics showing receipts, school enrollment, State aid, and district classifications.
The Century Biographical Encyclopedia notes that the timber for the Constitution came from Cumberland Island near the northern coast of Florida. This identifies the origin of the wood used in the historic shipbuilding effort and ties it to a specific Atlantic coastal location.
The Pas de Calais department in France lies along the Strait of Dover, linking the English Channel with the North Sea and forming the French side of the strait.
Whalebone, once central to corset fashion, now finds primary use as bristles in brushes such as Nair. The note urges readers to phone their news to the Record.
The Honolulu business quarter displays a flood of shop signs in English or meant to imitate English. Many signs are cryptic or miswritten, with humorous or grotesque results, including names oddly suited to trades and banners pasted upside down. The street scene shows a continuous procession of sales signs and advertising across diverse Oriental storefronts.
Texan border research by Prof H J Cottle and Capt C D Wood shows desert plants along the Texas border may have commercial value. Varieties including Candelilla wax producing plants and Guayule rubber shrubs are studied for uses in rubber, wax, fibers, and cleaning agents.
A fragment describes a domestic exchange with vows and delays in a marriage. It references waiting, biblical imagery, and a wishful outcome, conveying an intimate moment between partners in a historical tone. The text centers on devotion, promise, and the cost of time in a union.
A brief, reflective fragment notes that everything was lost in a fire but a radio given by a cousin was saved. The tone suggests a personal, informal message about loss and a spared keepsake.
A quirky exchange recalls Jim once a great athlete now reconciling married life. The narrator visits him and finds him sifting ashes with an old tennis racket, a symbolic image reflecting a faded sporting past.
A coroner's jury ruled the death justifiable as the person took his own life. The inquiry centered on a man named Jones who was described as popular.
A verse fragment notes a photo of an older figure and mocks a woman with a husband remark. The poem moves to airship imagery leaving earth and Piney's bold line about finding castles in the air as agents are bought and sold.
A reader contends the newspaper printed a letter with uncorrected grammar and misspellings prompting a response from another citizen who questions edits. The exchange highlights disagreement over text accuracy and editing.
A bachelor tells a married friend he would be boss at home if he were in charge. The married man asserts he knows the reason why he is not the head of a household. The exchange showcases competing views on domestic authority.
Rostan Transcript notes a small firm’s massive safe is intended to lift creditor morale. The line implies a strategic display of security and reliability to reassure lenders.
A car enthusiast asks for a set of balloon tires in a playful note to a seller, expressing eagerness to acquire the classic rubber for a vintage ride. The casual plea hints at nostalgia and a fondness for period components.
A poet reflects on a speaker whose words fail to engage, yet a moment of relief arrives, allowing the listener to drift toward sleep. The tone mixes gratitude with fatigue as the encounter ends.
A short comic exchange shows a customer seeking romance humor western and crime action while the dealer steers toward a dictionary as the safer buy. The playful dialogue highlights genre desires and the value of reference works.
A father recounts his son’s path to a white collar role, describing the surprising outcome: the sought after job turned out to be in a laundry. The exchange highlights humor about career expectations versus reality.
Mrs Scrappington declares a man a tyrant while prompting agreement from John. He hedges his response but concedes in the end. The brief exchange appears in the Boston Transcript and reflects a sharp household dispute over authority.
A witty Stray Stories line contrasts a diner waiter noting the coffee was ground this morning with the patron mockingly asking what’s the matter with the mud. The short exchange captures a satirical slice of everyday life.
A reader questions a hotel recommendation for Howell's establishment, noting the owner is inexperienced. The exchange contrasts claimed incompetence with the suggestion to seek alternative lodging and reassures readers about cautious choice.
A humorous exchange on frugality cites two men noted for wealth yet stinginess. Butler recalls an inkwell saver who hid the ink between dips. Cutter adds a tale of a man who stopped his clock nightly to save wear while asleep.
A fragment hints at Eva Her strength from a vibratory system of jolts and her beauty linked to jars, suggesting a stylized or metaphorical description from a possibly sensational source.
A society column notes an engaged man’s busy week from Sunday to Saturday. He receives eight insurer calls, meets seven furniture dealers and thirteen real estate specialists, finds about thirty eight pounds of snail from florists and gifts, hosts seventeen open house visitors, reviews travel agency circulars, and ends with a lawyer’s letter about domestic misunderstandings.
Lipogrammatic works omit one letter of the alphabet throughout a text. Examples span Tryphiodorus Odrys sey lacking an a in book one and a b in book two to Athenaeus and Pin dar, Jami, Lope de Vega, Leti, and Lord North, who crafted lipogrammatic books.
A Cleveland Plain Dealer report recounts a startled man receiving a late evening call from a frantic woman who insists, is this you Jim and accuses him of a wrong number. She hurls insults calling him a sap and nitwit before venting in colorful language while he stays polite and listens.
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