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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1931
Page
8
Firearms may not be carried in automobiles after September 1 unless owners are licensed under the uniform firearms act. No person shall carry a firearm in any vehicle without a license. Violations carry up to 3000 dollars fine or three years in jail or both. Licenses issued by police chiefs or county sheriffs under specified conditions for good reason.
The text explains that a license may be issued to any person who fears injury or has a proper reason to carry a firearm and is suitable for licensing. The cost is 50 cents, with sportsmen able to obtain a permit without payment if they show a hunting license. An extra license is needed to carry arms in vehicles, aimed at deterring criminals while permitting motorists with legitimate need to carry by proper authority.
The scribe explains lumbago kept him from writing and mentions Sam Shutt delaying tobacco cutting, saying it improves once sold. He notes neighbors stopped for water during wet weather and that about 85 people drank at his well last Sunday. He asks readers to bear with him until his condition improves.
The Senior Luther League will start its fall work with a Sunday evening meeting at 6 o clock. All young people over 15 are invited to attend to meet the new pastor and learn about the season ahead.
The Young People’s Council of District No. 9 will meet Monday at 7 45 PM in St Paul’s Lutheran Church. If weather is fair the gathering will be outdoors and attendees should come prepared for hiking. District 9 will lead devotions at the County Council meeting in Lancaster tonight.
Connecticut corset-makers report sales rise due to Empress Eugenie styles and waistline-up trends. Ad copy details several hats priced at five and ten dollars, noting the craze shifts from disdain to wear, with media quotes from a Hartford columnist and a store ad. The piece weaves fashion commentary with amused asides about clocks, planes, and memories.
A reflective note imagines school life during a pause in activities. It muses on possible mischief and boredom, asking whether students would repeat old pranks or find better uses for their time. The piece ends with a whimsical line about being too tan to recall the author’s name.
An elderly Pennsylvania German woman and her son visited Cornwall Tower north of here to view the landscape from a forest fire observation tower. Halfway up the pair felt giddiness and qualmishness, forcing them to descend. Experts say vertigo from height is due to the eye trying to focus on distant scenery and the tower at once, not fear.
Jesse Jones of Lancaster Airport explained at the Lititz Rotary Club that most people who feel sick at great heights lose the sensation when not in contact with the ground. He noted first plane rides cause initial giddiness during takeoff, which fades as the plane lifts. A parachute jumper fainted after his chute snagged on a church steeple while still aloft, when contact with the ground returned.
The Mayan term that became Yucatan is said to mean noise makers and was used to describe Spaniards due to the loud reports of their firearms. This etymology ties a regional label to the colonial soundscape and reflects contact between Maya speakers and early Spanish forces.
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