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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1915
Page
2
If you want a suit or overcoat made in New York or Philadelphia, we will take your measure and show you no less than five hundred samples to select from. The International Tailoring Co and the Imperial promise to please you, inviting you to inspect their line and stock and learn prices.
A Lancaster County column reports a 16 pound 5 ounce cabbage from James Criswell of Columbia, a 22 pound silver-beck crappie caught by John Christy, and notable regional events including a church pastor change, a tobacco crop estimate of 18 000 acres, a 100 by 200 foot addition planned by United States Asbestos Company, and a reorganized Schnitzelbank brass band. It also notes a large peach crop for 1915, a call for home business patronage, and local accident at East Petersburg.
A Quarryville gentleman planted two small walnut saplings nineteen years ago that have become large trees. One has a 61 inch circumference, the other slightly smaller. a third that started three years later reaches 44 inches. A weeping willow from a two inch branch grown five years ago now shows 44 inch girth two feet high.
The Allentown Fair is billed as the year’s biggest public event with over 35,000 dollars in purses and premiums and a 20,000 dollar cooling shed. A grandstand for 10 000, free vaudeville and circus acts, and special train services are planned to ease travel for visitors.
The Lancaster intelligencer reports John D. Herr of Lancaster, once assistant state zoologist, invested 5000 in Union Irrigation Company stock and bonds and is an endorser on its notes. The company’s failure led to bankruptcies, with others in Lancaster affected financially as the firm went into receivership.
Auto delivery now drives production for six Lancaster manufacturers and retailers from Lillie to Elizabeth town. Dutch handcuffs appear in groceries stores and big Lancaster department stores, with restaurants saloons and resorts keeping them in stock. The pretzel is praised as palatable nutritious and believed to prevent seasickness with a Lancaster party taking a barrel aboardship.
P Gray Meek editor of the Bellefonte Democratic Watchman laments modern changes, noting brass bands once serenaded newspapers and editorials, while parades once closed with tunes for editors and puff pieces.
A Columbus Dispatch tale recounts a dining episode where a young man complains a steak is too tough. The restaurant owner swaps the plate and uses a sharper knife, yielding an instantly easier cut and a pleased customer.
The New York World reports Mrs Giddy invites all sewing circle members to a luncheon and matinee party to address gossip about her. The line suggests she aims to "square the circle" to quell rumors.
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