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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1926
Page
8
In a terse exchange an officer questions a driver about a red light while near a ditch. The reply hints at improvised risk and a near miss with a chaotic scene described as right on the edge of danger. Police attention centers on the careless act and its potential consequences.
Uncle Ad extols advertising as a solid business base describing institutional ads that omit bargains or prices. The piece explains such ads enhance public trust by portraying a store’s service and staff, aiming to draw customers like a public institution, with Wanamaker’s credited for originating the idea.
John F. Burkhart, who led a 1700-voice choir for Dr Henry W Stough in 1915, is tasked with organizing a revival choir for next month at Convention Hall Lancaster. A music committee drawn from church members will assist. initial choir needs run to 400 500 voices. Burkhart will handle prep work and organization and will relinquish directing duties when services begin.
Lititz High football held a hard scrimmage Saturday afternoon against old timers and current stars, coached by Peacock McMullin and Feck. Captain Jim Mummert and Getz led backs, Longenecker at fullback, with Seader at left half. Bob Gibbel and others filled key line roles as Lititz prepares for Palmyra High with confidence of victory and a target score well above last year’s 38 to 0 defeat.
Lititz’s season ends with a 9 to 1 defeat to Victrix of Lancaster. Patchwork lineup, long layoff, and absent Kid Keller hampered Lititz as Weiss led offense with a three bagger while Brownie Brown, a Lititz native, pitched for the Victrix and limited Lititz to one run despite a rough third inning.
In a fragmented box score style, Poole and Banyas lead with two base hits each while Weiss has a three base hit. R Brown wins over Enck as pitcher with 8 strikeouts to 1. Umpires Campbell and Hichelberger noted.
The Rothsville ball team meets Consolidated Cigar Co at Rothsville on Sunday with a 2 PM call. On Saturday the squad travels to Leola to play the Leola ball club in the next outing.
In a dream a speaker recalls being unable to speak to Jones during a nap. The counterpart asks why it is strange, and the speaker answers that the dream included a remark about Jones's mother. The exchange resembles a quirky nighttime chat.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Terrible Watkins and Watson debating Jackson's possible cheating in Russia with unclear terms and garbled phrases.
The text appears to report a confused note about a person named Alfy Wle Witt and a husband, with unclear references. It suggests a discussion of where a person differs or goes, but the exact events, names, and places are obscured, leaving only fragmented placeholders.
A clipped, humorous exchange questions the value of saving funds for a car and wife, suggesting the idea is trivial and not worth effort. The fragment hints at a humorous adage promoting the Record as a solution to an impractical dilemma.
Recordings describe cooler weather peaches and apples in the trees and plentiful grapes but scarce melons and late potatoes. Farmers cut corn and pasture is fine though rain hurt crops with several frosts and high peach prices noted while publicity value and voter turnout reflections appear.
Lancaster's Health Board and 16 city milk distributors met in City Hall to finalize a plan ensuring more than half of the city's milk will come from Lebanon County after Friday Oct 1. Dr H B Mitchell said the county's tuberculin free supply remains the only tested source, with Lancaster Township likely to cover the rest.
The Lancaster County Firemen's Association picnic at Williamson Park drew about 3,500 attendees from across the region. Food and prizes dominated the day with four tons of corn, 5000 hot dogs, buns, butter, cigars, and ice cream consumed. Local and regional guests joined speeches, contests, and awards totaling over 250 dollars in prizes. Officers and officials of the association were announced, with Pierce Lesher receiving a door prize victrola. A Knights of Malta event followed, featuring officer installations and a social luncheon.
Over a hundred Elser Oberlin descendants gathered at Lititz Springs Park for the annual reunion. Officers elected include J W Gerhart as president Ada Schnerer secretary and S E Ferry treasurer with committee members Kettner Overly and Schnerer. The oldest member Hannah Mellinger and youngest Harry Lincoln Steffy were honored. a varied program was presented and plans set to meet in Lititz next year a week earlier.
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