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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1924
Page
6
Smithsonian study shows nearly half of street car dollars go to labor. Motormen and conductors take about one fourth of total income, while taxes, depreciation and other costs account for remaining shares. Public Service Information Committee cites figures from the Pennsylvania resources study.
The Pennsylvan ia Public Service Information Committee emphasizes water as essential to survival and the operation of light, gas, electricity, and transport. Water enables steam, cleanses, quenches thirst, supports birth rituals, and aids daily chores, positioning it as the cheapest and most fundamental resource.
Dr. Wilbert J. Huff of Pittsburgh named to the new Gas Engineering chair at Jamas Cop king University in Baltimore. The position is underwritten by gas manufacturing firms and individuals praising the course for gas utilities. Huff, a Pennsylvania native born in Entier on October 4, 1590, will assume duties this month.
A photograph shows a youth inspecting one directory from Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania. The company prints 34 titles for distribution every six months in over 800 towns and cities. Volumes vary from a few pages to the Pittsburgh book with 844 pages and Philadelphia with 1100 pages. This year 5,000,000 directories will be distributed, totaling 3600 tons.
The Pennsylvania Public Service Information Committee notes the move from flame cap lamps to electric lamps among miners. In 1911 about 45,000 flame lamps and no electric lamps were used. by 1918 flame lamps fell to 17,000 while electric lamps reached nearly 48,000. Nationwide, an estimated 200,000 electric cap lamps exist today.
Industries in South Africa increasingly use gas and electricity as industrial heating and power expand. From 1916 to 1924 gas use rose about forty percent and electrical power by roughly seventy six percent, driven by iron and steel growth and government bounties supporting industrialization on the dark continent.
Arrangements completed by a Pittsburgh natural gas company to drill a test well on a Lightburn area farm in West Virginia. The well will reach about 10,000 feet and may go deeper to learn new geological facts.
The government in Washington has purchased and installed the world’s largest gas water heating system to supply hot water for seven thousand employees in the Navy and Munitions building. Between each pair of the eight radiating wings a gas-fired plant is located, each plant with a 1000-gallon water tank and two heat exchanges.
The Pennsylvania Public Service Information Committee explains why operators often say thrv-ree. High frequency sounds like the th f and z are hard to hear over wires, and low amplitude limits plus high frequencies affect intelligibility. Training stresses the gy sound, but effort creates a heavy stress that splits three into two syllables.
Health editor Frederick R. Green argues Americans overeat due to abundance and sugar laden foods. He cites candy ice creams soft drinks white breads and cereals as key overindulgences and warns fat is surplus weight. He urges eating to support long healthy life and favors lean wiry frames over overweight habits.
Brick making remains a basic industry of the nation. Bricks from ancient sites show durability, and modern bricks cost about a cent and a half per unit, with a national price around $15 per thousand.
A Yorksire Post tale recounts a woodcutter famed for smiles who endures hardship. After his only ax breaks and wolves raid his food, he remains cheerful. A blizzard collapses his roof and buries him, illustrating that quiet humor can be useful yet risky when left unchecked.
Esparto grass in central Tunisia fuels a long caravan route to Gafsa. The plant yields tough flexible material used for ropes baskets and other goods and is exported from depots pressed into bales. Arab town of Gafsa has sparse European buildings, a small hotel, and a notable oasis with apricot trees.
The piece notes the old belief in smelling a rainbow and clarifies there is no scent for rainbows. It explains spring rain and fragrance from vegetation can mingle with moist air creating a perceived odor while debunking the idea that seasonal wind direction predicts three months of weather. It adds that British weather tends to persist in character for periods, making change less likely after ten days.
A fragmented unidentified text hints at a floorwalker role and a mysterious item in Akron. The readable bits suggest a puzzling scenario or editorial anecdote, focusing on a single unresolved element in a local setting.
Public sale on the premises one half mile north of Brunnerville along the Lititz Clay road. 91 acres of gravel land include two acre wood lot and 1 4 acre meadow with a 2 story frame dwelling 10 rooms, outbuildings, wagon shed and chicken house. Water fruit trees and grape vines. Sale starts 1 30 P M with terms announced by Joseph R Bucher.
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