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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1925
Page
2
Lancaster prepares for a large fair with a new steeplechase race on the grounds. J F Seldomridge drives preparations for barriers on the green and track. Prizes total eight thousand five hundred dollars and big night shows with fireworks run September 29 to October 1.
Corn used for artificial snow by a Wilkes-Barre mill receives an order. An 85 year old York county man accidentally burned his back branding with a hot stove lid while treating lumbago. A 200 plus pound pumpkin is grown in Lynville for the Lehigh fair. George Curtis, 85, Civil War veteran and longtime public servant, dies in Hollidaysburg. A Shawnee village mould found near Harvey’s Lake prompts preservation plans. Four men recall the first Wilkes-Barre locomotive built 50 years ago for the Wyoming Valley plant and shipped in 1876 to the Philadelphia Centennial.
Four thousand dollars is left to the Women's Union Missionary Society of America for beds for hospitals in China and India in the will of Miss Susan S. Lefevre of Lancaster filed there. The gift memorializes her parents with other bequests for church missionary work.
Old farmer reminiscences recount cider making at Lincoln and price shifts from five dollars per barrel to forty cents per gallon. Lancaster couple Levi and Mary Hacker celebrate their 58th anniversary as jurors hear shifts in liquor law enforcement and Klan involvement in court.
County dealer Will Leber of Ephrata keeps his fast trotter iMaxegian, with a 2.14 record, and ships the race to Australia after wins in Lebanon Pottsville and Bimmerston.
A visitor notes Pierre du Ponts Longwood grounds near Kennett Square open to the public daily except weekends. The Pierce Arboretum, started circa 1800 by Joshua and Samuel Pierce, holds rare trees including a nine foot six inch circumference yellow cucumber magnolia and a 15 foot Empress tree. The grounds feature a lake with knee roots, a large California incense cedar, and rich plant displays alongside conservatories and a pipe organ.
Readers note upcoming events for 1926 include the Sesqui Centennial Celebration in Philadelphia from June 14 to September 17 and the Pennsylvania State Firemen's Convention in Stroudsburg Monroe County on October 5 to 8. The Lancaster County Christian Endeavor Convention convenes at New Holland on November 5 and 6.
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