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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1932
Page
13
The Lititz Record announces weekly publication details under THE RECORD PRINTING CO. editors Fulgener R. Johnson and E. D. The edition is entered at Lititz, Pa. post office as second class matter with a subscription rate of 81.56 per year.
The essay discusses daylight saving as an artificial device that lengthens summer days and yields financial and leisure benefits for many, while a minority resent shifting clocks. It notes U.S. practice varies by locality, compares to Britain, and suggests public opinion may gradually broaden the daylight saving range without abandoning it.
Roosevelt pushes into California to attack Hoover and win over Hiram Johnson amid claims of clarity on campaign issues. Hoover has not addressed the soldiers bonus while Roosevelt hedges on most topics except prohibition, drawing public attention to contrasts in their positions.
W. D. Fichthorn sold his bakery to A. R. Keller and bought John M. Kissenger's meat stand on South Broad Street. Herbert Heishu of Lancaster became Adam Brubaker's successor at the chocolate plant. A blasting accident at Linden Hall gymnasium stirred powder but caused no injuries. John Barber suffered a crushed hand testing a rye grinder at the Rome distillery. Levi Rudy and Samuel Spickler drove to Reading for the fair, twenty five miles each way. Obituaries announced for Samuel Erb, Michael Hummer, Lawrence L. Greider, and Mrs Henry S. Miller. Mrs Eshleman’s stove polish ignition ignited flames. a passing meat wagon operator smothered the fire with a rug.
Meyer's 1777 Band from Reading directed by Harvey I Meyer presented old German style melodies at the Harvest Home outing held in Lebzester's Grove between Clay and Durlach. The Winona Band of Shillington also performed at the event.
More than seventy people attended the annual corn roast held by the Pastor's Bible Class of the Moravian Sunday School in Springs Park Thursday evening. After the meal, the trombone choir provided music and the pastor the Rev. Bostlorne gave a brief address.
Fifty years ago Adam Cambright brought two huge peaches to the office one ten inches and the other nine inches in circumference A bid of nineteen thousand dollars was offered by J Kehoe for building the Lititz to Brubaker Mill turnpike directors undecided A pursuer chased Mrs Samuel Snavely as she walked toward Lititz from Rome but her screams drew help and the man fled Train derailment near Gibble s at Rome delayed Reading line service A long tomato plant and a 18 foot vine with many tomatoes was shown A 29 potato potato harvest surfaced from a vine while a freight axle broke and coal spilled Broad Street Hall hosted a Hessian Infantry Band concert A fire in Landisville destroyed a large cigar factory was seen from here Monday night
The article notes that two day old elephant calves weigh about 200 pounds on average. It also states that the tracks of newborn elephants are very short, measuring only 10 to 15 inches in length compared with adult footprints.
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