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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1879
Page
3
Trains bound for the south depart Litig at 8 42 p m while northbound services run at 2 00 and 12 " " 200 a in documents indicate travel times and destinations in a fragmented local notice with unclear details.
Morayrax: Rev Cope of Bethlehem Pa to preach Sunday services morning and evening. Evangelical: German service 9 30 A M and prayer at 7 45 P M. Kumrog MeD: Rev D C Tobias Harvest Home Sermon at New Haven Sunday 9 A M and Bethany Hphrata 2 P M. Beerries: berries sold daily with prices 8-10c as quart whortle berries and 6-8c blackberries. Trains to Landisville camp meeting Sunday with specific times and 40 cent round trip. Lawrence assaulted and robbed on East King Street. Pedrick arrested. bail set. Pretzels: new machine yields 60-100 per minute. Keller family and Miller Prenat Co. Reading. Spring Committee meeting on shelter building in Northwestern park. Sunday picnic rules clarified. New Railroad rule: exit at destination from front, enter rear. remain seated until stop. Andrew Bear died Lancaster to Litiz, 38. Interment Petersburg. Propeller dealer Martin Bomberger found butter-like lard disguised as a lump. National Police Gazette shows large church scene with heifer driven by young men. description notes exaggeration.
Two accidents occurred in Rome involving boys playing with powder in an abandoned quarry. Henry Graybill, 18, was burned on the hand when Emanuel Baker ignited a fuse in a dirt-covered hole. The following day Baker lured Johnny Bender, 11, and Wayne Habecker, 12, to light another fuse. Johnny sustained severe head burns with hair and eyelashes singed but is slowly improving.
The Titiz Moravian congregation held its annual Sunday school picnic at the Spring grounds on a Wednesday. Early crowds moved in with provisions and chairs, swelling to about 700 by afternoon. Activities included prayers, scripture reading by Rev. A. Hamilton, music by roughly 800 voices, games, and a large supper. The Titiz Band performed and annou ncement of thanks followed. Apple baskets were given to children, three paper balloons were released before sunset, and eighty gallons of coffee were distributed. A new dance and warnings about footpad peddlers and farmhouse robberies were also notes of the day.
Readable items note real estate sale at Margie Cohick’s Main Street on August 2 and a White Oak Camp Meeting starting August 8 in Lancaster County under Rev J Bailasell. Other notes mention roasting ears low streams many leions and local events like an excursion to the seashore and local printing.
A near arson at Myers and Zook’s tannery, a nonfatal epizooty among county horses, and heavy rain reports mark a busy Lancaster area bulletin. Notable items include Donegal furnace reopening, the Crernarvoun school board leasing Academy building for 99 years, a tragic accident at Marietta depot, a Y M Association sea shore excursion to Atlantic City, and assorted hotel arrivals and local notes.
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