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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1878
Page
3
Local intelligence lists southbound and northbound trains from Linus and Linx with times. Religious notices include sermons, preachers, and church events at Bethany and New Haven. Community items cover school contracts, Niagara excursion, potato and currant notes, a fatal railway accident, Lincoln Union Sunday-school celebration, and band concert details.
Maryal Beth Ighem editor recalls a brief Litiz Springs trip with Moravian Sunday School members. Reports of camp meetings, local religious events, animal welfare tips, and a cautionary moral about judging gossip accompany notices on public meetings and community affairs.
Four hundred New York Yorkers and Moravian Church friends gathered at Lilia for an annual picnic on a sunny morning. A sudden downpour sent people seeking shelter under sheds and trees, soaking many attendees and forcing an abrupt end to outdoor amusements. The crowd reportedly consumed about twenty five hundred stressel cakes amid the wet weather.
A garbled compilation notes poor barley crops rising widowers in the state. Mentions Philadelphia visitors, Sturgis House meals, and weekly exhibitions. Reports weather effects on fruit, security in the hills for berries, and local church plans. Includes scattered place names and odd phrases from Berks and Mifflin counties.
Daniel Ubil’s barn and 140 acre farm were wiped out by fire on Wednesday night. The stock was saved except for a cart, Ubil burned in the legs and hands. Hay oats and wheat crops destroyed. possible arson. insurance of 1800 with Chester County Mutual. Local death and crime notes follow with brief injuries and incidents.
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