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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1883
Page
3
Local intelligence reports a schedule of Moravian and Lutheran worship across multiple locations with German and English services. It also notes a harvest sermon at Brickerville and a prayer meeting, plus a German Baptist service in Lexington and a reform sermon at White Oak.
Local notes from Lititz and Manheim recount August events. A quilting party at the Springs. labor shifts on regional pikes by Italian workers. a daily omnibus run to a camp meeting. accidents and illnesses including a precarious child case. theft and return of a thermometer. curiosity at a Moravian chapel stone with a Dixon inscription. dam cleanings, fishing prizes, and a swallpox scare during a Lancaster Lutherans picnic.
A violent storm on Saturday night brought heavy rain hail and strong winds across Lancaster County, damaging over a thousand acres of tobacco. Areas like Rapho Manheim Mountville and Beartown suffered significant losses with some farms recording complete destruction of crops and others spared. The Lancaster County Mutual Hail Insurance Company faces widespread claims, potentially totaling around 15000.
Thieves stole about $600 in goods from Geo H Danner Co during Tuesday night entering via an awning and window. A reward of $200 offered for arrest and return of stolen items. Also reported are school resignations, Pine Grove railroad progress, community picnics, band appearances, and local social notes including dances and visitors.
A fatal railroad accident at Mount Joy on Friday morning killed Henry Welsh, his wife, and Alice Swords aged seventeen. Their wagon was struck by a fast eastbound train at a crossing near Hopewell and Fairview streets. Welsh died at once. Mrs. Welsh died soon after. Miss Swords was killed instantly. The engineer reported hearing the whistle earlier, and crowds noted visibility issues at the crossing. A separate note reports a Moravian chapel cornerstone ceremony, with multiple clergy and local officials, plus a brief community column on local happenings and market items.
Shudy's Store advertises prints at 5 6 7 and 8 cents lawns at 6 cents and more. It lists ginghams seersucker cheviots and shirtings and fancy hose for all sizes including mosquito netting. Fresh groceries boast Bethlehem roller flour Snyder's Brubaker's flour and meats. Fishing tackle by Julius F. Sturgis features rods reels hooks lines and gear. Straw hats go at half price to close out and potatoes jars and Mason jars offered.
A bright child of John and Nancy Gicgrick fell ill last Saturday and died Tuesday. The mourned boy or girl sang a hymn and prayed as taught in childhood. Funeral conducted yesterday with interment at the Evangelical graveyard, a severe blow to the grieving parents.
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