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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1878
Page
2
The Leyla Record notes widespread decline in camp-meeting attendance at resort gatherings due to financial pressures. Advertisers and managers face mortgage issues, with several camps drawing few attendees. Mosquitoes and thrifty management spark further discontent, even at Ocean Grove, where leaders fear erosion of religious meetings amidst growing worldliness.
A Lancaster correspondent recounts a broad excursion by rail to Sunbury Williamsport Watkins Glen and Niagara Falls with about 800 participants. The trip included visits to Genesee and Rochester, a steamboat ride on Seneca Lake and a grand show at Niagara with numerous hotels and sights. The account highlights hospitality at Williamsport Watkins Glen and the notable Power's Block building in Rochester.
A New York Sunday-school superintendent questions a young teacher about Pontius Pilate and receives a reply that he was one of the twelve apostles. A Boston man, during a thunder storm, asks to speak with his wife through a drug store telephone line and, after a lightning strike, is jolted into believing the line proved her identity with a sharp remark about the known saying.
Last summer notes show tobacco cutting plowing and scarce watermelons. Collars rise in height while three bakeries operate at phrata. Blackberries near end. schools reopen next month. A Delaware County anti slang society exists. Constable Melman watches vagrants. Husebius Hershey tours the county again. Turtle soup offered at Sturgis House Saturday. beer wars push to three cents a glass. One hundred twenty six Ephrata tickets sold Sunday. Levi W Groff of West Earl reports wheat yield 473 bushels per acre from three fields. A boy named Robert experiences a farm accident near Miers Woods.
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