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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1883
Page
3
War details unlikely but public notice mentions Ik Inox an undertaker on Main Street Lititz Pennsylvania and scattered items about litter and December 21, 1883 date.
Moravian church schedules English services at 10 A M and 7 P M with a 6 P M Christmas service, plus a Children's Christmas celebration at 6 50 P M. Luvirekan announces Sunday English preaching in New Haven at 9 304 miles, with EVASUGELIGAT holding services Sunday morning and evening and a Tuesday Christmas service at 6 o'clock.
An annual gift memory recurs as Christmas nears with Annie Smith delivering candies to printers. A revival in Evan gelical church draws large nightly crowds. An accident at Jacob Ruth's shop involved a loaded gun discharging through the roof. The Keystone Hall band plans a January fair. A county man plans to keep trees for axe handles, sparking a local debate on future wood use. The assignee of Dr J Y Kline sold real estate for 2100 to George W Steinmetz. A hog weighed 511 pounds dressed after being slaughtered by H A Bingeman. Christmas Eve travel plans include many youths. Acker's Blood Elixir advertised for complexion. Hotel rates at 317 319 Arch Street Philadelphia reduced to $2 daily with central location and accessibility. Buffalo and wolf robes available at Fisher's Main Street, promoting his robes and blankets.
Community items note Mr. Martin Hess taking possession of Seldomridge's coal yard next week while Linden Hall pupils return home for Christmas break. Lititz public schools close Dec 21 to Jan 2 with openings Jan 2. A comet grows brighter. week of prayer begins Jan 8. Protracted meetings and store displays, holiday tickets, and new businesses are mentioned. A sitter’s runaway accident, snow accumulation, and planned sleighing forecast follow. Disease elixirs and winter goods advertised.
Physicians called a citizens meeting at the Springs Hotel to probe typhoid fever causes in Lititz. Dr Brabst links illness to water quality and a nearby graveyard. others caution against premature conclusions. A five member committee will investigate and report, urging thorough cleaning and sanitary measures to drive fever away. Various local residents are noted in brief personal items.
A Christmas message hopes for a white holiday, notes local customs, church plans, charity, and family cheer while urging mindful giving to the needy. A subsequent item tells of Abe Buzzard's rumored fate, a doctor encounter, and a stranger paying a debt. Also reported are exceptionally large hogs in Rome and nearby towns, stolen goods tied to a mountain fight, a Linden Hall musical recital, and local ads for cough remedies and robes.
The New York Tobacco Leaf notes weaker demand and a likely drop in yearly trade, with New York buyers skeptical about 1883 tobacco quality and 5,000 cases of fine goods. Word also mentions mould, rot, and white vein in remaining lots, and scant overall activity until after stripping. A separate item promotes live Christmas presents, highlighting birds, canaries, dogs, rabbits, and cages, with Bray Foon Company as a low-price source in Philadelphia and urging catalogs by mail.
Members are notified of an election for five directors and one auditor to serve three years. Voting will be held at the company office in Manheim borough on Tuesday January 8, 184, between 1 and 3 o'clock. A. H. Danner and Lt. Bomberger are mentioned figures in the notice.
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