Christmas Services and Local Notices in Lititz 1884
Moravian and German services marked Christmas Eve and Day with English and German preaching across several churches. New Year events include German preaching and watch night at 11.30 PM. Local anecdotes cover a missing husband, a boy injured in a wagon accident, a pane crash, and Brunnerville notes on gifts and road conditions plus hotel adverts and a public notice on government job guides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moraviax
Christman
H. EB. Semmel
Rothsville
White Oak Geran
Tethuny
New Haven
Bucklen's Arnica Salve Sold at Lititz Drug Store
Claims Bucklen Arnica Salve treats cuts bruises sores ulcers and other skin ailments including piles with guaranteed satisfaction or money refunded. Box price is 25 cents sold at Lititz Drug Store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bucklen
Arnica
Lititz
Suggestion for a Christmas RECORD Gift Subscription
Offer a one year RECORD subscription as a Christmas present for a friend. The gift promises ongoing value, with the recipient noting the giver's thoughtfulness 52 times over the next year.
Lititz Borough Talk and Local Happenings Mix
A Lititz Intelligencer style column covers borough discussions about becoming a borough, local marriages, a cow incident at the seminary, oysters shipment, stove safety reminders, and school tax notice. It notes depot praise, upcoming weddings, and a factory sighting of a stranger with no loss reported. Citizens debate borough status while small items fill the page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Strohia
Ohio
New Holland
Lititz
Warwick
Laat
Snyder
Fink
Lancaster Intelligencer
Notree
Cry
Thomas McDowell
Pry & Miksch’s
Jeff Keener
Honting
Surprise Birthday Party Near Newton Kansas
A surprise party occurred near Newton Kansas on Saturday evening December 13 in honor of Miss Susie D Brubaker born in Lanealo Pennsylvania now living with her brother Albert B Brubaker. The event featured music games a bountiful repast and a notable oyster soup. The gathering was described as pleasant though not large in Lancaster County terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
Kansas
Susie D. Brubaker
Lanealo
Albert B. Brubaker
Lancaster County Peole
Lincoln Locals and Village Happenings
Lincoln locals note tobacco shipments and strong quality with ready buyers. Evangelical Sunday school plans its gift distribution next Sunday. Union 8, 8 to celebrate anniversary Friday night December 23. Lutheran 8. S to celebrate Christmas on December 27. Lincoln National Bank, led by President Samuel Nissley, shows progress as a key village business. cashier W. J. Suavely provides good service. At last meeting, E. Bard was elected teller, to start in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelical Sunday School
Union 8, 8
Lutheran 8. S
Lincoln National Bank
Samuel Nissley
Tsy
Manheim
Satan
Santa Claus
Present to every Lady with 25 cent art needle work book
A 25 cent book on Art Needle work and Crazy Patchwork with 109 new stitches and transferable designs, plus full instructions, will be given to every new subscriber of Strawbridge and Clothier's Washington Quarterly. Offer valid to February 4, 1885. The Washington Journal contains 120 large pages with over 1000 illustrations each issue, touted as the cheapest magazine. Mail 50 cents with the notice to Strawbridge & Co., High and Market Sts., Philadelphia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Strawbridge & Cluthier
Washion
Washion M Autolina
Tmanil
Sibsari
Strawertnes & Cororover
Highth and
Market Sts
Phila
Christmas Brightens Shartestown: A Decorated Mind Awakens
Christmas charm fills Baconia with festive greetings as Rev Ste v Moses Fernster thanks Lutheran and Reformed congregations for support. A new chandelier brightens St Pauls church and a renovated Evangelical Lutheran space. teacher C. Benson decorates a holiday themed schoolroom. Mrs Snavely and son visit from Peabody while Harry Sharp recovers from typhoid pneumonia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stev
Moses’ Fernster
St. Paul's Reformed Church
Evangelical ‘Lutheran Church
Fernster
C. Benson
Jeremiah Snavely
Peabody
Kansas
Harry Sharp
Ferusier
Dovo
Unionville Items Report Hog Slaughters and Local Events
Unionville items note several hogs slaughtered by local residents totaling 1400 pounds with prior pieces listing 548 and 450 and 400 pound animals. The piece also mentions Santa Claus appearances in schools, a Unionville Choral Society event, White Oak station depot status, a marriage notice for Becker of Rapho to Emma Gibble of Penn, and a Bible verse from James I 26-27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unionville
Samuel Hossler
Israel Graybill
Joe Lehman
Satan
Santa Claus
Moyer
Pleasantview
Unionville Choral Society
Lebanon and Lancaster Union
White Oak
Mr. Becker
Rapho
Emma Gibble
Penn
Hiram Gibble
Neighborhood News Report On Local Deals And Disappearances
The Reading Fines advise boosting town growth by attracting enterprising businessmen with introductions and incentives. The Lincoln Rifle club plans early raids on Abe Buzzard’s gang, per The Hobrata Review. Lancaster merchants struggled last week, while Andrew J Moore, Lebanon shoe dealer, is noted. Crooked finances are linked to a disappearance. Columbian residents form a livestock mutual company. John Hildebrand of Elizabethtown was named mercantile appraiser for the year. John Frederick Steinman’s estate inventory lists $122195.09.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Midai
TheHobrata Review
Lincoln Rifle Club
Abe Buzzard
Lancaster
Andrew J. Moore
Lebanon
Columbian
Lancaster County Mutual Live
John Frederick Steinman
King’s New Discovery Seen As Top Cough Remedy
Winona attorney J A Dawney endorses Dr King’s new discovery for consumption and lung diseases. After three years of use he claims it cures severe colds and relieves chest pain. A bottle may be had free at Lititz Drug Store. large size priced at $1.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Dawney
Winona
Lititz
An Extensive Forger from Lancaster
Joseph Herzog, a former Lancaster grocer, was arrested after a wave of forgeries totaling an estimated 160000 dollars. A Hebrew, he had married a prominent local woman and built a growing wholesale venture before turning to forgery. His father-in-law endorsed much of his notes, allowing him to evade suspicion until his crime unraveled. Herzog reportedly attempted suicide in prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Herzog
Dana Graham
Lancaster
Herzog
North
Prince ‘Street
Samount
Hergog
Graham
Pennsylvania A. BR
North Queen Street
Death of Oscar Engle at Broad Street home
Oscar Engle died Saturday at 4 o clock from consumption. He and his wife lived on Broad Street in Johnson Miller's house. He had suffered two weeks of breathlessness, gasped while at supper, and died as relatives assisted him. Son of Rev. Sam Engle of Lincoln, he would have been 24 on January 24. Interred at Evangelical graveyard Tuesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messiah
Obed Young
Brubaker
E. L. Kryder
Addison Zartman
Litita
Hiram Kline
Oscar Engle
Ayed
Johnson Miller
Broad Street
Mr. Hugle
Sam's Engle
Lincoln
Mary Kissinger
Holiday Excursion Tickets Issued by Philadelphia and Heading Railroad
Christmas excursion tickets cover main line and branches except New York Division limits five days. Tickets issued December 23 24 25 30 1884 and January 1 1855. valid through January 5 1885.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia and Heading
New York
Startling Cure Claim For Consumptive Wife
4 Startling Discovery reports a Huron California man stating his wife suffered bronchitis for years. After using one bottle of Dr King s new discovery for consumption coughs and colds she achieved a permanent cure. The ad claims cure for throat lungs and bronchial tubes with a trial bottle free at Lititz Drug Store and a large size priced at 1.06.
Christmas Carols and Holiday Greetings for All
The piece urges temperance and charity during Christmas while noting cigar makers observe holidays from Wednesday to Monday. It reflects on the season’s spirit, church events for children, and the value of thoughtful gifts over costly ones, urging consideration for the needy and the joy of shared celebration.
Miss Mary Fieles Marries in Baltimore Connection
Personal notices describe Miss Mary Fieles daughter of M M Wieles of Baltimore formerly of this place marrying last week. It notes her partner chose a lawyer and mentions other local people visiting, with Christmas and seasonal readings, plus brief items on local commerce and advertising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Fieles
M. M. Wieles
Baltimore
Fieles
H I. Bruckbart
New Jersey
Wm. Weitzel
Willie
Eddie Flory
D. B. Flory
Lancaster
Fidward Sturgis
Frank Funk
Harrisburg
Horace E. Grosh
Richmond
Lawrence J. Grosh
Wilkesbarre
Allentown Mills Hosiery and knit goods advertised items
Authorized agents for Lititz Allentown Knit Goods offer a wide stock of Knit Woolens including hosiery for ladies and gentlemen and children. The catalog lists blankets quilts towels handkerchiefs sewing needles lamps and assorted groceries with Brownstown flour options and carpet oil cloths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marseilles
Allentown Mills
Lititz
Allentown
Brownstown Roller
Marriages Died and Market Reports From 1884 Lancaster Area
A scanned notice lists multiple 1884 weddings in Lancaster County including Wolle Bru baker Souders Workman Weitzel Buchen Kaufman Nessinger Husson Seibert and a death for Amelia Foulk. It also provides weekly flour and grain market data from Illttz Mills, and produce quotes for butter eggs soap ham turkey and calves, with banking firm De Haven Townsend reporting stock quotes. The item preserves names, locales like Manheim Brunnerville Brownstown and Pine Hill, and dated events from December 1884.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gearer-Brubaker
D. OG. ‘Tobias
David S. Shearer
Mastersonville
Lizzie A. Brubaker
Manheim
Lancaster
Couly
Souders-Workman
R. W. C. Kantner
Fairville
Waller A. Souders
Hila Workman
Weitzel
Buchen
J. Peter
William M. Weitzel
Lititz
Annie L. Buchen
Kaupfman
Nessinger
H. Semmel
Monroe Kauffman
Pen Meas
Amanda Nessinger
Brunnerville
Vrs
Husson—Seiberyl
H. E. Semmer
Harry K. Husson
Ephrata
L. Ida Seibert
Edw. K. Seibert
BE. J. Bas
Iltttz
H. H. Tshyudy
Horace A. Shablyn
Walt Grese
Og Pigalon
Gail
Lititz Store Offers Wide Range of Ladies Coats
The shop proclaims itself the only Lititz store with full lines of Ladies Misses and Children's Coats in the latest styles at prices matching Philadelphia and New York. It lists New Markets Russian Circulars Dolmans Jersey Jackets and wraps in black brown gray, plus coats for children from age two, with seal plush cloaks cloaking cloths and shawls, trims and buttons.
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Lititz
Philadelphia
New York
Hosiery, Glove, Underwear and Trimming Dept Ad
Ladies Gents and Children's Hosiery of all kinds. Kid Silk Cashmere Wool Knit and Buckskin Gloves and Mitts. Underwear for Misses Children Gents in white scarlet gray. Silk linen handkerchiefs fancy box handkerchiefs Zephyr knits caps. Ribbons laces buttons Colgates extracts Bay Rum soaps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zephyr
Colgates
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Local Intelligence
Univen
District of Columbia
Civil Service
J. Hy Soule
Washington, D. C
Edward Kaestner
Hoboken
N. J
Kuestner
Badorf
Lexington Laconics
Whiirinigigs
Shartemastown
Vick
Tlustated
James Vick
Rochester
Aleigh
Taggart
Pennsylvania Railroad
Middletown
John Wanamaker
Owen P. Bricker
Msq
Ein
Wolle
Robt
N. Wolle
Toulk
Brownstown
Amelia
Frank ‘Foulk
Becker
Rebecca Becker
Henry Becker
Juuneral
Samuel Piautz
Pine Hill
de Haven & Townsend
Bankers
South Third Street
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia & Reading i
Lehigh Valley
Nec
Minnesota
Puica
fiaSlée
MMHE
Altaate
Israel
Miller
Joseph Brubaker
A‘tate
Warwick Township
Susanna Brubaker
Ceckiot
Executrix
Christian Diehm
Lanna
Ames H. Miksch
Werwick
Pantcker
Nathan C
Fry
Aly
Otiun
Littez National Bank
Disald Bank
M. Toreday
Tancary
N.S. Wolle
Casiler
Tee
Lititz Cash Store
Lew
Littre
Lancaster County
Dress Goods Department
Jamestown
Percales
Cretonnes
Hamilton Tycoon
Notion and Trimming Department
Columbia
Saxony
Aurora
John 8
Gigler & Co
Lancaster City
Merry Christmas
Letitz, PA
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