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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1883
Page
3
A fragmentary notice mentions Lititz Record and local figures including Lt Wack and Wheertaker on Main Street Lltiusy Pa with uncertain details. The readable bits suggest a local interest item or notice without clear actions.
Local intelligence lists AVLLN and Hoglish preaching at 8 P M New Year’s Eve in German and English services on New Year’s Day. Congregational readings and statistics follow at 7 P M. Other churches, Grayville Moses and Neflaville, UWhien Chanel Ephrata, White Oak Rothaville, and Lancaster area notes include German services and a watch meeting from 9 30 to 12 14 A M. A fire at Zook’s book store caused excitement but no damage.
The notice speaks of a New Year’s Day fox chase at Warwick House with Reynard reportedly captured at Warnave Hills last week. It warns of possible lively running if the fox evades capture as his activity suggests. It notes the weekly Philadelphia Avening Call and a horse incident at Sturgis House stables where one gray horse injured another and was euthanized.
Bomberger and Co sold the small fifty pound meat chopper to Rev Brickerstein for use at the Seminary. The device cuts meat easily and is suitable for mince and chow chow. Sitttz Pike School near Neffs ville plans a two night entertainment January 4 and 5 with gongs recitations dialogues and music to raise funds for the school. Admission is 1 and 15 cents.
The comet of 1812 is visible to the naked eye on clear nights toward the northwest. It appears dim at first and requires careful stargazing, though it has been observable with a telescope for over three months.
The Week of Prayer commences January 6 the first Sunday in 1864 and will be observed as usual at this place. Daily topics include praise and thanksgiving confession for cleansing and renewal prayers for families youth church intercessions missions and more with possible local sub-divisions. St Elmo House Arch street Philadelphia offers reduced rates and convenient access for travelers. Proprietor Jospert M sort solicitous of patronage. Fisher harness ad follows.
Christmas events brighten Lititz with candy oranges and praise. Sunday school scholars from Moravian and Evangelical congregations receive gifts, while Rev. Albright delivers an address. Members honor Rev. Nagie with china, a crayon portrait, and gifts. others receive a sewing machine and a wax doll. The town notes sleighing, express parcels, and local oddities as winter sets in.
A collection of small town remarks notes slow pavements after snow, Lititz sleighing foray woes, dull business outlook to spring, coal guidance from Mr Hess at Seldom Ridge, neat sale bills at Record office, and fashion of horse plumes. Also ads for Acker remedies claim blood purification and indigestion relief.
Snow drifts heavy as Christmas frolics unfold across town and Moravian church. Crowds throng the Springs Hotel as sleighing ease battles deep fresh snowfall while churchgoers fill seats for Eve services and a children’s cantata. Depot plans emerge with a brick 192 foot design on the railroad at Jiititz.
Last Saturday night twenty head of sheep owned by Erisman of Sporting Hill were killed by dogs. The Herald notes Columbia's saloon density and overall population ratios. Daniel Witmer struck coal while digging a well in Elizabethtown. several bucketfuls were burned in his stove. Mrs Catherine Gabel of Berks County celebrated her ninety ninth birthday. She has eleven children, eight living, aged sixty one to eighty. Actor's English Remedy for consumption is touted as life saving by Dr J C Brobst. Fisher's offers a new lot of buffalo and wolf robes at low prices. locals frequent for robes and blankets.
The Philadelphia Record profiles Brisbin Skiles the famed fox hunter who has chased Reynard since age fourteen. He claims to have captured hundreds, though he never slaughters foxes preferring to muzzle and keep them chained until release in March. Skiles keeps a large pack of hounds and hunts at least twice weekly, with foxes multiplying in his townships.
About 3 o clock Monday the roof of the Northern Market House in Lancaster fell in with a crash, wrecking the building erected a decade ago at $50,000. The back building of William Blickenderfer’s residence is ruined, a warehouse crushed, and goods valued at over $2,000 damaged. One of Blickenderfer’s small brick houses on Markets Street was badly crushed. Judge Jonas Brebaker serves on the Market House directors who plan to rebuild.
The 1883 law requires all items made with convict labor to be branded with the mark convict made the year and price when and where made. Penalties include fines up to 506 dollars or six months imprisonment or both, with strict enforcement risking innocent dealers with unmarked goods.
Mr John H Stauffer hosted his cigar makers last Saturday evening at the Sturgis House where they gave him a grand supper. They presented him a gold pen a bold er and an inkstand as thanks and a note on mutual benefit. Also mentions Acker's Blood Elixir and Fisher's robes and blankets.
Personal notes list moves and business growth in Lititz and nearby towns. Mr Jacob Getz relocated from Kansas to Ephrata and expanded to a larger shop, while Wra C Grosh and brother Lawrence from Allentown appeared locally. Numerous visits feature Hacker, Stock, Bomberger, and Knerr among others with travels to Trenton and Reading and Christmas visitors from Lancaster, Lock Haven, Bethlehem, and beyond.
A fragment describes a fox chase at Pennville ending with Reynard recaptured after a brief escape. The text shifts to weather, snow depth, sleighing conditions, and odds and ends notes about holidays, local commerce, and stock market quotes from Philadelphia as of December 1833.
Woolle thanks customers and patrons for a successful year and asks for continued support in the coming year. The note expresses gratitude for public patronage and pledges to provide greater effort and offerings in the future.
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