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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1885
Page
2
Publisher notes weekly schedule and press timing. Advertisers are advised no guarantees on material after Wednesday noon. Communications must include name and address for authentication and good merit.
The Lancaster county paper notes a spike in financial distress with seventy assignments in the past year and warns of possible heavy losses for creditors and endorsers. It highlights concerns over two private banking houses, Samuel Eby of Elizabethtown and Amos Henderson of Lancaster, hoping they weather the current strain and restore confidence.
The Moravian congregation in Lititz records the departure of Rev Charles Nagle to a new field of labor in Philadelphia. The message expresses deep gratitude for years of faithful service and notes the hard task of parting from a beloved spiritual shepherd and his family. Best wishes are offered for success in the Philadelphia assignment.
Milport loses a grand old mill to a serious fire affecting owner and farmers storing grain. The piece decries the loss of a community landmark and hopes for a worthy replacement. It also comments on charity and the fate of the tramp, plus Sturgis's Florida letters and Don Cameron’s reelection to the Senate by Pennsylvania’s legislature.
In Philadelphia 1885 a sketch of Doctor Hull covers his Deist views and medical genius, noting his humane care and status in Lititz. A horse theft by a deranged White Oak resident leads Hull to pursue, capturing the thief and the horse near Harrisburg. the horse’s value plummets to a third of its former price.
The Tivangelical revival continues with many conversions as the village expands its illumination to five street lamps. A. K. Hornberger stays in the area after selling property to Christ Reith. A three-year-old child of John Mumma died and was buried. Mumma’s cigar-box factory runs at full orders, with about fifteen girls employed in paper fog boxes. Brown and Hordberger plan a two story model store heated by basement heater and abundant windows. The wand fair cleared about $200.
A revival meeting will open in the Evangelical church at this place next Sunday evening and run nightly thereafter. All well-delayed persons are welcome to attend.
A Saturday fox chase drew a huge crowd with many women present. Dr Keath’s dog pursued the fox, ending in a captured hunt. Trev. Fernster preached on adultery urging marriage fidelity. Charles C. Lee and Misses Lee and Zellers visited from Richland. The Ciceronian Society met with Horst presiding as Fetter delivered an oration and Mrs Krall led readings. Market notes describe quiet 1884 crop year, tobacco shifts, and buyer behavior.
A Chicago Herald reminiscence tells of a boy walking with milk when a train boy snowballs him. The boy retaliates by climbing onto the moving express, pulling the bell rope, and snowing the prankster, then returns home with milk intact. The tale praises the boy as future a general passenger agent.
The notice catalogues unprecedented bargains in low priced dress fabrics. Standard calico at 8 cents per yard, foulards 10 cents, printed lawns 12 14 cents, and a wide range of linens and serges offered at sharp discounts. Strong entities include various fabrics, patterns, and price points across northwest and center regions.
A newspaper sale ad touts fine French wool plaids at deep reductions from 1 to 1 75 cents, German wool plaids, many color-styles, and Southeast faille fabrics. Brussels carpets in full stock from Bigelow Lowell Hartford, five-frame varieties at a dollar a yard, with borders. Market street front, second floor.
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