Moravian and other religious services on Sunday notices
Moravian English preaching on Sunday at 10 A M and 6 P M Free man Raviiy services Sunday Lexington and Brickerville morning and evening English language services White Oak 2 P M Lirruksan New Haven English preaching 2 P M Rev J Peter Evangelical Sunday school 9 A M prayer meeting 10 A M English preaching 7 20 P M. Also note a ten year old girl injured, and a horse accident near Millport. Cemetery lots in Moravian cemetery to be sold by Ferdin and Rickert after division. Special rail fare to Philadelphia and Atlantic City on Saturday July 25 with through train from Lititz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravian
FreeMan Raviiy
Lexington
therorMep
Ferdinand Rickert
Philadelphia
Atlantic City
lJesses Lititz
Rollsville
Midway
Akron
Ephrata
Clay
Lydia Schenk
Samael Schenk
Elizabeth Township
Miss Shell
Fetler
Ephrata Cornet Band
Mt. Airy
7. B
Danny Shelly
Hamopier Creek
Leeson
Died at York Samuel Small Sr a noted York citizen
Samuel Small Sr died at York on Tuesday aged nearly eighty six. He was a long time partner in P A and B Small and built and endowed charities including Home for Orphan and Friendless Children Collegiate Institute and York Hospital and Dispensary. He used his fortune to aid the poor. He left a lasting philanthropic legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel Small
York
P. A. & 8. Small
Collegiate Institute
York Hospital and Dispensary
Ween's Doings and Local Happenings in Millway
Excursion to New York and Coney Island with six passengers. Phares Brubaker, Fargo broker, assigns for creditors. Local picnics at Millway and Lititz families. Burkholder’s Millway tilery to close for repairs a month. Spring Committee elected. Havana seed tobacco for sale by Samuel Fry. Band of Hope fosters temperance lessons for Moravian Sunday school. Deaf and dumb folks from Reading, Harrisburg, Lancaster enjoy Springs day. Leopold family operates fruit stand. berries praised. Anniversary of Bethany Orphans’ Home July 23. Holmes buys horses and carriages. newspaper editor remembered with raspberries. St Swinthin’s Day hints at possible dry spell. not rainy. Died: Mrs. John Keller near Lime Hook. 59. Mrs. Margaret Williams Strickler aged 43 with funeral at Brickerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coney Island
Isaac
St. Swinthin
New York
Coty Island
Bradstreet
Phares Brubaker
Eigar
Fargo
Dakota
Millway
Lititz
Burkholder
di Tilery
J. H. Shenk
Samuel Seaber
Henry Seaber
James Kryder
If. Il. Tshwly
Samuel Fry
Millport
Band of Hope
Moravian Sunday School
Springs
Bollinger’s
Reading
Harrisburg
Tancaster
Lewis Leopold
Greely
Leopold
Charles Smith
Issac Hall
Elizabeth Township
Holl
Jarvier Grube
Kreiter
Bethany
Womelsdorf
Hiram Holtzhouse
M. H. Taggart
J. B. Sunday School
Ben Stauffer
Turkeys and a devoted gobbler in Brunnerville area
Christian M Grider of West Hempfield township owned a turkey hen that hatched 12 poults then died, leaving the gobbler to care for the brood. He was seen guarding them and roosting near them. the birds later gathered under his wings at night. The Brunnerville Union Sunday school plans an August 8 celebration with speakers, music, and refreshments to benefit the school, plus grove preaching on the following Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian M. Grider
West Hempfield
Brunnerville Union Sunday School
Rothville Band
The
Express
Yale College
Brickerville
Cornwall Pike
Blarneystone
Scorr
Mantelin
Abram Shaffner
Sentinel
Union
Penryn
Liberty and Citizen's
Keystone Baseball Club
Columbia
Keystone’s
Hahn
Mosey
Junlub
Ungrateful Son Disturbs Brunnerville Peace
The village of Brunnerville saw its quiet disrupted by an ungrateful man who assaults his elderly parents. The offender, living nearby, is unnamed in reports to avoid public shaming. The son repeatedly strikes his father, provoking strong moral condemnation. The piece ends with a call for shame to prevail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brunnerville
Geta
thun_der
Dome
Sitarfferstown Smiles and Local Concerts Across Town
Sitarfferstown hosts open air concerts at Flickinger's store with the 38th band drawing crowds. Peter Zimmerman sells a 27 acre wheat lot at a public sale for $66 while Dr J W Keath is named highest bidder. Local reports note potato crop concerns amid drought and rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Zimmerman
J. W. Keath
Aefferstown
Flickinger’s
Me. Kuhl
Shiner
Prospect Hill
Miller
Charles Mays
Elobe
Aaron R. Dobner
Lebanon
The Old, Old Story at Lititz Springs Picnic
The Lititz Sunday-school group again plans to hold its traditional Ravian picnic at Lititz Springs despite a desire among many to move the event elsewhere. Local leaders, born in Lititz, favor the familiar site, arguing a change would complicate transporting dishes and silverware for a competitive display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Springs
Lititz
Miust
Brickerlville Choral Reunion Draws 13 Societies
Brickerlville and vicinity report a grand choral reunion with 13 societies, over 800 singers, to be held at Mt Gretna July 25. Plans include rail travel from Manheim to Mt Gretton, half fare deals for groups, and a program featuring Prof M M Snyder solo and a 10 minute address by Prof Shaeffer. Weather may delay but preparations promise a major festival of song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNabb
Mifflin County
Church School
Susan A. Myers
Millersville
Sieling
Lebanon and
Lancaster County
Mt. Gretna
Denver
Stevens
Lititz
Manheim
Mt. Groton
M. M. Snyder
York
Shaeeffer
Palatinate College
Geo. Gobin
Personal notes from Lititz and Lancaster area
Local items list travelers, visits, and routines including Mr Morris Leopold in Philadelphia on vacation Miss Sallie Getz of York visiting cousin Mrs Herman Fisher E B Adams leaving for Dayton and accompanying mother Otis E Reidenbach to preach at Moravian church Mrs H L Oehme visiting parents in Maryland Samuel Snavely buys a Main Street lot Bob Tshudy catches a large bullfrog Lititz Moravian Sunday school picnic July 29 Manheim G A R in Lititz Society accessions Mrs N S Wolfe and wife to Ocean Grove Houston Taggart to Milton Pa Dr Samuel S Stoner and Mrs Elizabeth Helfrich elope Dr Stoner's marriage to a separated wife Lü
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Leopold
Strawbridge & Clothier’s
Philadelphia
Sallie Getz
York
Herman Fisher
E. B. Adams
Dayton
Otis E. Reidenbach
H. L. Oehme
Harford County
Samuel Snavely
Main Street
Christian Binkley
Bob Tshudy
Dr. Roebuck
Lititz
New Potato Crop Affected by Hidden Rot in County
Farmers report injury to the new potato crop with internal rot unseen from the outside. When boiled the specks are barely visible, and many consumers discover the disease only after cooking, raising concerns across the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sone
Landisville camp meetings begin July 28th
Farmers are hard at it as days shorten and blackberries abound. Water horses in heat while driving. Wheat near all in the dry and oats in readiness. Harvest time keeps folks busy, Lehigh area notes, and a Sunday school picnic planned for August 8 at Ephrata Bethlehem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landisville
Ephrata Mountain
Bagaver
Sneape
Ephrata
Levery
Lititz
Manheim
Postoffice Squabble Near Akron Over Postmaster
Three candidates contend for Akron postmaster as the current official Mr Wolf fights to keep the office. The village mail center sits half a mile from the rail depot, where most mail is handled. A government agent inspected officials last week and filed a report favoring moving the office to the village, signaling a near term change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Wolf
WOLLE PLOUR AND GRAIN MARKET QUOTATIONS
Weekly market entries show flour and grain prices from Philadelphia and Lancaster, with chickions and butter weekly corrections by Horace Shelly. Stock quotes from De Haven Townsend bankers list railroad and telegraph equities with bids and asks as of July 8 1885, followed by Philadelphia Produce Market notes for July 14 and an auditor's notice of Henry O Zas estate distribution in Lancaster County with court-room sitting date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Haven & Townsend
Bankers
South Third Street
Philadelphia
Western
Pennsylvania
Pennsyylvania
Uroily
Hades
Tepee Bushel
Henry O. ZA. Buch
Warwick Township
Lancaster County
Israel G. Urb
Wirrit Gay
Court House
Lancaster
Simon P
Carpet Ad Promising Cash Sales Only
Local store advertises cash only sales with no credit. Customers urged to visit and compare, claiming no extra charges for those who do not pay bills.
Genuine Aurora Carpet Sweeper Promotion in Lititz
Agents for the Aurora Carpet Sweeper advertise the device as quiet dust free and carpet friendly sold by Givler & Co Lancaster authorized agents for Lancaster city and county Nearly five hundred sold in the area claims of quality and low cash prices plus a buyer in market weekly enhances bargains and telephone linked store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Aurora
John 8
Givler & Co
Lancaster
Lancaster City
Shuby's Store Offerings Mixed Groceries and Goods
A local catalog lists Florida and California oranges, boneless ham, home made sausage, fresh garden seeds, potatoes, coffees and sugars, cloths and cassimeres for men and boys, multiple soaps and bath products, honeys including Glen and Royal Windsor, and plantable potatoes varieties such as Burbank Prolific and Blue Peerless, all highlighted by quality and price.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
California
Royal Windsor
Owassa
Palmer House
Burbank
Prolific
Also Mentioned on This Page
Local Intelligence
Geo. Pipgrass
Roth»ville
Tafurtan
Billy Adams
Y.M. C. A. and
Citizens’ Band Excursion
the Express
M. S. Wallacher
Nothsville
M. M. Fry & Co
Luita
H. K. Gonder
Horace Biemesderter
Charles Ruthweiler
Jones
Lilly
Rothweiler
Jeff Tartrant
John F. Devert
Michael Gibbons
Devert
the Sentinel
Gibbons
Mastersonville
Colebrook
Workman's
John Keller
Lime Hook Station
J. Peter
Keller
Margaret (Williams) Strickler
Spruce Street
Sitarfferstown
Brlickerville and Vicinity
Rothsville
Baninel Kofroth
Mfiliport
Tos Nin
Lebanon County
Herr
Uriag Smith
Grom
Smith
Jacob Zook
James A. Heitler
Rothesville
Lincoln
D. HE. Schoedler
Synod of the
Reformed Church
Lincoln Union Sunday School
Honora Band
Adamstown
James Madden
Madden
Palmyra
Liita
Celyme
Jounty Culligs
Samuel 8. Stoner
Elizabeth Helfrich
Ironville
Stoner
Helfrich
M. W. Fraim & Co
American Rapid Telegraph Company
George 8. Metager
Columbiana
Ohio
Rudy R. Haverstick
New Holland Pike
John D. Atlee, Jr
Ernest
Brother Seeley
Jersey Shore Herald
Ernst
Brother Seely
Scord-U
Ephrata Union
Bethlehem
Wolle
Hamburg
S. C
Barr
H. H
C.S
Sour Aeteers Agyg
Philadelphia & Reading R. B
Lehigh Valley R. Ti
Lehigh Coal.& Navigation Ci
Bui
Phila
Ilg
New Jersey Central
Northern Pacific
Oregon
Transcontinental
Union Paaitt
Western Union
West Shore
Bbig
Louisville & Nashville
Babe Bilver
HE. M. Shenk
Pally Ephrata
Lewis
Daniel Leopold
Toly
U. 8
Grant
U. 5
Parata
Warwick
Kart
S. Klinger
Broad ST
Lititz Cash Store
Saxony
Brussels
Lititz, PA
Jere Rohrer
Centre Square
Rohrer
Mcgrann’s Park
J. M.stehman
East Hempfield
Wm. H. Brosius
Dromore
Dno
Patterson
Canestuga
John S$. Munn
Manor
Hoover
Aaron H.sumimy
T. Frankvans
M. B. Weider
Upper Leacock
Samuel Shirk
East End
John T. MacGonigle
J. Hay Brown
Jacob B. Long
Old Post Office
Inlyst Lancaster, Pa
Tshuby's Store
Kirk
Tshudy's
Subj Schbor
Reine
Sam'l Ulrich
Lititz Grain Elevator and Implement
Akes
Bucher & Bomberger
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