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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 20, 1883
Page
3
Short local notice from The Lititz Record dated Friday July 20 1883 referencing a business on Main Street run by an undertaker associated with the name Excx. No further details provided in the fragment.
Local intelligence lists Sunday services in German and English at Brickerville and White Oak, with several denominations including Lutheran Evangelical and German Baptist. Anecdotes note a tobacco leaf contest, a Unionville foot race, a cheap Atlantic City excursion, storm damage reports, Strawbridge & Clothier’s summer issues, a moon rumor about a found infant, and an anniversary event for the Orphans' Home of Womelsdorf.
Seven Manheim young ladies walked from the Springs Hotel to a camp site on Tuesday. The Springs Hotel is full and the proprietor rents extra rooms to accommodate guests. Entries detail local happenings from a six foot snake sighting in Juniata county to umbrella recovery, clever wordplay at Linden Hall, chestnut crop indicators, and camp gear sales ahead of a busy season. Local tax collection figures and weekend outings appear alongside marking birthday celebrations, ministerial escapades, and community scenes in this lively Lititz region notes.
A crowded column catalogs local chatter about liquor on Sundays scarce, pike improvements under Wm Evans, Lititz and Landisville camp meeting attendance, and positive talk from the Hail Insurance Company. It notes mosquitos, bedbugs, cautious building prices, and strong printing work, plus anticipated wind over oat stubbles and fretful hotel loafing. It covers church picnics at the Springs, Sunday schools from Columbia and Marietta, and local social happenings in Rothsville and surrounding communities.
Misses Carrie and Mary Tshudy and many visitors populate Lititz social scene with church, travel, and family news. A lightning storm damages homes in Schaetterstown while several sales and local events loom, including horse auctions and estate sales. Dr. Roebuck elected Lancaster County Republican chairman.
A Lancaster area collection of short items notes the tall corn, small apple crop, tramps accepting trade dollars, Chinese tannies, ripening roasting ears, oats cutting, and a camp meeting opening next Tuesday. It mentions vocal concerts, weekly extra copies, low priced matches, Tremors with tramps, smallpox rise, and local business notes including advertising, real estate, and a public sale on July 24 1883 by William Smith's executors at Lititz.
Fry’s Window Screens claim fit any window and are neat and durable. They offer measurement service and quick installation. Plain green wire screen 24 to 34 inches wide at reasonable prices. Also Jelly Tumblers Mason jars glasswareQueensware stock expanding. Pine Apple ham 17 cents per lb White sugar 9 per lb. Telephone expanding trade. up-town Warwick customers urged to order. Best judgment used to fill orders.
Corrected weekly flour and meal prices with barrel and bushel figures. Includes oats, meal, and a large bakery and produce section. Also lists a broad stock market section with bank and railroad names and a local general store listing fishing tackle and various dry goods. Nearby prices reference fishing gear and a sale of potatoes and Mason jars.
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