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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1883
Page
3
An item from The Lititz Record noting H Exck as an undertaker located on Main Street in town. The brief entry provides a pointer to the local business directory style notice without further context or events.
Moravian Lutheran and Evangelical notices list Sunday worship times in English and German at several local congregations. A Jubilee for auctioneer Wm Evans is announced, with Decoration Day observed quietly, while local industry and civic life show brisk activity and social events through the week.
A June picnic and strawberry festival are planned at the Millway grove withLast days of May notes. Measles and other illnesses affect Lititz lower Primary School with twenty-one absentees. Linden Hall Seminary and Peon township Fire Insurance hold commencements and elections. Local people attend bands, parades, and horse sales while new wagons, a heater addition, and various journeys are noted. A postmaster general order affects paid and undersigned letters. A Lancaster Knights Templar conclave parade drew many citizens and bands.
About 1,000 attended the Brethren love feast at Mohler's church near Ephrata with Bishop Harley presiding. Altar rites included feet washing and the holy kiss as ministers and congregants shared a large meal. A stray visitor caused a minor theft, and a large crowd gathered for the procession and religious exercises. A ministerial and Sunday school convention will follow June 4 to 6 in Reading District.
The county held Republican primary elections from 3 to 6 PM with scant excitement. A. J. Eberly led with 120 votes, trailed by Weaver 69 and Reinble 11. total polled about 7,726. Dr. Roebuck elected county committeeman. final DA ticket shows Eberly as district attorney with others named for directors of the poor, prison inspectors, and state convention delegates.
The Brickerville column notes a low primary vote with A J Eberly 31, Weaver 15, Reinoehl 8, and J R Windolph 33 for county committee against Geo Zentmeyer 14. It praises calm post election mood, mentions harvest hopes, Sunday school turnout over 300, and a Biographical piece on County Superintendent Brecht. It also records Rev Marek Pheophil Richard’s Germany visit reception, local band serenade, and town notices on crops, events, and ads.
Personal notes from the Mt. Vernon area record visits by I. O. Hostetter and W. J. Hamilton. Herbert Johnston departs for Philadelphia to join the Philadelphia Times. Miss Ollie Silver visits Linden Hall ties with Stauffer. Mrs. Alice Elliott visits from Franklin county and Miss Lon S Vetter travels to Gettysburg. William Smith is poorly. Mrs. Mary Hischbach celebrates her sixty fifth birthday with a gathering hosted by her daughter Emily.
The shop announces a telephonic connection with the Penna exchange to serve customers in town and out of town. No phone number yet but details to follow. Citizens learn of new goods including Turkey Red Table Cloths, New Hamburg Edgings, New Prints, Ginghams, Muslins, and table covers. Michener meats priced low and mackerel offered by the pound or package with a glass dish free with each pound of 22 carat coffee and the finest sugars in town.
PSHUBY'S STORE lists prints and lawn fabrics at several cent prices, wool and linen goods, fancy hose, mosquito netting, fresh groceries, and flour brands. It notes high quality sugars, coffees, ham, beef, fish, and adds a fishing tackle department curated by Julius F. Sturgis, featuring rods, lines, reels, hooks, floats, and more. Haydn H. Tshudy signs the notice.
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