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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1885
Page
1
Amy Mayton, persuaded by her guardian uncle, marries Robert Clark, a spendthrift heir. She believes in his love and vows to reform him. Years pass and fortune is lost, yet Robert’s energy wins back success through a West case, restoring wealth and family happiness.
A narrator recalls buying a rare plug hat in 1852 from a village hatter who claimed it suited a budding professional. The merchant offered four months’ credit for five dollars if worn publicly, framing the purchase as a life changing opportunity despite later recognizing the seller as a windfall for a gullible youth.
In Greensburg New Jersey Billy Benson, a sixteen year old, feeds and handles an eel he trained named Faithful. The eel follows him, sleeps at his side, and even assists in fishing, while neighbors visit daily to see the remarkable reptile that spends most time in water-filled boxes on the Benson farm.
Three locust species on the California and Oregon Pacific Slope threaten periods of pest damage. The Rocky Mountain locust, once devastating to several western states, is noted for strong flight and cloudlike swarms that darken skies. Observers atop the Rockies report vast aerial swarms ascending to search new fields.
An advertisement touts Buecklen's Arnica Salve as the world's best for cuts sores rheum fever sores tetter chapped hands chilblains and all skin eruptions with a guaranteed satisfaction or money back. Priced at 25 cents per box and offered at Lititz Drug Store.
In Glendale Mississippi Captain J F Ferguson killed a burglar after a late night fight in a store area. Burdened by wounds the burglar collapsed and died. a coroner’s jury exonerated Ferguson. The burglar’s identity and origin remained unknown.
In Mercer county Sharon reports an unusual influx of counterfeit currency. Four week old William Benjamin Franklin Peirce, son of Ezekil Peirce of Aston Delaware county, weighs two pounds. John Stowner, holder of O Briens candy privilege, robbed of 500 dollars and a diamond pin while on a Doylestown to Allentown train. Two graves in New Washington Clear Geld county hold John 8 Snyder and wife ages 113 and 105. Samuel S Nichols of Kilnsville age 91 and Moody Nichols of Potter county age 81 died within three hours of each other. Late Elizabeth Johnsons estate sale in Lower Salford reveals household items over 100 years old. Miss Alice Fisher, chief nurse at Philadelphia almshouse, reports epidemic unabated, to continue all summer. George Johns of Newton Greene county found a hidden infernal machine, likely Westmoreland dynamiters. Drilling for oil in Sadsbury township Chester county reaches 47 feet through quicksand and rock. drill broken, new drill needed, aim to reach 2,000 feet. further drilling planned if toil appears.
The Peninsula peach area includes Sussex Kent and New Castle counties in Delaware and Accamock and Northampton in Virginia with a belt around Dover. Delaware yields expected up fifty percent with Bridgeville Laurel and Seaford as major shipping points and totals near 1.5 million baskets by rail, up from 1,141,094 last year. Maryland and Virginia counties show potential crops around 29,000 boxes in Cecil and 50,000 baskets from Wicomico with a total crop projected 8 to 8.5 million baskets if June weather holds.
Report of the first carload of cherries sent from San Francisco to the eastern market on the 20th, sourced from Alameda County. Eight tons packed in five pound baskets, crates ventilated, car ends wired for air flow. Also includes a brief social note about a Manheim couple and a stray ad line about sugar prices at Bard's.
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