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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1884
Page
3
Latitx Fa on Main Street Latitz record notes a local undertaker business disruption with Wail and Bex listed as names in a damaged OCR fragment. The item hints at a storefront issue or obituary notice but lacks full details.
Local intelligence reports Sunday English and German Baptist services at various churches. Merchant and Buffalo Bill Wild West excursion trains depart Lititz for New York, Hudson trip to West Point, and Reading event in June with modest round trip fares. Expositions include a Dunkard Loyetensis gathering and a new bakery and bottling venture near Warwick House. A resident suffered a fainting spell at his horse stable but recovered later.
In Penn township near Erb's meeting house Eu Carpenter his wife and children left a six month old girl in a cradle while they went to plant tobacco. An inquest led by Deputy Coroner A B Reidenbach returned a verdict that the death was from natural causes.
Whit Monday observed by about half the community with travelers and locals choosing nearby sights over crowded destinations. Prominent Philadelphia drugstore ad offers seeds dyes lime paint ledges and hotel rates at 87, Esto Horen Nos. 317 and 319 Arch Street, Philadelphia. Rates reduced to 2 per day. hotel touts proximity to business, amusement, depots, and transit.
A collage of notices from Bearer and nearby towns details oddities and events. A butcher slaughters a large bull. Lutz post office gains presidential grade at 1100 salary. Drilling near Bainbridge for cows. sale of Indiana county cows and bulls. Birds eggs collected by local boys. Brownstown Orchestra plans June 14 concert. Fourth of July planning underway with music applications. An oversized stalk and a sewing machine birthday gift feature. Sore thumb cases, street sprinkling funds, threshers shipped, and a perilous runaway near a railroad bridge. Oregon notes baptisms June 8. Peruvian bread clock reportedly built by a native. A local swindler described and warned against. emphasis on honesty.
Memorial Day in Bhardferstown featured a large turnout and a formal procession from the square to the cemetery led by the Shaefferstown band. Speakers included Mr. Benson and State Senator Cyru s R. Lantz, with songs and prayers concluding the observance and a later church service and missionary society meeting referenced in town notes.
A large crowd gathered as Lititz observed Decoration Day with a parade led by the Lititz band and marching groups from soldiers to public school children and the Lititz Lodge K of P. The procession toured Broad and Main streets ending at Moravian cemetery where flowers were laid and prayers offered. Rev Nagle prayed and Rev Wm H Rie of Philadelphia delivered a long address urging readiness to defend the country and honoring veterans.
Last Saturday the Springs boys defeated Millersville Normal School club 7 to 1 in a crowd of eager spectators. On Monday Franklin and Marshall college club played here, the Springs boys winning 4 to 2 as activity and excitement ran high. future plans note Marietta club to visit on June 7.
Mr Isaac Schade of Rehrersburg Berks County runs a large fancy poultry business. He stocks 25 Gamnes chickens 18 peacocks and about 75 Leghorn and Black Cochin chickens. Peafowls include a tail end pet whose tail he keeps to avoid shaming the bird. Peahen eggs are nearly round larger than a turkey egg and very hard shelled. A hen dropped an unbroken egg from a tree. Eggs for hens bring $1 per setting shipped nationwide. He says the business pays well and that with more stock he could earn a fair living. Reports also list Lancaster County Democratic Convention nominees and local accidents with multiple injuries and a jail incident involving John Liechtenberger and a forged check scheme. Advertisements for English remedies conclude the page.
A mix of maxims and stray ads reads like a compact frontier page. Entries include moral maxims, a note on 85 Lancaster prisoners photographed, a St John Sewing Machine sale, a jab at impetuous writing, fruit preserving quips, Linden Hall boarding notices, and mockery of sharks and circuses. Also promotions for Acker’s Cold Remedy and Harris Remedy Co ads with limited claims and free trials.
J A Tawney Esq of Wivona Minnesota endorses Dr Kings new discovery for consumption as the best remedy for coughs and colds. He says it never fails to cure severe colds and relieves chest pain. Trial bottle available at Lititz Drug Store for one dollar.
Questioning if any case of kidney or liver ailment resists Electric Bitters. Claims thousands cured and recommending the remedy. Promises Bright's disease, diabetes, weak back, or urinary complaints will quickly improve. Purifies blood, regulates bowels, acts on diseased parts. Guaranteed. Wholesale at 50c per bottle. Lititz Drug Store.
Wolle invites customers to buy a pound can of Silver Stax Boxine Powper with a ticket inside. Tickets redeem a piece of silver plated ware and include several possible items. The ad touts cheap sugar, canned goods, raisins, building hardware estimates, and requests patronage from ROBT N Wolle.
Corrected weekly market notes from Lititz Steam Mill and H H Tahudy list prices for flour and grain in bushels and barrels, with wheat at 1.09 a bushel and various staples. The Philadelphia banking and railroad quotes appear alongside cattle yard arrivals for Philadelphia market, noting beeves sheep hogs and cow prices in light supply and Westward price movement.
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