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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1885
Page
2
A 1889 issue notes press deadlines and reader notices, discusses Irish fundraising, New Jersey Democratic splits, and the decline of graduates into obscurity. It also covers graduation ceremonies, commencements, and the new Linden Hall Seminary baccalaureate address inaugurating its commencement week.
Rev Weigley has a handsome new front added to his store as Centre square gains holiday charm in anticipation of the new railroad. The town shows renewed prosperity while students return home for summer. Chas Krall joins Franklin & Marshall College seniors. Timaber of city guests fills Mansion at Prospect Hill. Franklin M Krall builds a large hennery for future poultry raising. The Reform ed Missionary Society marks its second anniversary with address by Rev W Schaeffer of Palatinate College and public invitation.
The Lancaster based preacher spoke at Dixon Memorial Chapel challenging women as the moral core of home society. He stressed women's power in family life, social conduct, and church work, urging purity, temperance, and influence to leaven public life. A note on a Penryn Park outing referenced in last week’s Times follows, along with a report on the Keystone baseball club’s strawberry festival and upcoming Dauntless game.
A planned acrobatic act at the Lexington hotel last Saturday did not occur as the performers failed to appear. Many locals gathered to watch, with Mr. Tartranft unsure why the act was canceled. Also: Ada Enck and Jacob Graybill wed in Manheim. Rothsville band visited and played, and David Brackhbill returned home near Krumerville. A Rothsville resident sets a cruel chicken trap with corn and stick. possible animal cruelty charges may follow.
A party of four Luily men went fishing at Hanmer creek and camped for the day near Millway. They cooked and feasted, while a prized white shirt hung on a limb. A cow spotted the shirt, chewed on it, and ruined the garment, ending the outing with a comic misfortune.
Fragmentary text shows a chaotic mix of dialogue about a clothes theft and a joking cook followed by a teacher’s annual examination at a county school. It references a superintendent J. M. Brecht, memory and geography questions, arithmetic problems, and a sales register listing horse sales and sale bills.
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