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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1883
Page
3
Wm A Enck of Main Street Thelititz Pa offers funeral services from his establishment with undertaker work and related arrangements in the town. Local notices advertise his business presence and availability.
Moravias English and Lutheran services scheduled for Sunday at 10 A M and 7 P M. Reformed churches at Bethany and New Haven with morning and afternoon services. Evangelical Missionary prayer and Children's Day. Also cigar factory startup by Menno Fry, Fourth of July excursion to Philadelphia and Atlantic City, regional church engagements, and local weather and flood impacts with extensive property damage and personal notices.
A variety column chronicles a girl year in Lititz with several births, a strawberry harvest from Mr O B R Long, and local happenings. It notes a cow purchase, a funeral, a mad dog scare, and upcoming children’s day at the Evangelical Church.
Jacob Arehart, a farm worker for Aaron Longenecker near Lime Rock station, was crushed when driven wagon wheels struck a fence as frightened horses ran. He died about half an hour after the accident. A coroner's inquest returned an accidental-death verdict.
The Akron area notes heavy rain renewing crops, with no bridge damage. Local deaths include Fannie Sharp age 17 months and Mrs. Mellinger, the township’s oldest resident. Injury and illness touch residents including Miss Mary Sharp, John Witmeyer, and others. widespread church services, schooling, and social events are described amid agricultural worries about Hessian fly and army worms. A singular accident injures John Helman in Lexington.
A lively Fourth with a large crowd, orderly crowds, and plenty of local activity. Towns report steady business, lighter drunkenness, and widespread picnics, while farmers enjoy a good tobacco season and a new depot project. Commencement at Linden Hall noted with visitors and student honors.
Woolle advertises Fry's patent adjustable window screens fitting any window in minutes. It promotes green wire screens from 24 to 34 inches, jelly tumblers, Mason jars, glassware and earthenware, Pine Apple hams at 17 cents per pound, potatoes at 50 cents a bush, and white sugar for canning. It notes high stock on the second floor and encourages up town and Warwick customers to place orders by phone.
Notices record June 23 1888 marriages by Rev J C Tobias in Lancaster county Pa. with couples Measkey Weght h and Ressler Carpenter and Zeiger Crawford and a June 27 1893 obituary for Howard Jacob Koih at Lititz Moravian church. Cattle and grain market notes precede stock quotes and Philadelphia market report details.
Prints at 5 6 7 and 8 cents. Lawns at 6 and 8 cents. Ginghams Seersucker Cheviots Shirtings. Fancy Hose in all sizes. Mosquito Netting in shades. Fresh groceries including Bethlehem Roller Flour Snyder’s and Brubaker’s flour. Meats canned goods fish and more. New fishing tackle chosen by Julius F Sturgis. Jointed rods to 1 73. Straw hats half price clearance. Potatoes at 50c per bushel. Mason’s fruit jars. HAYDN H TSHUDY
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