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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1885
Page
2
The Lititz Record warns advertisers that it goes to press Thursday afternoon and cannot guarantee insertion of matter after Wednesday noon. Communications must be authenticated with the writer’s name and address for good faith.
The article notes a new insurance type aimed at protecting members from personal property theft. It explains a thief would feel relieved knowing the victim’s loss is reimbursed by the society. It also reports unusual items on a page including jail escapes, winter kill fears, and an endearing long distance roller skate race.
The Express editor and the Recorp debate grammar and circulation figures accusing each other of deception. The piece also notes Senate action on a bill restricting foreign labor under contract and the impact on American wages and tariff policy.
Objections to imported contract labor as a threat to wages and national stature are discussed alongside a Pennsylvania legislature update. Details cover Senate labor bills, Grant restoration praise, prize coffee protests, and house actions plus neighborhood items from Lancaster County including a fatal fire, a river flood risk, and local incidents and business openings.
Easter events are announced across Shreeperstown with a muin party at the new school hall, church services at St. Paul's Reformed and Evangelical Lutheran venues, and a Ciceronian Society entertainment on Easter Monday. Fire incident at Rev. Bachman’s home burned sulphur fumes caused minor injuries. mail carrier contracts and a post office contest are noted amid civic reports and society updates.
A Carlisle reporter meets D. D. Courtney in Cumberland valley depot. He says 159 Dun-kards from Lancaster plan to settle near Abilene Kansas as farmers. They will move west with B&O aiding travel to Harrisburg after Courtney’s term ends.
Swedish superstition described with three cups using a ring a coin and a black ribbon to predict a marriage rich spouse or old maid. Theron P Keator editor of the St Wayne Gazette endorses Dr Kings New Discovery for coughs noting speedy cures and recommending a free trial at a local drug store.
Philadelphia offers Wilton carpets at 1 50 1 75 and 2 per yard across seventy five patterns. Moquette and Wilton carpet claims premium wear and long pile with one piece construction, plus four other home goods including a bedstead bureau and washstand for 36 dollars.
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