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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 30, 1883
Page
2
The Lititz Record notes press schedule with Thursdays as issue days and requires authenticated communications. It reports on Easter observances in Philadelphia, street cleanliness, and civic improvements at Spring grounds. It discusses rising volcano activity in Mount Pelee, jokes about Langtry shoes, and critiques the Pennsylvania Telephone Company monopoly risk with rate hikes and subscriber opposition.
During 1882 a total of 41 theatres were destroyed by fire nationwide and abroad. Seventeen fires occurred in the United States, seven in England, six in Russia, four in Germany, two in France, two in Spain, and one each in Belgium Sweden Bulgaria and Roumania. A man who baled water from his cistern at Alton Illinois and hid his family inside during Wiggin's storm is cited among numerous sensational dangers. A mention follows of a new kind of horseshoe made from three thick nesses of cowhide compressed into a...?
A column blends urban gossip and fashion critique from New York, noting yellow window shades on Fifth Avenue, a controversial Bowery exhibition, and casual remarks on flat-house fire risks. It recalls actors in Union Square and laments the cold season's return, while promoting a local marble yard and legal services in Lancaster.
The county commissioners named Peter Witmer as tax collector for Warwick township. A suspect in Mrs. Mary Born’s death near Manheim faced a hearing and was committed for the April Court of Oyer and Terminer. A bright light over Lancaster was from Elliott’s ice houses burning. Reading church fellowship grew to 400 in a week. Mennonites of Ephrata establish a fire insurance company for members only. Lancaster plans new market houses at both ends. The Mount Joy Law and Order League will publish license petition signers. Local merchants, sleigh rides, road conditions, and social notes fill the rest with odds and ends, ads, and notices.
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