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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1883
Page
2
The Lititz Record warns advertisers it is going to press on Thursday and cannot guarantee late matter after Wednesday noon. Communications must be authenticated by the writer name and address for good faith guarantees.
Harrisburg dispatch warns Governor Pattison will call an extra session if the apportionment bill fails. Partisan battles and pay for the session loom as the Senate stalwarts resist, while both parties press for favorable district maps. the piece warns the venture is a costly, largely futile spectacle and urges compromise and no extra session.
The piece argues Lancaster County should organize an agricultural fair to showcase local products and counter a culture of higher tone deterring common fairs. It recalls past failures due to lack of interest and energy, advocates persistent effort, and notes related local and national topics from ballet censorship to journalism.
A young Towa farmer seeks a Sioux wife and plans marriage to a chief's daughter after letters and photos. Ohio courts uphold a phone company's removal of a line from a swearing customer. Dubuque mishaps: man on porch swings at cats, breaks arm. another trims a tree and nearly dies. Phipps the Philadelphia Almshouse plunderer is found guilty of forgery awaiting a new trial motion. crowd reaction muted. A dubious Philadelphia Times dispatch questions a strange Millcreek Township tale of a wild-beast girl kept in a three-person household with no schooling.
A reclusive young girl in the mountains avoids strangers, emerging only with a flock of trained turkeys. Neighbors tried to help but she vanishes at sight of people. Her diet and worn dress are described as a cautious, isolated life, with officials urged to intervene.
St Eumno Horen at Nos 17 and 319 Arch Street Philadelphia reduces rates to $2 per day while promising liberal comforts. Situated near business centers, amusements, railroad depots, and city transit, it invites travelers and business visitors with special inducements. Joseph M Facer Proprietor.
Readable sale list lists spittoons priced from 25 to 30 cents each. Also offers include 3 pounds sugar at 25c, 3 pounds fine raisins at 20c, No 1 mackerel at 1c per pound, ham s 15c, shoulders 12c, cheese 11c, manure forks 58c, garden tools 14c to 25c, fish nets at 1 dollar each, stockings 64c elsewhere 10c, canned corn 10c, whitewash brushes 48c and 16c, Barker's cattle powder 2 dollars, linseed oil 4c per gallon, putty 23c for 25 pounds, ready-mixed paint 1.15 per gallon, household paint 18c, soda 7c per 5 pounds, oil cloth 500 yards, shirting 8c, calico 44c to 64c, knitting cotton 6c per ball, and butter feature noted.
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