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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1885
Page
2
The Harrisburg House adopted a five minute speech limit by a close vote 75 to 74. The measure aims to expedite legislation, reducing verbose or misleading remarks, and encouraging concise debate. It urges members to adopt the reform and minimize speeches to improve legislative efficiency.
The piece critiques the Philadelphia Board of Health for overreach in a hog keeping rule while noting a lenient rural exception. It also highlights Colonel Quay’s growing support for State Treasurer, crediting his bold field stance and Chicago convention backing, with European war news and local civic observations.
Lancaster readers learn that Lititz residents largely avoid tavern sale on Sundays, while fishing creeks draw crowds and frog and snapper hauls drop. A Buffalo jury awards a drunkard’s wife damages after liquor supplied to her husband. Community views on liquor licenses, telephonic connections, and local politics mix with tales of reformed lovers, poets, and stray travelers, plus Manheim bageball triumphs and legal notices.
The column notes tobacco merchants slow to appear as growers finish stripping while whitewashing remains a daily task. It laments gendered labor, mentions a fence workers accident, and recalls local figures John Houck and Israel Becker’s family ties, then shifts to gardening tips, a rose named Queen of Roses, disappeared John Werner, and a brief ad spread for soap and household goods plus upcoming local sale notices.
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