Lititz Religious Notices and Local Advertisements 1885
Moravian services include Sunday baptisms at 10 A M and two languages for communion. Reformers hold White Oak worship with English preaching at 7 P M and Holy Communion Sunday morning. Local notices cover train schedules to Reading, Whit Monday races at Warwick, and business ads from Gable & Bonberger to Oregon Store. Died: John W. Jackson, Lancaster merchant and long-serving official. Public notices on telephone line progress and timetable changes for Sunday trains.
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White Oak
Eugliah
Tivan Grahat
J. Net Metewar
Vehicle trespass at Spring grounds ends in locked gates
A Tannenster youth drove onto the Spring grounds last Friday with a female companion, though the area was clearly for pedestrians. He cried for release when the gates were found locked and later grew saucy about the incident. A fine is urged for such love struck drivers. Rotheville praised for property improvements and garden-like appearance thanks to paint and repairs. Brince McKrKL, Nov. S17 and 319 Arch street, Philadelphia. Rates reduced to $2 per day at the hotel, near shops and depots. Josep M Feonr Proprietor. Lap covers newly received at Workman's saddlery.
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Rotheville
Huen
Brince McKrkl
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Amusemet
Josep M. Feonr
Merry May Matters at Lancaster Springs and Area
Local notes report lively spring activity with painters, barn events, and church confirmations. Happy news includes a birth at Harry Ekert’s home. Christ Brubaker’s barn fire past, Springs Hotel repainting, and a catload of draught horses shipped to New York. Seven baptisms near Millport and temperance convention attendance noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schroyer
Springs
Lancaster
Trinity Lutherans
Mr. Gretna
Pen-' Ryn
Harry Ekert
Hhe
L. J. Hacker
Christ B. Brubaker
Kuititz
Lancaster Florist
J. P. Brenner
Paris
Tta
Bricker
Manheim
John Hollinger
Millport
W. E. Appel
Harry Kauffman
Manheim Baseball Move Wins Narrow Victory
The Manheim eclub backed by local business leaders saw the Active club of Lancaster edge Keystones 10 to 9 in eleven innings. Keystone players later lost 10 to 8 at Columbia as Manheim lads endured insults from spectators while preserving a close, spirited season.
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Manheim
Manheim Eclub
Manheim Baseballers
Tancaster
Manheim Grounds
Keystones
Keystone
Columbia
Columbia Elay
Manheim Boys
Manheim Dutch
Columbians
Obituary notices recount losses in Warwick and Lititz areas
Obituary notices report the death of Jacob Bomberger a Warwick township farmer at 60 years 8 months 13 days after a cancer diagnosis. The large funeral processional attended by over 2000 mourners reflected his well known civic standing. Also noted are deaths Owen Garfield Evans age 4 6 9 from scarlet fever and a Mrs Wissner a Lititz native buried in Lancaster Cemetery.
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Jacob Bomberger
Warwick Township
Bomberger
Lititz
Harry Reist Landia
Henry Snyder
Christian Risser
John Hess
John Landis
Charles Hostetter
Owen Evans
Httle Owen Garfield Evans
John F
Elis Evans
Owen
George Wissner
Charles H. Kryder
Lancaster
Tobacco Market News From Lancaster Intelligencer
The Lancaster Intelligencer reports a week of heavy baled leaf arrivals totaling well over a million pounds of 64 Pennsylvania tobacco stored in city warehouses. Prices varied widely with wrappers fetching up to 25 cents and packings around ten cents. much of the crop is Havana leaf, with quality high for cigar use. Dealers expect a bonanza if curing succeeds, though farmers lament low prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster Intelligencer
Havana
Runaway Accident Near Ephrata Ends in Horse’s Injury
Details an evening buggy mishap near Ephrata involving Thaddeus Brubaker of Landis Valley. A broken front wheel caused the horse to bolt, Brubaker was uninjured, but the horse suffered a severe leg injury and had to be killed. Constable Elias C. West warns of stray cattle on township roads. Reports also note a failed store entry attempt, horse tack ads, and church services upcoming at Brickerville and U B church.
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Ephrata
Thaddeus Brubaker
Landis Valley
Oregon
Thiaso
Brubaker
Elias C. West
Clay Hotel
H. Erb & Son
Brickerville Lutheran Church
Oregon Opinions: Try Again and Quick Work at Oregon
A wide ranging Oregon items column recalls the saying if at first you don’t succeed. It notes a local man mocked by repeated rejections, praises rapid construction of a stable for Graybill Bear by John Wolf’s team, and reports Kemph’s hatchet accident. School progress, shad season clamor, and Lititz Lodge No. 235 Knights of Pythias mark its fifteenth anniversary with speeches by Geo Ay Kenper of Akron and a history of the order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oregon
John Wolf
Graybill Bear
G. Bear
Kemph
J. Wolf
Lititz
K. of P
Concordia Meennerchor
J. G. Weltmer
Geo
Ay Kenper
Akron
Order of Knights of Pythias
Damon
Pythias
Healo
Washington, D. C
Kemper
Maemuerchor
Man Intervenes in Horse Fight Hurt in Fall
John Moore of Lititz area attempted to separate two fighting horses last week but was knocked down and injured. He plans to let the animals fight it out next time rather than interfere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Moore
Lititz
Musical Bric a Brac offers free volumes to new subscribers
Straubridge & Clothier advertise Bushian Quarterly offering a free volume of Musical Bric a Brac with instrumental or vocal selections. Spring issue has 120 illustrated pages, Paris fashion plate, cut-paper pattern, a new novelette by Robert Grant, a Sousa waltz, and more. Mail 50 cents to order. Philadelphia address given. Attorney Owen P. Bricker is in town Saturdays and Mondays for legal consultations. Lancaster office listed.
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Straubridge’ & Clothiers
Bushian
Paris
Robert Grant
Sousa
Marine Band
Strawbridge & Clothier
Highth
Charbet Streets
Philadelpha
Decoration Day plans and community notices in Shaefferstown
Decoration Day observances set for June fth at 5 PM with Camp 236 P.O. of A naming a committee. Local society and church news cover Lutheran communion rites, catechetical confirmation, and diverse visiting and social notes. Also reported are obituaries, society meetings, and health ad for Dr King’s New Discovery with a free sample at Luity Drug Store.
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P.O. 8. of
W. Frank Buess
Jao
Dr. Barr
C. Benson
WH. Miller
Dnu
K. Spangler
Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. Paul’s Reformed Church
Classis
Daniel Brenidle
Primarius
David Bomberger
Dr. King
Luity Drug Store
Local Dry Goods Sale Promises Low Prices Across Stock
Advertises low prices on muslins and linens including 8 to 16 cent bleached muslin, 7 cent unbleached, Lancaster ginghams, Hamburg edgings, and inserts. Features new glass ware, hardware, garden tools, paints, prunes, meats, sugar, flour, and high prices for butter and eggs.
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Lancaster
Hamburg
Iner
Lewistown
Brownstown
Flour and USAIN Market Report from Philadelphia May 1885
Market notes show flour in fair demand with 990 barrels sold including Western Pennsylvania and Pennsylvania family grades. Wheat strong at bids around 1.00, corn firm but quiet, oats steady, rye steady. Livestock arrivals reported for May 19 with beef up to 14, sheep 10,050, hogs 5,000. prices vary by grade and region.
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de Haven
Townsend
Bakers
South Third Street
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia & Reading
Lehigh Valley Tt
Aig Tehigh
Phila
New Jersey Central
Bate Northern Pacffc
Gor Bos
AGL Bog Bon Bile Bbig
Puma
Pennville Store Offers Wide Range of Goods and Services
Gable & Bonaberger advertise a full stock in Pennville Store including Dry Goods, groceries, hardware, queensware, hosiery, drugs, clothing, and more. They claim high prices paid for country produce and list extensive lines from fabrics to boot and shoe items, clocks, seeds, and oils.
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Gable & Bonaberger
Local Lancaster County Notes and Ads on Whit Monday
A fragmented Lancaster area notice sheet lists seasonal remarks from garden season to Fourth of July, local sales and ads. Entries include Whitsunside next Sunday, May and June calendar quirks, a stuffed alligator gift, political comment, concert notices, and business stand for sale. Other items mention tobacco crop status, printing services, and bargains on shirts and chewing tobacco.
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Abe Bugzard
Liberty
Lancaster
All Nature
Quarryville Leas
2 Post
Turday
Lebanon
L. R. Hacker
Arcomp
Stroh
Manheim
Ephrata Band
Ephrata
Landisville
Alsryder
H. 1. Oehime
Sheviott Workman’s
F. P. Bard’s
Local Lititz cash store advertises whiskey and wine prices
The Lititz Cash Store in Lititz PA lists prices for various spirits including bourbon whiskey brandies gins rum and fine Catawba wine with per gallon figures and sale terms. Also notices announce an assignees' estate for Arias Buch and wife of Warwick Township Lancaster County and an administrator's notice for the estate of Levi Zeller of Clay Township Lancaster County with directions to settle debts and file claims.
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N. E
Arias Buch
Warwick Township
Lancaster County
Wits
Israll G
IRB
Apt
Notich
Wstate
Levi Zeller
Clay Township
Israel G. Erb
John Wyauts
Tancaster County
John L. Err
Litiia
John K. Pfautz
Penn Twp
James KE
Dig
Elizabeth Township
James K. Reddig
Axsigner
Huby's Stores Offers Florida and California Oranges
Florida and California oranges, California comb honey, boneless ham, home made bologna sausage, fresh garden seeds, potatoes, coffees and sugars, clothes and cassimeres for men and boys, Kirk's White Castile soap and various bath and grooming products, potato varieties for planting, and a wide line of soaps and grooming items including Palm Glycerine and Violet Cologne.
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Florida
California
Royal Windsor
Palmer House
Burbank
Prolific
Blue Peerless
Broad Cash-Only Sale of Spring Fabrics and Goods
A catalog of fabrics and dry goods offered at low cash prices. Includes 6-4 cloth suitings 75c, Tricot suitings $1.00, silks, lawns, laces, embroideries, yarns, linens, muslins, prints, table linens, towels, and ready-to-wear clothing. Emphasis on cash sales, discount pricing, and wide selection for ladies, gents, and children.
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Columbia
Saxony
Carpets Sale Brings Cheap Prices in Philadelphia and New York
Advertises deep discounts on Brussels carpets, Ingrams patterns, and all-wool supers plus rugs, mats, and cloths. Emphasizes cash sales, no credit, low prices across Brussels velvet Smyrna rugs oil cloths and home-made carpets. Encourages customers to visit and compare prices.
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Philadelphia
New York
Aurora Carpet Sweeper Agents in Lititz Offer Genuine Units
The only Lititz source sells the Genuine Aurora Carpet Sweeper by John 8. Givler & Co. Lancaster, authorized agents. Nearly five hundred sold in Lancaster city and county. Sweepers are quiet, dust free, and keep carpets in order. A good birthday or wedding present. See goods and prices. Store connected to telephone exchange.
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Lititz
Aurora
John 8
Givler & Co
Lancaster
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John W. Jackson
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Parkesviurg
Chester County
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R. R
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Merry May Matters
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Eacch
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Philadelphia Times
Iman’s
Mary BR. Wissner
David Hostetter
Maucheiro
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Tobacco Market
Workman's Saddlery
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Owen P. Bricker
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Shaefferstown
J. Monroe Breiter
Harrisburg
A. W. Shober
Charlotte Hacker
Mollie Swartz
Mastersonville
H. L. 'Fhama
Marietta
M. H. Taggart
Clara
Sturgis House
Lawrence Grosh
Samuel Grosh
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Sulowmon Neitz
Wissters
Stevs. I. E
Knerr
R. M. Lighenwalner
L. N. Worman
PD. A Medlar
Millersburg
J. Specht
Allentown
James Sairtz
Womnedorf
Edmund Butz
Gancaster
Kemble
Myerstown
B. F. Bolmer
Catasauqua
J. Glick
Fleetwood
J. H. Shirey
Pottsville
H. Baker
Rev. Baker
Wolle
EJ. Barr
Lititz Steam Mills
Litita
H. H. Tehudy
TIAM
Horace A. Betty
Cattke Market
Pennville
Litle Record
Jacob F. Sheaffer
Burkholder
Little Springs
George H. Bingaman
Johnson Miller
Wi. Evans
Broad ST
Lititz Cash Store
Lititz, PA
Jere Bowrer
Centre Square
Angle
Tshuby's Store
Kirk
Tshudy's
Railroad
Apragan
L. Rh. Hagker
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