Thelititz Record Wo H Eyce Undertaker
The Thelititz Record notes Wo H Eyce as an undertaker serving Main Street area with notable local presence in Staestresh district.
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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1883
Page
3
The Thelititz Record notes Wo H Eyce as an undertaker serving Main Street area with notable local presence in Staestresh district.
German and English Moravian preaching scheduled Sunday morning and evening with Evangelical and German Baptist services listed. Reformed churches announce services at Brickerville and White Oak, plus classis matters, a land find near Shober’s mill, a Warwick hotel incident, and community notices on ice cream garden opening, church year’s work, and local trades and mishaps.
Sunday communion in Neffsville Lutheran Church and dust control on Main Street feature in a town roundup. Thieves broke into J L Shiffer Co store in New Holland. locust tree removal at Springs Hotel described. cash flow from Warwick House sale of Virginia horses and cows announced. Guardian appointed for Lydia Furlow's minor. Ill intelligencer extra edition due to ads. Decoration Day banking closures and forthcoming Sunday-school picnics listed. Tenor remains practical and conversational with multiple small-town items.
The Reamstown Band traveled by wagon to Lancaster on a Monday pleasure trip, returning via Lititz. They paused at Springs Hotel for hours and showcased excellent music, drawing a large crowd. They hope to perform on the coming Fourth, promising satisfaction. Members include Samuel Sebaick, leader, and many Reddigs among others.
The Farmers' Creamery near town shipped its first cheese batch, using 5,500 pounds of milk daily from 25 farmers. It plans to add a butter division, and East High street and the Pike work are advancing. A John Seibert Memorial Chapel foundation is done, with cornerstone in June. Decoration Day plans include a G A R ceremony. Liberty Cornet Band joins a Lancaster Templar parade. A Market Square pavilion proposal, a new county superintendent appointment for M J Brecht, and local roll-er mill expansion are noted alongside a few local mishaps and obituaries.
The item lists coarse stone on the Lititz and Lexington pikes, tavern keepers stricter Sabbath liquor rules, wedding near in Lititz, a duskard lovefeast week, call for a street sprinkler, new straw hats, Broad Street stone layer needed by the Pike Company, and a predicted light spring. Trade dullness, cheerful tobacco buyers, cheap Recorps paper, debt payers if willing, and a Lincoln preacher gathering causing a chicken flutter conclude. Fisher's offers harness at low prices with the largest town assortment.
A 14 year old boy named Ganaway was arrested in Brecknock township after a train wreck near Ephrata. He confessed while being transported to Lancaster jail, saying he placed a road crossing plank on the track to see the train jump. The youth, described as simple minded, fled home toward Sassafras while three brothers are in a county hospital.
Lancaster Classis held its thirty first annual session at Union Reformed and Lutheran church with Rev D B Shuey absent as president. Rev J A Peters elected president and Rev Stauffer corresponding secretary. Sessions Friday to Monday included multilingual addresses, holy communion, and a missionary program with Rev J P Moore slated for Japan. Community notes mention local residents, builders and a future Whit sunday gathering at Hummelstown.
A collage of short items notes fruit abundance and garden activity, strawberry festivals, corn growth, lilacs blooming, tobacco planting, and a Republican primary upcoming. It mentions track work on Colebrook Valley railroad, illumination for wrestling, and local notices on postmasters duties and decora tion day.
A survey of small-town reports: Jacob Minnich’s Landisville store robbed of kitchenware and dry goods. Terre Hill cigar makers strike and partial return to work. Manheim and Sporting Hill turnpike company chartered with 14000 capital. shad fishing results poor. Knights Templar parade planned in Lancaster May 30. Indiantown silver mine sold for 10 with total cost 26000. eight-pound shad caught near Columbia. train wrecker Jacob Ganaway freed on 3000 bail. Kinzer’s station lightning strike injures telegraph operator J H McLaughlin. Fraim Brothers Keystone Lock Works fire loss above 20000 with 12000 insured. ice dealer Connelly to start daily town service with tiered rates from 8 lbs at 35 cents to 100+ lbs at 25 cents per hundred.
Wolle New Goods announces arrival of fresh stock for distribution. Features include Turkey red table cloths 40 cents per yard, crushed strawberry bunting fabrics 15 cents, dress plaid patterns 35 cents, reversible suiting 12 to 14 cents, new stair carpet and oil cloth, children’s stockings and hose, and a line of Mackeral. Customers invited to bring an empty barrel to fill with Mackeral. Also claims the town’s sugar and Michener’s hams and dried beef. Market corrected weekly by Tehudy. Staples like chickens ducks and more priced accordingly.
Fresh assortment includes ferries and Sibley's products with plain hams shoulders dried beef bolognas and smoked beef tongues. Roasted coffees priced 13 13 20 22 25 26 and 32 cents per pound. Sugar and cans of tomatoes corn beans peas 2 for 25 cents. New pickles boss cigars 2 for 5 cents. Fishing tackle jointed rods Japanese walking cane rods 20 30 and 50 cents. Hooks reels lines bait nets boxes floats and more for bass and other fishing.
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