Lititz Religious Notices and Local Happenings 1885
Religious services in Lititz include Moravian German and English sermons on Sunday with confirmations and baptisms at the Moravian church. Reports cover Decoration Day plans with local and visiting groups, road discoveries from Frank Miller’s shop, a Leyden plow trial, horse trade notes, and communion services at White Oak church with 67 participants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mortavian
Bevaraenican
Lititz Pike
White Oak
Samuel Eshleman
Lebanon
Thid
Aoil
Eshleman
Aaron Dichm
Martin Hallacher
White Oak Church
Sixtity
Holy Communion
William Weachter
Dora Witmeyer
May Fliusings and Small-town Happenings
Local notes recount odd bets from Linn Shelly, a price for black shakes, and the Welsh Mountain residents hearing on Friday with two bound for trial. Short items include shop signs, a runaway accident near Lancaster, new ventures, a free picnic ride, a strawberry festival plan, and band updates. Also reports of a telephone line opening, a large boiler unload, temperance union events, school closings, and a string of obituaries and funeral notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn Shelly
Welsh Mountain
Willy
Abe Buzzard
Matt Buzzard
Henderson Marshal
Broad Street
Johnny
Elmer Kautz
Elmer
Lancaster
Mary Ulmer
Alexander Mitchel
Julius Sturgis
A. L. Smoykeffer
Bethlehem
Calapso Island
Lehigh River
Moravian Sunday School
Lewis Leopold
Snyder
J. Yingst
Rothsville
Arcorp
Brunnerville
Lexington
Brickerville
M.S. Hess
Bucher & Bomberger
Canton
Oho
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Moravian
L. H. Washington
Connecticut
W.C. TF. Ue
Lititz
U Woffman
Lititz Station
Walking Skeleton regains health with Dr King’s New Discovery
Mr Si of Mechanicaburg Pa describes recovery from lung fever and abscess after using three bottles of Dr King’s New Discovery for consumption, gaining 48 pounds and returning to health. Ads tout Electric Bitters for kidney and liver issues and blood purification, plus cheap stock goods at the Oregon Store and Lititz Drug Store offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Si, Springer
Mechanicaburg
Dr. King
Lititz
Z. W. Atkins
Girard
Kan
Lititz Drug Store
Brownstown notices and social events highlight town life
Friday noon Joan Shoenisker and Sunday Morris Buch left to marry, returning with their brides. A cigar box factory at Jesse Mumina’s site will bring growth. A Browstown band supper drew a large crowd and a strawberry festival is planned. Boardwalk hazards prompted partial repairs. Whit Monday auction by Brown and Hornberger drew shoppers. A K Hornberger bought goods in Philadelphia. North End Rifle Club at Schoeneck logged scores with I B Buch leading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownstown
Joan Shoenisker
Morris Buch
Jesse Mumina
Browstown
Sieter
Brown & Hornberger
A. K. Hornberger
Philadelphia
Akron Couples Wed. Pennville Notes Fill The Week
Sunday marriages unite Miss Amanda Gockley with James Schload at Brownstown, and Miss Lydia Heiser to Elias Strobl travel to Columbia for nuptials. News from Akron includes boardwalk misconduct, a runaway horse incident, bridge repairs, and local trades. Observations cover mining, racing track construction, observatory view, and various small incidents around Pennville and Millway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Amanda Gockley
James Schload
Brownstown
L. Ziegnius
Lydia Heiser
Elias Strobl
Columbia
Abe Buzzard
Shaefferstown Highlights Religious and Civic Life
In Shaefferstown twenty confirmands join Evangelical Lutheran Church as Sunday services draw large crowds for the Sacrament. A Whitsuntide firemen’s parade brings levity with band music from the Franklin House roof. Local notes cover exams, Burglary at Tart’s store, rural roads, rainy weather reflections, a death, and craftwork by Miss Mary Bear. community events and concerns span religion, education, and daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evangelical Lutheran Church
Fernster
Cyrus KE. Troffman
Richland
Lutheran Sunday School
Fire Company
Franklin House
Hill
Fetter
West Chester State Normal School
J. F. Gable
Ciceronian Literary Society
W. Gable
Robbed Merchant Loses 500 in Reading Depot Milieu
Henry Arndt a Manheim dry goods merchant, returning from Philadelphia, was robbed of 500 in Reading depot. He was jostled by three men in a crowded car as he changed ears and drew the money there. Detectives in Reading have the case, though he did not miss the cash until reaching home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Arndt
Manheim
Philadelphia
Reading
Mr. Arndt
Local Notes Brighten Dunkard Days and Prominent Appointments
Personal news includes Calvin J. Mengle receives a U S Secret Service appointment and heads to New York City. Mentions several others departing for work in cigar factories, and a large turnout for the Rothsville band at Warwick House with races under favorable weather. Arrests connected to a recent robbery are noted, along with local market updates, auctions, and community updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calvin J. Mengle
Manheim
U. S. Secret Services Department
New York City
E. L. Dougherty
Greentown
Ohio
John B. Adams
Rothsville
Normesville
Dunkard Love
Mexico
John L. Minnich
Johnson Miller
Tim Longenecker
Lizzie Stillwell
Jacob Minnich
Alen W. Zug
George Shreine
Phares Swarr
Aaron Swarr
Johan K. Wigsler
Daniel
Recordings and Local News Flakes from Lititz Area
Seersuckers in demand and grave decoration notes blend with light social items. Moonlight promenades, lilac blooms, locust blossoms, and a busi ness boom in Lebanon mark the period. Local commerce includes window screens, calico sales, and Canes fashions. Weekend notices mention deviled clams at Sturgis House and horseflesh interest in Dr Evans’s horse as Republicans prep for a county primary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennvile
Lebanon
Sturgis House
Dr. Evans
Joe Krysler
Joe
Philadelphia
Phares W. Fry
Lancaster
Bextra
Andisville
Rae
Autiye
Biaalige
Eoune
Mr. Joy Star
Ozhme's
F. P. Bard
Manheim Sertineé
Lititz
Loss of a Driver’s Pocketbook and Money
A Lebanon beer team driver misplaced his purse containing 23 dollars after placing 10 dollars already in it into his hip pocket at the Warwick House on Monday. Despite a thorough search, the pocketbook and funds remain missing forcing the driver to consider paying from his own earnings. Also, a German resident near Erb’s meeting house in Penn township named Charley was found dead in bed Wednesday morning after a winter of poor health. coroner Honoman held an inquest, with burial at Erb’s meeting house today, age about 70.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Becker
Charles Rickert
Elias Usner
Petersburg
Christian Becker
New Haven
Abram Huber
Latstz
Levina (Carpenter) Demmy
Abram Demmy
Middle Cresk
Charles Kogendorfer
M. M. Fry & Co
Hollinger’s
Myerstown
Henry Mohn
Lititz
Rothsville Pike
Samuel Martin
P. B. Kofrath
Swan Hotel
Millway Oil Station
Romberger
Reuben Royer
Pennville
Sarah Shreiner
Kotroth & Hallacher
George Oftoth
Hinkletown
Epbrata
Mt. Airy
Brickerville Notel
Frank Ruth
DouGlas
Oregon
Ine Coln
Miley
Cricks
Mary
Geo. D. Schriner
Joseph Royer
Geo. Schriner
Hallville
Mifflintown
Lesington Hotel
Geo. Beisel
Kansas
Lebanon
Warwick House
Samuel H. Erb
Erb's Meeting House
Penn Township
Charley
Honoman
Erbl
PSHUDY'S STORE Offers Florida and California Goods
Florida and California oranges, various groceries, soaps, seeds, and pharmaceuticals advertised. Fresh fish due next week with regular deliveries from the Railroad Restaurant. Customers urged to leave orders for home delivery and to pick up items as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
Spring Cash Prices on Dry Goods and Clothing
A long advertisement lists ladies cloth suitings at 75 cents and Tricot at 1.00, new spring shades, white dresses fabrics, lawns, insertings, laces and ribbons, silk scraps for quilt patches, yarns, linens, table covers, and a full range of ready-made clothing. Cash-only store touts low prices, muslins at 4 to 6 cents, prints from 4 cents, and general furnishing goods with special emphasis on cheap, cash-based deals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Hamburg
Lewistown Roller
Brownstown Roller
Columbia
Saxony
Carpets at Cash Prices below City Stores
Advertisement announces deep discounts on carpets in Philadelphia and New York prices, offering Brussels and tapestry carpets from 50 to 85 cents, all-wool supers, rugs, mats, hassocks, and ottomans. Stocks include stair, floor, and table textiles, steam-cured feathers, and other home goods. Cash sales only with no credit or extra profits for late payers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
New York
Brussels
Genuine Aurora Carpet Sweeper Sold in Lititz
Agents for the Aurora Carpet Sweeper in Lititz announce the Genuine Aurora Sweeper by John 8. Givler & Co. Lancaster as authorized Lancaster city and county agents. Nearly five hundred sold locally. Silent, dustless, keeps carpets in order. A fine gift for birthdays or weddings. See goods and prices. Store tied to telephone exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Aurora
John 8
Givler & Co
Lancaster
Lancaster City
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Local Intelligence
Iaving
Joseph Kryder
Woman's Christian Temperance Union
Reformed Church
Teller
Reformed
D. C. Tobias
Bethany
NewHaveen
Moravian Church
Reinke
Shultz
Brickenstein
Graybill
Penonville
Jouss Leopold
Daniel Leopold
Caberry
Til
Leopold
James Miksch
Frank Rentsehler
Seth
Grand Army Post of
Frank Miller
Baron Stiegel
Terme
United States
Unionville
Snyder's
Temperance Matters
Keystone Club
Manheimers
Lancaster Club
Washington House
Pry- Town
Keystones
Mannheim
North End Rifle Club
Schoeneck
I. B. Buch
Snavely
E. I. Bard
F. B. Buch
W. K. Romig
I. M. What
J. M. Stober
J. A. Stober
Penn Pennings
Samuel Kehleman
Jacob Diehm
Penn Hotel
Sanhedrin
Habecker
New Park
Cornwall
Jacob H. Mace
C. Habecker
Rothsville Rivulets
Owen P. Bricker
Hsg
King Street
Workman's
Workman’s
Shaefferstown
Bard
Ab F. P. Bard
Warwick
Warwick School House
J. W. Baker & Bro
John Aimer
Warwick Girl
Rothayille Band
Roger
Jones
Hphrata
Wayne Starlinger
Daniel Winehold
John R. Royer
Ephrata
Winehold
Harlinger
Lexington Laconics
Wolle
ET. Barr
H.W. Tehudy
I. Shoulder
Wiescoereene
Horace
de Haven & Townsend
Bankers
South Third Street
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia & Reading H. K
Lehigh Valley B. B
Lehigh Coal & Navigation O
Bart
N.Y
Phila
K. R. Co
New Suray Central
Northern Pacific Comics
ABS
Oregon Transcontinental
Union Pali
Western Unio
West Shore
Louisville & Nashville
PuHina
Western
Workman's Saddlery
Allen C
Hipner
Warwick Township
Lancaster County
Police Gazette
Richard K. Fox
Franklin Square
Havana
W. P. Breitegam
Tshudy
Jere Rohrer
Centre Square
Etttain
Rohrer
Levi Zeller
Clay Township
Israel
G.erb
Magsst
John Pfautz
Toan B.eri
John BR
Phate
Penn
James K. Reddig
Elizabeth Township
Israel G
Err
Maysot
Matilda Metzinger
Monroe Mellinger
Litftz
Firs Springs
Titty
Geoxee
H. Bingaman
Hale
Saidry
Evans
Pshudy
Florida
California
Kirk
Club Bath
Royal Windsor
Owassa
Palmer House
Burbank
Tshudy’s
L. R. Hacker
Lititz Cash Store
Broad &T
Lititz, PA
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