Local Religious Notices and Village Improvements
Moravian and Evangelical services listed for Sunday with times. Lutheran and Reformed churches noted with locations and times. Gas planning discussed, plus a clerk’s note on local produce and a protracted meeting planned at Evangelical Church. Farm sale in Manheim township to Joseph Gochevur at $330.10 per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moravian
White Oak
Manheim
Lurtheran
Rothsville
H. E. Semmel
Bethany
Ephrata
Evangelical Church
Rea
Frank Shreiner
Manheim Township
Joseph Gochevour
East Hempfield
Speedwell Farms Visit Highlights Stock and Turf
A detailed tour of Speedwell Farms in Elizabeth township reveals the estate's 4600 acres with Speedwell as the main unit. George Youtz runs the operation focused on thoroughbred horses, extensive stables, a half mile track, and a grandstand. Notable runners include Purity, Lady Orange, Middletown Chief, Box Meadow Girl, and Briamrock the famed Hambletonian stallion. A single short horned bull and a sizable cattle presence complete the farm profile. The piece notes the activity around training, records, and potential future visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Township
Hammer Creek
Robert W. Coleman
Speedwell
George Youtz
John Kahl
Willow Neom
Herring
Lady Orange
Middletown S
Box Meadow
Millie Gardiner
Briamrock
A Hane Century and Curiosities from Lititz
Mrs Edward B Sturgis celebrates fifty with friends and aLancaster clan visit. Isaac Reinfried returns from Boston with Minnie Basney now Mrs Reinfried, wedding tour follows. Curiosities note saffron leaf, long corn ear, Clinton grapes, twin tobacco leaves. Letter defends Lititz boys after Halloween damage. Blossom remedy praised by R M Williamson of Buffalo for dyspepsia and skin eruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Sturgis
Mia
Henry F. Rauch
Philadelphia
Sturgia
Lancaster
Boston
Isaac Reinfried
Mass
Isaac
Jig
Benedicts
Samuel Erb
Millway
Thomas Dalton
Christ S. Franke
New Haven
William Oehme
Clinton
Tobe Kauffman
the ReEcoup
Lititz
Clay
R. M. Winaiamson
Elk Street
Buffalo
Spring Blossom Cure Advert in Bradford Gazette
Bradford reader Thomas Fitchan reports relief from dyspepsia after using Spring Blossom. He encloses payment and praises the remedy sold at Lit t2 drug store, priced 60 cents with trial bottles at 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Braprorp
Thomas Fitchan
Bradford
Maby
Who to Believe Derr and the Credit System Contested
In a Lititz incident the Record questions Charles Derr's credibility after a newspaper clash over a two act burletta. The piece recounts a verbatim witness account about Derr seeking work from Buch's partner, with the witness declaring honesty and a written agreement not required. The author notes Derr's failure to provide proof via "our own man" and presents the witness’s version as corroboration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Derr
J. F. Buch
The
Record
Express
Derr
Buff
Mr. Derr
Frank
Bud
Carles L. Hacker
Manheim Melange Signals Local Growth and Gossip
In Manheim the Eby Stedman firm expands flour and feed mill to 125 barrels daily and a new Dan ner store building nears completion as the town eyes growth. A shoe shop encounter ends with a tramp selling used boots at a tavern, while John Bomberger erects a Sub-division store. Rain boosts farming activity yet tobacco prices remain firm, and the Y M C A reads room gains a Worcester Dictionary and Chambers’ Encyclopedia. Public schools reopen, damp weather delays water supply, and Dunkard Love Feast attendance proves noteworthy with clergy from multiple states. Local commerce shifts as Becker leaves stock, a cigar business grows, and a pool table arrives at Lititz Springs Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs
Eby
Stedman & Company
George H. Danner
George Mengle
Mengle
John Bomberger
Manheim
Chambers
Becker
Ephrata News Notes Deaths and Town Improvements
This week’s correspondence reports the death of Jacob Franklin at age 9 years 10 months and 2 days after typhoid fever, and Alice Cooper’s illness with typhoid fever and pneumonia. It notes ten to twenty new buildings improving the village, including a tobacco warehouse and grain elevator. Improvements at Reddig & Co. and various other enterprises are listed, plus local politics, a bank opening, and the Eph rata Literary Society’s permanent reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mohler
Ephrata
Revs. Myers
Kansas
Christian Bucher
Lebanon County
George Bucher
Myers
Jonas Harly
Montgomery
Samuel Harly
Moore
J. Moore
New Jersey
Nicholas Martian
Bricker
Washington County
Vetter
Dauphin
Jonas Price
Henry Light
J. B. Gibble
Jacob Hackman
John Myers
Reuben Reidenbach
Sarsel Wenger
Henry Price
Shirk
Lancaster County
Reva
Lebanon
Theo
Jacob Franklin
William K
Emma Seltzer
Alice
Joseph Cooper
Reddig & Co
R. R. Bitzer
J. R. Mess der
Rice
The
Review
J. B. Keller
John Frederick
Ephrata Mountain Springs
von Neida
New National Bank
Ephrata Literary Society
B. W. Mohler
J. V. Snader
J. J. Yeager
J.8. Dry
A. Bowman
D. B. Kratz
W. H. Spangter
Medicines and tonics claim quick cures and blood purification
Economy section extols Thomas Eclectric Oil as a rapid, efficient remedy for rheumatism lame back and general bodily pains. The Country advert highlights Burdock Blood Bitters as a blood purifier addressing dyspepsia biliousness and liver or kidney disorders with a price of 1.00 and trial bottles at ten cents.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lititz Record
Local Intelligence
Columbia
Lancaster &c
Reading, &c
Dilte
H. Excx
Undertaker
Main Street
Pate, Pa
Try
L. R. Hacker
Old Country
Speedwell Farms
Mr. Youtz
Teachers’ Institute
Lancaster County Teachers Institute
Court House
J. H. French
Northampton
M. T. Brown
A. R. Byerly
Millersville
G. TR. Heiges
York
B. G. Ames
R. K. Buehirle
J. P. Wickeraham
Edward Brooks
Brickerville
Casper Hartman
Pardon Board
John Echternacht
Strasburg
W. K. Seltzer
F. S. Brubaker
Durham
Alderney
Lizzie Kemper
Millersville Normal School
Augustus Beck
Harrisburg
Jerome Boyer
Shawnee
Edwin&. Young
Lutherville
Miles Hallacher
Jacob Shertzer
Fanny
Churchville
Harford Co
Henry L
Ettie M. Brobst
Rehrersburg
C. L. Reinke
Emaus
Buckeye Publishing Co
Minneapolis, Minn
Elxo Horny
Arch Street
Joseru M
Feger
Manheim Melange
Stamm
Daniel Souder
Springs Hotel
Spickler
Lititz Springs
J. M. Brunswick & Balke Company
H. Fisher
Levi Shirk
Iowa
Dan’l Plank
Brooklyn
Tioga County
J. M. Might
Syracuse
Arthur
Reard
Hallow Een
Abraham B. Beck
Elizabethtown
Buck & Son
Middletown
United States
Cambridge
Tony Pasquin
Navon
Coxe
Seneka
Orphans’ Court Sales
Orphans’ Court
Lantaster County
Ansadutter
Haydn H. Tshudy
J. B. Tshudy
Spraca St
West Main St
Andrew Jackson
John Breneman
Litite Springs Hotel
Main St
F.W. Christ
Hiram Brubaker
Tonacco
Sturgis House
Wolle
Marseilles
Zook
Hecker
Michener
Excelsior Harms
Champion Coffey
N. Wolfe
Haldeman—Borry
DT. C. Tobias
David G. Haldeman
Ephrata Township
Sybilla W. Berry
Bied, Weaver
David Weaver
Henry
Hunry
DeHaven & Bankers
South
Obdelphia and
Wehigh Valley BR
Lehigh Coal and ‘Na’ United N. J. BR
Cann Co
Northern Central B.R
iLestonville Pass
Ft. R
Pitts
Tit. & Buff
RB. R. Co
Central Transportation Co
Northern Pacific
Orth Pennsylvania
R. R
Ins. Co. of North America
Silver
Townsend
S. K. Ymndt
King St. Chicago
Park
Lord
B. J. Barr
Litite Steam Milla
Locher
Chas
A. Locher
East Kine St
Tshudys
Elaine
New York State
Rome
Littts
Reaillog & Columbian Railroad
Dontle
Alrect
D. D. Burkeholder
Lilite, Lancaster Co
Paf
Brownsack
Bomberger & CO
WM. B. Essick
L. Diffenderfer
Per
Simone
South Prussian ST
J. D. Witters
Carlisle
Allentown
Nota
BROAD
Lititz, PA
Hamburg
Diles
Rady
Price
Martin Rudy
U. S.A
Wey
D. Sauders
Ntitz
Cloke
T. A. Milchlack
Bancanis
A. W. Wechter
Pasca Uer TN
Glass
Queensware
Pri
SAUER
Hacker & Bicking
Gobnsaniglark
UNION
York Higagg
J.D. Witters
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