Sketch of Lititz History and Civil War Era Notes
An article by Reverend H A Brickenstein records early Lititz history with notes on local events. It covers thefts, watchfulness, sewing and embroidery efforts, church music, war era loyalties, militia drills, and community measures amid 18th century tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
H. A. Brickenstein
Congress
Charlestown
Bunker Hill
Boston
Jame
Bishop Seidel
Bethlehem
Franklin
Brother Horn
Assembly
David Tanneberger
Christopher Frey
Lancaster Road
Hopsch
Kreiter
Henry Frey
Burglary at Mrs. Rohrer’s on Lititz Turnpike Stuns County
A bold Thursday night burglary at widow Mrs. Rohrer’s residence on the Lititz turnpike near Neffville left her restrained and her 10 dollars and a gold necklace stolen while a younger woman was silenced. The burglars also gave the girl seven cents for bread and fled along the busy road. Additional items and a separate report on a fatal shooting and various notices appear in this issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rohrer
Lititz
Neffville
Fanny
North Carolina
Towa
Niagara
Sacramento
Utah
Bonaparte
Baltimore
Kansas
Oregon
Vermont
South Carolina
Union
Miscellaneous 19th Century News Briefs
A collection of short, varied items reports a whale ashore on Barnegat Beach and multiple deaths from falls and accidents. It notes wheat exports from California, a suspected link to a Delaware hotel death, a libel suit in New York, and local improvements like natural gas in Titusville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drummond
Treasury Secret Service
United States
Treasury
Uncle Sam
Secret-Service
Department For Destruction
Turkey
Constantinople
Barnegat Beach
N. J
Erastus Carpenter
Hudson City
N.F
Andrew
Corwal
East Chester
N. Y
Richard Worrell
Monmouth County
San Francisco Produce Exchange
California
Europe
Wilmington
Del
John M. Carroll
Virginia
Staunton
Henry Coggeshall
New York
Rome Sentinel
Roberta Gunn
Coggeshall
Titusville
A. L. Brown
Pittston
Gibson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sonny
Walter H. Buch
Lititz, Pa
Takeh Notich
Brandt & CO
North Queen Street
Lancaster, PA
A. R. Bomberger
WM. H, Regennas
Lilitz
Litltz
Ge l
Bomberger
Alters
Augusta
Maine
Polly Penry
Lancaster
Tanneberger
Lutheran Church
Adam Kuhn
Bro. Grube
Fisher
Elmo Horen
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Joseph M. Fearn
Florida
PraReny
Thomas Stone
Columbia
Edward Hartin
Eugenia Fenner
Thomas Wade Hampton Stone, Jr
Young Stone
Hartin
Stone
Mr. Fate
C. Fate
Harrisburg
Far West
Howe
Jacob C. Kready
Fate
Intelligencer
Heaven
Owen P. Bricker
Haat King Street
Lynn
Mass
J. Francis Mead
Concord
Stev. J. Harrington
Jennie Burkley
State Prison
Mead
New Keskire
Alling
Floride
South Florida
West Indies
pez-Ly
George Y W. Stone
Cincinnati Times
The
Guy
Adamstown
Clayton Bucher
James Haller
Asaias Billingfelt
Adamis
Haller
Bucher
George Bollman
Hatter
Lutz
Columbia Herald
Tempora Mutantur
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