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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 30, 1883
Page
3
Iy Wx H Esck prominent undertaker on Main Street Lititz is named in a public notice. The item appears in The Lititz Record dated Friday November 30 1883 and notes Esck’s business location and services with no other details.
Moravian services on Sunday at 1 AM and 7 PM with Sunday-school singing. Reformer reports Union Chapel in Epirata at 9:30 AM in Wugliah and New Haven at 8:30 PM. White Oak and Manheim host Lumturan with Rev H Li Semmel. Reichsvil preparatory services Saturday at 1:39 PM. White Oak Sunday sermon at 9:30 PM. Rotheville communion at 2 PM. Thanksgiving observed. banks stores and schools closed. holiday streets noted.
A 14 year old Samuel Madden was struck on the head by a stone thrown by Christian Barr while near Ivans and Bear's dial schute, causing only minor injury. Christian Brock Jail faced a peace bond for threats to his wife, with recognizance set at $300 for six months. Also notes about Tititz Beer, Dunker lovefeast at Hopethelast, and Mrs. Andrew Hackman burned by boiling water with skin loss.
Report of T R Potter the blacksmith leaving town after disputes with neighbors with minimal belongings. Nearby items note a public sale of John Milley dec d property, a clock sold for 18 dollars, and a note on a store robbery increasing revolver demand locally. Also mentions a dancing school, water proposal, fever cases, and advertised medicines with local merchants.
Messrs. Kauffman and Becktet seek return of digging iron and wrench. J. We Baker & Bro. arrive with mules. Limited tobacco sales noted. several homes under construction in Martieville. Lancaster baseball club joins interstate association. Various local incidents include a fence accident and slander appeal. Thanksgiving football and barber shop woes mentioned along with regional travels and visits.
The Lancaster Intelligencer Trade reports a quiet week in city and county with about 600 cases of 8] changing hands and 200 to 300 cases of 82 traded. Little activity on the 83 crop as dealers insist on stripping and baling before purchase, citing fear of lawsuits amid damp weather delaying leaf removal.
An advertisement invites readers to subscribe to the Autamb Quarterly a 120 page, 1009 illustrated collection with 42 articles on women subjects and a dressmakers page. It touts dry goods descriptions priced for mail shoppers and music by W W Gilchrist. yearly rates are listed with a six month option.
A town report centers on Solomon Brubaker of Salunga being accused after selling a horse and buggy to John Evans for 35 dollars and training jumped. Brubaker paid costs and retrieved his team. Other items note typhoid concerns linked to cesspools, local wildlife, turkey auction, new house plastering, and residents in Reading and Philadelphia with various affairs.
Robert Wolfe was thrown when his horse shied at buffalo robes at Wishers store. The wagon overturned on a bank, breaking the top and freeing the horse which then fled toward Addison Plants’s blacksmith shop where it was captured.
Report of a peculiar sunset on a Tuesday evening that drew questions about the sky. The event began after sundown, spreading from a mellow white glow to pale lemon and a crimson blaze that lasted nearly fifteen minutes.
A jumble notes turkey price concerns at Thanksgiving, praise for S and H Grosh shop, lively trout in Springs stream, apples not keeping well, distant escape from trouble, sun omen of intelligence, Christmas gifts on minds, widespread sickness, children saving pennies. St Elmo Horgan Philadelphia hotel ad promises comfort and location with reduced rates and easy access. Fisher's advertises robes and blankets as largest and cheapest stock.
Minnie Louisa Brabat oldest child of Dr J C and Emma Brabat died at age 11 after a brief typhoid illness. Her kindness and fairness toward all ages were noted. Funeral by Rev Nagle at Moravian cemetery with hundreds attending, as mother remained ill.
Ochre deposits near Silver Springs in Chickies Fork mine are to be developed by Conestoga Dry Color and Paint Co after W F Beyer and J M Davidson purchased the lease and property. The firm plans spring operations with about 12 workers, extracting yellow red and white ochre used for oil cloth wallpaper and wall preparatory work.
Eight residents plus one outsider attended the Lyceum meeting with T. P. Hart presiding. Isaac K. Huber was elected president and John R. Bricker vice president. D. B. Becker records secretary. J. F. Bochberger treasurer. Next meeting set for Saturday at 8 PM. Music plans discussed. Miss Bruckhart may arrange a reading. A debate question on reading the newspaper in schools was assigned to J. R. Bricker. Local items note Henry Good sold property for 1200 dollars, suspicious characters seen around town, wife chatter, and a birthday surprise for Mrs. I. M. Weicher. A dancing party is planned at Kinnig's Hotel on December 8.
A historical record lists jurors drawn by date from January 21 to February 25, including names such as Benj Hoffman Elizabeth Elias EK Reist Penn George Wise Fourata Menno Brubaker Elizabeth Martin Forney Abram Huber and Manheim, with multiple names per week across Warwick Elizabeth Ephrata Manheim and Clay. The roster covers eight weekly sessions through late February.
The notice mentions Christmas in four weeks and turkey sales at 10 to 12 cents per pound. Fever reports increase while cider and apples grow scarce. Public notices advertise sewing machines for sale and a new livery at the Springs Hotel under I. D. Killian.
The Ephista Review marks its sixth year with pride amid past challenges and new management. The notice promotes holiday novelty goods including music boxes, vases, toilet sets, and mantels, urging early purchases for mothers sisters and lovers.
Local advertisement invites shoppers to stock up before a cold snap with blankets comforts flamnels and shawls. Highlights stock of men and ladies goods hosiery carpet samples sugar flour and a safety match promoting low prices and trade offers. Gathers current prices for butter eggs lard and coal oil amid broad goods sale.
Notices record marriages including Stoner Myers and Kreider Raber with dates in 1883 and 1885 at specific addresses. The page also lists stock quotations from Be Haven Townsend Philadelphia, and a Lititz weekly market digest with prices and listings for railroads and coal items.
Tshudy's Store proclaims itself the headquarters for fine groceries with a wide selection including canned corn tomatoes peas beans succotash cranberries prunes figs raisins and more. It sells coal oil emphasizing safety and whiteness plus a new batch of ladies felt skirts wool shirts hoods stockings mittens and Allentown stockings, highlighting quality and long sale history.
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