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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1885
Page
1
Albert Melville pursues Eveline Gray at Rocky Beach as their romance nears ruin. A confrontation escalates when Eveline is left to face the tides and Melville’s impending marriage to Miss Montrose. Eva’s outburst foreshadows a grim pact and, later, a double tragedy on the inlet shore.
The article describes how blue clay flint kaolin and Cornish stone are mixed with water in large blungers to form slip. It details pumping and pressing to remove dampness, then wheelwork where the potter shapes bowls and cups. It also tallies with curiosities of hair jewelry and a Paris exhibit, plus a Philadelphia hotel ad.
Oil City activists plan a vigorous fundraising drive for their campaign. A Shamokin assault left Henry Strausser with potentially fatal injuries to Simon Selser. Somerset officers destroyed an illicit distillery and chase moonshiners toward morning. A Chicago woman Frankie Mitchel was found dead with a gunshot wound. Richard Howdel set a new safety bicycle mile record at Hampden Park. Mrs Shattix of Pittsburg remains bedbound after twenty nine years yet says life is worth living. Washington main break restored water supply after forty eight hours. A Crawford's grove rain storm forced a church picnic indoors and youths danced past midnight. Lasterne Mulvey allegedly mortally shot his wife in Rochester claiming accident. life insurance favored him. The Lennie from Genoa laden with cotton waste was detained for fumigation at Breakwater. Philadelphia health officers notified. Wallziver textile executives discuss price stabilization. Thomas Sweeney narrowly escaped death on a tricycle as a locomotive wrecked the bike. Body found of Italian Rocoi Cassadente, likely murdered in Fayette county. Plans seed a glass and iron Pittsburg exhibition building costing 200000. A northwest sky portent, a huge red meteor near Conception bay. A Drake derrick accident killed Alfonzo Settia and injured others. A broken rail derailed an outbound train near Warm Springs injuring several. The Holliday lawsuit in Portland valued at 1500000 opens in court. Onondaga county fair couple Emma Knapp and Marshall Bishop wed before 80000 attendees. York Haven explosion kills one, injures three during paper mill foundation work. John Morrissey dies after dynamite blast. others injured in York Haven accident.
Mrs Martha H Keith of East New York has filed for divorce from Marshall W Keith on abandonment and cruelty grounds. She recounts beatings and desertion since 1878, with rumor of an elopement to Scotland. The suit was publicly noted in the Brooklyn Supreme Court.
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