Local Notice Fragment from Lititz Record 1883
Partial OCR fragment from a Lititz Record page dated October 26 1883 mentions a Main Street location and a business name resembling Midertaker. Details are incomplete and readable only in small portions.
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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 26, 1883
Page
3
Partial OCR fragment from a Lititz Record page dated October 26 1883 mentions a Main Street location and a business name resembling Midertaker. Details are incomplete and readable only in small portions.
Local intelligence outlines religious services in Moxavian EyaAsGnutcaL Rasvorareb and Sapylomenot with preparatory and communion themes at Brickerville White Oak and Lexington plus pastor Heyv H J Senanel. Moxavian notices mention ads in the LECORD supplement and a new cigar factory opening in town. A Lancaster resident, H B Bueh, celebrated a 48th birthday with a gathering and substantial feast.
The Post Office Department states liability for newspaper postage follows general contract rules. If a publisher sends a paper without a request from the addressed person, merely taking the paper does not create a debt. A valid contract requires two parties and consent.
In West Earl township farmer Ianse W. Zwalley reports the season’s apple yield far exceeds neighbors and attributes the larger crop to gypsum plaster applied after blossoms. Also details recapture of escaped prisoner Robert Goudenauer in Columbia after a burglary charge, pursued from York jail, and a local dog incident with gunners near New Haven.
A Lititz section itemizes diverse events from the past week including new furnace installation at Moravian chapel basement, a found umbrella at Keller's confectionery, and local harvest shipments from Virginia. It notes the Moravian church chandelier update, a brisk local tobacco and produce trade, post office counts, a new Lititz Band debut, and community incidents including a fall injuring Mrs. Chaybill and a theft during a burial.
Real estate updates show Mrs. Thomas Shelly withdrawn at 3000 dollars after a public sale offer of 4000 dollars was refused. Five acres and 12 perches in Elizabeth township near Lexington, belonging to John K. Saylor, sold to John Hammer for 1050 dollars. Also noted are advertising lines for Ackers Blood Elixir and legal services by Dr F O Brobst with Go to Fisher for cheap harnesses.
Lancaster County tobacco activity shows 400 to 500 cages of 80 and 81 goods sold with equal quantities of 182 crop in demand. Buyers eye the 83 crop as prices range 16 to 28 cents for wrappers. some Havana seed purchases exceed fifty plantings at 20 to 80 cents. Warm weather caused mould on tips and tight-stacked leaves, but a cool spell improved curing prospects, while white veins appear despite dark glossy leaf. News items cover local sales, church events, a butcher shop sale, and the Teachers Institute program with lectures by university and city professors.
Personal notices recount October events in Lititz including Mrs J F Evang and Miss Alice V Sturgis celebrating 24th birthdays. Teachers, travelers, church repairs, and local visits by residents such as Horace Grosh and Mrs H W Stark are noted alongside travel to Dayton and West Chester for meetings. A Luther anniversary service and a home sewing machine ad cap the column.
George W. Kofroth’s Rathis ville hotel has a telephone exchange connection, marking the village’s sole instrument of telephonic communication. Hiverybody shops for robes and blankets at Fisher, due to his low prices.
An old advertisement touts Wenger’s Roller Flour at Tshudy’s store and promotes Acker’s Dyspepsia Tablets claiming guaranteed relief for sour stomach and constipation.
The Wolle store promotes a large, varied inventory including dry woods, dress flannels, delaines, prints, white bed blankets, wool goods, stockings, knit skirts, rag and cottage carpets, underwear, canned pineapple and salmon, dried fruits, and a reduced sugar price. They advertise paying 18 cents for butter, 24 cents for eggs, and 10 cents for lard, inviting customers to visit and compare offerings.
The Philadelphia live stock market shows active cattle receipts including prime and good grades, with 14 000 sheep receipts and about 14 500 lambs listed. Hogs and turkeys, chickens and ducks noted with varying conditions and prices amid corrected weekly market data.
TShuby’s Store lists fresh groceries and assorted goods including Hecker’s self raising buckwheat flour, Snyder’s flour, corn meal, canned vegetables, golden Valencia raisins, cranberries, Jersey sweet potatoes, assorted sugars, fresh roasted coffee, vinegars, hams and dried beef, lye, Jerseys for ladies, new Shaker corn, figs, coconuts and oranges. Also jackets, comforts, and payment offers for eggs Butter and country soap. Trade items include Segars and dried cherries.
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