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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1885
Page
3
Community notes report church services at Moravian and German congregations, a sewing and textiles display at a store, a missing horse and wagon theft near Bronnerville, a man acquitted in a liquor case, and obituaries for Samuel Sharp. Also covered are license counts, a quarterly conference, hunting coon chases at Pennyville Hotel, and local weather-less miscellaneous items.
The Lititz store proclaims low prices on starch caustic soda lime and digestible foods. It advertises soup, beef extract, and children’s foods, plus rubber toys and grooming items. Cigar boxes, bath bricks, tooth picks, and a fine bat will be sold at cost.
The issue details a wagon load of unclaimed letters and a day’s outing with large wagons, local business openings on Broad Street, a protracted Petersburg church meeting, and several notices. It mentions new shoe repair and attire shops, farm updates near New Haven, and real estate transfers in Tititz and Brunnerville with community events, meetings, and local concerns.
James Sturgis reports his sorrel horse with white forehead streak disappeared Thursday morning near William HE Kline's mill at Brunnerville. The horse, part of the harness, was left behind and has not been seen since. Reward offered if recovered.
A Philadelphia style chronicling two brothers aged about 28 and 30 living in isolation two miles north west of Pennville. The piece details their dilapidated home, bare rooms, dirt floors, a horse nearby, and a frugal life without external help spanning many years. It also notes nearby legal and local items in a broad neighborhood update.
The Moravian Church mourns the death of Right Reverend H A Shultz at his Bethlehem home on Thursday. He served in Salem N C and Philadelphia churches and led missions across Bethlehem Lancaster York Nazareth and western states. He guided the home missions and seminary for young ladies and leaves behind Rev H Shultz as his son and a Moravian elder line continuing in the northwest.
Harrisburg Illinois resident Mowertt Shepherd credits Electric Bitters and Bucklen's Arnica Salve for curing a eight year running leg sore that a doctor warned would require bone scraping or amputation. The ad notes price points and local availability at Lilila Drug Store amid crop market reports and tobacco conventions.
The notice laments student physiology books in schools and notes parental opposition. It argues education benefits from engagement beyond books and cites religious revival, moral reminders, and calls for creameries to ease farm wives work by boosting dairy prices and efficiency.
Fragmentary text notes attendees who received drinks, meals, and gifts. A large number of presents were given including a handsome cane from unknown donors and employers. The passage is garbled with partial names and context.
The page lists a wide range of goods including flannels, shirting, bed coverings, babies and adults underwear, yarns, paints, oils, coal and glass. It also notes a display of library lamps and a weekly market update with farm produce prices and stock quotations.
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