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Boilerplate notice from J F Boos editor about Friday morning publication and Thursday afternoon press cut off. Communications require authentic name and address for verification of good faith.
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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1884
Page
2
Boilerplate notice from J F Boos editor about Friday morning publication and Thursday afternoon press cut off. Communications require authentic name and address for verification of good faith.
The Friday issue marks seven years of Recogp publication entering its eighth year. It thanks patrons and asserts the paper’s value to the community, detailing improvements including enlarged offices and a new room to house steam power. It notes political campaigns start and references Philadelphia electrical exhibition and Franklin’s historical role.
Philadelphia dated 1884 recalls Jacob Miller and family on a well managed farm with an orchard and timber grove. Elias Miller and siblings aided by effort and economy. Nearby John Kemper ran smaller farms with tenants, and his house burned after his death around 1857. A Lititz fire engine is noted in the memory.
The writer recalls farms and owners near Lititz in 1843, detailing the Zug Kreider and Keller families, Becker mill and Rothsville, Beider farms, and the rise of Mount Vernon. It notes former owners like Christian Krider and Jacop Miller, the Keller milling lineage, and shifts in ownership as industries and farms declined or transformed.
A long account describes drought effects in eastern Pennsylvania around Lititz in 1822 23 and 24 detailing drying springs and creeks near the Lititz spring the basin and dammed creek at the old bridge and a meadow pond fed by a hill spring. It notes illness in Warwick New Haven Lexington and nearby towns in 1823 24 25 and relief by 1826 with healthier conditions afterward despite scarlet fever in 1832 and 1845. The piece argues malaria not linked to stagnant ponds and cites local opinion refuting a negative health claim.
A list of sale notices printed at the office includes livestock, land, and property auctions in Warwick, Manheim, and surrounding townships with dates from Sept to Oct. Items include pigs, horses, cattle, crops, mills, and multiple tracts of land with improvements. Wording reflects 19th century local record style with names of bidders and executors.
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