Religious notices and an Excursion: Lititz 1883
Local notices announce preparatory and English religious services at multiple churches and times, with German and other services listed. A big feature promotes a grand excursion on Thursday Sept 13 to Mauch Chunk and the Switchback, $8.50 round trip, 18 miles, with morning departures and three-day return option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tee
Grand Autum
Mauch Chunk
Lititz
Rothinville
Millway
Akron
Front Door Alarm and Local Chatter in Town
A Sunday night report describes Frank Baker arming his gun after hearing a rap at the front door and footsteps in the yard, with caution about a potential intruder. Also noted are local tidbits about a 4 pound eel caught in Hamner Creek, a dead steer at Joseph Royer’s butcher shop, and a feature on well dressed men needing a proper shirt fit from Walter H. Buch and H. B. Shank’s paragon dress shirt agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Baker
Mr. Baker
Moore
Joseph Kissinger
E. B. Brubaker
Hammer Creek
Joseph R. Royer
Hertz
Orren Lackina
Walter H. Buch
H. B. Shank
Lancaster
Brannerville News Briefs and Local Happenings
Amanda Becker rents Brunnerville hotel stand to Henry Hartranft of Epbrata who will take possession October 1. John B. Winsler, hurt in a runaway accident last month, still walks with crutch and cane as healing lags. Samuel Flesa to be congratulated. A hotel party scheduled for the 26th. Italians with bagpipes drew a large crowd Monday evening for music and dancing, likely their first visit as they move on. Bricklayers finish Wissler's new house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brannerville
Amanda Becker
Brunnerville Hotel
Henry Hartranft
Epbrata
John B. Winsler
Samuel Flesa
Wissler
Akron thieves again strike in spring house raid
In Akron on Friday night thieves entered Daniel Reiter’s spring house stealing eighteen pounds of butter and about twenty pounds of meat then took a large watermelon before leaving. Joseph Rupp’s spring house was entered the same night with similar thefts. A warning their boldness may provoke opposition soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Reiter
Joseph Rupp
Messrs
Willbach
Ed. Shultz
Sheridan
Lebanon County
Ibach
September Lifting and Fall Prep in Lititz Areas
Local notes report Henry Firestone's Pleasant View Bakery turning out 1986 loaves last week. Events include the Spring Foragers gathering on Sept 8 and the Antisocial Protestants meeting Sept 13. Schools reopen with Lititz public pupils numbering 177 day one, Linden Hall and Lititz Academy also resuming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Firestone
Pleasant View
Lexington
Spring Forgers
York County
Protestant Society of Reading
Lititz
H. S. Bruckhart
Molravian Surday
N.S. Wolfe
van Vleck
F. D. Rickert
Louisa Weitzel
Manheim
Sporting Hill Pike
W. H. Enck
Messrs
Seaber & Grube
Lititz and
Cross Roads
Scaber & Grube
B. Lenhart
C. Worfel
Lancaster
Gross
Worfel
Hydrangea Grandiflora blooms in local yard
A rare Hydrangea Grandiflora, from Japan, now pink after white blossoms, forms immense pyramidal trusses. It blooms midsummer for two to three months. Local nurseryman Allen W. Zug offers plants, with an advertisement in another column. Clay Briefs notes a Paradise Union Sunday school celebration with Rev. Unger and Brownmiller attendance, grove gathering, and a Sept. 22 festival in Clay featuring the Minnehaha Band and a minstrel troupe.
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F.P. Hart
Japan
Allen W. Zug
Oorsery
Paradise Union Sunday School
Unger
U. B
Brownmiller
Ephrata
Grove
Clay
Womelsdorf
Grange Blossoms In Lititz Weddings Amid Cheerful Celebrations
Christian Shoemaker wed Rose Robinson in Reading with relatives present then hosted a reception in Lititz. Ida Grosh married Webster 8 Michael of Reading as Brubaker and Sharp attended as groomsmen. Emma Baker of Lititz wed Joseph Young of Manheim at Abram Baker's home with about sixty guests. Rev Baby presided and a celebratory wedding tour followed. We wish the couples lasting happiness.
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Grange
Jeto
Reading
Rose Robinson
Happy Twain
Lilite
Lititz
Ida Grosh
Webster
Michael
Irwin DeHart
Matilda Grosh
Joseph Young
Manheim
Emma Baker
the Twain
Robinson
Steinmetz
Christian Shoemaker
Straustown
Berks County
Rumor Mill Hints At Seasonal Socials And Local News
The sheet hints at weddings and indoor sports returning, sale bills becoming a laughing stock, a cool melon market, Lititz Lodge K of P excursions to New York or Fairmount Park, a Manheim picnic to Millway, and Mosey's silence on Lititz boys and cigars. It notes pike contractors, school patronage, an excursion to Mauch Chunk, Sabbath rain displeasure, and Oyster sales edging ice cream out.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Lodge K.of P
New York
Fairmount Park
Manheim
Millway
Mosey
Lititz
Rothaville Pike
Lexington Pike
Mauch Chunk
Well Planned Trick Fails as Mock Shooting Scare
In Neffaville a staged prank ends with a hostler luring a famed village pitcher into a peach orchard. A gunshot faked the incident as the “champion” flees, his partner left wounded and later carried to the hotel. The joke unfolds before onlookers as the supposed hero avoids aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neffaville
Queit
Kepperling
John
Insurance figures show Hail loss and Lititz risks
The Lan caster County Mutual Fire Insurance Company records 12 041 policies covering 2429 acres of tobacco worth 321 822 83. Losses from destructive hail may exceed assets, risking proportional dividends to members. A fire in Mifflintown destroys much of the business district. Lititz firms Zenas Eby and Walter Souders suffer about 400 in losses with 300 insured. Oyster Soup served at the Sturgis House Saturday night.
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Adt Insurance
Johnson Miller
Lancaster County Mutuat Hail Insurance Company
Hay
Lititz Company
Mifflintown
Junista County
Messie
Zenas Eby
Walter Souders
Salem Chapel Dedication and Local Accidents at Manheim
The Salem Chapel of the United Brethren was dedicated with 845 seats filled across English and German services. A $500 balance was raised during the day. The Manheim Sporting Hill road project progresses under contractor Stall with about seventy workers. a cave-in injured several Italians. John Showers died after a spell of excessive drinking, likely a stroke. Local residents and visitors are noted with travel and schooling updates.
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Salem
I. L. Kephart
Lebanon
J. Unger
Bethlehem
J. P. Smith
Benj. Hershey
Penn Township
Sam'l Keller
Lime Rock
Manheim
Sporting Hill
Stall
John Showers
Lamps and assorted goods at Brickerville Echo ad
A Brickerville Echo ad lists hand and stand lamps library lamps and other hardware with prices from 2 50 to 10 00 plus Mason jars screen wire jeans and canned peaches. Also notes two weddings Shoemaker Robinson and Michael Gross plus a church picnic and Sunday school events in Lititz and Puna with details on attendance sermons and installations. A stray horse in Ephrata township and a hotel site proposal near Reimstown are mentioned along with a dividend declaration at Lititz National Bank.
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Srvrers
Lititz
Eliza
Reys
Asay
Fernster
Martin
Chhurch
James Coleman Memorial
Brecht
Ponderene
Puna
Atig
Puhiate Byhliaiock
Ephrata
Daniel Weidner
Lititz National Bank
M. T. Huebener
Larriz
Harrisburg, Eph. Tala and
Downingtown
Brickerville
Hiizabeth Township
Lydie Shenk
Jacob Ress
Deo’d
Eine ST
Samuel Eberly
Clay Township
Gay
Augustus L. Steiner
Elizabeth Towneship
Peter Weidman
Peter Zartman
Elizabeth Township
Catharine Furlow
Jacobs, Brubaker
County Cullings and Local Happenings at Lancaster Area
A digest of local items from Lancaster County including pike work on Manheim and Sporting Hill, the State Fair opening at Lancaster on the 17th and closing on the fist, a 70th birthday surprise for John Graver near Ephrata, and plans for county superintendency by Prof I M Geist. Also notes on medical society reunions, notary appointment for F W Hull, Oregon Sunday school event near Oregon, jury selection in a church council dispute, a payroll robbery in Voganville, curious plants at Lime Rock, a riding accident near Sun Hill, and upcoming Mount Airy Union Sunday school celebration with bands and speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manheim
Sporting Hill
Lancaster
John Graver
Ephrata
I. 5
Geist
Marietta
Pennsylvania
Maryland
F. W. Hull
M. Ferneler
Church Council
Lutheran Church
Brickerville
Cornelius Peters
Voganville
Deichler
Cyrus Reed
Lime Rock
Penn Township
John Greybill
Sun Hill
Mount Airy
Rothsville Notes on Citizens and Local Events
Rothsville and vicinity report aging resident Mr. Harry Buch is seriously ill. Two events are planned at Keystone Hall on the 20th and Swan Hotel orchard on the 22nd. The local band has many engagements this summer and expects more. W H Landis leased the lumber and coal yard at the station and began work, described as an energetic young man likely to succeed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Buch
Keystone Hall
Swan Hotel Orchard
W. H. Landis
Boy Gored by Bull Receives Vet Aid in Oregon
Christian Likeua of Oregon was gored by a bull on Sunday while tending a colt. Veterinary surgeon Weidler Bender treated a foot long shoulder gash. the horseylated animal suffered severe injuries but the colt is reported doing well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Likeua
Oregon
Stock Market and Produce Prices in Philadelphia and Reading
Financial notices list DeHaven Townsend bankers at 38 South Third Street with prices and stock quotes from Philadelphia on August 23, 1383. It includes bids for various railways and commodities, flour and grain market corrections, and Litz Produce Market figures with butter eggs meat and poultry prices. a public sale notice concludes.
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DeHaven & Townsend Bankers
South Third Street
Philadelphia
A. Alay
Ta Os. Ag
Pennsylvania
H.R. X. Div
Hesdling
Lehigh Valley
Lehigh Coal and Sueigation Go
United N. J. R.r.and Canal Co
Northern Central R.r.co
Heatonville Pass
R. R. Co
Pitts., Tit
Recordings reflect seasonal notices and local chatter
The passage catalogs a mix of goods, prices, and events. It notes scarcity of apples and cider, abundance of tomatoes, and strawberries, raspberries, and other produce. It mentions fall attire, employment data, school openings, and local travel and recreation glimpses. It cites crops, post office duties, and a mix of local people and places with casual observations.
Bard's Oregon Store Weekly Refort Retail List
Local ad lists a wide array of goods with prices in a brisk sales pitch. Items include 20 pounds of sugar, raisins, molasses, flour sulfur and white sugar in various quantities, coffee and roasted beans, rice and salt, Toweling, wool jackets, empty barrels, straw hats, Queensware, linseed oil, white lead, cigars in trade, gum boots, brooms, and miscellaneous hardware all offered at below market or half price. The copy reads like a mid century shop window with exaggerated values and urges customers to come early.
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