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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1884
Page
2
A wide ranging column surveys campaigns, party leanings, and civic topics. It condemns sensationalism and favors prudent discourse, social harmony, and focus on wholesome reading. It notes agricultural fairs, good books, and home life as fall and winter guidance. The piece mocks some figures while urging restraint and neighborly peace.
Last Friday morning Reuben F Hackman, son in law of Aston Wigsler, suffered a severe thumb injury while working near a circular can in the machine shop. Doctors Brobst and Hertz treated the wound and expect a swift recovery. Also noted: John Hackman’s kitchen caught fire last week, with shingles and lath damage but no total loss.
Fifty years ago Lititz recalls Samuel Keller of Ketler's Mills as a generous, practical man. The piece recounts his early life, marriage to Salinda Hallacher, years as miller and farmer, his liberal in deeds to neighbors and tramps, and his death and burial in Moravian Cemetery. It notes his political Democratic ties and his modest wealth, lost through family support and business ventures.
A trip from Lititz on the 2 o'clock Saturday train reaches Reading by 7 pm and Grate's Ford on the Perkiomen Junction road where Rev. Isaac Kulp hosts the travelers for the night. Sunday begins with a Brethren meeting at Tudor Creek and a dinner hosted by Abram Cassel, a remarkable elderly farmer.
The notice lists multiple property auctions and sales beginning Sept 19 through Oct 11 in Brunnerville, Lititz, Warwick, and surrounding areas. Assets include cattle, land tracts with improvements, mills, a hotel, household goods, and a brewery. Names include BE L Kryder, John H Risser, S Epler, Jonn B Miller, the Hartranft estate, Israel Erb, Henry Buch, Reuben Diels, Martha Bruckham, Harriet McVallister, and Christian Bushwalter. Dates span Sept 19 to Oct 11 with locations Brunnerville, Warwick, Rathsville, Manheim, and Lititz.
Trains depart Philadelphia and New York at multiple times via Allentown Bound Brook Route and Philadelphia. Connections exist at Reading to Philadelphia Pottsville Harrisburg Allentown and New York with additional service toward York Hanover Gettysburg Frederick and Baltimore. Official timetable lists stations Reading Lancaster Quarryville Lititz Columbia and others with daily and Sunday departures and node connections.
Wlanamaker's warns that linen adulteration with cotton is rising, with Philadelphia and New York stores selling mixed goods. Merchants admit cotton attracts eye appeal and profit, while the public often accepts faked linen. The firm pledges to sell only linen for linen, proving fairness and long term gains. Joun WanaMAKER, Chestout, Thirteenth and Market streets, and City-hall square.
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