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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 21, 1883
Page
3
Local Lititz undertaking business on Main Street remains active as of September 21, 1883. The notice notes services and presence in the town, reflecting postwar commerce and community needs for funeral arrangements.
Monavisay preaching scheduled for Sunday at 10 A M and 7 30 P M in English. Notices cover church services across East Petersburg Bearville Midd le Creek and New Haven with communion dates and a German language sermon. Local items report a stone removal from a well, stamping by Miss Addie Shelly, crop yields and a large potato record, plus oil pipe plans and a hotel break-in. Several local court and property sales are noted with prices per acre and parcels sold to named buyers.
Wanamaker pursues extensive advertising while the New Helland Clarion boasts a historic rural journalism edition. The piece praises its news fullness and claims it among the era’s notable Pennsylvania rural papers. An Arch Street Philadelphia hotel advertises central location and lowered rates with travel amenities. Acker’s Dyspepsia Tablets and Blood Elixir ads promise relief and cures.
A miscellaneous Lititz column reports a large door key found on Main Street and a Lititz Brewery hire of John Sheaff as superintendent. It notes pavement upgrades, a local school opening, band practice for Reading Fair, and upcoming excursions. A dog theft by a German worker at Hollinger’s yard is described along with church conferences and the impending removal of Presiding Elder Knerr.
The Lexington union school began Monday with 32 pupils, taught by Clayton Miller. A local tale notes champion fisherman Joseph Kissinger was defeated in eel catching, while William Blantz boasted a four pounder. Richard Fetter earned a $20 reward for a stray horse near Myerstown. J Lincoln Hertz started Fairview school in Penn township on the 3d with 19 scholars and now 833.
Akron notes report a Dictionary swallowing contest in thirty days for a prize, a Akron Baseball Club loss at Lititz to Lilac Club, and a Fort Wayne police bracelet incident. Also mention a professional buying two building lots from J G Wenger, lyceum comments soon, Dutch Pinafore on the square Sunday.
John Bender a longtime Lititz resident and veterinary surgeon died after a lung illness. Born in Upper Leacock township he lived thirty years near Lititz and ran a quiet hotel. He married Rebecca Busser and fathered sixteen children, now five survivors. Interment was at Moravian Cemetery after a funeral in Lititz.
Susanna Habecker wife of Adam Habecker nee Shumaker born July 31 1817 died Friday September 14 aged 60 years 1 month 14 days. She was a Reformed Church member buried at White Oak on Sunday afternoon before a large crowd. She was mother to eleven children eight sons and three daughters two of whom had died. Isaac Habecker of this place is one son. Illness lasted three years with thirty five weeks in bed. Rev D C Tobias officiated.
A Lexington youth, while working in a tobacco patch, captured a bird of unknown species twice. The second inspection revealed the bird was entirely without eyes. He killed the wounded creature to end its suffering.
Hints recall that the Jabiles occasion at Emanuel Kaufman’s featured a table described as the grandest ever in Lititz. Other notes mention Lewis Murr as Warwick’s proudest man as a twin birth is celebrated, and the Record office’s growing reputation for neat sale bills.
Mr Daniel Weidner near the Hammar creek in Ephrata township advertised a stray horse found at his place. The owner, near Myerstown, advertised the horse in Lebanon papers offering a $20 reward. The owner and companion appeared, proved property, paid $10, and took the horse. Weidner seeks the full $20 reward and vows action. Also, David Bomberger near Hallville celebrated his 28th birthday with a boisterous gathering. he was beaten but enjoyed the night. Also a medical ad claims Acker's Blood Elixir cures eruptions and rheumatism.
A remarkable chase occurred Sunday near Albert Shiffler's slaughterhouse between Lexington and Brubaker's mill. A steer fled as handlers prepared to kill, pursued by about six men with revolvers guns and a buggy. Henry Conrad shot the animal twice and again as the crowd pressed on. The steer was killed after multiple shots and an axe blow, ending the long pursuit at seven that evening. Many were injured in the scramble, including Obed Young gored and another man with a broken rib. The event drew the neighborhood’s attention as the most exciting chase in memory.
Keogh recently returned from Wilmington work and arranged with attorney J. Hay Brown to transfer 570.50 in full wages due the Italian laborers. He had previously paid about 20 each and waited for the final estimate after inspectors delayed viewing the road. Disagreement arose over partnerships and telegraphing claims, presenting both sides of the tale.
In Litita young drivers indulge in rapid horse travel to display speed. The piece notes the pleasure of fast rides but warns that harsh riding harms animals and will reveal itself in time. It urges drivers to consider the animal’s well being over flashy displays.
Reports detail falls from scaffolds at the old Academy building injuring Lawrence Brickenstein and a plasterer Benjamin Gockley surviving a near miss. A worker at a county barn injures a leg with an adze. a funeral visitor breaks a leg. a boy dislocates an elbow sliding on a straw stack. a wagon jump leaves a man knocked senseless. A bank cave in at Kauff tran’s quarry endangers Henry Stormfeltz and others. A drunken brawl in Strasburg ends in murder with Hildebrand charged after fatally beating Eshleman.
Acker's Cedebraten Enquisi Remedy for coughs colds and consumption sold with Avery Promise guarantee. Dyspepsia tablets offered with immediate relief claims and price 24 and 5.
Advertisement notes bleached and unbleached cotton flannels, woolen goods, comforts, heavy cottonades, jeans, fruit jars, lamps, glassware, paints and mackerel. Calls to trade cigars for goods. Marriage and obituaries entries follow, with stock market and produce price notes. Market data include flour, corn, oats, meal, lard, soap, and butter.
Public sale set for Thursday September 27 1983 at the home of B R Kindig Rotheville Warwick Twp Lancaster Co Pa. Describes 64 percile lot with two story brick dwelling brick kitchen large stable and outbuildings well water and fruit trees. Possession and title April first next. Executor BOMBERGER and S G BOMBERGER.
The notice promotes white wine vinegar for picketing use and lists ham, dried beef, and Ferry's smoked beef. It claims sugar prices are lower than since the war, highlights Mason’s Fruit Jars in multiple sizes, and offers flower pots and a general assortment of school supplies.
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