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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1881
Page
3
Travel schedules from Lititz for south and north routes, religious notices from local churches, county fair excursion plans, notable incidents including a fatal railroad accident, a mistaken alarm for a fire, and reports on public mourning after the president's death plus local business notices and health ad.
The Ephrata Review warns against varnishing watermelons to extend freshness, noting several tried and failed tests with decayed, varnish-saturated fruit. The item also reports local industry activity, sightings of new construction, school openings, and various small-town notices across Ephrata and nearby communities.
Susan Singer aged two months dies near Mt Hope from cholera infantum after a brief illness. The Singer family had buried a daughter from diphtheria on July 16, 1891. Francis W. Glass dies near Greenville after cholera symptoms, aged 67. Henry Young of Orange street, aged 31, dies after illness. The obituaries note services at Bethany and Lehn's meeting house.
About 8 o clock Tuesday morning the two story house of Matthias Meiley in Lexington village burned completely. Mrs Meiley and children were away visiting relatives. Meiley had left for a fishing trip. A log building attached housed Susan Imboll and children. The blaze consumed the main building and log attachment within an hour. Loss about 1600, insured 1400 though policy void for nonpayment. Also reports a traveling cheese scam and a memorial service note for Garfield funeral with Mariott Brosius as speaker.
Reading crowds in Philadelphia, political chatter in the Republican camp, and a mix of local notes from the era. Items mention election day November 8, bonnet promises, a summer of horticultural shifts, social quirks, flighty quips about tobacco and businessmen, and a patent cure claim for Burdock Blood Bitters priced at $1 with a Lititz drugstore notice.
A silk factory is planned at A S irx Factory-Union Station in East Cocalico township after purchasing six acres of land from Chrestian Keller one-eighth mile southeast of the site. Mulberry trees will be planted and buildings erected, marking the first such venture in the country. The notice also includes testimonials for Thomas Electric Oil and a list of current merchandise and specials from Ron'r N. Woith.
Marriage notice dated September 15 1881 reports Wilson Sweigart and Mary Kaufman of Millport Lancaster Co Pa married by Rev D W Gerhard at New Holland The record appears amid a financial market page listing deflaven Townsend stocks and railroad securities with prices and bids from Philadelphia dated September 21 1881
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