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Newspaper
Lamar Register
Location
Lamar, Colorado, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1895
Page
7
A detailed account of a plantation hog killing describes ceremonial slaughter, hog prep, and communal rituals. Colored women organize transport and meals while workers slaughter, eviscerate, and render lard. The piece recalls old practices and family preparations for winter staples like sausage, cracklings, and scrapple.
The European vineyard area totals 22,973,902 acres led by Italy with 8,575,000. France 4,592,500 and Spain 4,012,500. Austro-Hungary 1,637,500 and Germany 300,000. Annual production about 2,652,000,000 gallons with Italy 697,090,000 and France and Spain 608,000,000 each. Spain exports 200,000,000 gallons, mainly common wine.
In Geneva two weeks ago amid a floating population of 150000 the official record notes twenty one personal crisis reports. In all but one or two cases victims left scraps of paper declaring they could no longer bear poverty.
An English marquis travels to India with eleven servants for a tiger hunt while society jests about virtue and wealth. Edward T Langtry may seek a divorce. Prince Franz Lichtenstein serves Austria at St Petersburg. A clergyman confuses hymn figures with offertory totals in London. Samuel White, Bolton Mass, traces Peregrine White lineage. A Boston man misreads an ad to “Call & Tattle.”
The East River Gas Company may hold the fastest tunnel driving record for its New York under river project. In one week the day shift advanced 48 feet 6 inches and the night shift 52 feet 6 inches for a total of 101 feet amid horn-blende gneiss. Four 3.5 inch drills operated on tunnel columns. about fifteen holes per shift were drilled, 9 to 10 feet deep.
An 19th century advertisement extols Hos tetter's Stomach Bitters as a preventive for malaria and a remedy for chills fever bilious remittent ague dyspepsia constipation nervousness rheumatism and neuralgia. It claims to strengthen the system against temperature changes wet weather and mental exertion while promoting appetite sleep and speedy convalescence.
The advertisement asserts Syrup of Figs permanently cures habitual constipation, contrasting it with laxatives that act briefly and harm the system. It warns that people, after reading such notices, feel tired and seek lasting relief from a trusted remedy.
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