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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 19, 1878
Page
1
Fragmentary lines evoke a landscape of pebbly rocks and a distant shore with references to an unnamed Indigenous guide and a singing figure. Imagery touches on thirst, cooling tides, deer, and lingering memories while war and conflict fade into elder rest.
A young narrator recalls a rainy May afternoon and a blossoming romance with Ned Grantham, ending with a marriage proposal and family arrangements. Rose Halbert and George are close, while Ned’s courtship deepens amid social gatherings, dresses, and a forthcoming wedding among the local circle. The tale blends domestic scenes with flirtations and arranged match outcomes.
A writer describes an audience with the Queen of Burmah at Mandalay. The Queen, two princesses and courtiers greet visitors, with a polite exchange of questions about age and nationality. Interpreters translate, and the moment blends courtly decorum with curiosity.
A historical record counts ships lost crossing the Atlantic in the last thirty seven years. Fifty six steamers wrecked, twenty nine lives lost, nine vessels never heard from. Notable sinks include the President 1841 City of Glasgow 1854 Pacific 1856 Tempest 1857 United Kingdom 187? City of Boston 1570 Suanderia 1872 Ismailia 1273 Colombo 1877. Total lives lost 1397. Only two disasters blamed on machinery failure, the Hibernia and the Ismailia.
A correspondent outlines the evolving papal tiaras from 1805 Napoleon gifting Pius VII a pearl velvet crown with three gem rings to later versions. It recounts Gregory XVI’s losses and repairs, the shift to an imitation tiara by Leo VII, and the 1855 Spanish queen Isabel II gift later sold by Pius IX. The piece notes uncertainty over Napoleon’s tiara location.
A historical note explains that the spider molts once a year. It makes a purse like its egg sac in the web, expands to rip its skin along the back, slides free with legs drawn out, leaving a transparent cast. The insect remains gelatinous pale green in the purse for days.
A naturalist claims that certain tropical trees show undoubted evidence of living beyond five millennia, suggesting extraordinary longevity in tropical forests. The assertion emphasizes trees as long lived natural monuments, though corroborating data remains debated.
A collage of snippets from far flung topics including emigration from Poland, executions for horse theft, trade and industry notes, natural history observations, and cultural curiosities. The pieces mention a London divorce court, Massachusetts bootmakers, Quito earth showers, bears and deer bones found in a drained lake, and the Smithsonian’s Florida relics. Further items cover boiler explosions in Heston, Indian relics, a Yale skeleton, American oyster production, Chicago’s bankruptcy hopes, Hungary wolves, a secret treasury coupon incident, and the Constitution as a Paris Exposition ship exhibit.
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