01 Aug 1879
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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1879
Page
1
A compact poem fragment recalls the sun rising and setting as day and night blend. Vivid images of the vest, green growth, brown year, and grains moving through hands suggest cycles and fleeting moments. The excerpt hints at reflection on time, change, and memory.
Four boys fret over funds to see a circus. They hope to earn money, plot small schemes, and face parental and religious cautions. After a day of walking the line between duty and temptation, they sneak off with deacon guidance partially ignored, learning a hard lesson about restraint and desire.
A defendant with a passion for beauty pleads mercy after stealing flowers and a canary. He explains his artful eye and ache for the beautiful, citing prior bird theft and sweetness of song. The judge sentences six months, with the prisoner lamenting his aesthetic impulses.
A gentleman offers dog safety tips for encounters with aggressive dogs. He instructs lowering a hat or bat to keep between you and the animal, claiming this position prevents bites. He goes further to pledge payment of all doctor bills for bites and funeral costs for hydrophobia deaths if his method is followed.
The October chestnut harvest defines life in the Apennines with lively fairs and open-air works. Villagers collect from leaves and burrs, often sharing duties for 40 days, while markets and mills convert chestnuts into meals like jarina dolce and polenta. Recounted tales mix rural life with a Bligh anecdote from Yorkshire.
In a lively San Francisco scene a passerby overhears chatter about stocks and horse prices. A loud remark about “CA hundred and dirty” triggers surprised reactions as the talk shifts to Sierra Nevada horses and a joking crosscut from Sierra Nevada. A New Orleans visitor pretends to have origins from the yellow fever district to end debate after hearing about the “lasted crosscut.” The report notes Mississippi produced 40,000 bales of cotton last year.
In a frontier tale from the Revolution era Chief Cornplanter attacked near Fort Platt and captured John Abell, an old settler. Abell proved fluent in the tribes language, revealing his paternity and history as a former trader who had fathered Cornplanter with a local squaw. The reunion and choice to return to settlers ended with Abell freed and sent home.
A portrait of Prince Bismarck at home shows a stark contrast between his feared public persona and his family life. His wife and children surround him with respectful, almost reverent tenderness as he is guided and cared for like an infant. A touching anecdote from his son Herbert describes tucking his father into bed after a long day, illustrating the demigod-like sway he holds even in private.
A compilation notes Barry Sullivan’s Hamlet record, banking deposits in Iowa, Philadelphia Mint coinage, a tiny Mexico City paper, and a Pedricktown death from lockjaw. It covers Paris building costs, jockey George Fordham gifts, UK factory rules, French wine imports, church donations, Cabinet retirements, Buffalo taxes, Queen Christina jewels, a 109-year-old New Jersey woman, mutual trade gains, and global electoral and archaeological notes.
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