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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1878
Page
4
A Country Gentleman writer reports experiments with chestnut posts set in varying orientations to test longevity. He notes a twelve year trial with tops down versus reverse and finds no clear difference, while urging careful testing and acknowledging timber and soil variations.
The text describes venting a room by drilling a corner hole in the wall and inserting a three inch diameter tube bent at right angles. One tube arm reaches the outer air and equals wall thickness, the other arm two feet long stands vertically and can be papered to blend with the wall. A two inch or three inch duct is claimed to ventilate a moderate sized room. A remark notes ordinary cement is plaster of Paris, which is porous and allows kerosene to penetrate.
A compilation of old kitchen tips and baking formulas including foulowers using flour butter eggs and salt with notes on Harp Satce with lemon and buttermilk biscuits. Also tips for odor control stove protection resuscitating a chick and several cake and bread recipes with detailed ingredient lists and baking steps.
A notice outlines prizes and medals from a society for advances in textile mechanisms including bleaching and printing, with awards for treatises on wool processing and spinning. Separately, a German captain reports a volcanic island off New Britain emitting thick smoke and hindering passage near the strait to New Ireland.
A voyage notes sudden land changes near Makada on Duke of York Island with three new craters opening, pumice blocking White Bay, and a rising water level creating a new island. Reports unusually warm water, abundant sea life, and native harvesting. Tasmania’s tin districts grow with Mount Bischoff eclipsed by Mount Heemskirt discovery, veins of tin and gold mixed in ore, predicting high profits.
A collage of witty quips and wordplay from the era, poking fun at rents, maids, Irish stereotypes, undertakers, celebrities, and everyday life. Snippets include a glass-house singer, a moral pun about water and the throne, jokes about bankruptcy, bees as medicine, and a Turner's Falls Bee note.
A young visitor from Duck Water enjoys a Base Range outing until an attempted kiss prompts her firm rebuke to a would be flatterer. She asserts her independence, mentions Jake and a quit claim, then the opportunist seeks a character certificate from a bystander.
Rev W L Bostwick writes that ViraLized Phosphates relieve feroyous prostration by stimulating liver activity and digestion. He reports reduced head ache, calmer nerves, and sharper mental and physical work capacity. Tom Crosby of New York also endorses the product. Available at Druggists under Viratizgep Phosma.
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