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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 22, 1879
Page
4
Historic farming note describes iron wire bits from grain binding causing mill damage and fires. It details magnet setups in grain spouts using permanent and electro magnets to trap metal, with configurations across spouts, removable sections, and automatic demagnetizing via breaking circuits.
A scanned page offers dangerous carpet treating teas using cayenne pepper and strychnine like powders, plus quassia and other caustic mixtures. It mixes medical quackery with cooking tips, sorcery style warnings, and recipes for ham storage and bread rolls, reflecting era mildewed health advice and domestic idiosyncrasies.
A jumble of culinary and household notes offers tips for cooking kidneys with butter and pepper, making sleap by cent, Turkish coffee grinding methods, and a rice custard style paste. Includes a promotional snippet for Dobbins Electric Soap and general guidance on preparation times and techniques.
An 19th century advertisement touts Jayne's Carminative Balsam as a universal remedy for abdominal ailments including cholera, summer complaint, colic, sour stomach, and diarrhea. It claims rapid relief of irritation and stomach action, noting the preparation is pleasant to the taste and suitable for the youngest family members.
A Chicago style joker walks Seneca street tapping mud with a cane while sliding his hand over his shirt, sparking a crowd belief a $2,000 diamond pin is missing. Boots, clerks, and a barber join the search, a fight erupts, and police haul one man to jail as the hoax amuses Joe who laughs at the ruckus. Also recounted is a bar court scene where a man jokes about drinking to avoid jail and pays a ten dollar fine.
A laborer’s child and her mother admire a toy shop display on the boulevard. The mother points to the grand doll while the girl rejects it, saying she would rather be a doll than a servant. The piece also includes scattered recipe snippets and home remedies.
Dialogue excerpt shows a husband Gerald and wife Maria discussing loneliness after marriage. A musician adds a line about a four arf customer and orders two nine gin hot, hinting at a lively period setting and social scene.
An old tale contrasts memory lapses with the urge to self medicate. It touts Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Purgative Pellets as a sugar coated remedy for stomach liver and bowel irregularities, claiming reliability and quick correction, sold by druggists.
A promotional piece extols Dr Silsbee and his Awakenia as a universal cure for piles with instant relief and high cure rates. It cites hundreds of thousands cured, physician endorsements, and free samples from P Neu staedter & Co. Also mentions Anake sis and assorted industrial notes including nickel magnesium treatments and a fire alarm door invention by J Blumel of San Francisco.
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