29 Aug 1879
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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1879
Page
1
Fragmentary verse urges cherishing the passing day as beauty fades with time. It evokes love and fleeting joy, reflecting on mortality and the desire to hold happiness before change. The voice contrasts present delight with fate and decay, urging a lasting memory of this moment.
A widow Nellie confronts mockery and pressure from her mother in law as a young Herbert Halstead proposes to her in a scene of deceit and suspense. Nellie recalls a trap year promise, fears gossip, and ultimately accepts after a bold plan to marry and surprise the clan.
Old Paris mills on both banks and across the city shaped local life from the thirteenth century onward. The text traces numerous mills near Batte Montparnasse, Montmartre, and Gentilly, often paired with wine shops and social gathering places where students and various factions clashed. One mill became a restaurant, reflecting a shift from grinding to leisure, while nearby streets preserved mill names even after disappearance.
Dr. Glenn, a major landowner, harvests 45,000 acres of wheat across Colusa and Oregon Nevada stock ranches. The Jacinto operation uses 600 workers, 1,000 horses and mules, and hundreds of plows, engines, and wagons. Expected wheat yield nears 1,000,600 bushels but northers reduce it. current crop and next year's outlook aim to clear about 2,500,000 dollars of debt across heavy holdings.
A visitor recalls meeting Prince Bismarck at his Wilhelmstrasse residence. The statesman stands over six feet tall and explains his reduced working hours due to constant preoccupation with practical matters, nightly wakefulness, and restless thoughts that invade his sleep despite lengthy routines.
Fifty years ago households kept two name labeled buckets for fire alarms. Lines formed for passing water to engines, with women and children joining. The first engine came from London in a wooden box frame, later replaced by portable machines. Firemen faced militia exemptions, leading to discipline issues. unrest followed with indulgence in alcohol at occasional gatherings.
A distant mound complex on Chiriquiaioun mountain slopes reveals circular and oblong tombs with sea-worn stone walls and imported top coverings. Artifacts include stone blades, polished stones, pointed jars, tripod bases, and carved birds and frogs. some vessels function as whistles, while others resemble early rattle-boxes. Prof. Putnam notes distribution to Bogota with Mexican and Peruvian affinities, though ornamentation and glyph inscriptions vary.
The article recalls match box theft and pocket safes provoking hotel and saloon guardians. It notes safe matches appeared to combat theft, provoking laughter from a Dutch saloon keeper. European law punishes taking matches, with a Grand Duchy of Hesse case sentencing eighty days for pocketing matches and a newspaper theft under similar circumstances.
The article details Empress Eugenie's revenues from savings and speculation, life insurance on Napoleon III, and real estate acquired in her own name. It lists properties in Paris, Rue dAlba, the Rue de l Elysee corner house, and estates in Spain Switzerland Hungary, plus family properties in Tuscany Toulouse and Triesce.
The article traces timekeeping from sun dials and moons used by ancients and North American Indians to clepsydras and hourglasses in Egypt and Rome. It notes Archimedes innovations, the rise of mechanical clocks in Europe by the 11th century, early Dover Castle clocks, and the shift to American-made movements with growing industrial production and rising import values by 1667.
The Chronicle reports a North West pot game in Virginia City where players blindfold a participant and strike with a club at a grass patch. A woman’s blind strike hit a farm dealer, triggering a riot as the master of ceremonies and others were assaulted before officials calmed the crowd.
Our exports to Great Britain and Ireland and to other countries from Sept 1, 1878 to May 1, 1879 total 2,201,922 barrels of flour plus 16,064,730 bushels of wheat and 43,657,5 bushels of corn. Wheat exports rose 29,763,009 bushels year over year, while corn declined by 2,482,15 bushels. Rising shipments and new transport arrangements are expected to boost trade further.
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