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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1879
Page
4
Agricultural guidance covers cattle handling on road to market to avoid overdriving and overheating. It warns against beating cattle, explains signs of health, and notes price drops for heated beef. It also gives cow feeding advice, horse dentition timelines, hen care and winter feed, and practical tips for lime and fertilizer use to prevent worms and improve celery growth.
A historical medical ad promotes Hestetter's Stomach Hitters as a safe, effective remedy for rheumatic and related disorders. It warns against poisonous medicines and claims the botanically derived remedy cleanses the blood, reduces inflammation, and alleviates bowel and liver disturbances that accompany rheumatic conditions.
A miscellany of kitchen and household tips drawn from a 19th century style imprint. Recipes include broths from chicken and mutton, a citrus brandy infusion, candy corn technique, chamomile garden aid, and simple syrups. Also notes praising Hop Bitters, baby cough syrups, and a facial skin remedy.
A collage of ditsy vignettes, cures, and light humor. Streetcar antics unfold as a man mocks tailors before ladies and a little girl, a physician touts Hop Bitters cures a drunkard, and a farmer learns an elevator joke. Also: a Sunday-school quip, pill ads, and burlesque witticisms on theater and burial verse.
The passage blends nostalgic lines about a nearby oak tree with scattered quotes and fragments. It references a farmer's wife saving time using Dobbins Electric Soap, notes about George's life setbacks, a Cork Ireland dispute, and stray phrases about friendship and miscommunication.
Dr Silsbeehan claims a miraculous discovery named Analysis provides an absolute easy cure for piles in all stages. A simple suppository used with an instrument delivers instant relief and certain cure. Price one dollar per box. Samples available from Anakesis Depot New York. Sold by first-class druggists.
The article traces breech loading development from sixteenth century origins to 19th century advances. It highlights Lefaucheux’s cartridge case, English adoption after 1851 exhibitions, and key manufacturers in Britain and the United States. It notes U S firearms firms advancing machined, interchangeable parts and lists prominent makers and models, with comment on Haglish and American productions and Grubb & Co.
Simple rubbing-posts set in the pasture reduce injuries to cattle and encourage frequent use. Farmers notice smoother movements and greater ease for the animals when these conveniences are provided, validating the effort required to install them.
A newly introduced Austrian explosive named blazting gelatine shows remarkable strength. It combines Nobel gelating with camphor up to about 4 percent and resists water exposure. Tests on iron plates indicate weight-for-weight superiority over Kieselguhr dynamic, with strong shattering power and stable inflammability.
The advertisement extols Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for restoring a lost voice and curing hoarseness sore throat bronchitis and consumption. It claims ministers driven from the pulpit due to sore throat and debility have been restored to health and strength, with sale through druggists.
Italian chemist Dotte Sertbani analyzes 100 c. c. of lime juice by boiling with nitric acid, neutralizing with baryta water, forming citrate of barium, filtering out barium nitrate, decomposing with sulphuric acid, weighing the barium sulfate, and calculating nitric acid per 100 c. c. of juice using a 0.4635 factor.
A man calls a rich widow economy for wealth. Hircrei's Tetter Ointment promises cures for sore eyelids sore nose barber's itch on the face grocer's itch on the hands. Price 60 cents per box by mail Johnston Holloway & Co 602 Arch St Philadelphia PA.
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