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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1879
Page
4
A discussion on farming profitability stresses returns per outlay while avoiding soil exhaustion. It argues enriching soil via livestock, dairy, and manure, noting that feeding crops to animals recycles nutrients, boosting future yields. It highlights fattening, butter dairy farms, and hog manure as key profitable practices for the future.
A New Yorker farmers column discusses fattening selected winter sheep for late winter to early spring demand. It advises feeding a few well bred stock three times daily, keeping water and salt available, and emphasizes not overfeeding hay to avoid selective feeding.
A Victorian era guide extols macaroni as a cheap nutritious substitute for vegetables, detailing its import origin, processing into vermicelli and Italian paste, and the gluten content of flours. It provides practical cooking directions from 5 cent dinners, with variations in Farmers Style, with Broth, White Sauce, and Cheese baked versions, noting cost per dish and shelf handling tips.
A collage of jokes, burlesques, and quotes from the late 19th or early 20th century press. It includes quips about a sunstruck man on Broad Street, stray dialogue from fake novel prose, anecdotes about sausages and prices, and a long parade of miscellany from Puck and similar periodicals.
A fragment discusses Spanish and American views on when to eat fruit. It notes the Spanish proverb about fruit ages by time of day and argues Americans eat fruit at night, missing the optimal timing. It suggests juicy fruits like oranges are best in the morning before noon for health benefits.
A tale recounts a deformed but beautiful woman who endures years of hardship after a cruel courtship. A compassionate New York doctor adopts her care at his invalid hotel, guiding her slow recovery over seven years. Her longing to be worthy of love drives the narrative toward a poignant, if uneasy, resolution.
A damaged excerpt mentions a girl who learned of her lover's name and his forthcoming marriage. The passage recalls her past weakness and duty while she sat in a Washington room listening to the man whose words betrayed her.
A Thachester journalist's visit with Professor Swift recalls dawn sweeping the moon at thirty six diameter power. Desolate craters and volcanic walls emerge as the sun rises, painting silver rims and lava ridges while praising the moon's stark beauty and eerie silence.
Professor Isaac H Hall reports Cyprus inhabitants still worship Venus Anadyomene. On June 11 a young beauty is seized carried to sea in a decorated boat a squadron follows she is cast into the water rescued praised and landward amid joyous display crowned queen and honored as a goddess. The subsequent night is marked by revelry and noise. Locals claim the custom dates to Venus real historic age.
A seven foot plus snake at the London Zoological Garden displays cobra level venom and agile prowess. Its head appears lizand like with an intelligent eye while a hood expands when angered. The animal was fed by a live English snake on arrival and immediately swallowed it.
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