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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1879
Page
4
A Rural New Yorker essay argues that disorganized smallholders risk losing democratic control and school access as farms consolidate into large units. It advocates cooperative ownership of machinery by seven farmers sharing 300 acres, detailing costs, shares, and rotation use to save money and strengthen neighborly ties while boosting production.
The article cites confinement and idleness as causes of feather eating in fowls and suggests solutions such as burying grain for the birds to forage, supplying green food, meat, burnt bones, oyster shells, charcoal, and clean water. If unresolved, it endorses wringing the birds’ necks, noting an old proverb about the hammer and anvil.
Practical domestic guidance covers molasses use, pump care in winter, cleaning methods, ironing, towels, clothes care, making savory mince, potato skins for silk cleaning, and soap use. Also notes on preserving flowers, glass and china cement, and sugar syrup. Includes a morsel about animal intelligence and a quoted discussion on tool use by humans and birds.
A excerpt from Roy M Smith's Elements of Mental Science recounts a fox sinking into water with wool in its mouth to rid itself of fleas, reflecting deliberate forethought to ensure fleas escaped underwater. The tale then notes another incident of fox sagacity as the thief manipulated nearby pigs to feign fear before acting.
A collage of humorous quips, misheard lines, and stray anecdotes from the Detroit Free Press. Pieces range from punning dialogue about babies and umbrellas to a railroad car’s comedic talk on coal stoves and a dramatic, doomed farewell as a passenger exits the car. Rich in period voice and stray quotes, it sketches urban wit and lettered gossip.
The article describes the Juggernaut car procession with crowds dragging the heavy wheeled vehicle amid drums and chants, noting injuries and even fatalities among spectators. It also recounts a Springfield widow’s discovery that her daughter, abducted 27 years earlier, is alive in Wisconsin, with staged separations and renewed contact.
An old advertisement extols Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a gentle non-griping remedy to regulate derelict bowels, cleanse the system, and restore digestion. It claims cures for bilious symptoms, intermittent fevers, gout, rheumatism, debility, and urinary troubles while contrasting with harmful laxatives and nostrils medicines.
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