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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1879
Page
2
The report notes severe cold in California damaging tender fruit varieties, with temperatures far below freezing. It contrasts this with the broader discussion of currency in circulation and the impracticality of silver coins for letters, highlighting the rise of postage stamps as only common tender.
Snowbound roads in Wyoming and northern counties halt travel as winter weather blocks routes. An autobiography of Jefferson Davis to be released simultaneously in New York and London, in two volumes, delayed by the death of Davis's son during the epidemic. Lizzie Harriott, related to the late Mickey Free, ingested arsenic in hopes of clearing her complexion. A phytocian advised taking arsenic, she repeated the dose, grew ill, and Dr. Lockner treated her successfully with vigorous remedies.
Joseph Kissinger visited George Miller in Lancaster on a Sunday evening. Miller showed a photo of his wife and mocked it saying it did not flatter her. Kissinger replied honestly, enraging Miller who drew a razor and threatened murder. The razor cut Kissinger from jaw to eye area as he fled downstairs into the street pursued by Miller. Miller’s attorney regularly visits town on Saturdays and Mondays.
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