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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 31, 1879
Page
4
Long excerpt discusses optimizing corn and wheat production through soil analysis, elemental balance, seed selection in the field, and careful cultivation. It notes best seed ears, high-yield stalks, and a method for producing pure seed. Includes a plan for rust prevention with salt and ashes as fertilizer. Also reports 1877-78 hog packing totals and pork export impact on farmer income.
A clergyman relives downfall through addiction fading his sacred role and social ties as he recalls wealth and loss. The text notes a British military promenade in the Afghan frontier, with troops moving through the Khyber Pass and the Afghan ruler fleeing, hinting at an English “scientific frontier” claim by Lord Beaconsfield.
A domestic article extols home entertainment over lone study. It lists games like dominoes, checkers, chess, and backgammon, praises music and dancing, warns against excess, and offers practical tips for laundering and preserving household textiles. Rival New Yorker is quoted on prudent recreation.
A compilation of household recipes and remedies including stove polish polish from recycled materials, lemonade preparation, fabric color restoration with ammonia and chloroform, potato stuffed shells baked for serving, and a frugal bread pudding method with Indian meal and butter. Includes cost estimates and step by step instructions.
A garbled compendium of jokes and witticisms from classic periodicals. It blends puns about Columbus and world circles with dialect humor, light cruelty, and mini anecdotes. Names and dates are scattered, including references to Edison and the Princess Alice disaster, all in brisk, fragmentary fashion.
The Ontario mine, not in California or Nevada but Utah, produced 2.82 million dollars worth of bullion from 1876 to 1878. Lowest assay at 500 feet was 150 dollars per ton, with ore breast averaging three feet and rising to 300 dollars per ton. Four months’ battery sample averaged 110 dollars per ton. The mine currently holds about 3,000 tons at the mill and is expected to run two more years. A recent fire destroyed hoisting works and pumping damage has left the mine with substantial water.
A man lounges in a bookstore and negotiates the price of a book with Franklin. After hours of haggling, the shopkeeper finally names a price of one dollar and a quarter, prompting the man to protest. Franklin retorts that he would have preferred the lower price to losing the job of running his printing office. The unnamed negotiator presses for the absolute minimum, and Franklin holds firm, noting the prior offer had been lower.
A young couple sits near the front in Memphis as Hawkeye recounts a youth's first shave. The man, sporting a seven-hair moustache joke, leans to his girlfriend and insists the tale rings true, while she teases about his own unseen moustache before a Sunday night date with a new girl.
An English justice resolved a land dispute by ordering marriage between the rival lovers. The young man and woman, contesting possession under old lease and old will, were told they could wed and live on the farm to end the suit. A verdict for the plaintiff was entered on condition of marriage within two months, with stay of execution until the ceremony.
The Providence Journal reports Rosa, a woman under 29, died after laughing uncontrollably upon discovering Joshua Walker had used granulated sugar instead of salt in brine. The shocked husband and landlord witnessed her sudden demise. The piece also notes US earthenware production trends, 1877 to 1878, with 777 potteries and $5,294,398 invested, capable of twice last year’s imports.
An advertisement highlights an extraordinary premium offer for Webster's Unabridged Illustrated Quarto Dictionary. It promotes the premium as the most valuable newspaper premium and notes Tax Trialing as a leading Republican journal with a free specimen copy available.
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