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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 12, 1878
Page
1
A fragmented verse memorial laments loss and longing, invoking nature and birds as symbols. The speaker pleads for solace and remembrance, contrasting sorrow with beauty, ending with a somber note on graves and eternal rest.
In a New York parlor, Larry Needham and Dr. Thornton discuss a doomed romance. Annie Brayton, a talented designer, endures blindness but finds hope through Thornton's patient care and a shared artistic bond that blossoms into love.
The article surveys historical games from pantagruelian lists to modern pastimes, noting dice, cards, and sports across civilizations. It traces origins of dancing, spinning, ball games, and toys, and discusses continental athletic trends and English endurance.
A Paris correspondent describes a doll collection with elaborate outfits and accessories. Dolls include a famed "The Bouton" said to master swimming, plus trunks, baskets, and a full trousseau of miniature furniture and provisions. French leather dolls with porcelain parts are highlighted for dressing.
A narrator reflects on winter as the coldest season and its pleasures. He imagines skating barefoot, snowball fights, and sleigh rides, noting ice houses, frozen water, and the dangers of open water for boys. He recalls childhood sledding, playing faux battles, and neighbors’ reactions to mess and mischief.
A new tanning material named Rove has appeared in Trieste. It is a gall produced by Cynips gallari insects on certain oaks, larger than ordinary galls and richer in tannin at 28 to 34 percent, giving leather a fine clear color and promising strong tanning gains.
The Society for the Promoting Legislation for the Care of Habitual Drunkards held its first annual meeting in London with Lord Shaftesbury presiding. It aims to secure laws that provide treatment for drunkenness as a disease.
A collection of snippets noting Paris troops and territory, a distant Empress, scarce foxes in Britain, French subscriptions for a Dumas monument, a Baltimore obituary of a 107 year old woman with many descendants, and various reflections on happiness, Slavic populations, and Parisian society. Also mentions church sales in Italy, sugar cane in Switzerland, cooking in London schools, and tales of Balfe in Dublin. A Texas couple aged 163 and 102 recall long marriages, plus notes on Prussian kings, virtue, parenting, spending, and wisdom.
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