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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1881
Page
4
The article urges sheep meat over beef for country families, noting easier preservation in summer, smaller carcasses, and superior flavor when salted and boiled. It compares mutton, beef, and pork, argues for home meat supplies via flocks, and explains salt and sauce techniques. It also covers plant propagation, seed use, vine protection, and brief science anecdotes.
A domestic household column offers practical advice on managing chores when unwell, laundering routines, and rotating chores. It includes recipes for Mince Fowl and Pork Murr Cake, notes on perfumery ingredients, safe storage of winter clothes, a simple insecticide, and cautions about matches and household hazards. It ends with culinary and crafting tips and general health cautions about stimulants and exercise.
In a humorous domestic vignette a suburban wife, tired of her sick days, delights at seeing her husband return from New York with a hobby horse and red wagons for the children. He whispers that neighbors know he is a married man, then reveals he bought them on credit from Mr. Smith who plans to attend a strawberry festival.
The Norfolk Virginian from January 14, 1881, cites Pacob Oil as a noted cure for rheumatism in a man named Cromwell, praised for his magnificent illustrated works. The excerpt also contains weather notes and assorted dialogue, reflecting newspaper miscellany and advertising culture of the era.
A garbled mosaic of quotations and jokes shows an elderly batchelor’s satire on women, Hop Bitters, baldness remedies, antique tables, and college banter. Nineteenth century slang and humor touch on medicine, manners, and social mores with fragmented lines and puns.
Mrs Elizabeth Porth of Baltimore Maryland and Mrs Lewis of High Street report Rheumatism and Indigestion relief after using Vegetine. Both say two bottles helped. they anticipate further gains with more. Letters dated April 24 1879.
A brief, period voice exchanges a witty remark about jokes and love. The exchange features a lady and a would-be wag, turning on the notion that jokes resemble a ripe apple. The humor hinges on a playfully refined misunderstanding and social banter.
An 19th century ad column extols Hop Bisters for nervous headaches and blood remedy claims. It touts Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound and Lindsey’s Improved Blood Searcher as tonics and cures. Quips about lawyers, sea sickness, and Rough on Matsa mix with testimonials and local business listings.
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