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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1879
Page
4
Philadelphia mayor fights Sunday wagon manning while readers learn of Minisink anniversary plans near Lackawanna. Emigrants head west from Somerset and Fayette. Legislation fights Sabbath exemptions as trials unfold in Pottsville. Coal, rail, and local disasters fill the long report of Pennsylvanian life.
The piece outlines a mid 19th century clash among Chile, Bolivia, and Peru over a narrow coast strip and nitrate wealth. It notes English loans totaling 331 million pounds, naval defenses, and a 1866 treaty awarding control of a coastal slice, with later revenue disputes and a 1874 agreement altering duties. The article emphasizes economic stakes and disrupted trade in Peru Bolivian guano and nitrate exports.
In San Antonio Texas beggars ride through narrow streets on shaggy donkeys asking for alms. The men are described as brawny Mexicans with fiery eyes and quick to spot money, five cent pieces preferred. Their homes lie on the town outskirts in makeshift shelters called Gacal built with straw and scraps.
A classroom moment features Dr Lilienthal asking quiz style questions about geography. A boy struggles to answer and the scene unfolds with bewildered students and a humorous miscue illustrating confusion and learning in progress.
A collage of brief items covers varied topics from a projected Spanish royal marriage in October or November to Harper's Monthly publishing changes. It notes oddities about a New York poor man jailed for killing a cat, early medical remedies, royal lineage remarks, a Cincinnati woman’s head covering, a widow seeking morning papers, a veteran printer in Springfield, hunting rumors, imperial gifts to students, a rainy season omen in Boston, an Albany arrest of a colored sexton, and miscellaneous local curiosities including telegraph tests and a sensational murder case in Kentucky with a return to the killer’s home.
A six foot Amuaviler man, naked in daylight, walked through Union Square New York and bathed in the counter. Police detained him and he resisted arrest. He claimed to be a Polish portrait painter who had lost his wife and become demented. He was taken to the station after dressing. The remainder is a domestic scene about Mammy Thbelisye and Miss Annie over citron.
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