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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1879
Page
1
Fragmentary verse describes Constance evolving, wine, magic eyes, and shifting beauty as the speaker lines out seasons and dreams. It contrasts dawn, night, and later poets, imagining future writers immortalizing the beloved while parting with a tender good night.
An elderly resident named Ha Hinwan is found murdered in his cabin after a tale of satanic forces and a half savage half idiot companion. Police suspect Dick Wilson, who allegedly tests innocence by a legendary blood witness. a bloody club and coins bolster the case though details remain disputed.
A London style roundup describes Parisian jaded trends like black cashmere and cheesecloth for ladies dresses, white muslin called Persian Town, and morning wrappers in foulard silk. A Kansas Pacific train car episode ends with a man exposing a runaway wife and her lover, the pair confronted by shocked passengers and the groom’s courteous dismissal.
An old tale recounts a haunted hut linked to a murder. Dick, tried and hanged, spurs a village ghost frenzy as sightings swirl. A fisherman, a cattle-drover, and a sweetheart visitor report eerie sounds and spectral visions. The narrator’s dare ends in a confession by Owen Roberts, leading to his execution.
The piece argues that forest clearing and settlement bring birds closer to human life. It claims birds greet civilization, drawn by warmth, cereals, and livestock, while forests fall and ground conditions change. It notes birds rely on human presence for survival and abundance.
A bystander inspected a wagon wheel on Congress Street while a growing crowd gathered. The man with a pocket rule determined nothing unusual, and within minutes the throng dispersed leaving only a boy with an umbrella near the wagon. meanwhile reports warned the Chicago river mouth remains low and a loaded vessel cannot pass.
During the siege of Paris Sergeant Hoff, once beloved, killed twenty seven Germans and earned praise and a high order. A minister offered four thousand dollars for a dangerous dispatch to Marshal Bozaine, but Hoff declined the money. He crossed enemy lines and reached safety, later becoming keeper of Vendome Column. The Triumphal Arch keeper died recently, and Hoff was assigned to the post, much to Parisians’ delight.
The piece laments near sightedness, arguing it harms beauty and posture. It notes hereditary and environmental causes, urges parental vigilance, and suggests early prevention and disciplined remedy to avoid deformity and loss of sunlight pleasures.
A new lucrative industry has taken root in Georgia as the wife and daughters of Mr Raeven of Upson County cultivate thousands of silk worms. The produced silk yields handsome profits, with the community noting workers and success, in a state where even skilled laborers are employed locally.
A sprawling column lists varied notes from 19th century life including a Mississippi planter promising $50 a year for sending Southern Black people to Missouri, a Clayton Indiana six legged cow, a Georgia wheat sale for charity, disputes at a baseball match in Philadelphia, and a Brookyn Sunday School Union procession of 50,000. It mentions California Chinaman work bans, richland parish cattle losses to llamas, a new Illinois liquor voting law, and Copious references to Punch-like oddities and reform laws across states.
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