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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1878
Page
4
A pamphlet like guide discusses lawn care for clay soils with drainage and gypsum, top-dressing using sulfur and road dust, sour milk as a quick sod starter, and fall manure practices. It covers soil amendment, drainage, and seasonal routines for a durable turf. It also includes poultry coop notes and aging statistics on hogs in Iowa.
A long seasoned correspondent shares numbered guidance for fowl breeding and care. He urges fresh ground for large stock, crossbreeding for fast growth and meat, a single cock for fifty hens, caution that pure breeds mix with other bloodlines, explains white feathering may reflect moult or confinement, recommends sunny winter coops with glass exposure considerations, and stresses conserving water and cleanliness when resources are scarce.
A set of practical household notes covers salting and canning meat with brine timing and pressing methods, plus advice on bright sunlit rooms to lift mood and energy. It also includes a short anecdote on cultivating culture in children and a method to preserve ice with flannel cups for hours.
A mixed, garbled collection of quips, brief dialogues, and vintage ads. The text references Edwin and Angelina, a grocer remark, phonograph notes, a tornado in Iowa, and a joke about beards. It includes short items from Chicago Commercial Advertiser Cincinnati Saturday Night Lowell Courier and Detroit Free Press, plus an 19th century medical ad for Jaynes Sanative Pills.
An 19th century ad highlights the Grand Union Hotel near Grand Central Depot offering 350 rooms from one dollar per day with elevator and European plan dining plus city transport to depots. Separate copy promotes Holloway's Pills as remedies for epileptic fits headaches and other ailments, with pricing and signature requirements for authenticity.
Doctor Falk of 203 Broadway New York seeks agents for Ned Cheek Pills. The seller promises easy income as the pills sell on their own merits after introduction. Falk urges serious inquiries only from businesslike applicants.
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