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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1878
Page
1
The text laments seasons and longing for a beloved. It contrasts summer flowers with cold days, asking how long the speaker must endure separation. Reflections on patience, memory, and the ache of waiting hearts pervade the verses.
Cleve Sullivan schemes to woo a cousin's widow for money. John Selden pursues Clementine, but the widow's ruse unfolds as a costly game of love and deception ending in betrayals and realizations.
The Vi and recent vast base hill mania reaches Chimilown with Mongo lids training weekly at Ophir mine. They play with three batters, vary fielding, and aim for rapid thirds. The reporter notes no overthrows after an hour watching captain Ti.
A chaotic royal banquet follows a disputed victory with guests feasting while a defeated faction retires and wine is shared. Tang Ling dismisses talk of an American occupation as unfounded, laughing at the insinuation.
A proposed great engineering project would span the Thames with a steel bridge, raising water clearance to let ships pass beneath. Sir Joseph Bazalgette notes steel offers doubled strength over iron, enabling a long eight hundred fifty foot span with dual girders and a high roadway suspended between towers.
The article outlines three rat control methods: an Italian style island trap that drowns trapped rats after luring them with cheese, a New York plan using caustic potash to irritate rat feet and induce flight, and a Holland method of cannibal rat domination where the last survivor becomes a ruler of the premises until it dies or leaves.
The London Pall Mall Gazette reports a novel agrarian offense in which an evicted tenant allegedly poisoned fruit trees in Adare, Limerick. The suspect awaits trial at Adare Sessions after authorities found widespread tree damage attributed to vitriol.
Hints to writers urges simplicity honesty and directness. It quotes Bryant and Sidney Smith urging plain language and restraint over fancy foreign terms or verbose phrasing. The message stresses be modest, speak like you write, and drop excess words for stronger prose.
A 19th century letter from Bucharest suggests a vertical or dropping fire system to strike unseen troops beyond hills or woods. It cites Turkish and Russian casualties at Shipka Pass and proposes elevating rifle barrels with a simple instrument. The concept aims to demoralize reserves by bullets flying over ridges, maintaining penetrative power at long range.
A collage of curios and local notes. Items include a Susan B. Anthony lecture announced to aid immigration efforts, a Brunswick bride’s 92-year-old mother, a saloon sign with garbled sale items in Augusta, and odd claims about Baltimore and a Demerara boy. Other items report a New Orleans collector nomination, Vermont divorces rising, royal silver carriages, and a mastodon find in Ohio.
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