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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1878
Page
4
The article urges farmers to grow profitable crops suited to local needs and markets. It lists beets for sugar, barley, mint oils, chicory, hemp, jute, and various fruits and vegetables, plus methods to protect and improve harvests and home supply. It also includes wheat production figures and practical farming notes.
Fragmentary pest advice suggests using spirits to moisten fabric and place in a wardrobe to deter moths. A fortnightly repetition is urged and an antidote is hinted at. the text appears as domestic housekeeping lore with partial phrasing and misspelled terms.
At a Paris scientific gathering a new substance Balala, milky sap from the bully tree near the Amazon and Orinoco, is presented as a gutta percha like substitute. It is elastic, tough, and fusible with heat, soluble in benzole and carbon disulfide, and a better insulator. it resists acids similar to gutta percha, with potential for electrical and telegraphic uses.
A Burtington Hawkeye essay recalls an odd encounter with Edison over a so called spantrophone and a boy subjects, describing a chaotic laboratory scene and a failed experiment. The Cottonwood Telegraph lines along the Southern Pacific railroad are mentioned as sprouting shade trees along the route.
An 19th century column promotes Thermaline as a cheaper, safer malaria preventive than quinine, cites a New York physician, and notes the British trial backing its efficacy. Dundas Dick & Co. offer a free 1 cent treatise. 25 cents per box from druggists. Also mentions Haiti silver circulation and ads for Dr Jayne's Sanative Prile and Lindment plus Masonic Book Agency notices.
Dr. Taylor of the Corsumption Hospital England touts hypophosphites from wheat germ and ox brain as increasing chest expansion power and appetite while reducing pains. Bennet Williams of London claim 75 percent cures with these, unlike coc liver oil. Churchill advertises it for debility and nervous weakness. V. P. for sale by all druggists TV Crospy 666 Sixth Avenue New York.
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