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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1885
Page
1
A humorous Skidmore Chop hoax unfolds as a street vendor touts indestructible rubber lamb and beef chops to a wary restaurant keeper. The mock patent promises waste reduction and low cost, while customers test durability and flavor. Also included are satirical vignettes on post office etiquette, rail travel, and a curious dog days exposition.
A series of anecdotes recounting letters returned to avoid wrong engagements and ruined plans, including a desperate marriage letter recovery. The piece also notes the death of Princess Second, a renowned Baltimore cow, famed for extraordinary butter yield and vitality, dying at eight years old after tests and a dramatic feed frenzy.
State Fieras notes a sea curlew hotaJarret in Montgomery county and a planned bore for ges near Middletown. A wolf was captured in the Phoenixville Reading Tunnel. Republican talk favors General J. PS. Gobi of Lebanon for judge. Texas fever hits Erie cattle. mayor warns against large grazing. Meehan, a dissipated huckster, dies by suicide at Girard Avenue Bridge in Philadelphia. Over 400 Hungarians and Poles leave Trarleton for Manitoba. more prepare to depart north west. From Curwensville hill, eight country tops visible. Six Coatesville children poisoned by poisonous berries. Twelfth Grangers Interstate picnic opens at Williams Grove. Chester County ladies rehearse baking for fall exhibition. Aaron Sherman robbed in Wertersville of monthly receipts. Puddling furnaces planned at Wood's Run near Pittsburg. car axles for Pennsylvania Co. to be made there.
Public schools open as coal companies order boys under 14 to stop work after August last Saturday. About 2,200 youths will be out of work, risking hardship for poor families. Also reports a bride in Pottsville who shot herself amid jealousy, and critiques funeral eulogies as excessive. Ends with a local ad for September footwear in Oregon, Pennsylvania.
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