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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1885
Page
4
In Chicago a veteran railroad engineer recalls a stormy night when stray freight cars blocked the main line after a vivid lightning display. He notes improvements in engines such as coal use, injectors, and automatic brakes, and reflects on the evolving status and conduct of engineers over decades.
A collection of farm failings highlights bad practices from neglecting compost to delaying stock care. The piece weaves in anecdotes about a quiet scholar and a canary anecdote where a pet bird is swallowed by a house snake, then recovered.
A reflective plea on journalism urging calm, sharing worthy items promptly, storing wealth for home, and avoiding malice while favoring accurate, timely notes for press use. The excerpt praises reporters and the value of clear, honest communication.
A lost child in a blue striped bathing-dress wandered through a busy Chestnut and Twelfth street crowd around the promenade near the Baldwin mansion. Faces showed shock and sympathy as bystanders offered candy and rides. The child rode to Central station on a policeman’s shoulder and was finally united with his frightened mother that night.
Mary Daniels of Terre Haute and Charles A. Stewart longtime spouses from separate households served one year for bigamy. Daniels dyed before release, returning to fair skin and blue eyes, while Stewart lingered at Joliet awaiting her discharge. They traveled toward Marseilles, Illinois with Stewart's partner following.
The Imint and Sub-Treasury in New Orleans will ship about five million silver dollars to Washington, to be stored in the Treasury vault. The Swatara, in New York, is being cleared of guns and ammo to carry the funds, with a stop at Key West and a likely guard by the Yantic. Officials kept the mission secret until now to avoid piracy fears and heightened express charges drive government cash movements.
A town exchange article warns young women about flirtation describing it as dangerous and a path to ruin. It stresses chastity of action and thought and says public flirting makes a woman effectively free in love. It cautions that even minor diversions from propriety invite crime.
A remarkable Atlanta family named Williamson from Wilson County North Carolina includes seven blind siblings born to enslaved parents. The seven, three brothers and four sisters, surpassed their sighted siblings in health and talent, becoming a musical concert troupe across the South. They learned at the state blind asylum in Raleigh and now perform with precise mimicry of brass bands and organs, using touch to describe faces and even hair color. The family’s act features joined hands allowing objects to be felt along the line and a belief in magnetic currents guiding their guesses, with anecdotes of their enduring wit and performance.
St Mimo Horun at 317 and 319 Arch Street Philadelphia drops rates to $2 per day. The hotel remains conveniently located near business centers, amusements, and depots with streetcars passing daily. Special inducements offered to travelers for business or pleasure. patronage respectfully solicited by Josnra M. Freer, proprietor.
The piece cites recent brutal acts including two children harming a third, a man killing many, and a rampage through a town, all in populous neighborhoods with church spires seen. It notes a failing home mission field and ends with a quip about knife advertising from a store.
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