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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1878
Page
4
Practical notes on tapping sugar maples with half inch holes to minimize damage, using a barrel on a wagon for sap collection, and filtering syrup with two strainers. Guidance on curing sap, settling, and turning to sugar, plus duck care, raising colts, Hungarian grass feed, and fern pressing methods for herbarium use.
A collection of kitchen formulas and instructions for preserving quinces with sugar, making jelly from peelings, preparing tomato sauce with spices, and baking yeast rolls and meat dishes. Includes steps for quince syrup, tomato juice, and beef dishes with detailed quantities and cooking times.
Instructions describe using tarpaper boards and leather straps to prepare fern fronds for screens under blinds. The text notes ferns are easily obtainable and suitable for crafts, with guidance on laying out boards and straps for preservation.
The article reports experiments showing coffee can be grown in San Diego county. Mr Morrison’s garden displays thriving coffee and custard apple trees, with seeds from central Mexico. The piece urges broader trials of tropical species suited to the climate and soil, noting three years of testing and acclimation.
The article notes a rising death rate especially among men due to dangerous occupations, with gender mortality shifts and aging patterns. It also reports salt preservation of wood projects in Europe, detailing long lasting wooden piles, salt-water treatment benefits, and widespread practices on the French to Danish coasts. It also mentions timber production and new mines output in 1878.
A collage of humorous passages and satirical letters contrasts grandiose talk with practical. anecdotes. It features a rainy day surprise a sunglasses fashion and a west coast Scottish visitor boasting of distant kinships through a fat boar anecdote.
Dre Starkey and Palen promote Compound Oxygen therapy claiming broad chronic illness relief. Trusted figures including W D Keeley and J Fyrenp testify to its value. Physicians Mrs Starker and Paden cite safe, non substitutive treatment with documented health gains. Free treatise offered. address 1113 Girard Streets Philadelphia.
San Francisco Chronicle reports an artesian well mile and a half from Lipton in Tukwe County. Assistant Engineer Leapham details a deep, multi-layer breakthrough yielding 86 000 gallons daily from a five inch pipe, with pure water and low dissolved solids suitable for irrigation and future growth.
A letter from Reverend W L Bostwick of Martford praises VirAuizephrospHarEs for curing nervous prostration and improving digestion head pains irritability and mental and physical activity. The note mentions sales through F Crosby New York and asks dealers to stock Vivatéra PHOsPrAares.
An advertisement promotes Redstar LINTMENT as unequalled for both people and animals. It also mentions a separate notice urging readers to request Medsrs. Janes McGall & Co's Bazar Fashion Plate and Book for September with the latest styles.
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