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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1885
Page
4
A collage of brief vignettes from a Chicago Tribune style page includes curious witticisms about education, drink fads, weddings, misadventures, and regional oddities. Observations cover manners, social scenes, rustic anecdotes, and a playful mix of quotes and short scenes from various cities and lives.
The piece recounts a comic exchange where a colonel contends sentinels must stay on their feet, while a sentinel humorously delays. It then mocks slang erosion and lists lighthearted calamities from Australia to Chicago, noting Indians unearthed a large gold idol in Mexico.
Announcement from a photographer at Lititz after selling the Philadelphia gallery. The writer states intentions to devote full time and energy to establishing a permanent Lititz studio offering all portrait sizes and styles from life size to small token photographs.
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