Sentence:  ... from the hilltop were to be seen no cluttered barren lots sodden with spring rain and churned and torn by hoof of horse and cattle, no piles of winter ashes and rusting tin cans, no dingy hoardings covered with the tattered insanities of posted <WSD>salacities</WSD> and advertisements. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  An act that is salacious, (lewd, obscene or bawdy); a salacious image or piece of writing.