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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1923
Page
6
The article recounts Israel Putnam’s stance on dueling during the Continental era. An officer challenged him after a wine table dispute, and they agreed to a dawn duel without seconds. Putnam fired first as the opponent arrived, then deliberately reloaded, provoking the officer to flee in fear.
The article surveys ancient and early modern tanning practices and materials from various cultures, noting smoke, oils, bark, and lime as key agents. It references Egyptian tomb engravings, Chinese relics, Armorican finds, and Roman usage, tracing a timeline from primitive methods to 18th-century improvements. It also discusses life rafts on docks for accidents, describing their design and purpose for emergency rescues.
An essay notes mixed beliefs about screech owls in folklore and warns that fear is unfounded. It argues owls are harmless yet valuable night birds and critiques superstitious claims about their omen meaning.
The article explains the International Date Line as roughly 180 degrees from Greenwich where each calendar day begins for practical use. The line is not rigidly followed everywhere, with Alaska and parts of the Pacific showing variations, causing dates to differ by a day across the line.
A Beauford County farmers exchange saved members and local farmers between 75000 and 100000 dollars last year. Activities were limited to branded barrel covers purchases and potato sales, with 35500 barrel covers bought and 126 carload potato lots sold, saving 790 and 50 dollars respectively. The report highlights rising cooperative marketing in the South and general farmer education in cooperative business.
The article portrays a natural sphinx along the Cimarron River in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Wind and sand shaped a rugged, timeless formation resembling a woman's head, with a measured gaze and sculpted features. The scene sits beside a newly opened highway through the river valley, offering distant views and prompting speculation about its silent riddle amid growing motor traffic.
The Zeiss works at Jena reportedly developed an arc lamp with iron salt impregnated poles to emit ultraviolet rays. The device aims to cut boring tininess in rays and enhance visible fractions of purity. The Washington Star notes the apparatus yields increased fluorescence in tested materials, indicating purity levels by light emission.
John C Symmes argued the earth is hollow with air at open poles and inner concentric globes. An 1828 US expedition proposal was dropped after exploration and pole findings dismissed the theory as myth.
A fragment discusses vast energy comparisons between Niagara scale power and Earth's energy, praising the planet's precise system. It notes orbital speed and the sun’s orbit, claiming even immense forces cannot alter the 24 hour day.
Proverb samples from various groups describe cunning thieves, self interest, and delays in healing. Paraphrased lines attribute cheeky maxims to Busutes Oj and Pashta about truth, birds, and rivers, reflecting a colonial era view of savage wisdom.
The region acquired from Mexico by the United States retains Spanish place names especially in southern California. Despite some Julian names along the Pacific coast, they are relatively few compared with the rest of the country north of the Spanish Cape lines, while many towns show early settlers’ loyalty to older Union states.
Public proclamation announces a Court of Jail Delivery and General Quarter Sessions to begin on the third Monday in April 1923 at Lancaster Court House. Officials urged to attend with rolls records and examinations to prosecute prisoners in the County of Lancaster.
Addressed to readers with pulmonary disorders including asthma bronchitis and tuberculosis. Promotes Soki in 6 oz bottles at 1.00 each with postage. six bottles 5.50. twelve bottles 10.50. requests distributors and invites beneficiaries to apply.
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