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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1913
Page
7
A 19th century account details caisson and air lock work under pressure, describing sensations, risks, and remedies. It notes surface and deep water pressures, dangers when returning to air, the bends, paralysis, and the hard process of cutting through water for the Hudson river tunnel using a balloon and staged dirt dumps.
A brief dialogue between a spinster and her confidant opens with flirtatious banter about women’s rights and ends with a quip defining a widower as “the lefts” of a man’s life. A concluding aphorism notes that a niggardly rich man is owned by his own estate.
A humorous extract discusses Russian noble titles and lineage noting that nobles’ descendants share titles, forming a vast “state princely family.” It contrasts white bones with commoners’ black bones and mocks social leveling while describing many princes in St. Petersburg and the Caucasus.
The article recounts Robert A. Milligan’s description of West African enthronement rituals for a new king. Elders choose a wise candidate who endures insult and assault from the tribe before being taken to the former king’s house for investiture with a silk hat.
A collage of dated snippets shows humorous letter closings and brief banter. An Indian author notes a feverish plea to a higher authority with a comic tone. An Indianapolis News clipping recalls two vacations in 37 years and a wry cemetery purchase. A farmer quips about uplift and preferring steady employment over a risky ladder lift.
A Pittsburgh Post excerpt shows a feud between Mrs Wombat and Mrs Walla by over a cook. Wombat offers Walla by's cook two dollars more per week in an attempt to patch the quarrel. The quote ends with a measure on self-knowledge from Matthew Arnold.
A Century sketch recounts Arturo Toscanini’s first triumph in Rio de Janeiro where crowd uproar gave way to silent authority as he conducted from memory. Forced onto the stage by subscribers, he earned the orchestra’s and audience’s approval, launching a brilliant career that opened Italian opera houses to him.
The New York Mail warns real stage villains include jealous rivals who disrupt cues with fans or blocking turns, step backs to hide faces, preemptive grins to dull laughs, and dropping props at crucial moments to derail performances.
The article notes the isthmus is forty miles wide at its mirrorwest part and describes the canal crossing from Colou in the north to Panama in the south, running northwest to southeast. It states the Pacific terminus lies twenty two miles east of the northern entrance and the distance between deep waters in Caribbean and Pacific is fifty miles.
A fragment from a London Tatler item claims Germany is blamed for a factory notice warning that tending live wires causes instant death. It notes prosecutions are expected for violators, though none have occurred yet.
The black fox skin is valued at three to ten dollars and the species is being raised in captivity to meet pelts demand.
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