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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 01, 1912
Page
6
London Standard reports bees in a hive bury three snail bodies in wax tombs with walls like cells. The snails were introduced by a child and the bees sealed shells or whole snails, building galleries sized to the queen’s bees to maintain hive traffic.
An exploration of the Strait of Magellan’s perilous history recounts primitive canoes capsizing and white explorers paying tolls. It names Mount Darwin Beagle Channel Mount Sarmiento and Port Famine among places that mark the strait’s tragic legacy for mariners and nations.
A piano tuner learns the sound can be ruined by other furniture. He fixes an uneven cabinet leg by adding a shim, turning a jangling room into a sweet piano tone. The lesson: address surrounding items before reworking the instrument.
Seville letters describe Andalusian girls delaying marriage for long engagements often up to ten years. A four year engagement may see a lover visit twice yearly from afar but avoid matrimony. Brides often move in with the mother-in-law, as custom demands subservience, while daughters remain devoted to their own mothers.
Mott-Smith explains that aqueous vapor and ice are dry objects until they condense or melt. He notes that dry vapor can dry moist items and that air’s moisture depends on temperature. The column contrasts insect strength with large animals, citing beetles’ ability to carry up to 500 times their weight. Short humor pieces and fables follow, including oilcloth as a cure for sleepwalkers and St. Dunstan legends from Mayfield.
Rain is expected to depart Jersey City on arrival of the steamer Sirius from Hudson to the above stations with expected arrival at Lancaster around 12.80 noon high tide.
The speaker chides a man as cowardly and roundly condemns him for taking her home and abandoning her to confront his wife alone. The exchange exposes marital strain and accusations of recklessness.
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