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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1913
Page
7
A compact poultry feature surveys why geese lay infertile eggs due to late mating, confinement, and diet. It also covers feeding guidance, water needs, and breed age, plus keeper tips and a Q&A section on show birds, lice, leg weakness, and utilities.
A Washington Post excerpt contrasts the evolution of women’s riding attire and saddles from astride riding to side saddles. It notes that before Catherine de Medici, poor women rode pillion, while better-class women rode astride or in altered skirts and trousers. It cites quirts and riding gear used by women and compares with western cowboys and Cossacks.
The article cites the London Tatler on medieval laundering habits noting laundresses’ role, dye in modest garments, and the aristocracy never washing fine linens. It highlights how nobles avoided washing silks and velvets while common folk wore coarse, rarely washed swaddling garments and underclothes.
The London Telegraph notes global beliefs in witchcraft using hair and nail clippings to bring misfortune. It cites Greek and other cultures where stolen clippings are burned or buried to curse an enemy, and mentions Australian native girls fearing death after their hair is taken.
Harper's Weekly recounts Napoleon's revival of the eagle as the army emblem from 1805 to Waterloo. Regimental distribution changed over time, eagles stored or hidden in haversacks, ponds, trees, or even dead horses to avoid capture, with exact sizes noted and the enduring burden of the symbol.
Fragmented lines describe a female shopper reacting to a photowrith or photograph display. The dialogue hints at festival life and a bearded lady, with social commentary about family influence and personal ambition amid mixed sentiments.
Sir William Qsier notes seven nurse virtues during a Johns Hopkins training school lecture. He lists tact tidiness taciturnity sympathy gentleness cheerfulness and charity as core nurse traits. The column then switches to a series of brief, unrelated quotes about daily life and wit from Baltimore American New Orleans Picayune and Plutarch, offering reflections on health patience effort and driving one’s own course.
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