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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 11, 1937
Page
11
A Cleveland Plain Dealer writer notes myths spread to lure families to Ohio in settlement days. Tales include brandy springs, flax fibers on stems, oversized pumpkins and melons, with sizes from two gallons to a bushel. Critics warned of dangerous hoopsnake venom and plant death from bites.
A Scientific American writer describes the modern paper making machine as a gigantic complex system. The full size machine runs about 20 feet long and costs around half a million dollars. It contains about fifty motors twenty-five pumps thousands of feet of pipe and miles of wire. Each unit must coordinate precisely to produce quality paper.
The excerpt notes Hickory wood as one of the heaviest Northern woods, with a dry cubic foot weight of 52.17 pounds and strong elastic properties. It mentions early settlers using it for tool handles and discusses second growth, decay, warping, and open air seasoning. The text also describes geothermal basalt dikes and high basins with heights from 53 to 409 feet.
Descriptive notes describe Mount Kosciuszko in New South Wales as 7,777 feet high and Land's End in Cornwall England as a 60 foot granite headland forming England's southwestern tip and entrance to the English Channel. Also includes a moral line on jealousy.
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