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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1913
Page
6
A detailed account by C. B. H. Claudy in Defective American explains how whistling buoys warn ships of shoals. It describes buoy design, the air driven whistle, and the routine dangers of replacing and handling a three ton iron buoy from a tender during rough seas and heavy lifting.
Harper's Weekly notes stage fright none of stage performers escape from. The fear can strike veteran and novice alike, sometimes spurring a bold or better performance. Musicians particularly suffer tremors, perspiration, headaches, thirst, and in string work bow tremors or finger slips. Rubinstein reportedly quit a lucrative engagement due to an attack of this malady.
Ancient reflections on monopolies trace back to Aristotle and Roman law with penalties under the Lex Julia de Annona. Zeno restricted clothing and food monopolies by exile or confiscation. An Athens corn ring is noted, with Joseph’s biblical era cited as a model of centralized power and price control. The article also mentions a London Answers view on monopolies’ dangers.
A vivid line extols a dish blending liver and onions into an artful fragrance. The playful fantasy imagines the aroma reaching Olympus and provoking an exuberant godly descent in search of a new celestial meal.
A Galveston News item quotes a worried husband about his rain soaked wife out in heavy weather. He fears she will seek shelter in a shop, worrying him about her safety and the baby’s well being as Pele Mele notes the danger of pride in parenting.
A humorous Boston Transcript note contrasts a proverb about tides in human affairs with a practical father figure who stays focused on business, illustrating wit about fortune and restraint.
A satirical note from Life mocks an artist for serious cartoon work and urges lighter, humorous pictures instead. The editor chides the artist for lacking a square meal and hints at a push for lighter content amid editorial pressure.
A quirky look at how famed writers like Dickens Tennyson Carlyle Hugo Campbell Gray and their printers obsess over punctuation. The piece notes Campbell walked six miles to change a comma to a semicolon and recounts Gray’s misread line that altered the famous opening line of his country churchyard poem.
The article argues notable leaders would have altered history if spared. It cites Julius Caesar Henry of Navarre Lord Clive Mirabean and others as pivotal figures whose survival might have prevented tyranny wars or revolutions. It also notes a satirical piece about a toy guillotine and Goethe’s mother condemning such slaughter devices.
A Pittsburgh Post item recounts a conversation about marriage awakening. One woman notes the surprise of discovering that a husband may need to return to work after initial leisure, to support both spouses. The anecdote reflects late 19th or early 20th century attitudes on domestic life and labor.
A collage of quoted lines from newspapers and prints shows a flirtatious scene with Ethel and a handsome Italian count and a broader exchange about all consuming passion. The snippets include witty exchanges and a stray Scottish interlude about a threepence, illustrating varied tonalities.
The piece recalls James G. Blaine's first 1856 stump appearance in Maine sparked when Fessenden failed to arrive, forcing Blaine onto the platform. The tale contrasts a market joke about an Indy and a butcher with Blaine's improvised moment and the farmer's wary horse sale as the crowd reacts.
A garbled piece cites Demosthenes using a pebble and jokes about tongue dryness and public oratory. It references a Chicago Record-Herald critic and hints at a public speaking attempt, noting dubious lines and stray phrases amid a muddled text.
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