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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1913
Page
8
Bermudian houses are built from coral blocks quarried on hill sides and finished with thick whitewash. The smooth white surfaces reflect sunlight, blurring roof lines with the sky, while cedar beams and green shutters adorn interiors. Building is inexpensive and durable, with coral slabs dried to harden before use.
A collage of travel notes and curiosities. It contrasts Persian river naming by town with real river identities, and praises Persian water works like underground canals. It also notes Oman date groves, then shifts to brief humor items from Washington Star, Boston Transcript, and London Tatler.
The essay contrasts rovers and homebodies in circus life. It follows a roving tailor’s brother who travels with circuses, then notes circus people span ages and nations, loving the sawdust scent, band music, and wagons. It also includes a piece on train impact, citing a scientist comparing a 400 ton passenger train at 70 mph to a 2000 pound shot.
A fisherman in the Potomac above Washington reeled seven bass in one trip. He kept them swimming on a line beside the boat until the final fish was added, then all seven slipped free. In a subsequent cast the last fish on the line took the bait and the seven were landed. The witness is described as honest.
The article argues modern astronomy relies more on photographs and microscopy than night-time telescope viewing. It notes a shift in focus from celestial observation to detailed image analysis, with scientists frequently using microscopes to study samples and phenomena. The piece contrasts old and new views of the astronomer.
An eminent actor at fifty nine jokes about keeping hair and stomach in check as the true secret of youth. He shares a cartoonish anecdote about a fat man and a bow legged man reacting to each other with barbed humor reflecting humor and corpulence.
A Lancaster county meeting of farmers discussed forming a county farm bureau. The executive committee may sign contracts to establish the bureau. Prominent farmers attended from throughout the county, with J Clayton Brubaker of Lititz optimistic about recruiting, especially younger farmers. Isaac Sarah of Penryn buys and ships horses weekly and can be contacted by telephone.
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