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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 04, 1923
Page
2
A correspondent describes a clever rat trap system built in a house, with walls bored by rat holes and a 12 foot by 8 foot by 4 foot structure. Rats enter tunnels, tails hanging, and are flushed into a barrel and killed, while a ward is fed separately and holes are periodically closed.
The piece describes Washington courting Philipse era figures in Yonkers New York, noting the former manor area near Philipse Manor Station and nearby sites once tied to the Washinton era. It mentions the manor house still standing and later purchased by Elsie Janis who restored it with colonial furnishings.
A historical note traces the time ball from medieval Europe to modern cities. It describes how towers dropped the ball to signal time at court squares and harbors, with reference to Montreal Quebec and South American capitals using similar signals. In Montevideo, electric lights dim at eight every night to synchronize clocks.
William A. Radford presents advice on home design in a feature for readers. The article advocates practical, affordable building choices, emphasizing safety, fire prevention, and convenient layouts, with user input on features to suit family needs.
An unreadable OCR fragment hints at a disrupted account about a subscriber and a severed relation with a telephony or store context. Readable elements mention a strange sequence of words, possible references to Egypt, stores, and service notes, but the text remains largely garbled.
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a tonic claimed to act through mucous surfaces to relieve inflammation and assist to malformations. It mentions F I Cheney & Co Toledo and a druggist distribution over 40 years.
A Keystone Exchanges item notes the Farmers National Bank Building in Reading will be demolished to make way for a modern bank. The site houses walls from the Revolutionary era and includes portions linked to the Federal Inn where President Washington stayed during the whiskey rebellion en route to western Pennsylvania.
A Memphis billing clerk nearly fainted at a $257.55 toll charge for a single lengthy New York call. Investigations found the charge correct after an hour forty one minutes. The chain store manager supported the cost as a proof of the call’s duration and necessity, noting the efficient bargaining possible by long conversations.
Within the county the Harry Eby Shoe Co of Ephrata will break ground early in the spring for another factory unit larger than the present plant. The new building will be erected on North State street. The Manheim stocking factory, out of operation for some time, resumed last week. A Berks County man is proprietor. Since its organization, the Lancaster County National Bank has paid to its stockholders 1,850,000 in dividends. HK B Fritz & Co shipped last week from Quarryville about 10,600 bushels of potatoes to city wholesalers, 13 carloads.
A judge criticized a witness for overstatement and excessive figures of speech. He called many phrases absurd such as being beside oneself with rage and flying at another, noting such expressions are not factual. The discussion urged moving away from fanciful descriptions to plain speech.
A hawk killed by a farmer near the Vial river in Africa carried an embedded object resembling an arrow, about 16 feet six inches long. Investigations traced the spear to Akambi natives of Kenya, 2440 miles away, with memories of similar spears. The hawk’s mate carried it away. the bird survived the wound but could not remove the spear.
Among New York Stock Exchange records the earliest dated May 27, 170 percent, shows brokers promising not to buy or sell public stocks below 44 percent commission on specie value and to favor each other in negotiations. This compact founded the NYSE’s enduring structure as brokers met at Walk Street Cats House and under a buttonwood tree at 68 Wall Street.
A distorted Victorian note recalls Dame Partington of Sidmouth Devonshire and her stubborn battle with sea waves invading her home. The fragment mentions her use of pap and brow to mop up the water as the tide rose far inland. Sidney Sinkth is cited for a speech praising conservative opposition to Dame Partington and their efforts to repel the Atlantic surges.
Robert T. C. Widnall, a Safety First Inspector for Bell Telephone, saved six year old John O'Brien of Philadelphia after he severed two arteries on his left wrist on a broken bottle. He applied pressure and fashioned a tourniquet from handkerchiefs during a car ride to the hospital, stopping the blood flow and ensuring the boy's recovery.
The article argues that clear grammar and distinct speaking are essential for operators like telephone switchboard staff. It emphasizes training, annunciation, and enunciated delivery to avoid slurred, indistinct speech that hinders connection and efficiency. It notes that the same standard applies to onstage announcers and professional speakers.
A new use for the moving picture camera will time races precisely. A camera at the winning post records every finish within a hundredth of a second, synchronized with a clock and mirror of the start. The system aims to eliminate dead heats by measuring microsecond differences.
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