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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1911
Page
3
A three year old boy reportedly has a perfect image of a black fantail pigeon in the light blue of his eye. The parents claim the vision appeared after his mother handled the birds before birth. Doctors have examined the eye and confirm a visible, enlarging image under magnification.
Advice warns parents against overindulgence in sons by restricting spending, curbing choice of companions, and denying late returns. It stresses inquiries into leisure activities and insists manners do not replace morality while teaching that help should not be paid for.
A college head owns a cat that is absolutely blind yet moves and hunts mice with amazing speed. An oculist reports the pupils are covered by a heavy film making vision impossible, while the cat relies on acute hearing and a strong directional sense.
Reading dispatch reports the Susquehanna Railway Light Heat and Power Company plans to take over the lease of the United Traction Company lines from Reading Transit Company. If completed, the Susquehanna power plant at McCall’s Ferry would be the operator for all local trolley lines.
Dr James Grant Andrew analyzes 42 603 hospital cases. He finds 61 percent male, pulmonary diseases higher in males with pneumonia 82 percent male, tuberculosis 67 percent, bronchitis 71 percent, pleurisy 74 percent. Asthma predominates in females 64 to 36 with age 20 to 30 the peak for pulmonary issues. Gastric diseases affect two thirds females to one third males, with gastric ulcers common between ages 20 and 80.
A Chicago Tribune summary notes no fixed cloud height. Vienna experiments with light projection set a cirrus cloud height near 10 000 metres. A Philadelphia Record tale describes a Germantown wife exploiting her stingy husband for shopping fraud.
A New York Herald report highlights the U S War Department's exactness in tracing officers. A young officer on desert duty received instant transfer telegrams within 200 miles of every station, and later a telegraph ordered detachment while on leave, proving precise personnel tracking even at travel time.
A rattlesnake killed and mangled by a man is described with the remark you cannot kill a rattlesnake too dead. A shipbound mate lost frozen reptiles in a storm but a dealer later claimed the snakes revived in warm water and were sold to museums.
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