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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1928
Page
3
Excerpts from the stage adaptation feature detective Anderson interrogating the Unknown, Miss Cornelia guiding inquiry, and Beresford’s explanations about memory loss and a terrace entrance. The Unknown wavers between memory and blankness as the scene unfolds in a tense drawing room confrontation.
In a tense pursuit through a estate, Miss Cornelia uncovers a hidden closet where the masked intruder is found dead. Bailey identifies the victim as Courtleigh Fleming and outlines a plot involving Doctor Wells and Fleming to rob a bank and fake deaths. The doctor is questioned as the night’s tangled conspiracy edges toward answers.
Winthrop D. Lane in Delineator Magazine argues parents punish to vent ego rather than improve children. He notes how pictures of themselves color discipline and describes how kids’ mischief irritates adults, from disrupted routines to wrecked objects, revealing parental frustration.
Fragmentary extract describes punishment for mischief causing worry over pills and cats. It mentions pyrene and living days disrupted, with whimsical phrasing about being knocked into a cocked hat and unwanted interference. The tone suggests a domestic or satirical piece.
Scientists reject vendors offering mames and prices of rods and devices claimed to locate diamonds, ore, and buried treasure. The geologic survey warns such devices are fraudulent or require extensive surveying skill and technical expertise to be reliable. The dip needle works only with experience, while electrical devices like the Seissmograph and the version balance are complex and need trained technicians.
Carlton Wendall argues in the North American Review that art and literature thrived under commercial wealth. He cites Venice as an example where riches from trade funded peak artistic achievement, asserting one can be a genuinely great artist while earning a living.
An amused North side church entertainment ends with a committee chair apologizing for skipping a local performer. The amateur magician laments losing five dollars after a trick involving a smuggled bill failed to be retrieved, leaving him feeling put out.
Fragmentary note from the Youngstown Telegram references a mysterious producer involved in a principal act or trick. The exact identity and context remain unclear as the source text is incomplete and lacks concrete details or dates.
The text asserts hail and snow are simply forms of water with no link to explosives. It notes biblical verses cited in this context do not prove use for weapons, framing them as references to human ignorance and weakness before nature’s storms.
The Kansas City Star quotes a crossroads store proprietor in a humorous exchange about a character named Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge. The wife is described as very long and thin, with a jokey remark about her being pulled from a well by several children under the narrator’s supervision.
A concise aphorism from American Bligazine urges bold execution after careful decision making. It encourages risk taking to win while advising caution in the arrival of conclusions.
A clipped dialogue fragment from Stray Slur depicts a tense exchange in which George issues a threat and Gwen recalls that he survived the night. The garbled lines suggest an ongoing feud or scandal with implied violence and surviving an earlier attempt.
A fragmentary account shows a first bandit deeming a man not worth his salt and a second bandit drawing guns, proposing to pepper him. The scene notes impatience as the crossing of the road occurs, with a return reference to Tmolor.
A humorous tale from ex presidents ponders post retirement aims. One longs to run an orphan asylum to avoid letters from parents, another boasts a dream to be warden of a penitentiary to prevent visits from inmates.
Betty and Merand exchange bold slang in a playful clipped dialogue about a bird on a tree. Betty asserts she is not prudish while Merand corrects her language, hinting at risqué humor. The exchange centers on language and flirtation in a lighthearted scene.
A brief quoted exchange from American Legion Monthly shows a playful back and forth as a man yawns and remarks on others yawning, reflecting light humor in a ladies themed vignette.
A reader notes that propriety dictates a man is consistent as he dresses up every Sunday before tuning in to church services. The remark frames value on routine and public appearance in religious life.
Professional cards for Huebener and Habecker real estate and insurance at 34 E Main Lititz. J B Herr Insurance and Notary Public Lititz Pa. Hershey and Gisbel conveyancers scriveners wills mortgages and decedent settlements Lititz Real Estate and Insurance Penn Real Estate Co H N Reiber Lititz 136 S Broad St hauling and legal papers Lititz wood garbage and mortgages W M Schnerer Insurance 158 S Spruce Hat store Oldest Hat Shop Lancaster John A Haas 144 N Queen St Lancaster Pa.
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