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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1913
Page
6
A 1841 debut on Broadway describes the first express wagon, a one horse cart with a white canvas cover bearing the word Express in black, parading up and down as residents stared. Debolders wondered about the meaning while shoppers and stores faced new delivery ideas and the idea of home service stirred debate.
Mr Brown vents temper and accuses his wife of sulking over a hat denial. Jane admits she is sorting old letters chiefly blues and shares a hidden love letter drafted before meeting him, but downplays its importance while asking about porridge.
The piece recalls Grattan’s wit and teaching on oratory. A lodger’s complaint about a nocturnal madman echoing Mr Speaker references recalls John Bright and landlady anecdotes. Gratian’s park speeches and a polite stranger finding him haranguing an empty gibbet are noted in a St James Gazette style.
The Arabs follow ancient breadmaking rules, as described in Ninglike's Hothes. The first baker would mix meal with a few water drops, form a paste, shape small pieces, and bake as meticulously as roasting chestnuts, showing prudent placement and bold extraction.
London Mail recalls the dogeart era suppressed in the mid eighteenth century. Dogs used by costermongers and humbler fancy members for Sunday outings were large mongrels with a touch of English blood. They endured twenty to thirty mile runs on bread soaked in beer, maintaining strength on limited fare.
The Duchess of Lauraguais sought a rhyme for coiffe and asked Talleyrand for a word to pair with it. He answered instantly that nothing rhymes with head related terms for a woman, delivering a sharp, witty retort to her request.
A London Telegraph quips that women are clever enough to wake wine, do work, and gain benefit, challenging the notion that men alone can handle such tasks. The brief exchange highlights gendered expectations in a witty dialogue.
A reflective line attributed to John Ruskin on how proper occupation makes amusement arise from work, comparing it to petals blooming from a fruitful flower and emphasizing purposeful engagement as a source of joy.
A witty clipping notes banks refuse to honor the adage time is money and laments the laziness of bankers. It contrasts the proverb with a Dutch saying about a fox and a fox’s cunning, suggesting mixed views on value and thrift.
A Leslie's article warns against gradual deafness from ear drum hardening and tuning ear loss. It links rheumatism and gout to deafness, urging attention to uric acid and blood impurities as potential causes and noting limited cures. It emphasizes early remedy over fatalism.
Frederick A. King in Bookman recounts the tale of Don Vincente the biblioclept who killed for a unique book then faced a twist. A clever lawyer argued another copy existed in the Louvre making the book not unique. Don Vincente laments his error as the alcalde considers the case.
The article notes the sky’s vault resembles a circle segment with about 40 degrees subtended at the center. It explains how this vertical curvature creates optical illusions such as a farther horizon, and apparent enlargements of the sun and moon near the horizon along with halo and corona shapes at low altitudes.
The piece traces humbug to Flambure and links it to wartime false reports from Hamburg. It explains how disbelief phrases like That comes from Hamburg evolved into Hamburg and then humbug as a stamp of fakir ism. The essay notes holy men often deceive credulous readers through tricks.
A two year old in church suddenly giggles. The child notices a deacon's head peeking out through a hole in his hair, prompting the mother to inquire the cause. The National Monthly notes the humorous moment as innocent amusement during service.
A Baltimore American cartoon caption jokes that alimony relieves a wife from asking money, while a New Orleans Picayune quip notes only blue can be identified by touch. The two lines mix witty social observations with a science pun about color perception.
In a Philadelphia Record feature a dialogue imagines bald eagles as a distinct variety. Tommy asks if they are separate, and his father hedges, suggesting the bald eagle is simply a married one rather than a new subspecies.
The fragment shows a brief exchange about motivations and practicality. A speaker dismisses deeper altruism, contrasting it with utilitarian realism and stating reliance on a couple of large motor trucks. The context remains unclear but suggests a pragmatic planning mood.
A fragment from Life quotes Rogers asking when he first realized he did not amount to anything, contrasting with a question about the first amounting moment in The Crisis. The exchange reflects on self worth and realization.
Washington Post notes that several U.S. leaders altered names or used altered forms. It cites Jeremiah Jones Colbrath becoming Henry Wilson, Hiram Ulysses Grant’s name retention, Grover Cleveland as Stephen Grover, and Whitelaw Reid as Jacot Whitelaw Reid, with various changes for Clark and Wilson.
A biographical note describes 1836 as the year of the sudden change with a December 20 temperature drop of about 40 degrees. The account recalls a Springfield traveler, rain turning to ice, animals sucumbing to cold, and a prairie blizzard that left a ghastly ice pyramid and many killed or forced to seek shelter in animal bodies.
A young rider escaped death when a lightning struck tree split in two and the horse bolted through the gap. The halves then snapped together, crushing part of the horse's tail but leaving the rider severely shaken yet unharmed. The Melburne Age labels the incident extraordinary.
A London vicar from an east end parish recounts a quirk tale about married life. He aids a woman being violently abused by her husband as he returns home one night. The woman signals him to stop, then explains through tears that it is her birthday and that the man is her husband.
An Oscar Hammerstein scene painter bragged of a sylvan dell to him at the London Opera House. Hammerstein dismissed the charm and ordered a banker instead, a quip reported by Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post.
A compact humorous note cites indirect solving of the needle point angels question by Prstein and mentions Sir William Crookes who proposed a devils variant. It adds a quip about microbes lining a needle point and a jab about worthlessness in a conversational gag from the Youkers Statesman.
From boyhood every man bears an image of the ideal woman in his heart. The quote reflects a view that a man marries a substitute, enjoys simple comforts, and speaks in a folksy way as expressed in the Florida Times- Union clipping.
Willie denies washing his face this morning while Mither-Now press questions the truth. The exchange shows a tense household moment as Willie deflects, insisting he forgot due to weather or other factors.
Chautauqua is described as educational rather than vaudeville or acrobatics. Imagine a hundred centers in seven states where tents host dignified entertainers, musicians, and lecturers each week. The organizers, led by a Swarthmore, Pennsylvania center, keep the complex program moving smoothly under a quiet, professorial leader who is a Society of Friends member.
Schedules list trolley departure times from Lancaster and Lititz in the A M and P M columns with numerous half hourly intervals on weekdays and Saturdays, plus Sunday start times and cross routes to Manheim and Peters burg.
A long list of summer church and community picnics runs through July to October across Lititz Springs, Millway, Brickerville and surrounding towns. Events feature S. S. gatherings at multiple churches, reunions, bands, and regional fairs with dates from July 11 to October 8, including Lititz Springs picnics, Union S. S. gatherings, and the County Fairs at Lebanon Reading Allentown York.
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