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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1911
Page
7
A country doctor recounts a moonlit bicycle ride where a second shadow follows in step, behaving as a duplicate without an intervening object. He observes the eerie, unseen rider through trees, fears brain illness, and ends with a faint hope that science may one day explain the phenomenon.
A Scottish colonel in kilts travels to a governor’s post and causes a railway guard to panic at two stations, insisting the officer dress properly before arrival. The anecdote, recounted from London Tit-Bits, highlights etiquette and wardrobe not being understood abroad.
A 1904 Monte Carlo tale recounts a fortune from a fly landing on number 13 during a bad run, the wheel repeating 13 three times and costing the casino over 25000. Also notes on keeping cash accounts, a sympathetic watch anecdote, an election for oratory, and vinegar’s antiseptic claims.
A restaurant owner recounts a tale from the New York market about haddock fingerprints believed to bear St Petre's curse. An Italian dealer warns against touching the fish by the head, advising handling by body or tail. The anecdote reflects market superstitions and prudent handling practices.
A London Saturday Review recounts a short poem allegedly scratched by a maniac in a cell. The piece imagines filling the ocean and all parchment with the love of God yet admitting the scroll would still fall short.
A 1897 German journal cited a golden eagle ringed with a Slavonian family arms and 1646. Gentleman's Magazine told of a Cape hawk with a royal collar dated 1610. A Kansas principal once pulled at a boy's collar, finding his own initials carved in the desk. he is now a leading city judge, pondering justice in Western School Journal.
A Birmingham Age-Herald note describes a parent extracting a definition from a dictionary during a child’s wait. It follows with a Beethoven anecdote where he rages at students and furniture, and a quip about misusing insults in music. The piece ends with a Boston Transcript quip on human nature comparing medical self interest to moralist critique.
Stunted maple trees growing in eastern Austria mountains yield excellent violin wood. The long severe winters and heavy snow contribute to the quality of the timber used by instrument makers.
Mrs Galey muses about publishing love letters and Mr Galey quips a public acknowledgment that she married an idiot. The exchange, though humorous, hints at tension in a private relationship.
A new automatic cigar banding machine promises enormous speed gains, replacing the long held practice of hand banding by workers, mostly women, and potentially transforming the industry that spends about two million dollars annually on this task.
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