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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1931
Page
7
The first United States department building was erected in Washington from 1790 to 1801 on the site of the present State and War building. It housed the State War and Navy departments.
Professional cards for M Ada Schnerer Notary Public and Insurance at 153 Spruce Street Lititz PA. Also Hershey & Gibbell Aveyancers Scriveners Real Estate and Insurance Agents Deeds Wills Mortgages and all legal papers promptly drawn with clerking of sales. Special attention to settlement of decedents estates.
A woman doubles parked on Washington street and faced a traffic ticket. She mocked the officer’s spelling in court, quipping the man might spell Geisendorff street, sparking a humorous exchange narrated by the Indianapolis News.
The radiometer is a Crookes invention with an exhausted globe and a four-disk vane on a needle support. The blackened face absorbs more radiant energy, heating surrounding residual air and creating pressure differences that drive rotation.
Dr Frederick A Green explains rain water as soft water alternative to hard well water. He notes rain barrels and cisterns were once common, rain water saves soap and fuel, while hard water causes scale and higher costs in boilers and heaters. The piece cites E F Eldridge on water hardness and methods to soften water.
Numerous readers recall a chimpanzee tea party where primates sat around a table with cups and saucers. A coconut tossed into the scene sparked chaos as the monkeys fought over the prize, using cups as weapons before keepers intervened.
The excerpt explains distinctions among trade, profession, craft, and business. Trade refers to mechanical or handicraft work excluding agriculture. Profession denotes learned callings like clergy, law, medicine, engineering, and teaching. Craft is a skilled trade such as carpenter, bricklayer, or blacksmith. Craft and trade are often interchangeable. craft and art are closely related. Business generally describes commercial or receptive occupations.
The mohair fleece tale highlights how its pile surface acts as a brush, cleansing travelers’ clothing by journey’s end. Rapid demand shifted angora goat raising from Turkey and South Africa to the United States, which now leads the world in mohair production and manufacture.
Mohair velvet remains the dominant upholstery for railcars and many other interiors due to its wear resistance and fade resistant dye. The fleece from the angora goat yields durable fabric used in cars, autos, buses, airplanes, furniture, draperies, rugs, theatre curtains, and even wigs, with vast color variety and moth-proofing in manufacture.
A science based advance promises victory over household moths by permanent mothproofing of mohair velvet at the mill. Treated mohair velvet resists moths and even the larval stage targets unaltered fibers, reducing damage and boosting fabric quality for furniture upholstery.
A historical snippet recounts Candlemas superstitions linking animal shadows to winter predictions. It notes various countries’ versions with the ground hog as the central omen, and mentions American pioneers adopting the idea from folklore.
In a May 1857 Gon court's Journal extract, the author mocks country life as dull and inviting only to women, children, and lawyers clerks. He argues that calm and immobility of nature sickens the thinking man facing the enemy, likening divine work to eventual destruction of a philosopher's mind.
The term gauntlet emerged during the Thirty Years War from Ga ta lop e meaning the passage between lines. Derived from Swedish gata and lonpp it described a punishment where a delinquent ran between two rope armed lines. Now the phrase means to be attacked or severely criticized from all sides.
A spitting cobra can eject venom about six feet. If it hits a person’s eyes it can cause serious injury though effects are limited unless venom enters the blood through an open wound.
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