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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1911
Page
7
A soldier Private Perkins is accused of pillaging after a battle. The colonel contemplates shooting him to deter plunder, but discovers Perkins is a girl, prompting a sharp reversal of the punishment and a wartime moral inquiry.
Pennsylvania teachers enroll for a six week Summer School session beginning July 3 with a School of Observation led by top US educators. The program includes eight graded classes, a gymnasium program, psychology courses, and dormitory housing for men and women with scholarships funded by Mothers' Congress and others.
The article describes Russian postal clerks receiving more than wages. Quarters heat light uniforms medical care schools for children are provided. Pay ranges from 12.50 to 18 dollars monthly with possible gratuities from customers.
The office seeker explains the remark that Washington is the city of magnificent distances. He notes the long gap between pursuing goals and achieving results, illustrating the irony with the St. Paul Pioneer Press quotation.
A Dundee Advertiser item notes a tourist quip about the barometer rising, saying a body will soon not be able to afford a dram at all. The playful line links rising glass and rising prices in a local humor note.
A witty exchange about buying a new hat on a spouse’s account ends with the line One bad example spoils a good many excellent precepts reflecting light domestic humor.
A fragmented excerpt discusses the annual German boar hunt using hounds and spear style killing, then shifts to sea otter fur value with price comparisons and a note on Russian fur interest. The text includes a Scots dialect aside about MacPherson's testimony and whiskey, adding local color.
A Kingston Ontario woman offered a pointed remark on the servant girl question noting she kept a girl to relieve physical fatigue but soon dismissed her to ease mental fatigue.
A short Philadelphia Record item notes that even a married man has a right to his own opinion and discusses courage in the context of personal autonomy.
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