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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1911
Page
7
A dying tramp in Scottsville finds a Prussian lottery ticket that stirs a town to bid for it. The ticket never pays out and the town erupts in feuding over ownership. A later English case on highwaymen ends in death and punishment.
A Paris Figaro contributor cites Olympe de Gouges as a leading early feminist who argued that women deserve civic rights equal to their legal status. It recalls her 1791 manifesto linking political equality to capital punishment, and attributes a similar quote to Mme Condorcet.
The French chief engineer M Bertin shows a 50 000 ton liner at 29 knots can stop in 1 hour 13 minutes covering 4.78 miles by braking engines. Reversing reciprocating engines halves length, turbines require four lengths. Tests with torpedo boats corroborate the result.
The passage recalls a time when Japan required foreign captains to surrender their Bible and rudder to the port chief. Ships could not sail until both were returned, allowing Japan to monitor foreign vessels in its ports.
The passage recalls the legend of the seven sleepers of Ephesus hiding from Decius persecution and awakening after two centuries. It then presents a courtroom quip about deception and wealth and ends with a quip about a bad egg once rich.
A three and a half year old defines a wedding as a lady entering church with a curtain on her head and exiting with a man. The idea is contrasted with the futility of counting weeds on the neighbor’s field to gain a better harvest.
The article explains how color arises from light wave length and reflection. It notes blue and red colors depend on wave lengths, that red light reflects red waves while absorbing others, and that blue objects appear black under red light. It discusses perception in darkness and ether.
Matthew Arnold recalls Franklin's proposal for a fresh Job translation to replace an older, outdated version. He highlights Franklin's humane approach and a sample verse rephrasing Satan's challenge to Job's piety as guided by indomitable common sense.
An Awful Experience describes a native diver who frees a partner trapped under a sinking iron cylinder during pier construction. After removing the hand at the wrist with chisel and hammer to save him, the comrade dies from the shock upon reaching the surface. The scene is described as pitiful and hopeless.
A Cedar Avenue man recounts his wife’s string of accidents, noting she has been hit by a streetcar and suffered a broken arm, while he carries all the accident insurance in the family and she calls it unfair.
The article describes a full grown kangaroo using its tail as a pivot to bear its weight, freeing its legs for violent attack. It warns that anyone near in danger will be ripped up or thrown far, and notes the animal’s immense strength when cornered in the Australian bush.
In a witty exchange, an old gentleman asks his daughter if she would marry him. She hasn’t said yes or no, but the daughter’s character leads the father to doubt she would accept. The humorous dialogue appears in the New York Weekly.
A Detroit Free Press item notes Tommy asked what to do if a man gave $100 to keep and then died. He replies he would pray for another like him, not for the man. The piece also mentions domestic toys and a joking exchange about card playing ending in quarrels.
The item is a quip from the Philadelphia Record noting poverty and ease, featuring Ularduppe Gee remarking it is the easiest thing in the world. It reflects a satirical tone on wealth disparity and social commentary in a newspaper fragment.
An Englishwoman, wife of a British colony leader in Paris, is robbed at Monte Carlo while at the casino. Her purse disappears with several hundred dollars and a clerk notes a ledger entry after 7 pm. A second English woman loses 1600 dollars in the same theft method, but detectives arrive after the thief passes the notes to an accomplice.
Colonel Frobel of Atlanta tries to measure stream flow with bucketfuls of water in a tale recounted by Youth's Companion. An old farmer on a wood cart questions the project, declaring the plan seems unconstitutional.
A quip about gender and behavior features in Hearth and Home. The exchange includes Spinks and Winks arguing with a wife who declares she is realizing it, and Yeacher warning Tommy about fighting Williams, with Tommy admitting his attempt to win.
The speaker concludes the investigation supports human freedom of the will and ends the session to accompany his wife shopping.
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