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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1913
Page
6
The article explains how Norse roots shaped English nautical vocabulary. It notes bind meaning to prepare, fillow surviving in dialects, wake once an ice passage now refers to a ship’s wake, and French borrowings reflect evergreen terms used on the Norfolk broads.
A column combines a speculative piece on crashing into another world with notes on heat vaporization of two ice planets, then shifts to colonial fireplace history, dream psychology, and light humor jesting about cold nights and miscommunications, reflecting a miscellany from New Orleans and German sources.
Chicago News profiles Rare Ben Jonson as a harsh, feared figure who fought duels and killed twice. Once a bricklayer, he grew fat and coarse, with a stormy life and a reputation overshadowing his unread works.
A tale from Detaille’s studio tells of a trooper paying 26 francs for a small wood panel likeness. The artist refuses to take more, asks the trooper to spend drinks for his health, and warns against sending more comrades for portraits.
A compilation notes Britain as the largest empire with 11 871 000 square miles and the US leading wealth, with other figures for Russia and China. It also includes brief jokes and quotes about fortune and fate from London Tit-Bits and the Houston Post.
The will and estate of Abraham Strickler in Warwick and Manheim townships are probated with Letters of Administration granted to Abraham L. Strickler and Manheta B.C. No. 5. creditors and claimants are urged to present debts and demands promptly. A charter application is filed to form Milesville Water Company to supply water to Milesville and surrounding area in Lancaster County with Monday, March 1913 hearing.
The notice lists early morning departures from Lancaster and Lititz with hourly runs to evening, additional Saturday and busy-day adjustments, and specific times for Petersburg and Manheim routes. It notes first departures on Sundays and a reiteration of the standard timetable.
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