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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1924
Page
2
Practical guide on reading character from facial features. It divides the face into three sections the lower middle and upper regions linking expressions to personality traits. The text notes measurement rules and cautions against arbitrary judgments based on any single feature.
A London Mail report explains that tapping an aneroid barometer damages its sensitivity and accuracy. The delicate aneroid device uses a sealed metal chamber and corrugated metal membranes to sense air pressure, and taps mislead the pointer.
A reader recalls Prof Herbert H Beck and his Lancaster County writings. The piece praises his Articles Editor work and highlights vivid scenes from hunting trips, travel across Furnance Hills, and school memories in Silesia and Germany, noting Beck as a pioneer in American education.
John W. Gates faced accusations of careless methods in late 1800s speculation. He backed five steel firms with capital near 208000000, merged into United States Steel, but was rejected by the new group. He later founded Republic Iron and Steel, challenging US Steel until his 1911 death, leaving about 20 million.
A farmer bid in an old lounge at a Wayne county sale for 25 cents, it was recovered twice and put on the junk pile. A thrifty farmer’s daughter later took it home and while upholstering the head rest found a hidden $20 bill in a seam.
Shamokin miner Michael Stishock narrowly escaped death Friday after 2300 volts passed through his body while adjusting engine house machinery at Trickery Ridge colliery. He fell unconscious but was revived by a physician and treated for burns to his abdomen and left shoulder.
N R Buller commissioner of State Fisheries at Harrisburg orders the streams within game refuge No do in Norwich township McKean county closed to fishing for five years to allow brook trout propagation. The area once thrived with industry and a population around 1500, but is now returning to forest as wild animals roam the streets.
Causes of ropey milk in spring and autumn explained as harmless bacteria with cautions on diseased udders. Advice includes feeding newborn chicks after 48 hours, adding grit, and starting a spray rig overhaul. Guidance on early hot beds in Pennsylvania covers frame tightness manure piling, fermentation, intermittent turning, and sowing.
Fragmentary dialogue shows Tirele Ebon joking about a hypothetical rice hog, naming it Ze Dollar as a playful token. The text captures quirky regional speech and a casual stance on naming odd items.
Iceland's Geysers rarely exceed 160 feet while Yellowstone geysers can surpass three times that height. The drastic difference highlights varied geothermal activity and cooling rates between the two regions.
Ephraim Baker of Ephrata aged 79 remains industrious driving his own car and staying active as if half his age, reflecting the county’s iris age vigor in daily life.
Frank Sharp of Ephrata employed by Westinghouse Electric Co is in Steranton to oversee a 40000 sq ft surface condenser erection and expects completion by mid spring. Aldus Mellinger of Hintleton loses 91 dollars after a gypsy band deceives him by forcing open his safe for change.
Reverend Dr. Marty E Stocker chief executive for Moravian missions recounts a comic yet troubling incident at Ellis Island. Four Hinz children born in Alaska and Greenland were detained as aliens because inspectors wrongly claimed Alaska quota was full. The episode exposes ignorance of Alaska geography among U S immigration officers and prompts questions about official competency.
A humorous fragment notes that wealth excuses formality, claiming riches exempt one from being properly mannered to prove status. The remark appears as a clipped quotation from an era newspaper humor column.
In Great Britain the legal age for marriage is fourteen for boys and twelve for girls. The statement outlines ages allowing parties to bind themselves by marriage under law.
Town of Sully Ta faced repeated tank damage by woodpeckers from 1922 to 1928. Insulation and putty were stripped, pipes and fittings damaged, leaving the water supply iced during a cold spell. City officials plan a new peck proof tank with expert explanations to follow.
The Contarini map, one of the earliest engravings depicting Columbus discoveries, posthumously reflects his theories. It shows South America but omits Central and North America, placing the Atlantic coast of Asia extending to Greenland and Newfoundland as Columbus imagined.
The piece notes Paris nightlife is silent outside certain districts with most streets emptied by war era evacuations. At 10 the city’s people leave for the country or have died, while cafes and restaurants close early and the city feels like a deserted banquet hall to a lone passerby.
A London holidaymaker in County Cork boasted of kissing all the village women in a hotel smoking room. A newlywed farmer heard the claim and questioned his wife, who asked in confusion who that man could be.
Major Muggs, retired, played 18 holes but scored poorly, grew irritable as a man followed him from hole to hole. He demanded the observer stop staring, only to be told the man was listening, not looking.
The Indianapolis News notes the world’s largest jade piece is seven feet long and four feet wide, though not as heavy as Plymouth Rock. Found on South Island in 1902, it is a green jade with shades from apple green to emerald. Located in the American Museum of Natural History in New York.
A humorous exchange recalls a wife using a cord on a finger to remind her husband to post a letter while the husband admits he never delivered it because she forgot to hand him the letter. The quip highlights domestic shorthand and memory devices.
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