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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 11, 1920
Page
7
A bygone portrait of white party frocks for girls ten to fourteen emphasizes lace Swiss embroidery and fine handwork. The gown features a straight double baste skirt, four inch hem, tucks, a plain bodice with tucked panels, Val insertion, ribbon sash, and delicate sleeve borders. The design prioritizes washability and refinement to evoke fairylike elegance.
Otto Olson of Ephrata warns tobacco buyers will judge by merit this season and urges strict cleanliness in stripping cellars, careful moisture control, and neat packing. He warns against water overuse, wet floors, and stacking bales, noting black rot and green mold from damp conditions and stressing air, drainage, and orderly stacking for quality and sales.
The Dublin museum showcases a stuffed angler fish with a swallowed cod in its stomach. The cod holds two large herrings, each herring contains sprats, and each sprat carries tiny crustaceans. The exhibit highlights predatory chains from mackerel to John Dory and rays, illustrating extreme appetite in saltwater ecosystems.
Mint sauce accompanies lamb as a long standing English custom, likely to aid digestion from accompaniments like new potatoes and green peas. The practice is tied to historical beliefs that mint stimulates appetite and counteracts indigestion, a view echoed by Latin poets and old feast traditions.
Frederick O'Brien describes Marquesan robber crabs in White Shadows in the South Seas. These giant crustaceans, over two feet long, ascend tall palms at night to sever coconut stems, pry open husks with their claws, and extract meat with a powerful, scooping motion. They live in burrows in coconut groves and are sometimes robbed by natives for fuel.
The piece recalls Col. Ingersoll as a famed agnostic lecturer and currency advocate. It cites a late 19th century speech urging sound money and imagines a time when greenbacks would rise up and declare faith in a redeemer.
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