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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 21, 1912
Page
3
A home maker advocates prudent cooking and home baked meals. She argues true economy comes from quality ingredients and rejects inferior food supplies. She endorses Royal Baking Powder as essential for top cooking and cites expert claims supporting homemade, well prepared meals.
The Lycoming county region marks a peak in farm land prices with the $15,500 sale of 188 acres near Watsonville to Bessie S. Vincent of Scranton, the highest for years. Also reported are wild turkey trap stories near Pleasant Gap, a mounted wildcat gift from Williamsport, and Muncy township adopting a road patrol system with female voters as history notes.
The article discusses how batting success in baseball varies with bat style and technique. It notes veteran hitters like Southers, Keeler, Crawford, Lajoie, and Wagner, stressing that power often comes from contact with marginal pitches and that players’ stances differ widely without guaranteeing better hits.
The article recounts how Louis XIII authored articles for the Gazette de France, with manuscripts corrected by a secretary Lucas and then by Richelieu, who added revisions. an anecdote from the siege of Corbie shows the king crossing out lines and Richelieu reinstating them. A separate anecdote from the Kansas City Star features Corporal Nugent returning home and joking about being the fatted calf after a producer meets him at the Nugent farm.
A vivid anecdote from early American campaigning shows James G. Robinson and Richard Oglesby debating for state senator. To win votes, Oglesby borrowed a violin, drew the crowd with a hoedown, and Robinson responded by dancing, thus reversing the crowd’s allegiance in a lively courthouse scene.
The report notes a 1894 celebration with dances at the reception and imperial pageantry. It mentions the royal family, Emperor Yome and a joyous flight of a bird as symbolic imagery, plus a comment on a small guest Edgar walking with his mother and choosing to go on foot.
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