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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 18, 1913
Page
7
The Chicago News explains Holland's coalfields became productive after Poetsch’s 1883 freezing technique. Drifting sand with water above solid rock is frozen to form a solid shaft path, 25 to 30 borings around the shaft, with pipes delivering subzero solution. The sand becomes rock hard and a shaft is dug and lined with cast iron segments.
A collage of humorous clippings discusses the Arab belief the camel knows Allah’s hundredth name, dew’s nature, sailors and farming mishegoss, and short quips about Laurence, health fads, and birthday beards. It blends quotes from Harper’s and various papers.
A Manchester Guardian correspondent notes morning arrival of beautifiers to fix a home while a head of household frets over timely work. Also featured are pelican pouch use for feeding young and a guide to metals harder and costlier than gold, including iridium, osmium, and palladium.
A speaker at the Massachusetts society of the Sons of the American Revolution recounted an experiment tracking the British retreat to Lexington. He started at the exact departure time and chased the route, racing to Charlestown as the story highlights a tardy arrival beyond 7:30, humorously arguing the British beat the trolley.
Readers recall a Bristol bird gift to Queen Victoria. Toll the parrot demanded 20 pounds or it would fly home, prompting a royal incentive to teachers. A separate anecdote describes a lazy shoe store keeper unable to rise for a customer.
A London Times feature chronicles the late Stanley Gibsons famed stamp dealing career. A West Indian postmaster once refunded a money order after misprint accused stamps, prepaid with a copy of the stamp. A domestic vignette shows Maud and Ethel discussing postage stamps and a drug store encounter with Jack.
A compilation of humorous quotes and maxims appears here with a quip about a wife being an angel because she is always ready to fly and harps. It also includes notes that perseverance gains its meet and patience wins the race attributed to Bernard Barton.
A quoted Atlantic Monthly piece argues language evolves with new words and shifts in meaning while slang encroaches. It questions whether scholars can police accuracy as common sense and social fear reshape how people speak and write.
The document states blockade aims to prevent communications and entry of war supplies, while neutral ships are not seized if unaware of the blockade. Vessels in distress may enter blockaded ports, mail steamers and neutral warships may pass if no contraband is seized, and a blockade requires force and formal proclamation. The longest blockade was by the Federals, 3,000 miles along the Atlantic coast and Gulf of Mexico for four years.
An amateur Glasgow violinist bought a secondhand fiddle for a song and sought an expert opinion. The expert deemed it ordinary and valued it at about two pounds. The instrument was sent again, and the critic stated in one sentence that the violin has been here before, an odd remark from a tester who usually guarantees no markings.
The piece discusses early 18th century findings on preserved luminous parts of fireflies emitting light after drying and storage in hydrogen or vacuum, with brighter light when hydrogen peroxide is used. It notes water extinguishing fire, and includes a London Answers cartoon dialogue about altered names and a joke on a Turkish bath proprietor.
A clipped gossip item references a man who allegedly committed death by his own action after jumping from a ferryboat, with Mrs. Snapperly mocking the act. The piece also parodies Miss Many Seasons and quotes a judge, calling editor rhetoric and Roosevelt era wisdom into a light social column.
A humorous tale from colonial times recounts trying to obtain a bath in Senegal’s capital. Officials demand all manner of personal details and multiple formal applications before issuing bath tickets, a process that could take days even for non officials, illustrating bureaucratic absurdity.
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