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Newspaper
Lititz Record
Location
Lititz, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1913
Page
6
E W Howe writes from South Africa about Rhodesia sights and trains. He notes crowds gathering to see trains, with English passengers in pajamas at stations and around homes, praising and mocking the habit in equal measure.
The eye scans objects in irregular jumps rather than a smooth loop, outlining shapes by rapid point to point shifts. A motion picture test with a bright corneal spot records these movements, showing how the gaze traces a circle through quick successive images.
The piece notes old French phrases used in English royal proclamations with the king’s assent read in French and herald cries of Oyez, Oyez, Oyez, contrasting ancient ritual with modern brisk English cries of Oh yes Oh yes Oh yes. It laments the decline of ceremonial French in official England.
A Honduran minister in Washington, known as a diplomat, visited an uptown barber. After outlining his request in heavily accented language, the barber offered a Turkish bath, which the visitor declined with hesitation, showing cultural miscommunication.
A summary of early interest in using electricity to aid plant growth notes a 1747 Gentleman's Magazine reference to electrifying myrtle and cites London Tit-Bits about electricity as a horticultural aid. The piece also mentions Thackeray’s dialogue with Lowell on Queen Anne English in Henry Esmond, highlighting language use of the period.
A Philadelphia Record humor piece notes the world loves lovers yet dislikes buying wedding gifts for the groom. A wry tag lines contrast wit and gift giving as a simple mug sums up the joke in a streetwise tone.
A Kansas City Journal quip notes a barber shop incident inflaming rumors. The exchange jokes about a physical altercation as a “mug” injury, underscoring a local scandal context without graphic detail.
A New York World summary notes neurasthenia or nervous prostration as a perplexing disease needing a psychologist more than a physician. It lists forms with names such as agoraphobia monophobia claustrophobia and batophobia plus siderodromophobia and arithmonania. It concludes all are curable if treated early.
A popular author sought a peck of diseased peanuts from the agriculture department to photograph and test if they were fatal. Scientists argued over the danger, the next day the peanuts vanished, and a janitor was discovered to have eaten them. After three days no ill effects appeared, and the author advised the department that the peanuts are harmless.
Alfred Noyes after a Dart mouth College lecture receives a telegram from President Ernest Fox Nichols urging a return visit with Mrs Noyes for two or three days. The message, a playful parody of Noyes poem, asks influence to secure a longer engagement and references Lewd to lilac time and Kew.
A London Hospital recounts past hospital practices at Hotel Dieu in Paris. The piece notes crowded wards with up to fourteen beds, and mentions four posters and canopies for convalescents. It cites a 1592 plague death toll of 63,000 at the Hotel Dieu.
Paris critic W Francklyn argues Rodin favors lamp lighting to reveal texture. shadows may exaggerate skin wrinkles and muscles, misrepresenting stonework when features aren’t carved. The piece notes projective light can cast shadows not tied to the actual surface.
A humor sketch shows a Matrimonial Agent asking what kind of husband a girl wants. The girl replies a man who abstains from smoking drinking or swearing and treats her kindly with chocolates and frequent theater and restaurant outings. The agent counters that she actually wants a beau. The judge presides over the exchange.
The fair girl recalls LT telling her they would not meet again and notes his belief in her actions. She adds that nothing prevents him from calling her by phone, reflecting a quiet, domestic moment of misunderstanding and unresolved tension.
A terse Chicago News line notes a long effort by a woman to reform a man and contrasts it with another woman who quickly makes him look foolish in a brief encounter.
In Philadelphia Record a dialogue quips about Sillicus professing love for a dash away girl named Sylicus. The exchange hints at affection and self-reliant confirmation, framed as a fleeting lyric snippet with literary allusion referencing Herrick browsing themes of pursuit and longing.
The article warns European troops risk addiction to cordite chewing, noting nitroglycerin’s alcohollike effects and possible explosions from hard chewing. It cites German and Austrian soldiers blown apart by the habit, underscoring the danger and the unlikely safety of prolonged use.
In Case and Comment, Professor EB Delabarre of Brown University notes that a concussion from a sandbag can erase memories from three to five hours prior while not affecting earlier impressions. The piece claims this method forces self robbed agents to confess, as sandbags leave no marks and reveal details up to the blow.
The ill fated heir of Napoleon III grows into tactful maturity. He mistook Alberic Second for Marshal Leboeuf and said he was glad to meet a friend of his father. After correction he sent a message through M. Filon noting the error but defending the phrase.
In a London Tit-Bits note, the Sock and Buskin club staged Little Mac or the Mountain Mystery in the town hall. The resident recalls the supposed mystery was simply how the audience endured until the final act finished.
A Louisville Courier-Journal humor piece depicts a divorcing couple in a quip about custody. The husband offers the wife custody of the car, poodle, and rubber plant with alimony while he keeps the children and the graphophone. The wife laments and protests, uttering stop the divorce.
A fragment cites Maude accepting an engagement ring offered by telephone from her gentleman friend. The poem notes a playful view on wearing such a ring, with a humorous aside about poetry printed on both sides of paper diminishing length.
Gabe asserts lineage from a great family while Steve confirms, calling him an allegedly direct descendant in a brief Cincinnati Enquirer exchange.
A pithy adage by Tudge notes that hurried marriages may yield improved prospects later, suggesting patience in choosing a partner leads to better long term matches.
A humorous reflection on discarded watches and why people keep buying new ones. It notes that most men own only a few watches in a lifetime, then asks where the old ones end up while recalling affectionate memories and odd personifications of timepieces. The piece shifts to a brief comic anecdote about a restaurant confrontation over proper conduct at meals. It ends with a misprinted vignette about a Paris marriage of convenance and a grandfather.
The notice lists trolley departure times from Lancaster A M and Lititz A M with varying afternoon and evening runs, including Saturday and Sunday schedules. Additional routes cover LANCASTER PETERSBURG AND MANHEIM with multiple daily departures from Lancaster and Manheim, plus weekend variations.
A schedule lists major fairs in September and October. Lehigh County Fair runs September 23 to 26 in Allentown. Lancaster County Fair takes place September 30 to October 3. York County Fair occurs October 6 to 10.
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