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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1911
Page
3
In January 1844 Boston faced a frozen harbor as the Britannia docked. Citizens funded and organized a three day ice cutting to carve a ten mile channel using ice cutting machinery and horse power. By Feb 8 the steamer advanced through an open lane amid cheering crowds and a festival scene on the ice.
The article recalls that the House of Commons expelled legally qualified members in past eras, citing cases like Aislabie and others, and notes unusual punishments. It also recounts General Funston's memory of a Malabon siege incident where a gun misfire left a Mauser bullet fragment in a breech, now in the Army Ordnance museum.
The Wettin lineage becomes England's royal surname through Queen Victoria's marriage to Albert of Saxony Coburg Gotha. The house name derives from the Wettin castle near Magdeburg, traced to the tenth century founder Wittekind, and applies to both Ernestine and Albertine lines of Saxony.
A college instructor urges practice of preached standards in class. An English composition pupil asks the professor to read a marginal correction after recitation, the note reading Write more plainly explaining the student’s struggle to decipher the mark.
The rising young author proposes marriage to the great heiress stating it would be a powerful advertisement for him. The line exposes a blunt, opportunistic motive behind romance and social rise, reflecting a witty moment of social satire.
Roddy the captain ignites resolve after Parker the quitter is put behind center. Parker drives a 16 yard rush and a late game TD as Parker and Roddy overcome bruises and a brutal right guard to clinch victory for their team. St Paul Pioneer Press reports a dramatic comeback victory.
A Cincinnati Times-Star anecdote recounts an old treasury cutter where gunners rarely hit targets. Captain Berthoff recalls a time inspectors demanded a firing demonstration, and a hit proved the crew’s alleged accuracy while exposing lax wartime ammo waste.
In eastern Bavaria smaller towns are framed as walled farm villages with parallelogram layouts gates at each end and watch towers. Ground floors hold cattle stables and peasants move between gates. Chinese music described as weird and screeching with households hosting musical corps for evening amusement.
In Suffolk street scene novelist FitzGerald walks bareheaded and barefooted toward the Deben with a friend. A crowd taunts him at the crossroads near the post office, calling him mad as he acknowledges the joke yet insists his madness is self aware.
A domestic quip shows a wife telling her husband the love has cooled while he complains his breakfast is cold. He denies waning affection, blaming the cold breakfast for his mood. The exchange turns on punning in a light, humorous domestic vignette.
A Baltimore American line quips about marriage litigation urging prompt court action. The joke frames a suit for marriage as a trial seeking immediate resolution, reflecting social norms and humorous legal shorthand of the era.
A witty exchange about incongruity features Toole William and a diverce lawyer, with a child Allan. Satire notes hatred likened to fire, making rubbish deadly, and quotes George Eliot on the theme.
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