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Newspaper
Long Branch Daily Record
Location
Long Branch, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
May 14, 1913
Page
4
A British firm builds the Britannic for White Star Line to be launched next fall with an overall length near 875 feet and breadth of about 94 feet 6 inches. It will be heavier by about 4 000 tons than the Aquitania and surpass the German liner Imperator in size.
An article recounts how crevasses hide beneath Antarctic ice, likening the danger to the devil's roof. Explorers like Amundsen Scott and Shackleton warn of sudden drops, radiating fissures, and roofs that may yield under a sled or traveler.
A humorous exchange where one asks why the mind wanders and another notes the speaker dislikes taking an engagement ring to a jeweler yet wants a price. The reply suggests several peers in their circle have already had it valued.
A collection of brief cultural curiosities and anecdotes. Notes on Victor Emmanuel II’s long mustache and its dining etiquette, a description of a rare ivory mat used for state occasions, quips about poets and social scenes in London and Boston, and humorous asides about pie shops, actors, and bookkeepers. The tone mirrors a light, miscellany page.
The article explains how the word wake derives from a Scandinavian term for an opening in ice. It tracks the meaning from a ship passage cut in frozen water to the smooth water trail afterward. It notes French adaptation as ouaiche and mentions usage on the Norfolk broads with the original open-ice meaning.
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