Cannon Ball House and Its Revolutionary Mark on the Schuylkill
The Cannon Ball House on the west bank of the Schuylkill near Penrose Ferry road is tied to the Revolutionary era. A cannon ball pierced its walls during the Red Bank attack on Fort Mifflin in October 1776, yet no one inside was harmed. The doorway window in the chimney and the house’s age, dating to the early eighteenth century, are noted, with the site once shown as Blakeley's house on Carpenter's Island in an 1750 map.
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St Iles
Schuylkill
Neck
Penrose Ferry Road
Penrose Ferry Bridge
Delaware
William Bradford
Mud Fort
Fort Mifflin
Red Bank
Scull & Heap
Kingsessing
Carpenter's Island
Blakeley
Penroses
Treatley
Philadelphia Ledger
Birthday Cheers for Japan’s Emperor in Imperial Weekly
The issue extols the Emperor of Japan on his birthday November 8 celebrating forty years since succession. It lauds his statecraft, devotion to subjects, and grand victories amid difficulties and wars, urging national devotion and the repetition of imperial edicts. Three times Banzai is proclaimed for his Majesty.
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Japan
Plan for Peking tramway by Japanese minister
A Japanese official submitted to the Bureau of Foreign Affairs a scheme for a tramway line in Peking. The proposal asks a ten year monopoly of operation, after which China may purchase the undertaking.
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Peking
Bureau of Foreign Affairs
China
Lobsters Show Handedness Varied by Claw Teeth
New discovery by Sir J. Crichton Browne notes most lobsters possess sharp teeth only on the right claw. About 96 percent exhibit right-claw teeth, while a small number have teeth on the left side.
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J. Crichton Browne
The Kochlani Arab Horses Keep Ancient Lineage
The Kochlani breed preserves a 2000 year genealogy said to descend from Solomon's stable. A baffling line appears: Who is that man mconing over hin neal? That's the star boarder.
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Solomon
Hin Neal
Star Boarder
Cynthia and the Man from the Sea
A seaside village tale follows Cynthia who falls for a glamorous stranger, his return sparks romance and ruin. Years later a yacht disaster and a ghostly encounter force recognition, forgiveness, and tragedy as Cynthia gazes toward the sea.
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Cannon Ball
Schuylkill River
National Bank
Ferdinand National Bank
Mathias Ginger
Qichetmanns
Ferdinand Electric Light Co
The
Ferdinand News
French Lick
West Baden Springs
Carlsbad
Herdinand News
Mary E. Dalrymple
Cynthia
Dick Belding
Belding
Ethel
John Waring
Richard Belding
Knickerbocker
Diana
Mr. Belding
Pacific
A. Lavergoolaan
Kuffee
Victor Catking Machine Record
J. A. Sondermann
Dubois County
Sway Point
New York World
Louisville Courier Journal
Cincinnati Enquirer
Eee
Courier-Journal
Henry Watterson
Newaan
Weekly Courier-Journal
Ferdinand
Gourier-_ Journal
B. A.mosby
Huntingburg, Indiana
Belte
Tondey
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