Notable Local News and Updates From Pennsylvania
Mrs Kate Edwards once condemned to death for a Stoudsburg murder grows weaker in Berks jail as she nears death. Fifteen new Lebanon smallpox cases surface in homes already quarantined. A mad dog in Linglestown prompts canine euthanasia and no human injuries. Governor Tener signs a bill empowering conductors to detain disorderly passengers with penalties up to 30 days or $10 fine. Fasnacht of Lititz, longtime Ideal Chocolate chief, dies of typhoid fever at 26. Middletown Y M C A rebuilding plans progress after fire. Captain Henry Euston marks 71st birthday. he served in Civil War and long industrial career. Dauphin County jail prisoners craft wooden match safes and jewel boxes in idle time. Palmyra worker Walter Metz sustains finger injury at bottling works. Campbelltown Rising Sun hotel outlines major expansions by John Basehore.
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Kate Edwards
Stoudsburg
Berks
Lebanon
F. H. Gingrich
Linglestown
Dauphin County
Roger Good
Ephraim Cassel
Wilson George
William Good
David McFadden
Tener
Wiliam E. Fasnacht
Ideal
Lititz
Golden Eagles and
Odd Fellows
Middletown
Young Men’s Christian Association
J. B. Martin
E. S.geberich
A. G. Bank
D. L Fishel
N. I. Kast
Kast
Henry T. Euston
Lebanon County
Sedgwick Post
No. 42
Euston
North
Lebanon Township
One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Regiment
Pennsylvania Volunteers
Pennsylvania Steel Company
North Lebanon
G. Dawson Coleman
Walter Metz
Palmyra
S.D. Bashore
Harry Books
Rising Sun Hotel
Campbelltown
John ‘Basehore
Lutheran Week at Mont Gretna Starts August 9
Lutheran Week at Mont Gretna will run from Saturday noon August 9 to Saturday noon August 16. Cost not more than a dollar a day with no deposit required for desirable rooms. Demand for rooms may exceed supply by July’s end. write to chairman Dr. Charles L. Fry of Catasauqua, Pa, to reserve. The program includes amusements, summer school courses, and exhibits.
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Mont Gretna
Charles L. Fry
Catasauqua
Retirements and Critics Hit Boston & Maine Leadership
The Philadelphia Record contrasts Charles S. Mellen's retirement from Boston & Maine and Maine Central with his continued role at the New Haven. It calls him a railroad pirate and predicts a Waterloo in federal indictments, saying his monopoly stance angers New Englanders.
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Charles S. Mellen
Boston & Maine
Maine Central
New Haven Company
Mr. Mellen
New
Philadelphia
Petit Jury
Grand Jury
Napoleon
St. Helena
America's 6th Polo Victory Recalls Brave Onze
A fragmented report recalls Americas sixth polo victory with eight players noted for bold play and fierce risk taking as the team battles for supremacy. The source uses vivid, period tone to describe players willing to sacrifice safety for victory.
Fiends incarnate and luck in the Yankee triumphs
The piece mocks British sailors and praises American success, calling the polo players fierce, claims luck decides the races, and contrasts with the US dominance in Olympics and the 1857 America’s Cup win, arguing luck isn’t climate based. It questions the Telegraph’s view of British defeats.
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London Daily Telegraph
Isle of Weight
Europe
Eyesight Restored by Accident to Oklahoma Pastor
A child’s piece of tinfoil from a rubber band struck Rev. G. G. Rupert, pastor of an Oklahoma church, causing sudden vision restoration after twenty eight years of blindness. Hot cloth applications followed and vision improved to nearly normal. Rupert went blind in 1884 during revival in Birmingham, Ohio.
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G. G. Rupert
Oklahoma
Rupert
Birmingham
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Hershey Laundry
BELL
Mtt. Gretna
R. R
America’s
John B. Curry
Swatara Station
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