Hummelstown Readers Send Visiting Guests and Local Notes
Local society spreads with Harrisburg and Elizabethtown visitors as church events and classes plan a Calico Social. A former Orpheum Theatre site becomes a feed store amid scarlet fever quarantines. Scouts seek funds, sports travel, and school rules require doctor’s notes for absences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Rodenheiser
Claude Shumaker
Harrisburg
Franklin A. Zeider
Railroad Street
Harvey Buch
Mary Elizabeth
Elizabethtown
Buch
M. F. Nissley
Oliver Deimler
Deimler
Chester Gates
Indianapolis
Indiana
Mary Fox
Samuel Arnold
Pittsburgh
Rutherford Heights U. E
Ladies’ Aid Society
Orpheum Theatre
Amanda Yost
Womelsdorf
Agnes Conn
Reformed Sunday School
Cameron Avenue
Robert S. Lower
South Mountain
Man overboard tale aboard Atlantic ship humor
A passenger with a stutter seeks to talk to the captain but is dismissed until the captain suggests singing to speak. He then sings a toast about old friends and notes a punchline that the blooming cook has fallen overboard and is twenty miles behind, delivering the final twist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
One Can Never Tell Watch Dropped on Floor
A humorous exchange has two men debating whether a watch stopped after it dropped. One asks if the watch ceased functioning and the other confirms. The brief vignette highlights a casual conversation about a mishap and its presumed effect on the timepiece.
In Lost Love Dilemma Dubb Seeks Solver
LT explains to a friend that he has caused his relationship trouble by showering his girl with compliments. He fears she will grow conceited if he continues, yet worry remains that stopping will make her think he does not care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dubb
No Steak for Him Mr Henpeck Wots yer steak like ter day
A playful dialogue shows Mr Henpeck and Mrs Henpeck debating supper choices with humor about steak tripe and tenderness in a sentimental butcher scene. The exchange reflects domestic banter and culinary quirks in a lighthearted mood.
Quite Imaginary Professor Give Me An Example Of An Imaginary Spheroid
Student replies with a playful paradox roosters lay eggs though roosters are male. The exchange laughs at a math pun about imaginary shapes.
Scotchman's Scruples Over a Five Cent Cigar Offer
A salesman offers a box of cigars as a present to a Scotch buyer in Chicago. The buyer cites a rule against accepting gifts, then negotiates by buying the cigars for five cents. He ends by purchasing four boxes after a sniff, saying he can buy smokes elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Rausch
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Pittsburgh
Babcock
Carrie E. Hummel
West Main Street
William Flowers
Harrisburg
Frank Frantz
C. H. Miller
Herbert A. Schaffner
Frank J. Schaffner
Ninety-first Aero Squadron
Dauphin County
Franklin & Marshall College
University of Pennsylvania Law School
David R. Landis
James Roat
Hazel Trimmer
Philadelphia
William Roth
Beagleside Farm
Jo Mo Seaman
North Railroad Street
Women's Christian Temperance
Anne
Anna Cassel
Harvey Engle
Town
Russell Gleim
William McClolland
Tharrisburg
Mervin Holland
Elershey
Bertram L. Ream
Elizabethtown
Sarah Muth
Ruth Kilmer
Chestnut Street Auditorium
J. A. Kilmer
R. Donald
Tarrisburg
Chicago
Feeble remark fuels insurance surrender tale
The medical examiner notes feeble health as the applicant for insurance explains the agent nearly talked him to death before he surrendered. The exchange highlights the pressures of obtaining coverage and the applicant's cautious decision despite the agent's persistence.
Quite Right Radical Calls for Reform and Voice
A fragmented quotation centers on labor reform municipal reform and government reform. The speaker advocates broad systemic changes and voices concern over governance while mentioning the problematic term chloroform in a terse line.
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Hummelstown
Round Top
Alonso Fite
Lancaster
C. P. Haehnien
Henry R. Brown
Gratz
Berrysburg
Fishburn
United Brethren Church
Walter McCormick
Hershey
Fred McCall
Lester Hoerner
Milton Hoerner
Poplar Avenue
A. S. Lehman
Annie B. Nye
Ruff’s Hall
Mary Wheeler
Legrange Minnieh
Scranton
George Fromm
Aldus H. Eby
Reading
Myr
George A. Zellers
St. Petersburg
Florida
Jacob S. Shope
Ivan Cunningham
Los Angeles
California
Mary
Myra Scbersole
Alvin Zimmerman
Flarrisburg
Gissinger and Son
Starrisburg
William Bale
Camel
Shamokin
William Shuey
Harry Holler
Leroy Holler
Easton
Lehigh-Lafayette
Allan
Reformed Church
J.W. Grande
Methodist Episcopal Church
C. C. Haehnlen
Henry R. Bowen
Pishburn
Department Store
Hershey, Pa
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