Twain and Sherman on a busy West Point train
The article recounts how Mark Twain Clemens rode a train to West Point with General Sherman and Secretary of War Robert Lincoln. On a stop a crowd mistook Twain for Sherman leading him to speak, amid cheering and a playful exchange about fare. The tale, recounted in Harper's Weekly, highlights a humorous incident of wartime fame and conduct.
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Albert Bigelow Paina
Mark Twain
West Point
General Sherman
Hartford
Clemens
Gen
Sherman
Robert Lincoln
Twichell
Lincoln
Wear
tWell
Mark Tyain
Bierman
Trobert
Teo
Harper's Weekly
Cookport Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Miss Rowena Donahey hosted by Miss Yazel Rodkey. Indiana callers Grover Keating and Claude Henry. George W. Bagley reports on a new Ford. John Henry Jr returns to work locally. Lord Gregg and family spent Sunday at A. C. Shank’s. Boyd Young from Pittsburgh retrieves an Overland car. Rodkey and Hornbey guests motor to Culver and Sunray. M. P. church to reopen with three services. Mrs. Rachel Henry Sabbaths with her son late at Wandin. Maeckins moves to town. George W. McCullough relocating. Howard Spicher oversees Mu Gallowugh farm. Liydick family at U.S. McCoy’s. A. J. Stephens family visited Spangler.
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Rowena Donahey
Stafford
Yazel Rodkey
Grover Keating
Claude Henry
Indiana
George W. Bagley
Ford
John Henry, Jr
Lord Gregg
A. C. Shank
S. Boyd Young
Pittsburgh
Mazel Rodkey
Rho
Cash Fashion
Liydick
U.S. McCoy's
A. J. Stephens
Spangler
Ambrose Social Notes Mention McMillens and Visitors
Misses Sara McMillen and Grace Jamison of Davis visited former brother W. C. McMillen and family. Mr and Mrs J Mulberger were Indiana callers last week. Lewis is moving to a big farm in West Mahoning. Mrs Fred Feitshans and Mrs W McMillen visited sister Samuel McMillen last week.
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Sara McMillen
Grace Jamison
Davis
W. C. McMillen
Samily
Mra
J. Mulberger
Indiana
You Lewis
Big Farm
Wast Mahoning
Fred Feitshans
McMilen
Yamuel McMillen
California Air Wonders And Oddities From The Forties
An array of curious California lore is recounted, including a San Francisco constable’s black pony that polishes boots for coins, and a German scientist's playful calculation of a 160 pound man’s body value in fat iron phosphorus and other substances, framing the era’s mystique.
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California
Boothlock
Californa
Love and the Liner at the Quay
A sentimental young town girl notices a pale dejected stranger on the steamer quay with a trunk. She offers sympathy and asks if the traveler is crossed in love. The stranger sighs and reveals a troubled, sorrowful tale amid a broader voyage anecdote.
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Quay
Great Wall of China screens at Howe travel festival
Lyman H Howe's Travel Festival brings World War era panoramas including the Great Wall of China shot by daring cameramen. The program features Yukon, Coney Island revelry, Montana hunts, Uncle Sam tractors, new animated cartoons, and a 1918 stallion show at Homer City Center township. The Shelocta Summer Normal opens April 20 for a 10 week term.
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Uewe
Myance
China
Great Wall
Lyman H. Howe
Gohonbhus
America
Hess Pictures
Mr. Howe
Yukon
Coney Island
Montana
Uncle Sam
Center Township
Homer City
Wm. Hamilton George
R. D
Farmers Offer In Transit Feed and Fertilizer Price Cut
In transit car for retail sale, prices offered on half ton and ton lots for feed and related items. A small amount of fertilizer also available. Seller: W. H. Henry, Lovejoy RD.
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W. Henry
Lovejoy R. D
Habgood Campaign Grows In Republican Primaries
Governor candidate Robert Patton Habgood of Bradford City McKean county builds momentum across Pennsylvania praising harmony over faction. A two term legislator and former speaker aspirant, he backs Prohibition and Woman's Suffrage, supports Workmen's Compensation and Child Labor laws, and promotes his home county slate in primaries.
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Robert Patton Habgood
Bradford City
McKean County
Charles Ambler
Habgood
Republican Blute League of Clubs
Chicago
Knox
Bellefonte
Trenovo
Renovo Wigh
Bradford
Buffalo, Rochester & Pittsburgh Railway
Bradford Evening Star
Bradford Evening Star and Record
State Editorial Association
Associated Dailies of
Pennsylvania
News of County Towns in EAST WHEATFIELD area
Local notes list attendances at funerals and Easter activities across Armagh and surrounding towns. Names include Marion McCracken Mrs H J Martin Jas McCrory and spouses from Philadelphia and Johnstown, plus many residents visiting relatives and hosting visitors through Easter week.
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Marion McCracken
H. J. Martin
J. D. Cripps
Philadelphia
Jas. McCrory
John McCrory
Johnstown
William Southwell
Armagh
Florane McKelvey
J. N. McKelvey
Turtle Creek
Presbyterian Ladies' Aid Society
Harry Fox
Nancy Tinkcom
Florence Dick
Indiana
Mary H. Tomb
Goulden
Armagl
Carrie Merriman
Emma Wilson
New Florence
J. J. Autchison
C.H. Findley
Jos. A. Shrom
Macklick
A. K. Gerhard
Rugh Station
Nannia Fox
Towingtown
Huth
Blanche McKelvey
Indiana Normal
Methodist Episcopal Church of
C. A. Campbell
Johnstown Purchase Line
SPORIOIDA Cures Smut in Oats at Indiana Pa
Frank Douglass of Indiana Pennsylvania advertises Ver tilizers and a large stock for garden and all crops. J M Stewart and Co promote SPORIOIDA cures for oat smut with fertilizer supply for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Stewart & CO
Frank Douglass
Indiana
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East Wheatfield
Warry Garman
Alice
Blandsburg
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A. Ruffner
Leslie Pattison
Nola
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Matthew Brilhart
Wraghyville
Clyde Ruffner
M. A. Ruffner
Ward Trouk
Emery Miller
Lovejoy
Mahaffey
Lewisville
Joe Rankin
Clymer
Mr. Rankin
Wm. Rankin
Cockport
E. Keating
R. C. Buterbaugh
J. F. Nichol
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C. H. Keating
Troutman
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