Fever signs act to place Stony Batter as state property
The governor signed a bill making Stony Batter in Mount Gretna Pennsylvanias birthplace of James Buchanan state property. A 10 acre lakefront tract will join the Pennsylvan ia Chautauqua reservation. Health board closes Hellamborough schools and churches for two weeks due to diphtheria. A European traveler Bargnasclenon carries a nine foot beard record. Montgomery countys 22 restaurants face license renewal hearings with doors shut at midnight. Juniata county petitioners threaten libel suit over temperance list pamphlets. A Cambria City butcher sues over a defective cow sale and refund. George Keicinger buys a Berks county 10 acre farm for a vine yard and wine vault.
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Fever
Stony Batter
James Buchanan
Pennsylvania
Harriet
Lane Johnston
Lake Conensago
Mt. Gretna
Juniata County
Temperance Society
Janiata
Cambria
Frank Hull
Cambria City
Annie
Duncan
Hull
George L. Keicinger
Carsonia
Modified bill aims to license shooting game in state
The legislature debates reviving a bill that would require licenses and fees to shoot game birds or animals, but tight provisions drew farmer protests. The revised form excludes owner property shooting without a license, directing license proceeds to wildlife promotion and urging swift enactment.
Angora Goats Offer Profit in Semi Arid Southwest
The southwest dry tracts support Angora goats as an infant industry with strong profit potential. Ranchers use brush clearing work and desert forage to sustain herds. goats thrive on rugged brush and high cliffs where other animals fail. Hair yields up to three pounds per clipping and sells for 30 to 40 cents per pound. meat and milk are praised for quality.
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Arizona
Southwest
L. Holbotm
Popular Mechanics
The Weather Bureau and Its Public Perception
A discussion recalls that popular lecturing anecdotes can be apocryphal and notes public faith in meteorology. It stresses the Weather Bureau as not infallible yet increasingly reliable, with a history dating to 1870 and later ties to the Agriculture Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Senate
Bureau
United States
Department of Agriculture
Dog Interruption Sparks Speaker Pause at Local Event
In an Iowa town a speaker was interrupted by a barking dog during applause. He said he would wait as the dog, possibly from a good family, had not rehearsed with him.
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Lyceum
la Crosse
Wisconsin
Tragedy in Lansdown: Boy fatally shoots sister thinking intruder
Alexander Kerr, 18, fired a birdshot shotgun after mistaking his sister Nellie 16 for an intruder in Lansdown near Philadelphia. Nellie died within 15 minutes. Kerr, frightened and nervous, said he meant no harm and authorities took no action.
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Lansdown
Philadelphia
Alexander Kerr
Nellie
Young Kerr
Kerr
Noses and Beauty Across Time in Nineteenth Century Writings
The article recalls Charlotte Bronte and Fredrika Bremer showing plain heroines can captivate readers. It cites readers’ fascination with noses, anecdotes of attempts to shrink unwanted features, and a Beauty Editor’s hygiene guidance as a counterpoint to vanity.
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Charlotte Bronte
Fredrika Bremer
England
America
Petrea
Hostetter Shear Elevator A New Farm Unloader
Harrison Woostetter, a Palmyra farmer, invents a grain and sheaf unloader. The machine operates with a one horse gasoline engine and saves time. Manufactured by Palmyra Wood Works and pending patent rights. Lancaster Lutheran conference to meet in Palmyra May 8 9 and 10.
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Harrison Woostetter
Palmyra
Hostetter
Washington
Palmyra Wood Works Manufacturing Company
Lancaster Lutheran Conference
Pennsylvania
Lebanon County
Shoe values lure buyers to try Oxfords
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the Weather Bureau
Dr. Pierce
Brother
Brunnerville
Lancaster County
E. G. Geyer
Conestoga Brand
Philip Rudy
Queen Street
Lancaster
Soth Phones
M. H. Shenk
Itmrz
Pexna
The
Lancaster Trust &Co
Queen St
Lancaster, Pa
John Hertzler
John D. Seiles
Herbert C. Millen
Mellinger
John 8. Graybill
W. A. Hensel
T. W. Hartman
John A. Nauman
John B. Miller J
Breneman
I. H. Weaver
Thomas Steffy
Broad Street
Lititz, PA
Ind
Wertsch
Watchmaker
P. & R. Depot
Lititz
PENNA
W.h.muth&co
W. H. Muth & Co
Decker and Janssen
Century Sheet
J. B. Young & Son
E. Orange St
Fulton Studio
Hiss St
Amos
S. M. Huber
F. M. Bowman
Rothsville
Florida
Cedar Creek
Ritchie's
E. Cc. Ritchie Railroad Restaurant
Waverly
Waverly Oil Works CO
Pure A Elke
Continental Food CO
John F. Schleibh
Spruce St
W. H. Bollinger
East Main Street
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