District actions close eateries and regulate drugs state wide
The District Attorney orders West Grove Sunday restaurants closed and drug stores to sell only medicines. In Chester county Teddyffrin public schools offer hot lunches two days weekly. Obituaries note Mrs. Sarah M. Gossler dies at 87 after 70 Easter services. County Treasurer John E. Hartman reports a stolen bicycle. Pennsylvania Railroad enforces anti loitering at depots. Walter Wentz bags a wild duck and jack snipe near Swatara Creek. Mrs. Lou Wolfe displays a hand painted Japanese china set. A toddler wandered near Kirkland station and was found by a section hand before a train. Jacob Bollinger recalls minimal medicine use since age eight. Joseph Monark notes his parents long lifespans.
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West
Grove
Teddyffrin
Chester County
Sarah M. Gossler
Sunbury
John E. Hartman
Lebanon
Hartman
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Erie and Renova
Walter Wentz
Swatara Creek
Jonestown
Harry Rhoads
Kirkland Station
Frazer
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jacob Bollinger
Huntington
Joseph Monark
Woodbury Township
Blair County
Fire at Landisville Warns Plant Fire Watch Saves Factory
A Pennsylvania Railroad engineer sounded a timely warning around 4 AM Friday, preventing a large fire at the Monitor Steam Generator Company's foundry in the Landisville elevator. Fire crews from Landisville, Salunga, and the plant’s own apparatus contained the blaze to the elevator woodwork, causing about $200 in damage. Local residents alerted others to the danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Railroad
Landisville
Monitor Steam Generator Company
Salunga
Demonstration Prompt Sparks Unclear Text
Fragmentary OCR-like lines show garbled phrases about willingness to demonstrate and a prompt reply. Readable items include mentions of Chicago and Golnath, while many terms are indecipherable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pilshew
Chicago Fost
Be Careful What You Say Poem Exhorts Self-Reflection
A poem urges restraint in judging others noting humans have faults. It counsels examining one’s own defects first before criticizing friends or foes and warns that careless words can harm those we barely know. The verse appeals to humility and personal reform.
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Mamma
Lakewood
Billy
Hyein
Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Good Housewife and Her Intrusive Telegraph Tales
A local tale recounts a vigilant housewife who intrusively monitors telephone lines, listening to calls and even tampering with the circuit to avoid battery drain. A detective figure warns that such spying and meddling violate law and etiquette, ending with a light remark on police restraint.
Gilbert and Rowland Grey on Sir W S wit
Rowland Grey in the Century lauds Sir W S wit as Brevity. He cites humorous lines from chance chat and Sullivan operas. Examples include a terse Hamlet verdict and quips about actors and Miss Middlesex accent.
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Gilbert
Rowland Grey
Sir W. & Gilbert
Sullivan
Mr. Grey
Hamlet
Punay
Phiyer
Ile
Let Her Go Gallagher and a Proud Mare
Morgan county Kentucky judge Bearer rode a trotting mare entered at a Tipton county meet. Gallagher, city marshal of Harrodsburg, drove the rival fast trotter to beat the judge’s pride as the crowd cheered loudly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallagher
Morgan County
Uarrodsburg
Tipton
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Forgetful Disraeli's Luck Leads to Unexpected Fortune
A letter to Disraeli from Mrs Williams is found months after. She had read his novels and wished to meet him. He visits the town where she lives, and she is flattered, deciding to leave him her fortune.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Disraeli
Williams
England
Function of the Eyebrows and Observations in Ireland
Eyebrows shield the eye from violence and sweat guiding moisture toward the temple and nose. Their color and number relate to climate and light sensitivity from above. A probate note from County Dublin mentions earth goods valued at 6500 dollars and lingering human foibles appear in brief humorous items and quips about animals and salesmen.
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Lotave
Golnath
Streudte
Adin Ciark
Mam
Cate
DR. Pierce
R.v.pierce
M.D
Buffalo
Common Sense Medical Adviser
2. V. Pierce
County Dublin
Irelan
Evermore
Norway
Armstrong
Wiinkee
America
Ireland
Tonlon Telegraph
Louisville Courier-Journal
Tray
Deuce
New York Press
Ethel
Grube’s
Ritchie Railroad Restaurant
Lititz Ind
Hershey & Gibbes Conveyancers Scriveners
Jow Ag
Iatitz Pa
Tnd
Brandies
Hollinger Liquors Cor E. King and Dake Sts
Lancaster, PA
C. H. Kreider’s Hardware Store
Main St
Lititz
Bell Overland Service
The
Bell Telephone Co
Penna
R.E. Smith
Mgr
New Cash Hardware Store
Landreth
M. Ferry
Lake Shore
Gradus
Thomas Laxton
Nott’s Excelsior
Alaska
Valentine
Stowell
I. P. Reese
W. King Street
Lancaster
Rogers Bros
International Silver Co
Sernznecaiannia Co
Merides
Conm
Levi F. Longenecker
Front Street
Lititz, PA
A. R. Keller
Lititz, Penna
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