Local Notes: Mysterious rodents to elderly farm and city concerns
Reports of diverse local incidents include a Lebanon girl who survived benzene and boric acid ingestion, a Dillsburg teacher finding two oddly colored mice, and a looming fruit farm project in Armstrong county. It notes police reshuffles, Martins arrival at Pottsville, a Berks county fire loss, Fourth of July warnings, a near fatal river plunge in Allentown, Centre county population shifts, and prison site debates in Centre county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catharine
Andrew Moyer
Lebanon
D. B. Baker
Dillsburg
Baker
Pennsylvania
George A. Hunger
Parks Township
Armstrong County
Thomas Gray
Downingtown
Pottstown
Annie E. Richards
Charles W. Lessig
George W. Shaffer
Reading
Spies Church
John Beischel
Allentown
Lehigh
Beischel
Centre County
Nets and harpoons hunt the nearshore whale in New Zealand
The Wide World Magazine describes a whaling method near Cape Brett where nets of wire rope and floating floats trap a hundred-ton whale. Harpoon crews race to strike, the whale battles, and lances finish the hunt as the carcass is hauled to shore for flensing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay of Islands
New Zealand
Cape Brett
Messrs
Cook Brothers
Down
Wide World Magazine
Prohibition May Fuel Drug Habit Says Dr. Cabot
Dr. Cabot of Massachusetts General Hospital notes in the New York World that limiting alcohol could drive drinkers to morphine and cocaine. He cites evidence from New England and the South, arguing prohibition may undermine its aims. He adds that temperance has improved mainly from within, not by legislation, and commercial forces rather than law have spurred reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Cabot
Massachusetts General Hospital
New York World
Rainstorm Turns Revivalist Guest Into Head Wager
A Mississippi revivalist, drenched from rain, stays with a townsman. The host lends a suit and the preacher changes upstairs. A woman, mistaking him for her husband, scolds him with the family Bible striking him on the head.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Lippincott's
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Roger Sree
Dr. Pierce
World’s Dispensary Medical Association
R. V. Pierce
M. D
Buffalo
N. Y
Pierce
Brunnerville
Lancaster County
E.G. Geyer
Conestoga Brand
Philip Rudy
Queen Street
Lancaster
M. H. Shenk
Kiirz
Enna
The
Lancaster Trust Co
Queen St
Lancaster, Pa
Acta
Boliolts
T.H la
John Hertzler
John D. Skiles
Terbert
Miller
U.S. Mellinger
Gous S. Grayhill
W. A. Hensel
Sean H.W. Artman
John A. Nauman
John BR. Miller
D. Ft
Breneman
J. H. Weaver
Thomas Steffy
Broad Street
Lititz, PA
IND
Wertsch
Watchmaker
Jeweler
Lititz
P. & R. Depot
PENNA
W.h.muth&co
Coal Lumber
W. H. Muth & Co
Decker and Janssen
Anss
J. B. Young & Son
E. Orange St
Fulton Studio
Amos, Photographer
S. M. Huber
Lititz, OR
F. M. Bowman
Rothsville
Florida
Cedar Creek
Ritchie’s
E. Cc. Ritchie
Waverly
Waverly Oil Works Company
Independent Refiners
Pittsburg
Waverly” Gasolines
Continental Food CQ
Pououltry
Per Aate
John F. Schleibh
Spruce St
W. HH. Ollinger
East Main Street
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