Five copperheads slain near Danville and other local notices
Five copperhead snakes were slain during a walk near Danville by former Sheriff Majors who also encountered two previously slain snakes. A church cornerstone in Chambersburg yielded crumbling records from 1811. The New Bloomfield Academy bans baseball players with low grades and few recitations. A Dillsburg farmer found a cave swallowing two horses. Greensburg sees rising horse thefts. A Klondyke-bound man did not return after hiring a rig. The Perry County grand jury had no business to transact at a term. Clarion and Forest counties fear water rights seizures on major rivers. DuBois residents cut poplars to comply with sewer-pipe concerns. Mill Hall sees six crippled men board a tram with left-arm injuries.
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People’s Advocate and Press
Perry County
Ne Clip
T. Charles
Discoverer of Grapefruit Earned Its Place at Table
Frances Frear in Leslie's Weekly recalls how Mrs. Frank Leslie, aboard with James E. Ingraham, popularized grapefruit in Florida by tasting fallen fruit and sending boxes north. The fruit’s reputation as a tonic grew after a physician analyzed it, prompting widespread demand and mass production reaching roughly 4,000,000 boxes annually in the United States and about 1,000,000 grown in Florida.
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Uncle Sam
United States
Florida
Frank Leslie
Harry Plant
East Coast Railway
James E. Ingraham
Sun as Power Station Dives Into Solar Energy Talk
The Chicago Tribune reports Sir J J Thomson at the Royal Institution discusses solar energy as a wireless power source. He notes 7000 horsepower per acre on sunny days and argues sun contraction rates keep energy sufficient, with heat radiation preventing rapid waning. A jet black object absorbs sun energy best.
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Sir J. J. Thompson
Royal Institution of London
Savant
Helmholtz
Chicago Tribune
Barnum's Circus Comes to Reading May 5 1911
Reading residents will view the Barnum and Bailey Greatest Show on Earth featuring John Ducander’s bell ringing horses from England, Italian acrobats Ponelli, German aerialists Siegrist Sibon, Jupiter the balloon horse, Charles the First chimpanzee rider, Georgetty French jugglers, Les Silvas French equilibrist, Noonan’s brass elephants, Capt Wieston seals and sea lions, Nederweld dog and monkey circus, Victoria Condona wire dancer, and 50 clowns. The train spans over a mile, 1286 staff, 700 horses, 40 elephants, and over 1000 other animals. The show lights 4000 lamps with own dynamos and railroads plan special service to Reading for the day.
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Reading
Barnum and Bailey
John Ducander
England
Ponelli Company
Siegrist-Sibon
Jupiter
Baloon
Charles the First
Georgetty
Les Silvas
Noonan
Capt. Wieston
Berzac
Nederweld
Victoria Condona
Barnum and Bailey Circus
Schoolboy Blunders and Noted Misstatements
A collection of humorous historical gaffes and anecdotes from various figures. Items include misstatements about Milton and Wordsworth, incorrect geographic and biographical facts, and a railroad scare involving Senator Dolliver and Vice President Fairbanks described by the New York Tribune.
Neck and Leg Proportions Across Animals and Birds
A dietetic and hygienic note argues that neck length roughly matches leg length in many animals and birds, reflecting feeding habitats. Grass eaters tend to have longer necks for reach, while crocodes, lizards, and fish have little or no neck. Water feeding fowl show similar patterns except bottom feeders like swans and geese require longer necks.
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Danville
Majors
Zion Reformed Church
Chambersburg
Bloomfield Academy
Samuel Chronister
Dillsburg
Greensburg
John
Clarion
Forest Counties
Clarion River
Tionesta Creek
Allegheny River
DuBois
Mill Hall
Susquehanna Traction Company
Sun Solar ‘Power
Aids
Pir
Pierce
Golden Medical
Golden Medical Discovery
Nature
Barnum’s Circus
Milton
Orient
Wordsworth
Calvin
Naples
India
Shakespeare
Galen
John Burns
Scotland
Edward I
France
Spain
Len Nevis
Ben Lomond
Ben Jonson
Wolsey
York
London
Australia
Himalayas
Bjornson
Senator Dolliver
Iowa
Fairbanks
Dolliver
Brunnerville
Lancaster County
E. G. Geyer
Conestoga Brand
Philip Rudy
Queen Street
Lancaster
Thomas Steffy
Broad Street
Lititz, PA
IND
M. H. Shenk
Isnre'renna
The
Lancaster Trust Co
Queen St
Lancaster, Pa
Bolicita
Hay Brown
John D. Skiles Grarlll B. Long
John Hertzlur
John K. Seiler
Herbert C. Miller
Mellinger
GAT Bty
W. A. Hensel
JH. W. Hartman
John Hertzler
John A. Nauman
John 5
Miller
T. Breneman
T, H. Weaver
Wertsch
Fulton Studio
Amos
E. King St. Lancaster, Pa
J. M. Huber
Lititz, OR
F. M. Bowman
Rothsville
Watchmaker
P. & R. Depot
Lititz Penna
W.h.muth&co
W. H. Muth & Co
Degker and
Janssen
J. B. Young & Son
E. Orange St
Lititz
Cedar Creek
Ritchie’s
E. C. Ritchie Railroad Restaurant
Mistress
Jane
Johnson
Pennsylvania
Waverly Oil Works
Rainarn
Rassenwneay Pal
Waverly Special Autoil
Waverly Gazo
Continental Food Co
Teeert Cattle Poultry
John F. Schleibh
Spruce St
W. H. Bollinger
East Main Street
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