Rates of Advertising in the Record
Advertisement rates are payable quarterly with advance payment required for transient ads. Immediate insertion requires stamping by Wednesday noon. Job work of all kinds is done neatly and promptly on short notice. Communications should be addressed to the Record Office at Itita Lane, Co. Pa.
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Bhcord
Itita Lane
Mil
Kigsel
East Petersburg
Warwick Township
Lancaster County
PFRAM
W.8
Buch
Ephrata
Geo
Demmy
Akron Station
Lebanon
H.N. Wolt & Sone
Kissel Haill
OG. Hassler
Peter
Oregon
C. BE
H. Hi. Lane
Andrew Li. Lane
Inlizabeth Township
Lydia Mathews
Lancaster Man Charged with Robbing the Mails
George Mackinson of Lancaster a transfer company worker faced charges for robbing the mails after authorities traced thefts including money orders jewelry and letters. Inspectors Nichols and Lucas followed the case which involved a Reading mail bag and a confession partial in nature. bail set at 2000 with a hearing scheduled next October.
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George
Larry Mackinson
Lancaster
George W. Park
la Park
Lancaster County
Conestoga Creek
A. J. Nichols
H. E. Lucas
Philadelphia
Mackinson
Reading
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania Station
New Jersey
Fire destroys relics collection at Ament residence
A fire of unknown origin destroyed the relics collection belonging to Frank Ament and his wife at their home in Ranks. Mr Ament escaped in his night clothes after being singed by flames that burst into the room. The couple managed to flee with their lives as the blaze raged.
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Frank Ament
Holes In Everything and Passages Through Matter
A collection of scientific notes discusses matter containing holes and how gases like hydrogen and sodium pass through various barriers. Experiments by Thomson and Bellati illustrate permeability through vacuum tubes and cold iron, suggesting a broader view of matter as full of holes. Separate humorous quotes from Miss Fisher's Little Brother and a Louisville Courier-Journal exchange add light, satirical commentary on daily life and employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomson
Bellati
Family dispute prompts warning from Philadelphia Record
In a Philadelphia Record notice, a voice asks Gotrox to help his daughter, who has been seen tormented to live, while Larduppe warns the father it will be his fault if help is not found. The brief exchange evokes a domestic tension framed as a public warning.
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Gotrox
Philadelphia
Spanish Law and a Long Imprisonment in Cuba
A British sailor, an American, and an Irish companion on shore at Banana faced a Spanish court that punished them for a death caused by a Chinese man. The case escalated from two to twenty years each after the British consul pressed the matter, with the Englishman enduring years in Cuban prisons then Ceuta. He survived, later escaping, marrying a Spanish woman, and leaving prison healthier than before.
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Cuba
Banana
Quban
Ceuta
London Family Herald
Jokable Relatives and Odd Customs in Indigenous Cultures
A Baltimore American piece recounts anecdotes on jokes and social rules among remote groups. It cites the Malay Straits Sets anecdote and explains the Crow mother-in-law taboo, plus clan-based joke restrictions and permissible mockery within kin groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Museum Journal
Fissures In the Rockies
High plateau fissures in the Rocky Mountains form deadly traps for cattle and horses during winter blizzards. Cracks up to four feet wide and eighty feet deep fill with snow, sunless caverns turning victims into mummies as they sink and perish.
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Rockies
Rocky Mountains
The Three Card Trick Fraud At Westminster
In a coronation era tale, Chutneigh lured Queen Caroline into a three card game in the anteroom as George IV was crowned. She lost her money, laughed at the end, and Chutweigh earned a pension for introducing the trick. A Pittsburgh theater then faced sign confusion over a ladies remove hats policy leading to nosy theft.
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George IV
Caroline
Westminster Abbey
Chutneigh
Europe
Mr. Chutweigh
England
Critical Shave Incident From a Maryland Town
John Hays Hammond, once not worth much money, paid five pounds for a shave in a small Maryland town on the eve of his wedding. He searched for a barber, found an intoxicated older man, and threatened the barber with harm or payment. The barber, under strain, completed the shave but fainted as he took the five dollar note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hays Hammond
Maryland
Hammond
New York Tribune
Close Student and the Nose Touching Scholar
The late Goldwin Smith recalls Robert Lowe later Lord Sherbrooke as nearly nearsighted so his reading nose touched the book. He won high honors at Oxford though Wit quipped Lowe would have earned higher honors if he had not rubbed out with his nose what he wrote with his pen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldwin Smith
Robert Lowe
Lord Sherbrooke
Oxford
Dodged His Duty and a Dog Incident in Social Notes
A short comic exchange features Cholly visiting Mr. Butts to call on his daughter. The dog growled at Cholly, prompting a quip about getting rid of the dog. The item appears in social notes under humorous captions.
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Cholly
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Golao
Yarmouth
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Mr. Courtney
Miss Fisher
Wombat
Louisville Courier-Journal
Koninklijke Paketvaart Maatschappij
Equator
Malay Peninsula
Straits Settlements
Frederick S. Isham
Orient
Baltimore
Pittsburg
Pittsburg Gazette-Times
Keller
Emporium
Broad St
Lititz
Foster & Cochran
Dwluu
Foster and Cochran’s
E. King St
Lancaster, Pa
Samuel Grubeh
Oavier Gruber
W. M. Grub
Njy
James O Sturgistate
Horace . Sturgis
Albert
Sturgis
M. G. Schaeffer
Truis
Rothsville
Oalton
Bau
J.K. Stoner
Liita, Pa
Hassler
Isaac Larah
Penryn
Ind
Bell
Toledo Blade
Asbury Park
Long Branch
Philadelphia & Reading Railway
Prince Street
Columbia Landisville
Lancaster Junction
Manheim - Suite
Millwa
Akron
Ephrata Statens
Mee Yen
Denver Reinholds
Ocean Grove
H. D. Bollinger’s
Bologna
H. D. Bollinger
Geo. S. Demmy
Snavely
Siias H. Earp
Isaac
Sarah of
John D. Bear
Aeron
Lebanon County
Wolk & Son
Diamond Station
Hink
East Main Street
Batrday
James C. 8Turgis
S. Broad St
Lititz, Pa
MO. P
Crystal Spring Farm
Iowa
Leber
Sale and Exchange Stables
Ephrata, Ps
Maxine Kurtz
F. E, Exgle
K. H. Lawson
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