Exeter farmer trades cow for old car and overhaul
An Exeter township farmer swapped an $85 cow for a second hand automobile and had it overhauled at the expense of two other cows. Frank Wisler, Lehigh Tannery postmaster for 20 years, laments mail crane moves by the railroad. Northwestern Pennsylvania rabbits surge. Kittanning cemetery rabbits proliferate. West Chester sees "batting for bats" on street corners with paddles, bats occasionally killed. Old Maids Club forms in Sunbury. Hetta Fulton leads with stance never wed.
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Exeter Township
Berks County
Frank Wisler
Lehigh Tannery
Sunbury
Hetta Fulton
Pennsylvania
Kittanning
West Chester
Rise and Fall of Sawbill in Ontario Mining
Robert E. Linkerton describes Sawbill, Ontario, once a bustling gold mining town with a forty-stamp mill, hotel, store, and power plant. By 1901 operations ceased, buildings stood intact yet abandoned, as high costs and elusive ore led to an emptying of the town and rapid forest reclaim.
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Ontario
Canada
Sawhill
Sawbill
Robert E. Linkerton
Globe
Reminiscenes of Elizabeth Furnace and Stolied Hills Lore
The piece recalls Elizabeth Furnace estates and their heirs, the Grace of Mount Hope, and the Steigel era near Brickerville Church. It threads religious history at Brickerville founded 1720, Muhlenberg’s visits, and long church conflicts resolved into quiet. It closes with legend of Der Ewige Jaeger and Baker’s Legend of the Hounds.
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Pennsylvania
Mount Hope
A. Bates Grubb
Clement B. Grubb
Daisy Grubb
Speedwell
Robert W. Coleman
Elizabeth
Brickerville
Steigel
Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg
Peter Mischler
Daniel Kuhn
Adam Simon Kuhn
Lancaster
Fredrick August Muhlenberg
Stiegel
Walter Scott
Panama
Risingham
Chili
Bertram
Hopewell
Cornwall
The Author Publisher Leslie Robinson Story
Leslie Robinson, son of a publisher, becomes Robinson & Co.’s brains and publisher, yet struggles with literary ambition. His wife urges business fitness, tests his name value, and a failed own novel under his name ends with a harsh verdict that he has nothing to say.
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Leslie Robinson
Gory Hose
Young Rapinson
Robinson
Tate
Leslie
Fime
Mr. Robinson
Robinson & Co
Browning
Anthor
Mra. Robinson
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Elizabeth Furnace
Gorge H. Baker
Legend of the
Oman
Dr. Pierce
Benj. U. Heiss
Neffsville, Pa
East Petersburg
Janetio Manheim
Lititz
Millway
Akron
R. R
Atlantic City
Ocean City
Sea Isle City
Stone Harbor
Cape May
Columbia
Landisville
Lancaster Junction
Manheim
Philadelphia
Spec's Ly. A
Ephrata
Stevens Denver
Reinholds
Vinemont
Reading Terminal
Ve. A
Sach
Ocean Grove
W. M. Grube
Lititz, Pa
John F. Schleith
Spruce St
Kofroth Electric Co
Center St
A. R. Bomberger & Co
Imhoff’s Restaurant
Marrow
Daniel Imhoff
East Main St
Ind
Gy Biebener
Rustee
Real State
Conecnionsland Insurance
Brunnerville
Fichthorn
John D. Bair
Horse & Mule Barns
Blue Ball
Ritchie
Hershey & Gibbes Conveyancers
Scriveners
Ina
Tel
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