Reading man kills wife then dies in doorway
The report notes John Brown of Reading killed his wife by drinking carbolic acid at the top of the stairs and died in view of her. It mentions Rev. D D Trexler's retirement due to ill health and a series of local incidents including a car theft, a bee injury on a railroad crew, and a push for sheep farming to relieve beef and pork demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Brown
Reading
D. D. Trexler
Rehrersburg
Millersburg
Shartlenville
Lenhartsville
Charles D. Trexler
Brooklyn
Melvin Sweigert
Richland
Margaret Weist
Charles Grim
Grimsville
Allentown
Clayton Kline
Henry Gangewere
Colonel Trexler
Oxford
Sharpsville
New Wilmington
Mercer County
Law
Join Kane
Erie County
Meundville
Kane
Mr. Kane
Maryland Peach Crop Shortfall Hits South Mountain Harvest
Maryland peach growers report a small crop with total shipments to Smithburg around 75 000 baskets or 35 000 bushels, far below earlier expectations of over 300 000 baskets. Individual orchards show strong yields, notably James Dayhof on three acres aiming for 3 000 from the field. Frosts and blight cut production. several growers like Samuel Winters George Diffendall and Bart Gardenhour expect 3 000 to 5 000 baskets. Also noted are new postage proposals by Rep W W Griest to cut local letter rates to one cent and two cents for initial ounce for inter-post Office mail.
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Maryland
Maryland South Mountain
Smithburg
James Dayhof
Samuel W. Winters
George Diffendall
Bart Gardenhour
House of Representatives
W. W Griest
Pennsylvania
Griest
Sumner and the Joke on Longfellow Dialect
A humor vignette from Some Early Mercuries recounts Charles Sumner failing to grasp humor. Longfellow and others tease him about Lowell’s dialect spelling while Sumner brims with knowledge of china and Lord Exmouth’s collection. Appleton’s quip about two plates elicits laughter as Sumner insists his tale is true.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Sumner
Mr. Longfellow
Sumner
Lowell
Summer
Longfellow
New England
Nahant
Mr. Sumner
China
Lord Exmouth
Long Appleton
Senator A. C. Lodge
Scribner’s Magazine
Removing Faint Stains From Outdoor Skirts
A practical note on removing paint stains from outdoor skirts. Use dry laundry or corn starch to prevent spreading, apply turpentine to the stain, rewet and scrape with a dull knife, then rinse and brush away starch. Includes a brief aside from Washington Star about stain removal and a zoological remark from St. Louis Globe-Democrat on studying animals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
A Deacon's Wife A Cautionary Water Cure Tale
Deacon John Goodman aged forty eight loses his wife and remarries a widow named Pardon. After a year of violent outbursts she drowns temper with an accidental river plunge during a staged rescue. Rescued, she reforms and becomes a model wife, while Goodman dies peacefully a few years later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Goodman
Hud
Grafton
Pardon
Deacon Goodman
Fimnner
Hanner
John
Goodman
Parson
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Louis Globe-Democrat
Golden Medical “Discovery
R. V. Pierce
Common Sense Medical Adviser
R.V. Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
M. Quad
Record Print
Broad Street
Litirz
Lancaster County
Record Printing Office
Broad St
Frank Buch
Prop
Lititz, Pa
Oxfords
LaFrance Oxfords & Pumps
W. M. Grube the Shoe Man
Lititz, Penna
John F. Schleith
Spruce St
Lititz
Ind
Kofroth Electric Co
Center St
A. R. Bomberger & Co
W.D. Fichthorn
Imhoff’s Restaurant
Marrow
Jce
Daniel
MHOFF
East Main St
Lititz Ind
Charles J. Landis
Aaron B. Hassler
Court of Common Pleas
County of
Lancaster
Courts of Oyer and Terminer
City of
Gard
Alger Mannaners
Milton Ery
Geo. L. Keath
Justice of the Peace
Brunserville
IDEAL
Boilers
John D. Bair
Horse & Mule Barns
Blue Ball
Ritchie
E. Co. Ritchie Railroad
Hershey & Gibbel Conveypancers
Scriveners
Zhgen
Algo
Tel
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