Wild turkeys head Ebensburg Fair and local notes
The Ebensburg Fair will feature a genuine flock of wild turkeys including an old gobbler, a hen, and young. Pennsylvania items include a planned trolley link Chambersburg to Newville, a 91-year-old Johnstown resident obituary, and a 26-inch Carlisle Shetland pony. Also mentions of huckle berry vacations, a large Sayre coal sample, and suffragette activity in Bellefonte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ebensburg
Philipsburg
Snyder
Surface
Clinton County
Cumberland Valley
Harrisburg
Chambersburg
Newville
Hagerstown
Frederick
Maryland
George Stockholm
Plymouth
Luzerne County
Stockholm
Somersetshire
England
John Young
Johnstown
Mount Carmel
Allentown Fair
Sayre
Bellefonte
Carlisle
United States
John H. Wetzel
Letort Carpet Company
Indian Rug Company
Apple crops boost exports from New York and Midwest
A Boston Chamber of Commerce bulletin reports a bumper apple crop in New York State and the Middle West for export. The West, Virginia, New England dip, while Michigan, Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas show 75 percent higher yields. Oregon, Washington decline. Colorado and Utah slightly higher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State
Middle West
The
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Far West
Virginia
New England
New York
Michigan
Missouri
Arkansas
Illinois
Irndiana
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Oregon
Washington
Colorado
Utah
Finger Sawed Off At Manheim Knitting Mill
Francis Way a machinist at Kauffman’s knitting mill Manheim had his right hand injured when a circular saw cut off his first finger between the joint and knuckle the thumb and second finger were badly cut. Dr Hershey dressed the wounds and hopes the finger may heal if the bone knits. Way plays clarinet in the Germania Band of Manheim and may be unable to play again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Way
Kauffman
Manheim
Way
Dr. Hershey
Mr. Way
Germania Band
Nazareth Wins Prizes At Lehigh River Canoe Carnival
Ralph W. Fry and sisters Clara and Dorothy Fry of Nazareth won two prizes at the Lehigh River Carnival in Bethlehem on Thursday. Fry received a silk umbrella for the longest distance canoe while Dorothy won a silk waist for the most original decorated craft featuring an overhead framework with a revolving Japanese parasol and lanterns. The Family Theatre in Nazareth opened its winter season under new manager Charles M. Howell, offering vaudeville entertainments at five ten and fifteen cents with matinee prices for children. Three daily shows are scheduled with a rotating program each Monday and Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph W. Fry
Clara
Dorothy Fry
Nazareth
Lehigh River
Bethlehem
Fry
Charles M. Howell
Woolworth Roof Garden
Man in Prime at 60 Says Work Keeps One Worthwhile
Abraham Teachout of Cleveland a 94 year old manufacturer argues that a healthy man of 60 is in his prime and should not retire. He says such men can tackle proposals young people dare not and owe the world the benefit of their experience. He deems retirement from active work as folly for a vigorous man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham Teachout
Cleveland, O
Mr. Teachout
R.V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Dr. Pierce
Pierce
Reading Railway Uniformed Inspection Train Set for Sept 20
The Philadelphia and Reading Railway schedules a semi annual inspection train with tailors and inspectors to review uniforms of thousands of Reading system staff. The mission checks if new winter uniforms are needed as passenger schedules take effect next month or in early October. The train travels the Reading and Lancaster division on Thursday September 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Reading
Reading and Lancaster
Potatoes Scarce Shape Dishes For Winter Usage
The note warns that the potato crop is short and prices will rise. It advises limited use, reserving potatoes for desserts when guests visit. Corn meal dishes like mash and Johnny cakes are expected to fill winter menus.
Watches Go Loose Below From Shipboard Dynamo
The Sheffield Telegraph warns that the electric dynamo aboard large passenger ships can affect pocket watches carried in the engine room. Engineers habitually leave watches in their rooms to avoid derangement caused by strong electrical fields, as demonstrations show iron near the dynamo being pulled away by its magnetism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield Telegraph
Jose
Rossetti and His China and Morality Tales
Hueffer recounts Rossetti buying forged Chinese teaware, with a potter swapping duplicates for originals and selling them to M. Tissot. The piece on morphine argues the drug wounds moral sense, creating artlike but deceptive stories and urging caution in seeking honest answers from users.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossetti
Ford Madox Hueffer
Hueffer
Gabriel
M. Tissot
North American Journal of Homeopathy
A Tale of Two Haire and the D'Orsay Wit
A Tein mouth biography recounts D'Orsay's playful revenge on Powell. Powell tugged a hair, triggering D'Orsay to pull a hair in reply and mock Powell with a line about a solitary black hair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D'Orsay
Teinmouth
Powell
D’orsay
Mr. Powell
Parrdon
Powall
Not His Air at the Fashionable Concert
The Philadelphia Times recalls a stylish recital where two young guests focused on quirks rather than music. A pianist paused mid piece as one asked if a hair was his own, and an older deaf man nearby replied that the hair belonged to Schubert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schubert
Philadelphia Times
Ladder advice from elected candidate and old politician
A newly elected petty office holder says he will keep climbing to the ladder top. The seasoned politician warns to watch those at the bottom, who could topple the ladder. Published in the Pittsburg Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg
Notable Quotations in a London Tit Bits Snippet
A fragment from London Tit Bits contrasts Ouida's blunt reply to a question about insider knowledge with a cheeky pun about sailing terms. The dialogue mockingly pairs Jack and Molly as playful, repetitive banter appears alongside the phrase Village Belle denying proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack
Molly
London
Exhausts the Stock of Courage in Politics
A fragmented excerpt cites a dialogue about courage in proposals and fears in politics, noting stark reactions from husbands and a Shakespearean tone, with quotations attributed to a Boston transcript and Coleridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Family Theatre
J. B. Lippincott
Ouida
Coleridge
Brunnerville
E. G. Geyer
Thomas Steffy Lititz
N. Broad Street
Ind
Williamson
Pat Axpesteep
Co. E. Myer Tinner and
Plummer
Lititz, Pa
Lancaster Trust
Queen St
Lancaster, Pa
Hon. J. Hay
John D. Skeiles Grawill B. Long
John Awetaler
John D. Skiles
Herbert ©. Miller
C.8
Mellinger
John ‘. Gray Bill
W. WU. Hensel
John B. Miller J
Breneman
J. H. Weaver
Fulton Studio
Lancaster
Amos, Photographer
Waltham
Wertsch
Watchmaker
Lititz
P. & R. Depot Penna
W. H. Muth & Co
Apple
S. M. Huber
Waverly 0
Retinary
Waverl
Waverly
Philip Rudy
Queen Street
Leading Farmers
Sorrel Horse Hotel
A. B. Adams
Prop’r
King St
Ritchie
E. Cc. Ritchie
Skarre
Justice
Pease Raai
Srunnerville
M. M. Souders
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!