Ex Senator Cameron’s Lancaster county corn title noted at fair
Ex Senator J Donald Cameron is named corn king of Lancaster county after harvesting ten thousand bushels from fifty five acres. Other items include Hoffman’s fifty carloads of manure for Maytown farms, teachers in Ephrata pushing to enforce cigarette sales bans to minors, diphtheria cases and deaths in Lancaster, and milk dealers planning sanitary measures and a milk testing lab. Jerome D Koehler of Elm killed two large porkers for Isaac H Bomberger, weighing 574 and 601 pounds dressed. Congressman Griest seeks 350000 for a Lancaster public building. the old one cost 100000 under a Democratic administration. Isaac Martin near Reidenbach’s sells fifty four acres to Arlington Real Estate for a casket factory site and building plots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Donald Cameron
Lancaster County
Michael R. Hoffman
Maytown
Ephrata
Lancaster
Jerome D. Koehler
Elm
Isaac H. Bomberger
Mr. Bomberger
Congressman Griest
Isaac Martin
Reidenbach
Ephrata Borough
Charles Hart
Arlington Real Estate Company
Reading
Cat and Parrot Share Grim Dinner Dread
In a comical domestic exchange, two characters debate what happens when a cat and parrot are left with nothing to eat. The exchange hints at survival through unlikely predation yet lands on a lighthearted, absurd note about what “adjusts itself.”
State to take Lancaster Pike next June surveyors report narrow road
State Highway Department engineers from Harrisburg are surveying the Lancaster pike near Coatesville before state takeover next June. They find fences moved outward and land once part of the road turned into farmland, reducing width from the original sixty six feet to about half in many places, raising concerns for property damage and claims if the road is widened back to original dimensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Department
Harrisburg
Lancaster Pike
State
Corps of Surveyors
Coatesville
Iver
John T. Gephart
Brethren Tent Meeting Lodging Chosen in York
The lodging committee of the Church of the Brethren has elected C. G. Trimmer as chairman for the annual York meeting next spring. Arrangements plan for room and tent accommodations. Private houses and hotels will host many, tents will line the fair grounds, with a year end update expected on capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Bréthrén
York
C. G. Trimmer
Mt Athos: The womenless republic guarding ancient monasteries
Prof Caspar Rene Gregory describes Mt Athos as a self governed peninsula with 10 000 monks living under a strict system that bans entry by women and unpermitted visitors. He notes the lack of government offices and police by coast guard and highlights vast archives of Greek biblical manuscripts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macedonia
Greece
Caspar Rene Gregory
University of Leipzig
Kansas City
Fine Arts Institute
Mt. Athos
Akte
Constantinople
Holy Place
Karges
Gregory
Kansas City Star
Women Should Propose to Men, Boston Lecturer Says
George Willis Cooke of the Boston School of Social Science argues for gender equality in the home and politics. He contends women should propose to their ideal men, aided by economic independence and suffrage, and cites Zuni customs to illustrate shifting gender roles. He predicts happier marriages and women leading courtship as education levels rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Willis Cooks
Boston School of Social Science
Cooke
Missouri Humor and Nilsson's 1884 US Tour Incident
The account recalls Christine Nilsson touring the United States in 1884 with Signor Brignoli. Brignoli teased Nilsson’s indisposition by calling her a little horse, prompting laughter. A gallery remark echoed the joke, quipping about trotting Nilsson out, in a Tit-Bits snippet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christine Nilsson
United States
Signor Brignoli
Missouri
Nilsson
Madame Nilsson
Snapper Weighs Seventy Eight Pounds Shipped for Zoo
A snapping turtle weighing 78 pounds and estimated at over a millennium old was sent from Illinois to a Philadelphia market to be sold for soup. The market owner bought it and sent it to the Zoo. The creature’s head matches a St Bernard puppy, its shell runs 38 inches, and tip to tail measures 62 inches. Previously a 30 pound snapper was seen as enormous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ilinois
Philadelphia
Changing Colored Terraces at Mammoth Hot Springs
Yellowstone visitors note rapid changes in the Minerva terrace's color and formation as hot water flow shifts. Continuous flow sustains vivid hues. ceasing flow leaves white basins that crumble, then colors return when water resumes. The effect ties to underlying heated rocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mammoth Hot Springs
Yellowstone National Park
Minerva
Harper’s Weekly
Made the tailor pay for not forwarding the suit
A Chicago lawyer recounted a German law case where a tailor fined for denying an examination student the use of his ordered suit. The father’s funds misused led to the student missing the exam, and the tailor was fined 500 marks for lack of patriotism and hindering government entry. The tale also notes questions about who first noted magnetic needle declination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Chicago
University of Berlin
University
Chicago News
Columbus
Christopher Columbus
Innsbruck
Nuremberg
His Secret Societies and a Courtroom Quip
A witness is questioned about secret societies and jokes arise in court as the judge allows an answer. The witness admits membership in three groups the Knights of Pythias the Odd Fellows and the gas company. A separate cartoonish exchange shows a child explaining a rude door-slamming temper to his sister and another remark about humor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Knights of Pythias
Odd Fellows and the Gas Company
Argonaut
Johnny
Surprise Party for Brown Sparks Hidden Motive
A Detroit Free Press excerpt shows a plan to host a surprise party for Brown. The speaker contrasts feigned dislike with the real aim of a party, implying a private motive behind the social ploy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Detroit Free Press
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Shackamaxon
India
Mentor Union Underwear
W. H. Buch
Haberdasher
Record
Broad St. Lititz, PA
Aland
Republic of Mt. Athos
Missouri Humor
Snapper
Yellowstone Park
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
Bank of Perpetual Good Will
Royal Morris
Willow Reed
Heinitsh
BIG Furniture and Carpet
S. Queen St
Everett
Chas. H. Frey the Shoe Man
King St
Lititz, PA
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