County Happenings in the Garden Spot
A. B. Cling plans to quit his Mr. Joy coal business on April 1 after 33 years of operation. Anna Kramer, Bareville native aged 85, reports never having been ill. J. S. Risser of Elizabethtown killed a 521 pound porker. Rheems farmers handle hay mows baling and delivery amid good prices. Howard J. Rohrer of Centre Square Lancaster donated twelve gray squirrel specimens to the Long Park Commission. Harry Long, Liberty Square, filled his ice house with five inch ice. Andrew Heisey of Elizabethtown sold 200 bushels of apples at a Greenwalt's Hotel sale. Isaac Overholtzer near Reamstown lost an arm below the elbow while feeding a corn shredder.
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A. B. Cling
Centre Square
Lancaster
Long Park Commission
Harry Long
Liberty Square
Andrew Heisey
Elizabethtown
Greenwalt’s
Isaac Overholtzer
Reamstown
Do You See Him Selling Papers on the Corner
A Birmingham Age-Herald blurb notes a boy on a street corner whistling as he sells newspapers after school, described as one of the local calamity bowlers in the neighborhood. The Houston Post column echoes light takes on marital threats and timing in West Africa with clocks scarce and time marked by daily routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham Age-Herald
West Africa
Guinea
Flax in Wearing Apparel from Drumore Farmer's Grandmother’s Craft
James D. Evans, a leading Drumore farmer, adds a large flax bank finished by his grandmother over 75 years ago. Farmers once grew flax for cloth, grain bags, sheets, and towels. Linen and grain bags from that era endure, cherished as family mementos of ancestors' hard work. Evans’ lineage spans over two centuries, originally Wales to a Penn deed, among the county’s oldest property records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George W. Hensel
James D. Evans
Drumore
Mr. Evans
Wales
William Penn
Courtship Confession Sparks Witty Retort at Home
A wife recalls a courtship claim that no other woman matched her, to which her husband quips that he is glad for the sake of other men. The playful exchange highlights domestic banter and humor within a family moment.
Old Conowingo Mine recalls bygone ore boom in Eden township
The Conowingo mine near Camargo in Eden township powered by local timber was once a major employer with nearly 500 workers and a bustling network of farm teams hauling ore and coal. Decline followed new furnaces elsewhere, but the site remains a deep, water-filled relic with potential for reopening.
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Providence Township
Eden Township
Camargo
Withers
Mt. Eden
Hopkins
Conowingo Furnace
Conowingo
Quarryville
J. M. Hopkins
Peach Bottom
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
Fager
Helping the President McKinley and the Canton Crisis
John Cheerfully Backed McKinley In a Diplomatic Crisis. At the time of the Boxer rebellion the president rested at his Canton home when a long distance call arrived from the czar and the German emperor asking that American troops be placed under Count Wandersee. McKinley dictated a conditional consent and, after hanging up, urged John to turn the water back on. John replied the troops would be led with caution and all the men supported the president in resolving the issue.
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John
McKinley
Canton
Hay
Hoot
Washington
United States
Count Wandersee
New York Times
Inspiration In Dreams Coleridge Dreaming 200 Lines
Coleridge added to the list of authors inspired by dreams claiming he wrote over 200 lines of Kublai Khan in a three hour sleep An interruption banished the rest upon waking The first idea of The Ancient Mariner also came from a dream of Cruikshank Wipling's Greatest Story In the World was a half remembered dream of a mundane young man Mirrors reflect light by rebounding off a metal backing, not penetrating the surface
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coleridge
Kublai Khan
Cruikshank
Wipling
Making a Record: From Wax to Copper Negative Master
The article explains the early process of sound recording and reproduction from wax tablets to copper negatives, detailing wax machining, copper electroforming, master duplication, and the pressed shellac records used by manufacturers in the New York Times era. It discusses recording diaphragms, phonograph components, and the production sequence for commercial records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ndison
Bell
Lain- Ter
Berlinerre
United States
Singer
New York Times
Pretty girls charm crowd at urban amateur theatre
In a Detroit scene a dozen pretty girls cavort on stage during a rehearsal as two young men in the last row discuss which one is theirs. One confirms his girl is on stage and points out the pretty one, prompting a lighthearted exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Howede Sewing Machine Idea Traced Back
The Sewing Machine. Elias Howe, whose machine popularized the device, is not its first creator. An Englishman drew plans in 1790, and another machine operated in Paris as early as 1830, according to the Argonaut.
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Elias Howe
Paris
Entirely Too Common The Doctor Madam Advice on Exercise
A clipped exchange from a Philadelphia Record item contrasts the doctor Madam urging more exercise with Mrs Newlyride defending walking as a necessity for attending the poor. The line echoes a social commentary tone, pairing health with class duties and daily routines.
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W. Hl. Buch Ciottuer
the County
Houston Post
Seaboard Sun
South
Florida
Cuba
Sant Tant Monest
Carolinas
Pinehurst
N.C
Southern Pines
Camden
8.C
Columbia
D. C
Savannah
Brunswick
Jacksonville
West Philadelphia
Chestnut St
BE. Mann
Admiral Dahlgren
Cabeen &Co
George Gribe
David Fager
John Best
Schuylkill County
St. Nicholas
Eimerson
Farmers National Bank
Lititz
Penna
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
W. A
QUEEN
Lgnticians
Uhi
Chas. H. Frey
East
King St
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