Rev Harvey Knight Visits Home Amid County News Looms
Within the county Rev Harvey G Knight visits his parents in Marietta after four years as an Africa missionary. The fodder shredder kills another, Scott Gehman of Blue Ball loses an arm. Lancaster County Fair plans a corn contest with prize trips to Washington.
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Harvey G. Knight
Africa
Marietta
Scott Gehman
Blue Ball
Lancaster County Fair Association
Lancaster County
Washington, D. C
Ezra Bowman
Providence Township
Cyrus Sandoe
Margaret Snyder
Rohrerstown
Powell Bros
Philadelphia
Frank J. McGrann
Lancaster County Humane Society
Phoebe Mellinger
Watt & Shand
Columbia
State Supt Shaeffer On Better School Health
Nathan C. Shaeffer presents an annual report to the Legislature noting challenges to medical inspection from opponents in the League for Medical Freedom and school boards fearing costs and possible sanitary condemnations. He forecasts upcoming sanitary inspections regardless of boards votes.
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Shaeffer
Nathan C. Shaeffer
League For Medical Freedom
How They Differed Brothers Chalmers minister and physician share home
In a western town two brothers named Chalmers lived together. A visitor asked for Mr. Chalmers. The physician answered I am he. The man, astonished, said you’ve changed since last heard you preach. The physician replied It’s my brother you want, he preaches and I practice.
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Chalmers
Mr. Chalmers
It Was Lizzie's Cup
A playful exchange centers on Lizzie's cup with a well-dressed visitor who drinks from it claiming Lizzie is his sister. The twist reveals Lizzie is actually a dog, prompting amused disbelief.
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Lizzie
Little Willie
Old School Desk Must Go Prophetic Call for New Classroom Design
An Oregon newspaper quotes Prof H O Sisson at the Multnomah County Teachers Institute arguing the persistent cast iron school desk harms health. He predicts desks will be obsolete in twenty years, preferring movable benches and desks to allow students to stand, walk, and study freely.
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Oregon
H. O. Sisson
Multnomah County
Teachers’ Institute
Sisson
Grand Central Terminal Opens After Seven Years of Work
The New York Grand Central Depot opens at midnight serving 800 trains daily and 100000 passengers. Visitors admire the 300 foot high vaulted concourse with a starry azure ceiling and zodiac signs. The station blends four stations in one with no stairs and subways replacing steps.
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Grand Central Terminal
Grand Concourse
New York Central
African Ant Hills Forty Feet High
West African ant hills rise as tall as forty feet with sugar loaf shapes and hollow interiors. Hundreds of rooms hold workers in tunnels and roads while guards deter intruders with firearms. The queen lives in a ground floor royal cell, constantly fed as eggs are stored in dedicated rooms.
Bitter Cold Encounter in Colorful City Street
A bitterly cold day in a city scene shows two Black men in starkly different clothing. One man, bundled in a moth-eaten chinchilla coat, shivers against a building while a second man in threadbare clothes whistles by and quips that cold weather does not affect belief about the cold.
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Darky
Akron Borough Faces Payment on Iron Company Debt
In common pleas court the borough of Akron was found liable for $999.45 to the Donaldson Iron Company, arising from a 1911 water system contract by Oscar E. Christ. Christ bought iron pipe worth $4,872.14, later bankrupt. company sought guarantee from the borough which the jury said it had provided.
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Common Pleas Court
Donaldson Iron Company
Akron
Oscar E. Christ
Ephrata
Christ
Iron Company
Wellington anecdote sparks tea choice at Strathfieldsaye
In Horsley s Recollections of a Royal Academician a tale recalls the duke of Wellington s household at Strathfieldsaye. At breakfast his favorite servant offered green or black tea as guests chose. Lord Denman hesitated and finally exclaimed mix it, prompting the duke to order two pots for him.
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England
Wellington
Horsley
Strathfieldsaye
Jv Stenterlau
Lord Denman
Presence of Mind A Woman’s Nerve Against a Cobra
An English traveler in Ceylon recalls dining at Trincomalee where the hostess calmly ordered a bowl of milk for a deer skin. A cobra emerged and was killed as guests froze, then the hostess fainted upon the snake’s death, showcasing remarkable composure under deadly peril.
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Ceylon
Trincomalee
London
Lincoln Chin Fly and Antiquated Trouser Tales
A humorous Lincoln anecdote describes a lazy mule and a man who slaps its jaw, claiming victory with the line I titled him that time. The piece then shifts to notes on ancient Britons and Roman attitudes toward trousers, mentioning Braccae and Caesar.
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Lincoln
Gaul
Alps
Gallia
Cicero
Alexander Severus
Rice Stealing by Coolies and a Humorous Kitchen Exchange
An article notes Chinese coolies stealing rice by leaning against sacks and guiding dry grain through a tin tube into clothing, flour stolen similarly, with a punishment of water poured into the thief’s clothing. It then presents a dialogue about a cake and a cook, showing a playful exchange between father and daughter about cooking methods.
Cruel Line Sparks Coffee Joke in Cleveland Plain Dealer
A short quip from the Cleveland Plain Dealer jokes about a fur band drinking coffee to stay awake and hear the speaker’s true thoughts, highlighting a playful exchange in a comic or feature context.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
With or Without Does She Sing Yes With or Without
Detroit Free Press notes a brief exchange where a question about music prompts a witty reply. The snippet hints at performance and theatrical context without providing full details.
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Detroit Free Press
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S. Broad St
Lititz
Millersville State Normal School
Lancaster
Amos Martin
New York Grand Central Depot
Iron Duke
Farmers National Bank
Penna
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
Heinitsh’s
S. Queen St
Chas. H. Frey
King St
Chile
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