Allentown and Lancaster Jail Terms and Wartime Letters
Legal sentences include Alderman Gotthardt and Herbert Christman jailed for 110 and 20 days. Harry Effinger of Lancaster sought shelter by feigning a fight to sleep in a cell. Charles J. S. Miller, son of General Miller, writes from Europe about ambulance service and plans to visit Franklin after the war. A William Hoffman, 51, Reading machinist, found dead under Penn street viaduct with foul play suspected. Cyrus and Mrs. Fox celebrate fortieth anniversary touring their original wedding route via Philadelphia and New York. The Lebanon County Historical Society donates the old hand fire truck Cedar from 1774 to Perseverance Fire Company, now preserved in their collection.
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Gotthardt
Allentown
Herbert Christman
A. Herman
Pottst
Harry Effinger
Lancaster
Charles J. S. Miller
Charles Miller
Franklin
General Miller
William Hoffman
Reading
Penn Street
Cyrus T. Fox
Philadelphia
New York
Jacob Fry
Lutheran Theological Seminary
Airy
Lebanon County Historical Society
Perseverance Fire Company
Historical Society
Perseverance Home
Naming a Battle and Its Dual Identities
The article explains how famous battles have different names across nations and regions, rooted in observers’ landmarks. It cites Waterloo, Sadowa Koeniggraetz, Gravelotte St Privat, Bull Run Manassas, Shiloh, Sharpsburg, and Antietam, noting how each side used local geography to name a clash and recounts a Youth’s Competition reflection on these dual names.
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Waterloo
la Belle Alliatice
Prussia
Austrria
Sadowa
Koenig Graetz
Germany
France
Gravelotte
St. Private
Bull Run
Manassas
Hittsburg
Shiloh
Wellington
England
Sadewa
Koenigeraetz
Graveilotte
St. P
The Homeburg Telephone Exchange and Carrie the Operator
George Fitch describes Carrie the telephone operator in Homeburg who knows much of town gossip and daily happenings. The piece humorously notes how Carrie overhears conversations, tracks trains and lost children, and manages secrets to keep the town peaceful, contrasting her with a careless former operator.
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Carrie
George Fitch
Homeburg
Carsie
Wimble Horn
Mrs. Ackley
Paynesville
Express
Lotie Briggs
Alesander Bane
Kant and Alphabet Tales From Old Texts
A compact review of antiquated curiosities includes Kant’s modest pay in Koenigsberg with aid from Frederick the Great and a century old London Chronicle note. then a Bible alphabet claim from Artaxerxes and Zephaniah, and a Venetian glassmaking decree with harsh penalties, followed by a witty Senate dialogue about changing opinions from Washington tar.
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Artaxerxes
Westminster (Gazette
Best He Could Do Not For Doctors
A garbled exchange quotes a Boston Transcript line about lending money and a Galveston News remark on doctors. The fragment includes a quote about bravery and a statement that ignorance can be bliss. The piece weaves literary fragments and newspaper quips without a clear single event.
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Boston Transcript
Galveston
A Wartime Bluff by Stonewall Jackson and a Quick Escape
A historical wartime note recounts how Stonewall Jackson, calm and decisive, halted a Union gun by ordering its limbering and moved across the Shenandoah bridge. The ruse allowed his Confederate force to escape and later win at Port Republic, illustrating leadership under pressure.
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Stonewall Jackson
Jackson
Port Republic
Shenandoah River
Shields
Hhad
Bho
Ydauth
The Prized Jones Poem Brick Layer Tale
A reader recalls discovering an Irish bricklayer named Jones who wrote a line of poetry after every brick laid. The anecdote ties his even verse to a potential claim for the poet laureateship, as told through Atlantic Monthly memories and Walpole and Chesterfield hints.
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Atlantic Monthly
Jones
Walpole
Colley Cibber
Henry Jones
Lord Chesterfield
Bismarck on Wagner and music in conversation
From Conversations With Prince Bismarck by W. B Richmond, the English painter, in North American Review. Bismarck says he loves music but avoids Wagner due to his vanity and constant demands for sympathy while acknowledging Wagner’s genius. He describes his own emotional restraint and the pull of melodies he cannot forget.
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Wagner
Bismarck
Prince Bismarck
W. B Richmond
North American Review
Wind pressures at increasing speeds noted
The text lists wind speeds from three to ninety miles per hour and their corresponding pressures per square foot. Three mph yields about three quarters of an ounce per square foot, eighteen mph yields one and a quarter pounds, thirty-five mph six pounds, fifty mph thirteen pounds, seventy-five mph twenty eight pounds, and a hurricane at ninety mph forty pounds per square foot.
A Lapse of Memory Polite Exchange at Wedding
A reformed policeman in the tale challenges the bridegroom Algernon Smith with a tremulous pledge as pallbearer gloves mark the scene. The Chicago Post quotes a sly line about memories and threats, while a separate item notes a polite music master who admonishes a learner after a mistake.
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Algernon Smith
Chicago Post
The Difference Between Fratech and Business
A quotation contrasts a fratech device you wind to start with a business you wind to stop. The Philadelphia Ledger notes it is good to feel gratified yet dangerous to be satisfied, attributed to Sheldon.
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Fratech
Philadelphia Ledger
Sheldon
Driver Ants Build Living River Bridge Across Waters
A vivid account explains how large African driver ants form a living bridge to cross rivers. Thousands of ants swarm onto overhanging branches, link front legs with hind legs, and create a rope that spans the water. The living bridge advances as ants form a tunnel, allowing the army to cross, then collapses back into the river once the last ant is safe.
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Rashikoneyant
Africa
du Chailly
Cutler
London
Gerald
Preferring His Suit and a Father’s Consent
A fragmentary exchange shows Cyntha-Oh chiding Tom for shabby clothes as he contemplates seeking a father’s consent. The dialogue hints at social expectations and the pressure to present oneself suitably to gain approval.
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Cyntha
Tom
Papa
Borough Finances Lititz Borough 1915 Bank Treasurer's Account
Auditors confirm the Lititz Springs National Bank treasurer's accounts for Lititz Borough year ending January 4 1915 show a balance on hand of 2885 98 and 185 02 in the Roebuck Fountain account plus 2000 par value of Lehigh Valley Railroad Co 4 percent general consolidated mortgage bonds due 1903 held for the same account.
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Lititz Springs
Espenditures
Ightin
Tax Commission
Warwick Township
Roebuck
Lititz Borough
Lehigh Valley Railroad Co
General Consolidated Mortgage
Grant Repays Favor by Appointing Old Judge
Colonel S A Holmes notes General Grant rewarded early supporters. Grant sought the county surveyor job, but only one of three St Louis county judges voted for him. Later, during his first presidency, he urged a petition for Judge Long to be appointed internal revenue collector, recalling a past favor.
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Grant
S A. Holmes
St Louis
St. Louis
White House
Urant
Long
Internal Revenue
Washington Post
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Box
Lewis N. Moyer
Kant
Koenigsberg
Goldsmitt
Kint
Frederick the Great
London Chronicle
Venice
Senator Sorgham
Washington
Alexsander Smith
Palace
Constantinople
Europe
Old Pop Crabbe
Boston ‘Transcript
Mademoiselle
Beethoven
Taris Figaro
Americano Rede
Christian Register
S. M. Huber Liloe
Main Street Ind
Sanitary
Kreider’s Hardware Store
Main St
Lititz
Borough Finances
Fe Agi
Ms i Jititz
Seth Lie
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