Over the State on Over the State on Interesting Spawls
A Keystone Exchanges item notes Paul Gerhart of Jonestown Leb County heard a brass band and pianist via wireless from Reading Mass. The first ice boat built in Leba county was tested on Stover’s Dam, North Hat City, failing to solidly perform. The craft, built by Ralph Albert Irvin LeGay and Amion Muth of that city, reached 25 miles per hour in light wind and expected higher speeds with wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Gerhart
Jonestown
Leban County
T Bie
R -Ingfield
Mass
Leba County
Stover’s
Hat City
Caver
Italph
Albert
Irvin LeGay
Amion Muth
York Civil War Veteran Jacob Crist Remembered
Jacob Crist, a Dover township York county Civil War veteran, aged 92.1, recalled youthful days in Iowa and service in the Western army under Grant. He survived Shiloh after a minie ball pierced the New Testament in his coat, then witnessed Vicksburg and the surrender on July 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacob Crist
Dover Township
York County
Iowa
Shiloh
Grant
Vicksburg
Miss
Famous Salvation Army Leader Evangeline Booth to Address Lancaster
County report notes Evangeline Booth head of the Salvation Army, famed worldwide, secured for an address in Lancaster next May. She is currently in Honolulu. Lancaster General Hospital honors Ephrata nurse Miss S. Margaret Smith and Mr O C Miller of Akron with Near East medals for their relief efforts.
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Evangeline Booth
Salvation Army
Lancaster
Honolulu
S. Margaret Smith
Lancaster General Hospital
Ephrata
O. C. Miller
Akron
Near East
Ephrata Woman Elizabeth Eberly Celebrates 95th Birthday
Elizabeth Eberly of Church Ave Ephrata marked her 95th birthday. She attends Sunday School and church regularly and enjoys playing the piano for hours.
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Elizabeth Eberly
Church Ave
Ephrata
Why a girl is popular and how Pepto Mangan helps
A fragment discusses social appeal of lively girls and suggests red blood boosts popularity. It advertises Gude’s Pepto Mangan as improving blood and health, claiming happier mood and better looks, with notes about years of doctor usage and availability in liquid or advert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gude
Road from Manheim to Lebanon Will be Built
Assurance from Harrisburg confirms the Sproul Highway linking Manheim with Lebanon County line will be permanently improved. The state will cover half the expenses.
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Manheim
Lebanon
Harrisburg
Lebanon County
Junk business shows sharp decline in local dealers
Junk dealers have become inactive as the trade collapses. Farmers once had two or three dealers daily, iron fetched good money two years ago but now remains unsold, and old paper that was in demand is no longer sought at any price.
An Interesting Letter From 1851 Homed in Linden Hall Ties
Prof Herman T Freuault of Bethlehem recalls old Linden Hall acquaintances in Lititz and nearby towns, describing a lengthy travel letter from June 21 1851. The note recounts Harper's Ferry visits, scenic drives, hotel stays, and greetings to Clara, St Helen Bachman, Kitty Regennas, and Linden Hall staff and pupils. It also notes a second item about Col George S Beck's unusual will funding orphanages and a modest funeral arrangement.
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Herman T. Freuault
Bethlehem
Linden Hall
Lititz
Natural Bridge
Rochbridge Co
Lauster’s Hotel
Clara
Kerman
Pappy
Harper's Ferry
Abraham Herr
John Beck
Harper’s Ferry
Winchester
Staunton
Freddy
Lexington
Strasburg
Woodstock
Mount Pleasant
Newmarket
Harrisonburg
Baltimore
Alexander Butcher
Emma Butcher
St. Helen
Bachman
Kitty
Regennas
Eugene
Willey
Cecelia
Hall
Francie Rauch
Sally
Rudy Sturgis
Benj
Gingrich
Theo
Theodora Frucauff Beckler
George S. Beck
Reading
Womelsdorf
Topten
Beck
Milroy
Unusual Pet Fox Captivates Kennett Square Themd
Mrs Ire nice McMullin of near Kennett Square Pa kept a fox raised from a one day old cub found with its mother. Tip the seven month old fox is tame playful and non aggressive. He eats bread milk and lamb chop, baths weekly, and frolics about the house with cats and no harm to chickens. The curious pet has stirred local interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irenice MccMullin
Kennett Square Pa
Old Gobbler Kept Peace With Daring Farmyard Hero
A mammoth bronze gobbler named Ben kept a peaceable order when a neighbor flock invaded the farm. He confronted the intruders, led his flock away, and returned to prideful display, while the rival group remained silent. The episode impressed a reader and was shared by Our Youth's Companion.
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Ben
Outh
Willie and the water tank swimming tale
In a New York Sun joke, Willie avoids leaving the building while claiming to swim in the roof water tank. His mother orders supperless bedtime after he insists he never left the apartment, creating a comic misunderstanding about where the swimming occurred.
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Willie
New York Sun
Romance in New York Two Wedding Memorial Tablets
Two New Yorkers set up bronze tablets in the Cafe Beaus-Arts alcove to honor marriages begun there. One reads Happy Dawn September 1905 with an opal. the other, by a local lawyer, bears Aene Perennius MCMIX and a turquoise. Both mark meetings that led to wives and twelve years since the second plaque appeared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Beaus-Arts
Andre Bustanoby
MCMIX
Roman Empire Source Found at Cyrene by Italian Scholar
Dr Oliverio uncovers a marble block in Bengasi with a Greek inscription of over 700 lines. The text translates a letter from Augustus detailing governance of Cyrenaica and justice administration. The discovery, hailed by a London correspondent, promises to illuminate imperial finances and law.
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Oliverio
Gyrene
Africa
London Morning Post
Cyrene
Bengasi
Berenice
Hesperides
Lethe
Augustus
Cyrenaica
Truly Optimism Has Limits
Joshua Smiler treats everyday mishaps with airy humor on a Friday that feels unlucky. A missing umbrella a broken pedal and an empty fountain pen test his mood as he heads home by train in a lighthearted yet ironic vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joshua Smiler
Josh
Mrs. Smiler
Smiler
Origin of Japan name Yih-Pen to Nihon history
The article traces the name Japan from Chinese Yih-pen meaning sun origin, noting Nihon as the official name adopted in 870 AD. It states Yarata as an earlier provincial designation, and explains the English/Japanese link via Portuguese Ja pan and English Japan, with Spanish and Portuguese pronunciations noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Nippon
Nihon
Seventy-year-old credits tonic for health and work
Nazareth PA resident Henry J Shafer recalls malaria in the South and says Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery kept him in good shape at 70. He works daily as a carpenter and praises the medicine for old folks and nervous people. He invites readers to obtain the tonic or request a trial package and free medical advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nazareth
Dr. Pierce
Invalids Hotel
Buffalo
N. Y
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W. H. Buch
Clothier
Rou
Keystone Exchanges
Sic
Massachusetts
York
the County
L. F. van Zelm Western Newspaper Union
Alzo
Ezra
van Zelm
C. H. Thomas
Old Gobbler
Turkey
Chesterfield
Liggett
Myers Tobacco Co
Cool River
Gladdens Antiquarians
Josh Smiler
Day
Yih-Pen
Henry J. Shaeffer
Glock
W. W. Appel & Son
N. Queen St. Lancaster, Penna
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