Lancaster County items mix crime fires and oddities
A Lancaster region roundup notes Clarence Urban's arrest in Lancaster after deserting the Navy, a Salunga man with a 74 year old cigar, and ice 20 inches thick in the Pocono area. It cites a fatal clothing fire on Charles Vogt, a lawsuit by John K. Hartman over a too light bridge, a horse saving a man in Columbia, an Ephrata auto wedding, and Harry Rowe's patent for a locomotive smoke consumer issued January 5, 1912.
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Clarence Urban
United States Navy
Lancaster
Samuel McGirl
Salunga
Catharine Pancake
Pocono
Thomas Armstrong
Rawlinaville
Marietta
Gravity Water Co
Charles J. Vogt
John K. Hartman
County of
Harry B. Rowe
Columbia
Mr. Rowe
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Hensel Presses Work Ethic Over Labor Limits
In Philadelphia last week W U Hensel argued against extending child-labor laws and urged teaching efficient work. He stated a worker deserves full pay for hours worked and warned against hours reductions, noting a million men quit work daily for baseball and another million to watch scoreboard games.
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Philadelphia
W. U. Hensel
The
Times
Lancaster County Principals Salaries Published
Lancaster County publishes the first list of high school principals salaries. Amounts range from 1500 for 10 months to 525 for 7 months, with many entries showing varied sums and lengths across towns such as Lancaster city Adamstown East Cocalico Terre Hill Bart Eastlampeter Colerain Upper Leacock Marietta and more.
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Lancaster County
Lancaster City
Adamstown
East Cocalico
Terre Hill
Bart
Eastlampeter
Colerain
Upper Leacock
Marietta
Fast Hempfield
Christiana
Coney
Fulton
New Holland
Denver
Ephrata
West Earl
Akron
East Drumore
Salisbury
Quarryville
Paradise
Drumore
Manheim
Lititz
Mt. Joy
East Donegal
Mt. Joy Township
Strasburg
Little Britain
Caernarvon
Columbia
Elizabeth‘town
Famine Strains Yangtze Valley and Russia Winters
A fire at Famine and war distract attention from sufferings of the Chinese in the flooded Yangtze valley district. Crops were washed out and famine confronts thousands. In Russia famine hits twenty districts this winter. The government spends sixty million dollars for eight million relief recipients, aiding most to endure the season.
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Yangtze Valley
Russia
Saved the Declaration With Other Papers From War of 1812
During the War of 1812 officials moved the State Department's precious papers from Washington. Secretary Monroe advised safeguarding them, Pleasonton packed items in linen bags then stored in a Virginia grist mill. The Declaration of Independence was nearly overlooked and later transported to Leesburg, amid fears of a British strike on Washington.
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State Department
Stephen Pleasonton
Beaseley
London
Bordeaux
France
Washington
Baltimore
Chesapeake Bay
Patuxent
Monroe
James Madison
Benedict
Pleasonton
General Armstrong
Greene
Department of State
Mr. Pleasonton
Edgar Patterson
Virginia
Potomac
Chain Bridge
Georgetown
Leesburg
Littlejohn
Little Tavern
Washington's Second Invasion Delays Papers Return
Washington faced a renewed invasion that delayed bringing State Department papers back for weeks. In the interim, Mr. Pleasonton made occasional Leesburg trips to fetch specific papers the Secretary of State needed for ongoing official business.
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Washington
State Department
Mr. Pleasonton
Leesburg
Secretary of State
Schuyler’s Toy Canal Explains Locks To Dutch Farmers
A historic account attributes the Erie Canal idea to General Philip Schuyler. He tried to persuade skeptical Dutch farmers near the Mohawk by drawing a two-level mock canal and a lock using shingles. Water rising uphill proved the concept, as the farmers exclaimed, Now we understand and we go with your canal.
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Erie
Atlantic Ocean
de Witt Clinton
Lake Ontario
Hudson
Little Falls
Philip Schuyler
Schuyler
New York Press
Hidden Hoards Fortunes Buried Across War-Torn South
Raymond Spears cites Harper's Weekly alleging vast hidden fortunes across the South from the Civil War era. He warns that much wealth lies in homes, plantations, farms, and riverfront sites, neglected by heirs and forgotten in stockings, mattresses, and cellars.
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South
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Raymond 5
Spears
Flarper’s Weekly
Falconry in Medieval Society and Falcon Hies
Falconry was highly popular in medieval times with hawk selection signaling rank. A king used the ger falcon, a prince the falcon gentle, a duke the falcon of the rock, and an earl the peregrine. Ladies carried merlin, youths gos hawk, and servants kestrel.
The Hungarian Premier’s Stout Digestive Retort
An amusing anecdote about late Hungarian statesman Tisza dining with the Austrian emperor. After the emperor warned that cold fruit after a hot dinner harms digestion, Tisza quipped that the stomach of a Hungarian premier must be strong enough to handle such fruit.
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Tisza
Hofburg
Tison
Changed Plans in a Comic Business Exchange
A Chicago banker dictates a meeting location to his stenographer, alternately naming Schenectady and Albany in a humorous exchange. The gag centers on spelling and the banker’s promise to pay Brown ten dollars, highlighting financial trouble and confidence. The brief item mimics a syndicated humor strip from 1900s newspapers.
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Chicago
Schenectady
Albany
Chicago Post
Brown
Puck
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W. H. Bucs
Broad St
Lititz, Penna
Schuyler’s
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
Heinitsh
BIG Furniture and Carpet
S. Queen St
Has. H. Frey
King St
Farmers National Bank
Lititz, PA
N. Queen St
North Queen
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