Reading and Columbia line engineer retired for disability
The Reading and Columbia branch engineer Hiram Schaeffer of Reading, age 68, is retired due to general disability. Myerstown taxpayers vote for a second loan of 23000 to finish the high school building. Jordan Caller returns to Reading from Fayette Missouri after 50 years as a hardware merchant and local benefactor. Clara McQuown of Franklin abroad says teaching and climate suit her, war aside. A Hughesville schoolgirl wins a large pumpkin and a gold watch and competition prizes loom for area high school students. A man killed his wife and himself after release from county jail with his wife’s death ruled suicide. A Nipuenese valley frolic is reported. William Pearson buys and moves a barn near Oval with neighbors help. The State Association of School Directors meets in Hamburg February 4 and 5. A Corry garbage man loses $187 after a waste basket cash stash. A honey tree in Crawford county yields eight feet of honeycomb weighing 141 pounds.
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Hiram Schaeffer
Reading
Columbia
Myerstown
Jordan Caller
Fayette
Clara McQuown
Franklin
Hughesville
United States
Picture Rocks
Montgomery
Williamsport
Washington
James McCleary
Nipuenese Valley
William Pearson
Oval
Pearson
State Association of School Directs
Hamburg
Corry
George F. Wilson
Bury Township
Crawford County
Ntly
Fire History of St Pauls Cathedral in London
The piece traces St Pauls Cathedral London from its 610 AD origins to its 1087 fire destruction and the 1675 rebuild under Charles II. It notes the 1866 great fire that wrecked the building for a fifth time and cites a 7.5 million dollar cost for the 1675 construction.
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London
St. Paul's
Ethelbert
Kent
St. Paul’s
Charles II
Corpse Coins in English Folk Custom
A West inferior Gazette note describes corpse coins as coins laid on the eyes of the dead in England. The practice is linked to infection fears and superstition, with poor peasants insisting on having three coins believed to rest on the eyes of departed relatives before undertaking any important task.
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England
Westinster Gazette
The Making of a Man in the Klondike Hunt
In a rugged Yukon adventure Kit Bellew joins a Klondike expedition at Dyea and Dawea. He hauls heavy packs across bootstrapped trails, endures brutal cold and fatigue, and meets Joy Gastell, a seasoned frontierswoman, while his avuncular relative John Bellew pushes him toward grit and perseverance aboard a life changing journey.
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Robbie
Lake Lindeman
Kit
John Bellew
Ohn Bellew
Chilkoot
Dyea
Bli
Joy Gastell
Rockies
Yukon
Gard
Seattle
Longlake
Linderman
Rit
Johu Hellen
Christopher
Lord Fauntleroy
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Kit Bellew
Smoke Bellow
Gillet Bellamy
Gillet
Aris
O'Hara
Jim
Billew
O'Hare
Latin Quarter
Hillow
Excelsior
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Klondike
Erib
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Watch and Hardy
Plains Dy Ox
Iman
Sen
Coluso
Hal
Robert
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Dyea Valley
Ric
Chekako
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Joby
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Wheeler Syndicate
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