Bear stories and oddities from regional notes
A string of short items from Han over and surrounding towns reports tall tales and curiosities. Population estimates for Williamsport reach 52 937 while a Pennsylvania bear boom is noted. A Cahoga workman nearly attacked by a half grown bear and a three legged duck in Norwood draw attention.
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Hanover
Williamsport
W. H. Crawford
Allegheny College
Mt. Sinai
Pennsylvania
Cahoga
John Edgar Moore
Norwood
G. B. Heiges
Shippensburg State Normal School
Samuel Spayd
Lebanon
United States
Little Bear Creek
Loyalsock
Bruce Woolever
Montoursville
Harmon Breen
Montgomery
David F. Brown
Punxsutawney
Mr. Brown
Dave Brown
West End
York
Elevator's Rise From Fifth Avenue Hotel Marvel to Global Influence
The article traces the first passenger elevator built in 1859 at New York's Fifth Avenue Hotel, Taft's vertical screw railway, its spread to England, and how elevators helped spur the American skyscraper era while sparking initial skepticism in both the US and Europe. It notes how lifts transformed movement in tall buildings and compares American and European adoption underlines.
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Fifth Avenue Hotel
New York
England
America
Fifth Avenue
Taft
Boston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
The
London Builder
United States
Albert Hall
Europe
Washington Star
Lexington Union Sunday School pledge lists payments 1831
A German records transcription shows subscribers vowing to fund a debt for the Lexington Union Sunday School in Warwick township Lancaster County. Signatories include Bomberger Mentzer Maile Merkle and others with amounts pledged and paid noted. Witnesses dated 1831.
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John Bomberger
Daniel Mentzer
John Buch
Jacob Hitnier
Lexington
Warwick Township
Lancaster County
Joan Bomberger
Lexington school house trustees settle accounts in 1861 note purchase
A historical note from Lexington shows trustees Samuel Zentmyer Elias Eby Jacob Meyers and John Bomberger among others handling a 19th century act involving 25 cent United States shin plaster bank notes issued 1861 bearing Treasurer Walker. A West Chester man John Hennessey traded for the note found on the street.
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Martin Rudisill
May & Sheaffer
Joseph Bomberger
Jacob Muszelman
Erbe
Samuel Zentmyer
David Gingrich
Elias Eby
Jacob Meyers
Chasper Steinmetz
Lexington
Drs
Samuel Zentmeyer
John Bomberger
Jacob Meyer
John Hennessey
West Chester
United States
Walker
United States Treasury
Hennessey
Distinguishing agate from onyx in mineral samples
The United States Geological Survey received samples labeled as onyx marble or Mexican onyx and agate for analysis. Onyx marble is calcium carbonate and softer than true agate, a silica variety, making onyx rare for gems but usable for small ornamental objects and tabletops when large enough.
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United States Geological Survey
Wind Shifts Across Atlantic Coast Like Clock Hands
Dr. Frank Abbott shares observations from New York Times noting wind on the Atlantic coast tends to move left to right through compass points, with northeast lasting two to three days and shifts to southeast south then west and northwest, a rule shaped by fifty years at sea.
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Atlantic
Crosby
New York
Atlantic Coast
Contiguous
Pacific
Frank Abbott
New York Times
Wills in Ancient Greece and Solon’s influence
The article discusses the introduction of wills in Athens by Solon and contrasts practices in other Greek regions. Diogenes Laertius cites wills of Plato and Aristotle, noting Solon’s law allowed only citizens to bequeath property while confiscated estates of slaves and foreigners went to the public.
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Greece
Athens
Solon
Diogenes Laerfius
Plato
Aristotle
Hatmaker’s Pride Echoes in Thrift Craft Wisdom
A witty quip from the Pittsburgh Gazette Times celebrates self made hats and thrift. The speaker boasts that his own reuse of leftovers matches a costly neighboring rival’s design and price.
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Pittsburgh Gazette‘Times
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Reisholds
Lancaster East
Petersby
Jan
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Reading Terminal
Ocean Grove
Mr. Husband
Atlantic Refining CO
Pittsburgh
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Lexington Trustees
Mathias Maile
Alt
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Samuel English
Jacob Netzly
Jacob Nearling
Samuel Bentz
Jacob Miller
Fred
B. Keller
Jno
Wm. Rauch
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Christian Jacob Exb
Sam. Frantz
David
John Kauffman
John Feather
Johan Eshleman
Christian
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Christian Hershey, Jr
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Michael Kauffman
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Puck
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Onds Sant Abhlert
Reetrae Oar
J. W. Fehl
Pro. Tern
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Martin Lefevre
Strasburg
Aaron C. Sonders
Manor Township
Albert G. Herr
Boro
S. F. Sweigart
Albert R. Landis
Chas
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New Providence
Davis
John E. Lefever
Safe Harbor
R. D
Henry M. Herr
Millersville
Franklin Warfel
Conestoga Centre
Frank G. Miller
Isaiah F. Hess
John M. Herr
Geo. F. Murry
Christian F. Lauder
Moses R. Landis
Lancaster R. D
Silas E. Bard
Henry J. Gish
Elizabethtown
Ames N. Risser
Henry L. Gise
J. P
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Mr. Joy
Clayton J. Rover
Lane Forney
John Mohler
Ephrata
M. H. Hottenstein
Samuel R. Nissley
John A . Balmer
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Farmersville
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Joseph M. Weaver
East Earl
Phares M. Zimmerman
Fast Earl
Adam R. Good
Pequea
Henry M. Weaver
New Holland
Ezra H. Leaman
Paradise
Daniel G. Gring
Reinholds Station
Jacob A. Leininger
Blainsport
Charles W. Kurtz
Elmer Esbenshade
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