Formosa to Lock Haven Power Plans and Odd Local Tales
A Northern Pennsylvania column reports a Hanover chair of 169 years from Berlin and a coal deal to ship 1600 tons daily from Scootac, plus plans to finance power near Lock Haven. Also contains local anecdotes of a weasel bite, a long-lived Dye family, a black snake encounter, Formosa geology, and miscellaneous humorous clippings in period voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Frock
Hanover
Berlin
Germany
L. M. Patterson
Scootac
Clinton County
New York
Lock Haven
Hahn
MacConnellsburg
James Turner Dye
Sandy Lake
Mercer County
Charlotte Mason
Jackson Centre
Mr. Dye
Dye
Motter Thompson
Waynesboro
Mr. Thompson
Raveneous Eskimos Digest Food That Harshly Defies Digestion
From Harper's Weekly, the piece claims Eskimos eat vast amounts without indigestion. It describes cutting blubber into strips, swallowing large pieces, and teeth biting walrus hide. It contrasts Eskimo tolerance with American dyspepsia while noting no cooking is involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Ile
Old Timey Beard Prank and London Trial Tale
A comic artist in New York becomes the butt of a joke over his beard and drinking, ending with a bearded token sent to the editor. The piece also recalls an English trial where four men were executed for assault and theft after a dockside distraction. A Chicago Journal note discusses declining infant mortality but rising death rates after age forty, blaming intemperance and urging better personal hygiene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Philadelphia Saturday Evening Post
London
Ponder’s End
America
Europe
Chicago Journal
Last Journals of Lost Explorers Highlight Heroic Sacrifice
The article reviews diaries of Scott, De Long, Livingstone and Franklin, noting their courage and tragic ends in Arctic and African explorations. It cites De Long’s grim diary and Franklin’s fragmentary records, contrasting them with Livingstone’s enduring legacy and the rarity of complete personal papers. It closes with a lighter anecdote about gift cigars and a joke about a wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Captain Scott
de Long
Livingstone
Franklin
Scott
Oates
Blizaird
Mylius Erichson
Mikkelsen
Greenland
Erichsen
Areac
Jeannette
Siberia
Boyd
Gorla
Colling
Ambler
Erebus
Terror
Sir John Franklin
Greenwich Hospital
King William’s Island
Fitzjames
Sir Jamu
Burke and Wills
Australia
David Livingstone
Halv
Central Africa
Africa
London
Angwers
Also Mentioned on This Page
Formosa
Niger
Isdang
Brown
Boston Herald
Washington Star
Rendren Belf
Sydney Balletin
Tatin Dtroverb
Ravenous
Eskimos
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
R.V. Pierca
M. D
Dr. Fere
Pour
Hemmenhaw
W. M. Grube
Lititz, Pa
Hershey & Gibbe! Conveyancers Scriveners
L‘titz
Entertainment
R. R
Atlantic City
Sea Isle City
Stone Harbor
Wildwood Or
Cape May
Lancaster
East Petersburg
Columbia
Landisville
Lancaster Junction
Manheim
Lititz
Millway
Akron
Ephrata
Stevens Denver
Reinholds
Philadelphia
Manheim Lititz
Spec’l Ly. A.M
Vinemont
A.M
Reading Terminal
Ocean Grove
Kofroth Electric Co
Center St
Cr. H. Kreider
Main St
Imhoff’s Restaurant
Maurice River
Daniel Imhoff
East Main Street
A. R. Bomberger & Co
W. D. Fichthorn
Martic Township
Patton
Martic
Bethesda
McCall Ferry
Holtwood
Fry
Feakstivania Water & Power Co
Marvin E. Bushong
Quarryville R
Ritchie
E.c. Ritchie Railroad Restaurant
Lititz Ind
John F. Schleib Ag Spruce
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