Good Cat Stories From Potter and Conneaut Lake
In Potter county Germania owner Wilbur Weuser reports a cat that hatched a chicken and cares for the orphan egg while the hen is absent. Another tale from Conneaut Lake owner O D Kightlinger describes a mother cat whose kittens were born then vanished, later returning with two rabbits and tending the young rabbits.
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Pennsylvania
Wilbur Weuser
Germania
Potter County
O. D. Kightlinger
Conneaut Lake
Mr. Houser
My. Kightlinger
Amateur gardener claims vegetables grow from radio energy
A West Bridgford gardener in Nottingham claims vegetables respond to wireless energy. He says tomatoes and cucumbers draw power from his aerial, producing long plants and large yields including cucumbers up to two feet long and plants reaching ten feet in length.
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Nottingham
England
West Bridgford
Indiana Mint Growth Makes Peppermint Oil Pay
A South Bend area mint boom raises profits to about $400 per acre as 80 percent of world mint oil comes from Indiana. The St Joseph Valley Mint Growers Association coordinated under a state cooperative act, building storage to stabilize markets while farmers incur high start up costs for distilleries and weeds control.
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Klondike
South Bend
Ind
St. Joseph Valley
Indianapolis News
St. Joseph
Laporte
Starke
Marshall
Kosciusko
Fulton
Indiana
Cass Counties
Michigan
Mint Growers Association
St. Joseph’s Valley
United States
Officer Arrests Himself for Liquor Sale in Open Court
Jacob Feather, West Lebanon township constable, pleaded guilty before Judge Henry to selling intoxicating liquor for beverage purposes and fined 100 dollars with costs, plus two months in jail. He had sworn out the information himself, claiming fear of the law prompted the self-accusation. In a separate item, Joseph Wesley, believed dead by his wife, reappeared in Baltimore during July after being buried in May by his wife and six children following a mistaken identity and insurance inquiry.
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Lebanon County
Henry
Jacob Feather
West Lebanon Township
Squire Keener
Schaefferstown
Iris
Weather
Joseph Wesley
Kingstone
Wilkes Barre
Baltimore
Manley
Wesley
Twenty two hurt in Lancaster Fourth of July incidents
Twenty two people were hospitalized in Lancaster after Fourth of July incidents. Four were injured in an auto crash, one in a fall, and the remaining seventeen by fireworks. Four people were hurt in a collision between a car and a trolley, one seriously.
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Lancaster City
Youth Admits Arson in Barn Fire Near New Providence
Hayden Hess, 19, of near New Providence, held in Lancaster County Prison after confessing to burning his father's barn on his mother's alleged instruction to collect $2,500 insurance. Hess named accomplices William Weigand and Charles Glossner of Lancaster, who were arrested and released on $2,000 bail each. Police say Hess bought gasoline, poured it on hay, and ignited it with a match. he was badly burned in the blast. He fled to Easton after reporting the failure to his mother. The incident follows a prior farm fire two years earlier with an undetermined cause.
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Hayden Hess
New Providence
Lancaster County
Hess
William Weigand
Charles Glossner
Lancaster
Steigerwalt
Harmon
J. J. Hughes
Tbbetsen
Easton
Hunterstown Man Kills Large Five Foot Rattlesnake
Chester Bell of Hunterstown, a Gettysburg auto salesman, halted on the Lincoln Highway near Caledonia to kill a rattlesnake he roped in the road. The 17 rattled tail indicated a record size, with a golden skin and about eight inches around the body. The reptile was nearly five feet long and the man said the rattle sounded like buzzing locusts.
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Chester Bell
Hunterstown
Gettysburg
Caledonia
Bell
Lincoln Highway
Ile
Boy Dyna mite Blast Shakes Lancaster Farm
Four boys in Lancaster County conducted an experiment with 60 sticks of dynamite. The blast shattered every window at farmer Howard Peiffer’s Salunga home and toppled a two acre potato patch. Police took the youths into custody. they may be liable for damages.
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Howard Peiffer
Salunga
Peiffer
Rain Worth Millions for Lancaster Farmers
County agent Floyd Bucher said last week’s rain ruined crop value at millions for Lancaster County farmers. Dry weather spared the county less than others, but moisture slowed early potato growth while late potatoes may yield a bumper crop. Corn also benefited from the timely rainfall.
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Lancaster County
Floyd &. Rucher
Bucher
Big Indian Collection at Sesqui Centennial Exposition
The Stewart collection of Indian relics, among the best in the state, will be displayed at the Sesqui Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. Dr. T. B. Stewart of Lock Haven, owner and collector, arranged with H. H. Shenk, the state archivist, to exhibit the relics. The pieces were gathered from various tribes and highlight hunting and war trails through Central Pennsylvania. Some finds date to shortly after the 1889 flood when Indian sites on a nearby island were exposed by the Susquehanna River.
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Stewart
Philadelphia
T. B. Stewart
Lock Traven
H. H. Shenk
Dr. Stewart
Pennsylvania
Lock Haven
Susquehanna
Capital punishment status across Europe and beyond
The text notes that capital punishment has been abolished in Norway and mentions Holland Italy Ris maniand Portugal as part of a regional overview. It reads like a brief survey of European positions on capital punishment with incomplete city names and country references.
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Norway
Holland
Italy
Portugal
London tailor surprised by frock coat order
A London tailor, astonished, received an order for a frock coat after many years. He recalls such orders once came from a West Africa client. The requesting bank staff member notes frock coats and clean shaven faces are required, and top hats were worn before the war.
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London
West Africa
One Thing Leads to Another Link Sausage Joke
Two unnamed speakers trade a whimsical exchange about cause and effect and a nondescript link sausage, a line from a West Virginia Moonshine cartoon. The brief gag hinges on a pun and rustic humor.
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Petrovitch
Iskigon
Fersooth
West Virginia
WANTS CASH Friend-You says wife never wants credit
A light overheard exchange centers on a husband and wife’s attitudes toward recognition and money. The speaker notes the wife’s preference for cash rather than praise, implying a joking domestic dispute about rewards for effort.
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Lubby
Fragmentary Lines From Locksley Hall Comrades
Fragmented OCR text shows lines about leaving someone a while and going to fetch gas while another works on a horn. The readable phrases suggest lyrics or a verse fragment with inconsistent punctuation and spelling. No clear event, person, or place identified.
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Locksley Hall
Talking to Himself Through Wall
A humorous overheard exchange about a neighbor speaking loudly through a wall. One person notes the neighbor is deaf, prompting a wry remark on the noise and tones of everyday quiet.
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Tle
Must Be Asleep Father at 1 a m
Dialogue fragment shows a daughter urging silence as a young man proposed to wake the sleeping groom to announce the engagement. A humorous domestic interchange centers on the moment of a marriage proposal and the father's reaction.
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Welen
One Use for Them
A humorous note describes household use of odd Chinese bead scratchers repurposed to pick salad greens. The snippet evokes playful dialogue as a wife asks about the items while a husband eats, highlighting quirky domestic improvisation.
Passing Show Cartoon Teases Sweater Phrase
A playful exchange features a character asking about a new sweater and another correcting the term to perspirator in a light, comic panel from a Passing Show era. The dialogue channels vaudeville style banter with witty wordplay.
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Dolly
No Kind of Golf Caddie Quits Over Vanity Case
A humorous dialogue where a golfer laments a caddie quitting after being asked to carry a vanity case and lead weights for a girl. The second caddie recalls the demand and the unusual task that led to the departure.
Rain Song Dilemma Motif Clashes With Birthday Silence
A young composer seeks lyrics for a rain themed song while Maud limits birthday lighting. The piece centers on a tension between a desired lyric mood and a personal rule about candles. The note hints at a quiet defiance in keeping birthdays dimmed.
Downstairs Collector and Jin Call Come Up in Brief Exchange
A terse exchange shows a visitor requesting a collector downstairs and a note to Jin to call on a day when the speaker is at home, signaling a private or domestic matter rather than public business. The lines imply a discreet, everyday dialogue.
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Jin
Bearded Exchange Over Oilcloth Sparks Witty Remark
A brisk, humorous exchange centers on shaving difficulty and a quip about beard toughness compared to oilcloth cut earlier that morning. The brief vignette showcases playful dialogue between two speakers, capturing a slice of everyday wit.
Fatal Habit Namb Do You Think Growing Old Is A Habit
Sap The speaker muses on aging as a habit not a choice. The dialogue hints at fatalism as time passes. The line hints at consequences of neglecting health and the inevitability of aging.
Mathematical Puzzles on Marital Ties
A word problem asks when two linked engagements will unite a pair of halves. Jones notes the half-brother is engaged to the wife’s half-sister, and seeks a time when all relationships consolidate into one.
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Jones
Smith
The Eyes Have It A The girl I marry must have wonderful eyes
A witty exchange about marriage expectations where one quips that a perfect spouse with wonderful eyes would be unlikely to marry him if her eyesight is good. The brief joke hinges on a playful vanity and a comic misunderstanding.
Not the Same The rookie's naval world tour joke
A rookie at a naval training station complains after two weeks of digging ditches chopping trees and leveling depressions saying he joined to see the world but has only rearranged it. The remark appears in American Legion Weekly.
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Naval
Navy
American Legion Weekly
Stone age proposal stirs town romance in LegionWeekly
Months of courting by Simpkins meet a sharp reply from the town belle. He jokes about hitting her with a club and marrying her if they lived in the Stone Age, and she retorts she would have to marry him anyway. The brief quip captures a playful exchange in the American Legion Weekly.
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Simpkins
American Legion Weekly
Prisoner Pleads Last Wish Over Gallows Furnishings
A prisoner condemned to death requests that his firm be allowed to furnish the gallows as his last wish. The Soviet guard presses for a final word, while the prisoner quips about his lumber-agent past.
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Sondags-Nisse
Safe deposit boxes offer low cost vault protection
A sales message urges storing money and valuables in a safe place. It lists locations like bureau drawers and hollow bed posts and ends by promoting safe deposit boxes in strong vaults, claiming a daily cost of less than a cent.
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Amer’s Hardware Store
W. H. Muth & Co
Munsing
Cooper — Topkis
W.H. Buck
New “Klondike
Getz
Mr. Getz
Bethlehem Steel
Cornwall
Bethlehem Steel Company
Miner’s Village
Cornwall Pike
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Blue Bird Tea Rooms
Bethlehem Company
Holiness Camp Meeting
The
Reading Holiness Association
Kricktown
Reading
Penna
Reading and
Adamstown
Boy’s Dynamite Blast Rocks Farm
Lancaster CO
BIG
Maud
George
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