Snapper turtle caught in Lancaster stream cited for soup
In Lancaster county near the line a East Lebanon man trapped a 28 pound snapper turtle to be killed and made into soup. Other notes include visitors from Dayton to Reading, prize winning Silver Laced Wyandotte hens, a large eel and fish pond owner suffering a loss, a fox raid on hens near Coneland Schoolhouse, and oil drilling updates at Derrick City with no gas yet but tunneling continued. A Bradford hospital reports an 18 year old Hargood son injured in a bicycle accident with a chest wound. A Shippensburg cherry tree grafting success yields 240 quarts this season on Brady Bechtel’s property.
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Samuel R. Zartman
East Lebanon
Lancaster County
Berks County
Malinda Deemer
Catharine A. Parsons
Dayton
Eliza Gibson
Reading
Frank Greiser
Lebanon
Charles H. Sheller
East Bradford
Brandywine
Coneland Schoolhouse
Bradford Township
Delaware County
Edward Scott
Scott
Derrick City
McKean County
Stuart
H. B. Hargood
Bradford
Brady Bechtel
Shippensburg
Mr. Bechtel
Supremacy of Verse in Gray’s Elegy and Poetic Power
A brief critique discusses Gray’s Elegy and its claim to supreme verse with the line The plowman homeward plods his weary way cited as a pinnacle. It notes Gray’s own remark that the poem might read as prose and explores the enduring vitality of the line in English literature, reflecting on poetry’s measurable superiority.
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Gray
Teweward
London Broniede
Woman’s Study of Man in Domestic Life
A fragment on gender roles humorously declares wives scrutinize husbands continuously while men submit to domestic duties. The piece likens a wife’s constant observation to dissolving a lump of sugar in liquor, claiming most men seem simple after such analysis.
Living Their Parts in Acting History
A passage discusses actors embodying roles. Walter Pritchard Eaton notes Brutus and Cassius in Julius Caesar and a second great actor’s reply with tobacco. Sarah Bernhardt on a wager delivered a tirade in French, moving audiences while not fully delivering her character’s lines.
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Walter Pritchard Eaton
Brutus
Julus Caesar
Cassius
Sarah Bernhardt
Sarah
Nickname Inquiries Over Knife Trade And Names
In Chicago Daily Record, a speaker asks where a knife came from. The answer cites trading a top to Puppy Johnson for it. The dialogue complains about nicknames like Pimple Kenworth and mockery of the boys' families. A tear on the coat is blamed on a rail incident during a morning mix.
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Willie
Puppy Johnson
Pimple Kenworth
Chicago
Dyspeptic Ostrich and the Illusion of Digestive Power
A Quasi editorial from Argonaut argues the ostrich’s famed “stomach of steel” is a myth. It claims ostrich digestion is delicate, with death largely from acute indigestion, and notes captive feeding demands constant, careful management.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dime Museum
Early England's Animals in Ilford Essex
Uford in Essex figures in geological annals with discoveries revealing a dangerous Thames valley in ancient times. Elephants rhinoceroses and bears roamed the area while a prehistoric traveler dodged tigers and bison. Teeth found at Ilford indicate elephants were especially common.
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England
Uford
Essex
Annals of Geological Research
Thames Valley
Will
Ilford
Did Half Try. Faller Town's This Harold
A cheeky exchange captures a tense family moment as a father questions a son about mischief while the son defends himself and disputes what others say in a Chicago News style vignette.
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Harold
Samir Harold
Pap
Chicago News
General Pickett and Lincoln Friendship Revealed in Letters
A passage from Mrs. Pickett’s introduction to The Heart of a Soldier recounts rare moments of cordial Union Confederate ties. Lincoln’s unexpected kindness to George Pickett’s family is highlighted by a boy’s kiss and Lincoln’s forgiving gesture. Gifts, bonfires, and generous acts show wartime reconciliations across divides.
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George Pickett
Abraham Lincoln
George
Mr. Lincoln
West Point
General Pickett
General Ingalls
Pickett
George B. Pickett, Jr
Grant
Rufus Ingalls
George Suckley
Washington
Aly
Rufus
Sugar cures heart disease and a strange sugar dose tale
Sugar for the heart appears as a medical note about sugar aiding heart conditions in some cases while ineffective in edema. A London Lancet report recounts a 77 year old woman with rapid pulse cyanosis and dyspnea improving after four ounces of lump sugar every twelve hours then tapering over weeks.
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London
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Onidame
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Everett Iale
3TORE
W. M. Grube Lititz
Hershey & Gibbe! Conveyancers Scriveners
Nel Tel
Lititz Pa
Entertainment
R. R
Atlantic City
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Sea Isle City
Stone Harbor
Cape May
Lancaster
East Petersburg
Columbia
Landisville
Lancaster Junction
Manheim
Lititz
Millway
Akron
Ephrata
Stevens
Denver
Reinholds
Philadelphia
Stevens Denver
Vinemont
Reading Terminal
Spec's Ly. A
Ocean Grove
Kofroth Electric Co
Center St. Lititz
Art Lititz
C. H. Kreider
Maio St
A. R. Bomberger & Co. LvVivs, Pal
Imhoff’s Restaurant
Marrow
Daniel Imhoff
East Main St
Ind
Fichthorn
Martic
Patton
Bethesda
McCall Ferry
Holtwood
Pennsylvania Water & Power Co
E. Bushong
Cyyner
Quarryville
Ritchie's
Ritchie
E.C. Ritchie Railroad Restaurant
Lititz Ind
John F. Schleibh
Spruse
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