Wild Wind Antics Storms Play Queer Pranks
George B. Walsh recounts tornado tales from Harper's Weekly detailing houses carried aloft and exploded, nails pulled from shingles, and even a baby spared. The piece notes 200 mph-plus speeds, widespread damage, and the difficulty of measuring tornado power while urging respect for their danger in the plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weather Bureau
Washington
Lal
Texas
Shertat
St. Louis
Kansas
Louisville
Lornado Belt
George B. Walsh
Harper's Weekly
The Pleasure of Raising Whiskers Inspires Enthusiasm
The piece discusses the zeal of those cultivating whiskers. It notes a man with a full beard might shave it and, within ten days, show signs of returning to field life, likening it to a suspect returning to the scene of a crime. American Magazine.
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Ann
Ilield
American Magazine
Noe Ale Cited in City Fortune Delivery Probe
A Houston Post excerpt reflects on opportunity and risk with a Persian proverb. It notes Ale Noe being caught before he had a chance, tying the anecdote to themes of fate and fulfillment in urban pursuits.
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Houston Post
Voice Perception Tests Show Self Hearing Different
The article recounts Laloy’s phonograph experiments suggesting people do not hear their own voice as others do. It notes tones travel differently through solids than air and that sound through a rod held between teeth changes timbre and intensity. Readers are invited to try demonstrations to feel the distinction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladoy
Tim
Tan
Laloy
Ning
Harper’s Weekly
A Diplomatic Knot Story From Eighteenth Century Sweden
An amusing eighteenth century tale describes Count Bestushev sent by the Russian emperor to Sweden to discuss war or peace. He struggles for hours with a letter from the Swedish war minister that is full of official phrases. The minister explains that the document was deliberately tangled, noting it took two days to tie and knot.
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Uber Land
Meer
Count Bestushev
Russia
Stockholu
Count Bestushen
Count Bestushew
Kili
Painfully Mixed Fashionable Rider Seeks Dowers And Sympathy
A stylish young man at a florist orders a box of dowers for a beloved, while also buying a funeral design for a friend. He writes on the card hoping the gesture helps her hear the heat, while the other card reads Sympathy. The recipient questions why Sympathy appears. National Monthly notes the odd sequence.
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Love
National Monthly
Writing Popular Songs and Critic Dialogues Debated
An old column discusses the challenges of writers appealing to publishers and hints at tips for hit songs. The piece cites a New York Sun remark about memorable air and catchy whistling. A playful exchange between a critic and an author from a Boston Globe spoof highlights a dramatic heroine and a hissed line.
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New York Sun
Boston
Cold Comfort in a Salary Row
A fragment from the Barton Transcript features a conversation where a daughter announces a marriage proposal from Mr. Spooner. The father questions the suitor’s affections and warns that living on his proposed salary may be dangerous for Flo and herself.
Is Your Daughter Musical Opinion Sparks in Dialogue
A Washington Star quip notes a daughter seems musical in talk but her singing “opinions differ.” The remark appears to hinge on contrast between conversation and performance. A Selected piece adds a caution about stretching truth.
Fearless sailors weather gale off Cape of Good Hope
An 1833 voyage narrative recounts American vessels surpassing rivals in speed while battling a hurricane off the Cape of Good Hope. Captain L. and crew endure mountainous seas at sixteen knots, then glimpse a distressed British bark and reply with flags to mock weather signals, after which they reach Batavia.
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Cape of Good Hope
Washington
New York
Batavia
Nathaniel Webber
Outing
Make Today The Best Day You Can Live
An optimistic note urges embracing today as the only day within reach. It argues weather and fate matter little, since mindset controls happiness and progress. The essay cites daily effort, personal resilience, and a motto from American Magazine to seize the moment.
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Melex
Topher
Rugeberg
Quine
Devil's Graveyard blasted for public works above Sion
A historic cemetery atop a rocky hill overlooking Sion Switzerland, long reputed to house sorcerers and witches, is being blasted away for public improvements. From the tenth century to the early seventeenth those rumored to traffic with evil were tortured executed and buried there. Excavations uncover bones estimated in the hundreds.
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Sion
Switzerland
Trafic
Still He Had It Grip Tale From a Philadelphia Ledger
A physician boasted to patients that keeping feet and legs dry would prevent the grip. A patient responded with a letter claiming he has two wooden legs yet has suffered the grip for five consecutive years, illustrating a sharp comeback to the claim.
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Philadelphia Ledger
Explaining St. Jones trust introduced in court dialogue
A humorous exchange from Puck depicts a witness addressing a lawyer about a St. Jones trust introduction. The lawyer replies that the testimony may not have been material, noting courteous cross examination and a remembered courtroom moment.
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St. Jones Trust
Puck
Gaught the Habit and the Yacht Lie in Aboard Banter
A fragment from a Thalli era American piece shows a bantering dialogue about a yachting party. The speakers mock the group claiming the yacht itself is deceptive, with urgency and irony about observed pretensions and boastfulness.
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Jakes
Thalli
Fragmentary verse fragment reflects quirky dialogue
A garbled, poetic snippet presents fragmented lines likely from a humorous or satirical piece. Names and diction hint at a playful exchange about seasonal dress and locales, but the text is incomplete and lacks clear narrative or context. The item reads like stray OCR of a humorous or literary fragment in a Baltimore publication.
Trolley Road Schedules with Weekday Weekend Times
Trolley schedules show Lancaster to A M and Lititz routes with multiple daily departures. Weekend and Sunday timings are listed with half hour increments and special late evening services. Some OCR errors appear in times and place names but the core hours and service pattern remain. continuous service includes Lancaster Manheim and Lititz lines with morning to night departures and Sunday replications.
Community Picnic Schedule Through October Noted
A long list of church and community picnics and reunions is detailed, spanning July through early October. Events include Lititz Springs picnics hosted by several congregations such as Lititz Moravian and St. Pauls Lutheran, plus fairs in Lebanon, Reading, Allentown, York, and Lancaster. Local families and organizations like the Brownstown, Penny Chautauqua, and various U B S S events are listed with dates and locations.
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Lancaster Memorial Presbyterian S. 5
Lititz Springs
Lititz United Evangelical S. S
Ephrata Union S. S
St. Andrews Reformed S. 8
Lancaster
St. Mark’s Lutheran
Brickerville St. John’s Lutheran
Landisville
Lancaster Faith Reformed S
James Coleman
Brickerville
Muddy Creek
Ringgold Band
Reading
Beck
Lititz
Broadstreet
M. E
Lancaster Avenue
Lancaster St. Luke Reformed
St. John’s Lutheran
Kemper Family
Zartman Association
Denlinger
Litita Springs
Littz
Millersville
Lititz St. Paul
York
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Mike
Ditlshburgh Post
Weir Temks
Baltimore Anier
Ten Wen
A. M
Lutz—A- M
Manheim
Spruce Villa Dairy
J. G. Brubaker
Decker and
Janssen
A. R. Keller
Hershey, Leaman &C. Lititz, Penna
Brandies
Hollinger
King and
Duke Sts
Lancaster, PA
Greater New York
General News Financial Reports
THE
SUN
Daily Companion
Canada
Mexico
United States
SIN
Bsr
Iin Sun
EO. L.kaith
Justice of the Peace
Brunnerville
Pine
Depot Lititz, PA
Scott Tissue Towels
Moyer’s Drug Store
Main Street
W. H. Muth & Co
Lititz, Pa
Frank Kline
I. E
E. King Sr
Conconsultation
Rogers Bros
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