Remarkable Pennsylvania notes and local incidents
The report highlights J Walters of Campbellstown with a 1000 bonnet silk record since 1918, Harvey Bomberger of Palmyra yeilding 3000 boxes of Cumberland raspberries, and Vorris Linker of Williamsport facing a humane act charge after shooting a neighbor's dog. Other items include a Pottsville man desertion case, a Berks County will dispute, jail inmates crafting trinkets, frog hunting quips, a Honolulu librarian’s Berks visit, a lightning swindler sting, bees in a church, and poor wheat yields near Quarryville tied to cold weather and early sowing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Walters
Campbellstown
Lebanon County
Harvey Bomberger
Palmyra
John 8. Somberger
Vorris Linker
Williamsport
Harry C. Westwood
Pottsville
E. W. Alexander
Nettie I. Moyer
Berks County
Orphans’ Court
Dauphin County
Port Gunkle
West Chester
Honolulu
The
Hawaiian Gazette
Howard C. Mohr
Reading
Berks 1
Friends
Mary A. Degler
Sheafferstown
Quarryville
Reshid Pasha Outsmarts Lady Londonderry at Constantinople
The Countess of Londonderry seeks audience with Sultan Mahmud I in Constantinople. Reshid Pasha arranges a meeting, tests her jewelry, and negotiates a mock price for a diamond necklace. The sultan declines the inflated offer, and Londonderry departs with stories of royal reception. Also included are moral exhortations on health and daily routines from an unrelated Washington Times item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reshid Pasha
Londonderry
Mahmud I
Ponsonby
Reschid Pasha
Reschid
Constantinople
Heschid
Lady Londonderry
Palace
Sultan
Lonndonderry
Satan
Imperial Garden
McKinley Rebuffs Secretaries In Court News Anecdote
Century excerpt recounts President McKinley’s strict loyalty to his cabinet and a tense moment when a subordinate rushed to the White House with good news about a Supreme Court decision. The president asks the messenger to inform his department head first, underscoring his insistence on proper channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
Offi
Wut
Supreme Court
Washington
White House
Tle
Mr. Serginley
Silas Harrison
Century
Spinning Asbestos and Early Phonograph Anecdotes
A Freeman article excerpt describes asbestos spinning from raw fiber to yarn through carding and twisting, noting a 100 yard length with light weight. It also covers Tibet’s dalai lama reacting to a phonograph and a series of brief humorous items from various periodicals.
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Gibs’ Church
Kistonville
Penntownup
Joseph Shhreiner
White Oak
Gibbles
Lincoln
Mississippi
Cavie
New York Times
Pierce
Dr. Pierce
R.V, Pierce
Buffalo
DE. Pierce
M’kinley
Tibet
Dalaiima
Edmund Candler
Lassa
Younghusband
Nepal
Kansas City Journal
London Opinion
Dobby
Petlow
Dobson
Pellaw
Harper's Weekly
W. M. Grube
Lititz, Pa
Hershey & Gibbe! Wonveyancers Scriveners
Lititz Pa
Lititz
C. H. Kreider’s
Main St
R. R
Atlantic City
Ocean City
Sea Isle City
Stone Harbor
Wildwood Or
Cape May
Lancaster
East Petersburg
Columbia
Landisville
Lancaster Junction
Manheim
Millway
Akron
Ephrata Stevens
Denver
Reinholds
Philadelphia
Manheim Lititz
Spec’l Ly. A.M
Ephrata
Stevens
Vinemont
Reading Terminal
Fareene
Spec’s Ly. A.M
Ocean Grove
Kofroth Electric Co
Center St
A. R. Bomberger & Co
Imhoff’s Restaurant
Marrow
Daniel Imhoff
East Main St
Ind
W. D. Fichthorn
Martic
Patton
Bethesda
McCall Ferry
Holtwood
Pennsylvania Water & Power Co
Marvin E. Bushong
Qupner Quarryville
Ritchie's
Ritchie
E. c. Ritchie Railroad Restaurant
Lititz Ind
John F. Schleib
Spruce St. Lititz
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