Flour from Paragon chestnuts touted as better than wheat
Across the state C K Seber of Lewisburg ground 100 pounds of flour from Paragon chestnuts grown on his Irish Valley farm and praised it as superior to wheat flour. Commencement at Bellefonte postponed to June 20 due to scarlet fever efforts. The rest reports include a long list of local notes from Reading to Ellwood City about people moving, bear incidents, milk hauling, locust outbreaks, a Virginia family traveling to New York, and the dry town cancellation of picnics at Rock Point with Ellwood City.
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C. K. Seber
Lewisburg
Bellefonte
John G. Spare
Montgomery County
Philadelphia
Michigan
Huntingdon County
Diamond Valley
Huntingdon
D. C
Guy
H. A. Surface
Dauphin County
Linglestown
Harvey Henderson
Waynesboro
Richmond
Jamestown
N. Y
Henderson
Rockpoint
Ellwood City
Lawrence County
Pittsburg
Rock Point
Edison Perfects Storage Battery for Street Cars
Thomas A. Edison, attending a National Electric Light Association session, announced a perfected storage battery for surface cars and trucks. He claimed recharging in three to four minutes and range of 50 to 60 miles, with portable size and rapid recharge enabling multiple trips per day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas A. Edison
United States
National Electric Light Association
Manhattan
Mr. Edison
Five Sisters Above the Age of 65 Meet at Paxton Home
Five sisters all over 65 gathered at Daniel Metz home in Paxton Dauphin county on Friday. The group includes Mrs Daniel Metz Mrs Fannie Roop Chamber Hill Mrs Samuel Shenk Hummelstown Mrs Elizabeth Nissley Conewago and Miss Ellen Horst Oberlin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel Metz
Paxton
Dauphin County
James G. Hatz
Fannie Roop
Chamber Hill
Samuel Shenk
Hummelstown
Elizabeth Nissley
Conewago
Ellen Horst
Oberlin
Dad’s Disgrace Dinner Joke in Pittsburgh Post
A Pittsburg Post quip mocks a family dinner in which the father allegedly “disgraced us as usual” by leaving three forks and two spoons unused at the end of the meal. The line plays on domestic shame as comic highlight.
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Pittsburg
Dialog of Words and Wit in Old Sayings
A clipped exchange references Bach and confession and a husband and wife dispute. The Toledo Blade quote contrasts attention before and after marriage while H Peck Lord remarks on memory and a Ruskin maxim about time and space.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bach
Henry
H. Peck
Toledo Blade
Changing opinions at banquet reveal diverse crowd
A fraternal order banquet with nearly 300 attendees featured an Irish crowd German crowd Southern crowd and an American crowd. The guest admitted errors after each musical cue but noted the audience united in patriotic song with My Country Tis of Thee. The piece closes praising America as a wonderful country.
Maladies of Metals Curious Contagious Disease Attacks Tin Brass and Lead
A Century Path note on a Paris lecture describes a contagious condition in metals. Tin exposed to submerging temperatures develops pustule like surface changes and can crumble. powder or fibers form and transfer can occur by contact. The illness also alters crystal structure and tends to affect soldered joints, with brass and lead affected as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Societe de Chimie Physique
Paris
Puritan Stocks Health Looked Upon as Sanctioned Sin
A compilation notes historical views on punishing looks of health in Puritan times with references to the London Chronicle and early eighteenth century doctor Echard. It contrasts zealotry over complexion with anecdotes about Napoleon and Tshaka, plus a rural Victorian aside on social proprieties and a joke about a girl earning money through singing lessons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Echard
London
London Chronicle
Napoleon
Miss Southey
South Africa
Tshaka
Patient Pleads For Relief As Doctor And Nurse Attend
In a Baltimore American snippet a frail patient begs the doctor and nurse to leave some medicine in his system as they take his temperature. The exchange underscores the patient’s desperation and the care scene within a medical setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore American
Not Like a Baby in Atlas Held Earth Scene
Fragmentary excerpt references Mrs Bentam Atlas and New York Presa with unclear actions. Likely a column snippet noting a domestic moment and a geographic hint, but readable facts are minimal and unnamed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bentam
Atlas
T— New York Presa
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