Mr Battis as Captain Cuttle at 1913 Chautauqua
Mr Battis performs Dickens characters in Life Portrayals at the 1913 Chautauqua. He impersonates Captain Cuttle and a tavtiless old woman with accurate accents as part of an evening program featuring Brease-paint and visible make-up to astonished audiences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Battis
Captain Cuttle
Mr. Willon Sterling Battis
Hic
Micawber
Farmer-Atkinson
Chamber of Spring
United Kingdom
Peel
Finer Atkinson
Westminster
Wolf Hunts in Lapland and Other Snippets
A collection of brief items notes Lapland wolf hunts with reindeer protection as wealth, a crankish Commons figureMr Farmer-Atkinson, a child’s joke about the earth’s rotation, and a playful mischief anecdote about a broken parlor shoe in a New York Post style column.
Tipping an Artist Winslow Homers Humble Introduction
A New York gentleman visits Scarborough Maine to meet Winslow Homer. The studio is locked and a rugged fisherman in painty garb reveals he is Homer. He leads the man to the studio, where Homer hosts him and sells a painting, showcasing his wary modesty and wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winslow Homer
W. Downs
New York
Scarboro
Lomer
Homer
Lighting With Gas and Leigh Hunt in Pearsons Weekly
A Scotsman in Birmingham earns trust after a wooden hat sparks the engineer’s interest and leads to responsibility in gas lighting. Leigh Hunt is praised for wit, scholarship, and translations, despite financial strain, with a pension aiding his later literary impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Boulton
William Murdock
Cornwall
St. James
Leigh Hunt
Keats
Shelley
Lamb
Byron
Moore
Coleridge
Dickens
Carlyle
Hunt
Leigh Mount
Truut
Pearson’s Weekly
Lehigh County Formed From Northampton in 1812
Lehigh county was formed on March 6 1812 from part of Northampton county. The name comes from the Lehigh river with Indian roots later shortened by German settlers to Lecha. Allen town the county seat was Northampton until 1835.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lehigh
Lehigh County
Northampton County
Lehigh River
Pennsylvania
The Other Kind. Pater to indolent sons-Why don't you go to work
Koeston Transcript quips about a father challenging his sons to seek work after reaching adulthood. The cartoonish exchange portrays a father urging effort while the sons resist, highlighting generational attitudes toward labor and independence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pater
Swork
Koeston
Fragmented plea hints at confused advice about a husband
A garbled dialogue fragment shows a speaker urging a woman, insisting there are ten uses or consuls tied to her husband, with a misfired claim about a horse trader and a throne line, suggesting a chaotic, unclear source text.
Curse of Mar Fulfilled Over Three Centuries in Scotland
The London Cor and New York Sim report the so called curse of Mar from before 1571 when a regent was cursed to lose lands and titles to strangers. Over 300 years each part came true ending with an ash sapling dying in 1820, then George IV restored the earldom and Queen Victoria kissed the countess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mar
Scotland
George IV
Queen Victoria
London
Cor
New York
Sim
Summer in the Arctic Exposed to Heat and Mosquitoes
Stefansson recalls a brutal Arctic summer written for Harper's Magazine. July heat topped what felt like 100 degrees in the sun, with relentless days and nights. Mosquitoes torment dogs and explorers, causing blindness and sores from bites. the combined heat and pests defined the Coppermine River expedition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stefansson
Flarper
Coppermine River
Scott and Thackeray on Scottian Inaccuracies
The article compares Sir Walter Scott and Thackeray, noting errors in dates and historical details in Scott’s Ivanhoe and Heart of Midlothian as well as Thackeray’s Vanity Fair. It mentions misreferences like Wamba claiming kinship to St Princis and the claim that Prince Charles Edward danced with Flora McIvor, citing Westminster Gazette as a source.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Thackeray
Walter Scott
Wamba
St. Princis
Francis
Wambs
Richard L
Midlothian
Bedreddin Hassan
Vanity Fair
Waverley
Prince Charles Edward
Flora McIvor
Prince Charles
Westminster Gazette
Good Salesmanship Rewarded in New York Book Store
An elderly couple entered a New York City bookstore near closing. After a clerk spent long minutes pulling nearly every title, the husband, impressed by the seller, offered him twenty dollars a week more than his current wage, recognizing the salesman’s skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Ana
Tea drinking customs of Paraguay and a girls school vote
The article describes Paraguayan tea rituals using a gourd and a reed tube, noting the upper classes use silver. It claims the tea helps fever and rheumatism. It also mentions a girls school with 506 pupils voting to choose the prettiest, stating the election often hinges on garnering two votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paraguay
Kansas
A Tender Strain and Bantering Diner Exchange
An exchange about a tender strain and the dinning scene features witty banter on an orchestra’s music and table manners. The dialogue references a diner setting and a hopeful note on steak, with playful mispronunciations and a playful critique of decorum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Transcript
Lititz Springs hosts summer church and community picnics
A long list of summer events runs from June 18 to September 6 at Lititz Springs and nearby sites. Various Lutheran, Reformed, and other church groups plus family reunions and chautauqua events are scheduled with picnics, socials, and music by regional bands including Ringgold and Beck's Concert Band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Reunion
Lititz Springs
Lititz
Lancaster St. Stephen’s Lutheran S. S
Lancaster Memorial Presbyterian
Lititz United Evangelical S. S
Ephrata Union
St. Andrews Reformed
Lancaster St. Mark’s Lutheran S
Brickerville St. John’s Lutheran
Brickerville
Penn
Mountville Union U. S
Litiitz Springs
Muddy Creek
Ringgold Band
Reading
Beck
Broadstreet M. B
Lancaster
Lancaster St. Luke Reformed
St. John’s Lutheran
Kemper Family
Denlinger
Zartman Association
Littz
Millersville Union
Faith Reformed
Lancaster Avenue
Akron Union M. E
M. E
Lititz St. Paul
Trolley Road Schedules
Lancaster to Lancaster and Lititz route times list morning afternoon and evening departures for weekdays Saturdays Sundays. Timetables include multiple cities Lancaster Lititz Manheim and Petersburg with specific hourly and half hour intervals and weekend adjustments.
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Lancaster
A. M
Liiitz
Lititz
Petersburg
Manheim
Aianielaa A. M
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Lapland
Wittsburgh Press
Bessie
Sten
New York Post
Tommy
Louisville Courier-Journal
Dallas News
Arctic
Phintus
Lititzbargain
N. Broad St
Ritchie's
WHELE
Spruce Street Grocery
John L. Hosler, Jr
The
Estelle
Pacific Ave
Arkansas
Michigan Aves
Boardwalk
Reading Depot
M. Mullen
Atlantic City
N. J
John D. Bair
Horse & Mule Barns
Blue Ball, Pa
Park View Hotel
A. W. Miller
Aaron G. Hershey
Hershey, Leaman &C. Lititz, Penna
Astors
W. D. Siverling
Ind
Warwick
Dagker and
Janssen
J. B. Young & Son
E. Orange St
W. D. Fichthorn Branch
Bo Rudy
Meatman's Bakery
Co. Burrs In
Ustice
Prage
Brunnerville
Depot Lititz, PA
Paris
Moyer’s Drug Store
Main Street
W. H. Muth & Co
Lititz, Pa
Allen
D. Frank Kline
M.D
King St
Conconsultation
Rogers Bros
International Silver CO
Meriden Britannia Co
Meriden
Conn
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