Susquehanna Dam Planned at Safe Harbor and Hats for Government
The Oxford Press notes Uncle Sam plans to dam the Susquehanna at Safe Harbor where a dam stood over 50 years ago. A Reading firm won a government hat contract for 10 000 hats. Hiram Hoover's Bainbridge cherry tree yielded over five bushels with frost-free trees nearby lacking fruit. Steve Mahlik in Uniontown slept through a break in during removal of two trunks containing about 2100 dollars. robbers fled, trunks found 200 yards away. Swimmer Fights Big Carp in Susquehanna River.
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Oxford Press
Uncle Sam
Safe Harbor
Hiram Hoover
Bainbridge
Steve Mahlik
Uniontown
Steve
Mahlik
Boy and companion rescue 32 inch carp from Berwick river
Howard Paden aged 12 saw four large fish on the river bottom in six feet of water. He dived to retrieve them and struggled in the current until companion James Pollock helped. They surfaced with the carp, which Howard lay on near shore as it nearly expired. The fish measured 32 inches and weighed 20 pounds.
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Berwick
Howard Paden
James Pollock
Paden
Pleasant Words For An Unreadable Letter From A Friend
A witty telegram from Thomas Bailey Aldrich responds to Prof. Edward S. Morse with playful praise for Morse’s unreadable handwriting. The letter notes the charm of Morse’s writings, jokes about deciphering the t’s that look like w’s and i’s without eyebrows, and ends by saying Morse’s letters endure unread yet treasured.
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Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Edward S. Morse
Aldrich
Mr. Morse
Morse
Happenings Across the Garden Spot and Local Ventures
A roundup of county events includes St Joseph's hospital planning a big expansion at a cost of 200000, Emerson A Zeager leasing the Hotel Lafayette in Atlantic City for five years, and rumors of a linotype machine company eyeing Ephrata. A joint firemen’s picnic is set for Ephrata Park on Sunday July 31 with Denver Stevens Reinholds Reams town and Ephrata involved. Chester L Hill ordered to pay his wife 500 a month by Lancaster court. J K Carper of Penn township plans extended travel through Canada Kansas Illinois Indiana Ohio and Florida next winter. Cigar firms Bayuk Brothers and others purchased 4000 cases of 1920 tobacco via local dealers. A historical note on honey and its adulteration closes the piece.
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Ephrata
Denver
Stevens, Reinholds Reamstown
Ephrata Park
Chester L. Hill
United States Asbestos Company
Manheim
Lancaster Court
Hill
J. K. Carper
Penn Township
Canada
Kansas
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Florida
Beautiful but Short Lived Butterflies and Their Timbers
The passage observes the brief lifespans of butterflies and moths, noting June flashes of light and August deaths. It describes countless microstructures on butterfly wings, including lenses and millions of scales, and explains how pigments and light reflection create colors. It ends with a fragment about timber for air castles and a question about timber types.
Treating All Men With Courtesy As Social Virtue
A speaker in a New York Herald piece argues that most people are fundamentally decent and deserve to be treated as equals. He rejects blunt condescension and stresses that everyone, from street sweeper to banker, merits respect and courtesy, asserting that people respond in kind to how they are treated.
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Mr. Goslington
New York Herald
Comfortless medieval homes debunked by history
The article argues that medieval houses were poorly built and scarcely habitable. It notes that despite knightly pageantry and grand halls, daily life was unromantic with shared benches, central fires, smoky rooms, and little artistic furniture.
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Roth
Unusual Delicacies Across Lands From Beasts To Bugs
The article lists bizarre foods from various regions including Formosa where dogs feet are a delicacy. It notes humans consume frogs, locusts, snails, and even bee products. It contrasts Western tastes with Guiana bee-eating after stings and Ceylon bee boiling.
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Formosa
Guiana
Ceylon
Worthy of Highest Honor in Trailmaking
Henry Woodward Hulbert argues that true trailmakers must imagine future followers, foresee confusions, blaze trees, mark cairns, and ensure safe paths through forests and ledges. They bear responsibility that others may not stumble on journeys into mind and heart.
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Henry Woodward Hulbert
First Steel Engraving History and Pioneers
Frenchman Boudier in Paris first produced creditable glass engravings in 1779. Earlier Italian Masso Finiguerra showed copper engravings in 1460. German Liuerer and Dutch Lucias Van Leyden advanced wood engraving, but steel engraving began in America around 1814 with Perkins and Heath of Philadelphia. Cel von Siegen created the first true mezzotint portrait in 1648.
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Boudier
Paris
Masso Finiguerra
Liuerer
Germany
Lucias van Leyden
Holland
America
Messrs. Perkins and Heath
Philadelphia
Cel
Sponges Move From Plants to Animals in Market Trade
The San Francisco Chronicle notes sponges once thought vegetables are now recognized as animals. They grow on the sea bottom fixed to rocky surfaces by a rootlike base, with a jellylike interior and tough fibrous skeleton. After decay of the jelly, sponges are dried and later placed in wire cages in the sea for cleaning.
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Conymerece
San Francisco Chronicle
Sarong Pride and the Last Sinhalese King of Kandy
The article recalls the Sarong as a symbol of Sinhalese women in Kandy and traces the city’s defense against Portuguese, Dutch, and British pressure. It notes the capture of the final Sinhalese king in 1815, the grandeur of royal sites, and the peaceful era under Wise government.
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Ceylon
Kandy
Tittle
Sea songs and open waters in English heritage
The passage traces sea influence across English and regional literatures from Anglo-Saxon heritage to Scottish and Devon seafaring legends. It notes epics like the Odyssey and Aeneid as maritime works and describes Rome and Greece as historic sea powers, linking sea romance to both ancient and modern poetry.
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Drake and Frobisher
Seven Seas
Greece
Rome
Dialogue Friction Between Mr Godspur and Mr Fwobble
Mr Godspur states the reasoning about a talking animal being fuel, Mr Fwobble agrees, and they mock anyone who seeks the last word. They ask what the quarrel with the Missus was about that morning, continuing a light domestic exchange.
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Mr. Godspur
Mr. Fwobble
Jack Frost as good friend and soil improver
An article extols Jack Frost as beneficial to soil in winter by enhancing bacterial activity and natural disintegration of rock. It describes frost and thaw cycles, soil formation processes, and rural practices in the Cotswolds and Collyweston slates, noting how cold periods aid reeling house materials and slate layer splitting.
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Jack Frost
London
Cotswolds
Collyweston
Stamford
Married Life With a Penny Becomes a Joke
A newlywed couple visit Honey's parents in a rural town for their honeymoon. At church, Honey drops a shiny penny into the collection, claiming it is five dollars. The basket total ends up at 4.37, leaving the couple amused by his thrifty generosity.
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Honey
Dear
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Keystone Exchanges
Reading
West Reading
Susquehanna
Bailey Aldrich
Cooper and Munsing Union
W. H. Buch
Lititz Fire House
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Emerson A. Zeager
East Donegal
Lafayette
Atlantic City
Bayuk Brothers
Tobacco Growers Association
Baker & Pfautz
Lititz
J M. Eshleman
Landisville
J. E. Waser & Co
Silver Spring
D. H. Landis & Co
Millersville
England
Pete
Kenn Kling
ABIC
Benville
Bull Dignan
Trailmaker
Laborte
Poets of the Sea
L Lewis Cigar Mig. Go
Newark
N. J
North
Queen Street
Lancaster, PA
White Oxfords
Chas. H. Frey
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