Statewide pork and politics mix in a busy region tale
A Black Bear gathering near Reading drew fifty Berks candidates for county offices. A Centre county farmer recounts a bad horse trade losing four dollars from an eighty five dollar purchase. Funds rise for a memorial to Joseph Johns in Johnstown as German speakers pledge. Luzerne County eyes a fierce liquor-license push with over three hundred remonstrances filed. Fayette detectives track hoboes in Connellsville. A Minersville inmate crafts a violin from primitive tools. Maple sap flows in Fayette and Somerset as sugar camps gear up for a big crop. Charles W. Clymer, Berks County’s oldest Black resident, dies at 80 after years of chimney work and banjo songs. A Pike County deer, weighing 80 pounds, is shipped to Stroudsburg after being found frozen in ice.
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Black Bear
Reading
Berks County
Centre County
Johnstown
Joseph Johns
Luzerne County
Fayette County
Uniontown
Connellaville
Frank McLaughlin
Arch Street
John Ambrosavage
Minersville
Schuylkill County
Fayette
Somerset Counties
Charles W. Clymer
Moselem
Pike County
Stroudsburg
Safe Quick
Dingman’s Ferry
Gregory
Next Speaker James Hay Jr on Clark and Roosevelt
James Hay Jr summarizes Charles Clark as a Roosevelt admirer in energy and industry but not in party matters. He notes Clark will strive to keep the party intact, avoid alienating Democrats, and live by the motto United we stand, divided we fall, as Cannon approaches. Boston based Human Life Publishing Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Hay, Jr
Human Life
Champ Clark
Theodore Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Congress
Elijah
Capitol
Clark
Illinois
oWill
Cannon
Uncle Joe
Human Life Publishing Co
Boston
New Depot Prospect Dampens Lancaster Real Estate Hopes
Lancaster officials and Pennsylvania Railroad leaders discussed a new depot plan after visits to the city. Rumors point to a possible move to a northern cut off area, sparking talk of a revived northward city growth and impacts on North Queen Street property as major players mingle with broader boulevard dreams in Philadelphia.
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Pennsylvania Railroad Company
Lancaster
McClain
Queen Street
Traction Company
Centre Square
Philadelphia
Whistler and Moore in Drury Lane cane incident
A spirited account from the New York Tribune recalls the Drury Lane scene during the first night of A Million of Money. Augustus Moore, editor and playwright, confronted Whistler in the vestibule, a cane strike sparking a brief struggle. Both men later offered versions of the confrontation. Whistler claimed a measured assault and denied any serious harm, while Moore admitted slapping him, though Whistler called that claim a falsehood. Whistler asserted the violence was clean and controlled, with him proclaiming Hawk as he struck.
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Drury Lane
The
Hawk
Augustus Moore
Whistler
Drury Love
Gus Moore
Mr. Moore
Mr. Whistler
New York Tribune
Carrying pig iron studied for fatigue and rest
In Bethlehem men loading pig iron were tested to relate fatigue to load and rest. A law found by an associate showed fatigue varied with lead and rest time, guiding lifting schedules. Wages rose as daily pig iron handling increased from 12.5 tons to 47 tons per man.
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Bethlehem
I. W. Taylor
Ernest Hamlin Abbott
Plans Adopted for Guaranty Trust Bank Building
Stockholders of Guaranty Trust Company Lancaster meet at Holahan and Alexander office to approve plans for a bank on the northwest corner of Duke and Grant. Building to be one story with granite base and Indiana limestone and bronze trim. Grant Hall vacated April 1. demolition to begin then. Occupancy expected by September 1. Weekly Friday stockholder meetings decided. Excursions from Lititz to Mexico offer investment and enlistment opportunities with chaperone.
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Guaranty Trust Company
Lancaster
T. B. Holahan
M. Alexander
Duke and
Grant Streets
Grant Halli
Clemerson_Urban
Grant Hall
Plumber Mulligan Overlooks Plumb in Church Build
A contractor Mulligan boasted the church was plumb after inspector Dunn warned otherwise. He climbed up to measure and declared with triumph that the line was not merely plumb but divinely so. The tale echoes old jests about avoidance of jury duty and a French grenadier’s sharp retort to a field marshal.
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Mulligan
Dunn
Mr. Mulligan
Piper
Moses
Cleveland Plain Dealer
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Moore
Ror
Lititz
Mexico
People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo
N.Y
Brunnerville
Lancaster County
E. G. Geyer
Conestoga Brand
Philip Rudy
M. H. Shenk
Lancaster Trust Co
Queen St
Lancaster, Pa
John Hertaldr
John D. Skiles
Herbert ©. Mille
Mellinger
John 8. Graybill
W. A. Hensel
H.W. Hartman
John Hertzler
John A. Nauman
John B. Miller
T. Breneman
H. Whaver
Thomas Steffy
Broad Street
Lititz, PA
Wertsch
Watchmaker Jeweler
P. x
R. Hepot
Lytitz
PENNA
Toledo Blade
Continental Food CO
John F. Schleibh
Spruce St
Telephone
Fulton Studio
Amos, Photographer
Waverly
Pennsylvania
Waverly 0.1 Works Co
Pittsburg
W. H.muth&co
W. H. Muth & Co
Florida
Cedar Creek
Ritchie’s
E. Cc. Ritchie
Ind
Leading Farmers’ Hotel
Sorrel Horse Hotel
A. B. Adams, Propr
King St
Decker and Janssen
Janssenff
J. B. Young & Son
E. Orange St
Felker’s Store
Grocery and Nation
J. C. Felker
S. Spruce St
Millcreek Township
Lebanon County
Millbach
Kleinfeltersville
Horsh
Shorts
J. Henry Bennetch
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