Old subscribers and small town notices headline
Mrs. Sarah Tubbs at 69 still walks 12 miles between Elk Grove and Central Columbia county to deliver star mail. Theodore Lewis in Shamokin finds steel horse shoe bits in a chicken, while editor of Ebensburg Mountain er Herald praises longtime subscriber Frank Kline of St Boniface after business and injury notes. A Revolutionary War flag, Major Fred Embich’s effects, and local water system upgrades with compressed air pump and long pipe run are also reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Tubbs
Elk Grove
Star Mail
Columbia County
Theodore Lewis
Shamokin
Ebensburg Mountaineer-Herald
Union Fire Company
Lebanon
J. G. Bower
Allenwood
Odd superstition guides a department store buyer
A western department store buyer renowned for extraordinary bargains claims a water glass test unlocks rivals' secrets. He drinks from the same glass as the person he bargains with, believing the old lore that the last to drink learns the other's thoughts, a power he says never fails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eare
New York Sun
Chicken Droppings and Hogs in Farm Fable
In Farm and Fireside, R. Abraham notes pigs root in chicken coops for droppings. A sow loses appetite until she feeds on past chicken droppings. after hog-proofing the shed she returns to normal eating within a day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Abraham
Color and feeding guidance for Jersey cattle
The American Jersey Cattle Club rejects color as a purity indicator and notes no distinction between solid and broken color Jerseys. It warns against rejecting cattle for color. Proper feeding matters as cows differ in appetite and capacity. uniform feeding is unfair and wastes potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Jersey Cattle Club
Wrinkles and Perrin in a Stormy Paris moment
An actress grew tem pestuous with Perrin the Parisian Manager and gave him a stormy quarter of an hour. Febvre asked what she did and she replied she said nothing and watched her Brow old.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perrin
Febvre
Marriage Custom Noted by Traveler and Grouch
A traveler observes a Malay wedding practice with the groom pressing his nose to a small cylindrical object. Mr. Grouch speculates it might be a grindstone. The exchange ends with a reflection that comparison can both make and mar happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Grouch
Boston Harbor Freezes Yet Britannia Sails On Time
In January 1844 Boston Harbor froze as merchants cut through ice to allow the Britannia to sail on schedule. Frederick Tudor and other ice merchants organized channels about ten miles long within three days using powerful ice cutting tools. Hundreds watched from the wharfs as crews opened a water lane and spectators skating and sledding on the ice. By February 3 the Britannia steamed through the open water with thousands cheering along the sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Frederick Tudor
Advertiser
Britannia
EXPULSIONS IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS OVER THE YEARS
The article surveys how members have been expelled or barred from sitting in the House of Commons across history. It cites notable cases including Aislabie, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, expelled for graft and jailed, an Irish peer for directing a lottery, and others tied to shady charitable schemes and alleged threats to the Protestant succession. It notes precedents and peculiar grounds for expulsion dating to the 18th century and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Commons
Commons
Aislabie
Asgill
Philadelphia Ledger
Odd War Incident and Wettin Name Origin
An account from General Funston describes a shell issue during the siege of Malabon where a Mauser bullet fragment disabled a gun, the breech could not open, and the weapon was later preserved in the Army Ordnance Museum in Washington. London Answers traces the Wettin surname to Queen Victoria’s husband Albert and the Saxony line, from the Wettin castle near Magdeburg, dating to the tenth century.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Funston
Malabon
Army Ordnance Museum
Washington
House of Saxony
Wettin
Magdeburg
Wittekind
London
Preaching and Practice in English Class
A college English instructor urges alignment of teaching and conduct. One student sought a marginal correction after recitation to read a note that urged him to "Write more plainly." The professor explains the marginal note.
An Eye to Business
A rising young author declares he wants to marry the great heiress to gain publicity for himself. The heiress plays coy as he makes his blunt proposal, framing marriage as a strategic advertisement, a sharp put on the publicity game.
Community lodge schedules in Lititz and surrounding groups
Local fraternal and civic organizations in Lititz list meeting times and venues. Groups include Knights of Malta Lititz Castle No 19, K of P Lititz Lodge Nos 28 and 1050, Garfield Castle No 76, Morning Star Temple No 7 Ladies of the G E, Washington Camp No 56 of A of R, Stevens Post G A R No 517, Jr O U A M Litlie Springs Council No 195, Lititz Borough Council, Lititz School Board, Lititz Hose Company No 1, Warwick School Board, Lititz Agricultural Mutual Insurance Co, Littie M C A, W C T U, Loyal Temperance Legion, and Court Lititz No 296 F of A, with various weekly or monthly meeting schedules and hall locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz Castle
M.C
Rudy's Hall
Litiz Lodge
K. of P
Rudy’s Hall
Lititz Lodge
J. O. O. FF. Ments Ovary
Garfield Castle
K. G. EB
Morning Star Temple
G. E
Washington
P. O
A. of
Rothsville
Swan Hotel
Stevens Post
Brobst's
Litlie Springs Council
Jro. U. A. M
Litiie
Council Chamber
At & P. M. Litita School Board
Lititz Hose Company
East Orange Street
Warwick School Board
Warwick
Lititz Agricultural Mutual Wire Insurance Company
Littte ¥. M. C. A
the Loyal Temperance Legion
Court Lititz
F. of A
Trolley Road Schedules and Weekend Variations
Lancaster and Lititz routes publish weekday and weekend trolley times with morning departures from 6 A M and 6 15 A M respectively, hourly service through evening, additional late runs on Saturdays and Sundays, and special first-car timings from Stet, Manheim, and ZEIERSBURG with multiple daily intervals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
Lititz
Phopeatter Pata
Sunydays
Wieave
Oac
Minti
Peives Lancaster
Zeiersburg
Time Table June 4th 1911 Reading Philadelphia trains
Train schedule details for Reading Philadelphia Lancaster Columbia and Lebanon lines. Weekday and Sunday departures listed with morning and evening times. Includes 168 AM misprint and several times formatted with colons and periods.
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Royal
Feltham
Dr. Pierce
Golden Medical
Golden Medical Discovery
Boston Harbor
THE
Oolton
Brunnerville
E. G. Geyer
W. D. Fichthorn Branch
Tore
Bow- Budy's Meatman’s Bakery
Apples Marble & Granite Works
J. H. Keener
Maytown
Elizabethtown
Ind
Marietta
South Broad Street
Marion
James Sesseman
McNeil
Drugulsts
Lancaster Trust Co
Queen St
Lancaster, Pa
Acta
ON. J. Hay Brown
John D. Skiles Grabill B, Long
Vfficers
John Hertzler
John D. Skiles
Herbert CG. Miller
C. &. Mellinger
John §. Graybill
U, Hensed
A.W. Hartman
John A. Nauman
John B. With. T. Erenema
I. H. Weaver
Waverly Oil Works
Pittsburg
Waverly Spacial Auto Oil
Waverly Gasolings
Degker and
Janssen
E. Orange St
Stephen B. Kissinger
W.lemon St
Weachter
A. H. Kreider
W. Vine ST
C. N. Derr
W. H. Muth & Co
Lititz, Pa
Bear
Coal & Lumber
Victor
Monarch
Ritsolf
Griffith and Boyd
Bear & Long Lititz
Manheim
Andy
C. H. Kreider
Hardware Store
Main St
BUY
John F. Schleith
Spruce St
Lititz Inn
A. G. Hershey’s
Old Mill
Front Street
John H. Tshudy
Philip Rudy
Queen Street
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