Local sales and rail progress noted across Berks and beyond
Berks county buyers attend the Amandon M. Miller sale near Stroudsburg while Calvin Reifanyder of Cocoosing fetches $590 for two males. Reports mention Pennsy trains at Lewistown Narrows, Good Friday April 14 1866, and divergent local projects from Jacob led sidewalk efforts to a cablecar peak plan on South Mountain. Railroad orders and car production trends appear steady with Middletown Car Works delivering 1000 steel cars and 20 flat cars for South America. other deals include farms near Bettwood and Buena Vista and land purchases by Irving P. Wanger and Freas Styer.
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Berks County
Amandon M. Miller
Stroudsburg
Calvin Reifanyder
Pennsy
Lone Bandit
Lewistown Narrows
Lincoln
Huntingdon
Hollidaysburg
Jacobs
Columbia Independent
Lancaster County
H. E. Hess
Highspire
James Buchanan
United States
Maytown
Hess
Irving
Lehigh Railroad Company
Middletown Car Works
South America
Frozen dynamite fails to explode when frozen experts say
Experts at Lake Hopatcong show that frozen gelatin dynamite does not reliably explode under bullet shock, contradicting claims that freezing makes dynamite more dangerous. Tests used a Krag rifle and included thawed samples, black powder comparisons, and safety measures amid the Communipaw disaster inquiry.
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Lake Hopatcong
Communipaw
Jersey City
Walter G. Hudson
E. J. Riederer
Krag— Jorgensen
Hudson
Riederer
duPont de Nemours
Hopatcong
New York
Sim
Sims
Women Pioneers Brave Perils in Washington Westward
Feature on women homesteaders in eastern Washington near Spokane and Moses Lake. Henry Palmer? No, Mrs Hester Palmer, 72, owns 200 acres in Wallowa valley. Kate Brill from southern Illinois. Winifred Brownlee from Pennsylvania battles TB living in a tent. Women teachers and settlers shape a rugged frontier, combining farming, sport, and self reliance.
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Pennsylvania
Washington
Spokane
Oregon
Idaho
Pacific Slope
Moses Lake
Wash
Hester Palmer
Wallowa Valley
Yellow Pine Belt
Blue Mountain District
Plains
Missouri
Kate Brill
Southern Illinois
Winifred Brownlee
Montgomery County
Mataline
Brownlee
Why Gold Is Precious
Pure gold withstands any test it faces surpassing other metals. It can be rolled hammered stretched into thread and melted without loss of weight. Gold remains unaltered by air water or heat and cannot be dissolved by simple acids. It is a foundational metal linked to ancient divinity symbolized in Egypt and known chemically as aurum.
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Dr. Pierce
First Snow in Pasadena After Twenty Years
Snow fell in Pasadena California on a Friday for the first time in two decades. The sun briefly shone before a black storm brought snow that quickly turned to hail and rain as residents flooded the streets and began snowballing.
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Pasadena
Cal
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USPAL
Katharine W
Maxim
Munroe
Peele
Brunnerville
E. G. Geyer
Conestoga Brand
Philip Rudy
Queen Street
Lancaster
M. H. Shenk
The
Lancaster Trust
Queen St
Lancaster, Pa
Hon
I.hay Brown Hohn
D. Skiles Grarbill B
Long
John Hertzler
John D. Skiles
Bees
C. Miller
J. S. Mellinger
John 8. Graybill
W. A. Hensel
H. W. Hartman
John A. Nauman
Joey
B. Miller
Breneman
EH. Weaver
Thomas Steffy
Broad Street
Lititz, PA
Fulton Studio
Amos, Photographer
Waverly Tet
Waverly
Waverly Oil Works Co
Pittsburg
Waverly Special Auto
Wertsch
Watchmaker
Lititz
P. & R. Depot Penna
W. H.muth&co
Coal Lumber
W. H. Muth & Co
the Degker and
Asset Oe Joe
Asic
D. B. Young & Son
Orange St
Coynebee
S. M. Huber
F. M. Bowman
Rothsville
Florida
Cedar Creek
Ritchie's
Ind
Leading Farmers’ Hotel
A. B. Adams
R. Binner
King St
Continental. Food CO
John F. Schleibh
Spruce St
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