A Gala Day at Knowles Hills Simete Reels and Dances
A rural fete at Knowles Hills offers country conveyances and a large market yard. Tables with fine china and glassware, Bass and Tom Salt barrels, tea, and dancing by 8 in a setting of elms and beech trees give way to romantic countryside weddings.
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Knowls Hills
Frank TL
Jervis
England
Burton
Bass
Bristol Birdseye
Broseley
Sir Roger de Coverly
Knowle
Remarkable Rescues and Ragged Remarks Across The City
A large Newfoundland saves a small terrier from drowning off a wharf after a dog watcher guided rescue, drawing cheers from a gathered crowd. Across town, showmen mock Darwin with animal likeness fantasies, while observers debate season woes and city nicknames. The Pittsburgh Chronicle notes the Pennsylvania anthracite fields progress and yields. An Italian admiral touts a new shrapnel shell and a boastful prizefighter headlines a money-maker.
Suburban Life and lamplighter talk in a dark village scene
A village chat captures a failed lamp lighting moment as a moonless night halts plans for a checkers game. An advertisement promotes Bucklen's Arnica Salve as a universal remedy priced at 25 cents, sold at Lititz Drug Store with a money back guarantee.
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Jake
Bucklen
Lititz
Charles “A. Locher
King Street
Lancaster
The Future Battlefield and Crema tion Debris in Paris
A New York Times report covers Capt. Edward Field’s lecture on breech lead war shifts and future line tactics. Also noted is Paris’ plan to burn hospital debris at Pere Lachaise to cut funeral costs amid cremation legality debates.
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Knotviedge
New York Times
Military Service Institution
Edward Field
Fourth Artillery
Field
Creedmoor
Capt. Field
Butler
Bonaparte
West Point
Ptt. James' Gazette
Paris
France
Origin of the Cravat from Paris to English fashion
An 1686 Paris regimental scarf inspired the cravat name and style later worn by Charles II and James II, with rise of lavish versions. The piece then blends into fruit growing guidance, farm tips, and social vignettes including a Nashville chain gang anecdote and local humor about taxes and reporters.
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Paris
Charles II
James Tr
Venice
Mother’s kiss and duties stir memories in long passage
A father's admonition to his daughter urges acting kinder toward her mother. He recalls a mother’s prayers and kisses from childhood, notes aging and burdens borne, and warns that time will reveal her care too late. The piece then shifts to social notes on roller skating, a New Jersey groundhog hunter, and a collection of maxims and proverbs.
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Pittsburg
Tam
Chicago
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Medina
Arabia
Mohammed
Mecca
Baalbeo
Galway
Ireland
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Chicago Times
Geological Survey
Elgin
Concord
Richmond
Taylor and Snyder
Gregg
Turner
Charles Downing and
Crescent
Nashville
South
Pennsylvania
Miller
Texas
House of Representatives
Ivils
New York
William Elston
Wolfpit
Wantage Township
N. J
Rattler
Elston
Ss. L. Diffenderfer, Litiv
James TT Miksech
Tinwarh
N. C. Fry
Villa J. Hamilton
Young, Keiper,& CO
Anp
Queensware
Third Street
Philadelphia
Locher’s
Record Office
Lititz, PA
Litits
Mystly
I. F. Bomberger
Egchbach
Lititz PA
Horace L. Rschbach
T. Frank Evans
Luttis
Samuel Rb. Millway
Lemuel
George Davis Bainbridge
Tobias Stauffer Salonga
Elias Slauiter
Drumore
Michael Roth
Sturgis
Kins
A.W. Weikel
North Queen Street
Weikel
Anna Weber
Eliest
A. W. Weikel
Queen St
Palapelphta
Reading
NOY
Ibed
Lititzag
Allentown
Bound Brook
Harrisburg
Pottsville
Williamsport
Sunbury
Lewisburg
Allentows
Tamaqua
Sampary
Potisville
J. J. Wootten
Gerand Ticket Agent
C. G. Hancvor
Geneneral
Columbia
Northwarp
A. P
Quarryville
King St
Chickies
Marietta
Litit
Dui Ghia
Quarry
Ening
Iti
York
Hanover
Gettysburg
Frederick and Battimore
Wilson
Heanon & Lancaster Joint Lises Railroad
Northwarb
Lededond
Manheim
Lane
Lesre
Lebano
Cornwall
Manbeta Lancaster Eae
A.M
IAS
M Wilson
R&c
T. R. Avard
Hare Gronae Eltz
Daniel Leopold
H.L. Trout
Penn Square
Langaster, PA
NEW Haven Coach Works
Amer & Brunner
Markly
New Haven
Penn
Alecés
Railroad Restaurant
Agason
LR. Hacker
Proprietes
Continental
Chestnut BT
Custon
Aya George Flory
Columbia House
E. A. Hutton
North Broad Street
Masonic Temple
Academy of Pine Arts
Jerma
Sturgis, Praga
Leou
Gu Union SQ
Guiaso
Eway
Graeus
Chestnut Street
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