Montello Brick Co to borrow for French investment
Security holders plan a $500000 loan to lure French investors and revive Montello Brick Works. Readingites hear of a hotel offer process on a site owned by W H Luden. A Mohnton lecture condemns socialism as born of infidelity.
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Montello Brick Co
W. H. Luden
York County
George A. Stein
Charles E. Stein
Weissport
Scranton
Frank Reese
North Mountain
Lyegoming County
Fulton County
Whips Cove
McConnelsburg
Hagerstown
Quits Meat to Draw Legacy from German Bequest
A German uncle leaves 25000 dollars to Hugo Masten of Greenwood Delaware with yearly payout for life on condition he avoids meat and proves a vegetarian year by affidavit. If he eats meat, the funds go to a German charity. The note appears in a domestic probate context.
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Hugo Masten
Greenwood
Del
Masten
Germany
Maston
Not an Expert Opinion Made in Jumbled Excerpt
A garbled excerpt centers on remarks about Mexico and a stubborn burro. It includes broken quotes and references to a Ronston Post and a Dotreit Pree Press. Not enough coherent facts for a full report.
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Mexico
Earth
Ronston Post
Vou
Dotreit Pree Press
Fareless car leaves New Yorkers baffled in storm
In a drenching rain a New York uptown car conductor halted service claiming the leading car could not go further. Passengers protested as one rider noted the abandoned car’s fault was a broken cash register preventing fares from being rung.
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New
New York
Women’s Love of Ugly Men Through History
The article notes famed men who attracted women despite plain looks. It lists Julius Caesar as handsome in youth, then cites Sir Philip Sidney Paul Scarron Voltaire Rousseau and John Wilkes as examples of influential men deemed unattractive yet beloved by women.
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Julius Caesar
Rome
Sir Philip Sidney
Paul Scarron
Voltaire
Rousseau
John Wilkes
England
Beans In A Fireless Cooker Spark A Warning
Mammy Lou visits Lucindy. Lucindy hides a boiling pot in a fireless cooker and insists on cooking beans. Mammy protests with fear and defiance, telling Lucindy she won’t live where the devil does the cooking.
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Mammy Lou
Lucindy
Mamay
Mammy
Overruled Judge Faces Burglars In Courtroom Stand-off
A judge, held at gunpoint by two burglars in possession of his room, remains calm as one thief dismisses a watch as a mere keepsake. The burglars declare the appeal allowed and the supreme court upholds the lower decree. The scene ends with the watch taken and the court adjourned.
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Supreme Court
Homely Children May Grow Into Beauties With Time
The article argues that early plainness does not seal fate as facial proportions and growth stages shape eventual looks. It cites examples like Southey, note that a strong chin and beard timing can transform appearances, and suggests beauty depends on development rather than skin deep traits.
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Birgely
Robert Southey
Byron
Southey
Nile
C. W. Saleeby
Strand Magazine
Feat of a Fox Shows Cunning in Securing a Meal
A fox displays remarkable cunning by lifting a coop to reach a hen after a farmer set a slippery board in a snowy field. The fox dragged out the hen, left little evidence, and escaped with three hairs on the laths, as reported in Shirper's Weekly Open Winters. Snow's role in protecting vegetation and enriching soil through melted snow is discussed, noting snow lowers heat loss and preserves crops, while open winters increase fertilizer costs.
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Lodlow
Shirper
A Great Scheme Blunts Family Trust With Conk
A troubled husband recalls relying on a dependable conk to convince his wife to stop cooking and break ties with relatives colleagues and friends who drifted away, leaving him with a solitary harmony of control.
The Queerness of It
A Baltimore American exchange notes a stubborn father figure who leaves little for others to take, idly remarking on the child’s resemblance to his paternal parent and the social oddities surrounding such households.
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Baltimore American
Bishop Condenses Long Speech After Anecdote
A bishop planned a twelve headed speech before the house of lords. Lord Durham interrupted to share a tale about passing St Pauls Cathedral at midnight. A drunken man watching the clock exclaimed why not say all that at once. The bishop then shortened his remarks.
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House of Lords
Lord Durham
St. Paul's Cathedral
London Globe
No Merit In It Mother Reprovingly
A Boston Transcript dialogue features a mother reprovingly noting her two young daughters never thought of current misdeeds. The daughter retorts that lack of thought explains their behavior.
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Boston Transcript
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M.D
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Westinghouse Electic Motors
M. M. Souders
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S. M. Hubertro
Main Street
Rogers Bros
Rogers
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Penna
R. FE. Smith
Mgr
Lancaster, Pa
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Landreth
M. Ferry
Lake Shore
Thomas Lapton
Nott’s Excelsior
Alaska
I. P. Reese
W. King Street
Lancaster
Cortright
Cortright Reg. U
S. M. Huber
F. M. Bowman
Rothsville
Sam
Levi F. Longenecker
Front Street
Lititz, PA
A. R. Bomberger & Co
Elmer Eby
Grube’s
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