Various local notices and incidents across Pennsylvania towns
The item describes a string of short reports: Bangor schoolboys smoking heavily, a ban on some rule, a mandolin club of Indian girls at Carlisle Indian School, a fatal house fire in Carlisle, Philipsburg women forming a Non-Swearing Club, Sunbury civic mosquito campaign, an 88 year old Harrisburg drinker dies after a heavy wager, a kitchen blaze in Bloomsburg injuring a laundress, sheriff sales including coffins in Northumberland, bachelors club forming in Johnson City, Henry Hamlin funds a fire alarm and improvements in Smethport, elk and ponies received by Hon. Joseph C. Sibley in Cranberry township, seven deer from his farm with one recaptured.
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Bangor
Carlisle
Lewis E. Weidman
Philipsburg
Civic Club
Sunbury
John Jones
Harrisburg
Bloomsburg
Gussie Wintersbrugh
John H. Glass
Northumberland
Johnson City
Northumberland County
Henry Hamlin
Smethport
Hamlin
Joseph C. Sibley
Cranberry Township
Franklin
Kansas City
Mr. Sibley
Iowa
Cooperstown
New York City Seal Features Flour Barrels
A historian explains the city seal’s symbols, noting two beavers and four windmill blades. The two barrels depicted are flour barrels, representing New York’s early colonial flour trade and the city’s exclusive rights to bolt flour, which brought prosperity.
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New York City
New York
New York Sun
Riddle of Mrs Miss and Misses Keeps Families Close
A perplexing verse explains how a wife with daughters affects titles and relations as they move between homes. The playful dialect contrasts Miss and Mrs roles across varying family separations, urging all to stay home with the Mr. of the Mrs. Judge.
Hat Taxes Through History And Their Uneven Reach
The London Chronicle notes that hat taxes hit men harder than women with the English crown and Pitt especially, stamps inside hats ranged from threepence to two shillings, penalties for unstamped hats were high and counterfeiting could be fatal. Women's watteau style straw hats evaded tax as smuggling surged and fashions shifted.
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Elizabeth
Pitt
London Chronicle
Women Street Cleaners of Munich Go The Street
In Munich many women support themselves by street sweeping. Recruits largely come from the countryside, daughters of small farmers and laborers, drawn to the coveted work with a waiting list. They wear a Tyrolese style uniform with a green hat feather blue petticoat red jacket and a neckerchief.
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Munich
Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery Promoted
Advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery claiming it builds up the body with flesh and muscle. It warns against substitutes seeking higher profit and offers a free Common Sense Medical Adviser with stamps payment for mailing.
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Dr. Pierce
Windows in Manila Use Translucent Shells for Glass
In the Philippines shells replace window glass to create soft light. Shells are four inches across, trimmed to three inch squares set in wood sashes. Sliding horizontally, openings reach twelve feet. Public buildings and homes showcase mahogany like mo lave narra tindalo acre floors, polished by muchachos to mirror likenesses.
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Philippines
Molave
Narra
Tindalo
Acre
Muchachos
Police Round Forcing Mullaney Out Of Undertaker Back Room
A police sergeant spots officer Mullaney entering an undertaker shop with a back room pinocle game. The sergeant blocks the exit, warns of a complaint, and Mullaney is placed in a coffin and carted away before exiting and saluting.
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Gleverly
Mullaney
New York Sun
An Iconoclast and Odd Worms In the News
A quirky mashup notes a New York Press tale about an argumentative wife and Alfred the Great cake fire yarn. It also reports on New Zealand worms with monkey-like heads and echoing old legends, plus five Confucian action principles for balanced living.
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Europe
Alfred the Great
England
New York Press
Just the Other Way
A brief dialogue snippet from the Houston Post notes a misunderstanding about a recent trip abroad. The piece then mentions Lugano teachers on strike over a dispute with education authorities, with pupils supporting the teachers’ stance.
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Hurope
Houston Post
Lugano
Lendon Punch
Real Estate Activity in Earthquake Region Cited
A Baltimore American quote notes a paradise for real estate men in the earthquake region due to high ground rents. It contrasts humility among the learned with Anatole France’s critique of ignorance.
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Baltimore
Anatole France
Fraternal and civic group meeting schedule listed in Lititz notices
A dense list of lodge, temple, council and club meetings in Lititz with dates, halls and times. Entries cover K of P, Grotto, I O O F, G A R posts, Jr 0. M., council, school board, fire company and temperance groups along with venues like Rudy's Hall, the Swan Hotel, Brobst's Hall and the Lititz High School building.
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Junita Castle
M. G. Daeety
Judy’s Hall
K. of P
Rudy's Hall
Lititz Lodge
Garfield Castle
Star ‘Temple
Jadiea
G. H
Washington Camp
P. O
Rothsville
Swan Hotel
Stevens Post
G. Jury
Brobst's
M. _ Litita Springs
Council Chamber
Orange Street
Warwick School Board
Warwick House
Lititz Agricultural Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Mongay
Moravian Chapel
The
Loyal Temperance Legion
Court Lititz
F. of A
Trolley Road Schedules From Lancaster and Lititz
Schedules list early morning and hourly trolley departures from Lancaster to Lititz Bath Petersburg Manheim and Manheim along with Saturday and Sunday variations. Times vary by location with trains leaving Lancaster around 5 to 6 AM and continuing hourly to late evening.
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Lancaster
Lititz
Pharestten
Bath P. M
Ther
Aneres Lancaster
TA. M
Litite
Petersburg
Manhol
Manheim
Gunsay
Mathelm
Time Table June 4 Train Schedule Notes
Rail schedule lists arrival and departure times for Reading, Philadelphia, Lancaster and Lebanon routes. Weekdays include 7:58 A M and 1:08 and 7:08 P M for Reading and Philadelphia. Sundays add 7:58 A M. Lancaster and Sohnee service shows 8:19 A M 1:26 and 7:08 P M on weekdays. Sundays 8:19 A M and 7:05 P M. Lebanon weekday 2:08 P M. Sundays 8:19 A M and 7:08 P M.
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Rains Leavy Lititz
Reading
Lancaster and
Sohnee
Lebanon
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Manila
New Zealand
Australia
Samoan
Solomon Islands
Sandwich Islands
Confucius
Brunnerville
Geyer
D. Fichthorn
Bow- Rudy’s Meatman’s Bakery
Priplas Marble & Granite Works
J. H. Keener
Maytowne
Elizabethtown
Ind
Marietta
South Broad Street
Marion
James Sesseman
Lancaster Trust Co
Queen St
Lancaster, Pa
Zeon, J. Hay Brown
John D. Skiles Grabille, Long
John Mertzlur
John D. Skiles
Herbert C. Millar
G Elt Nger
Grayrhill
W. A. Hensel
H.W. Hartman
John Wertzler
John A. Nauman
A. H. Kreider
W. Vine ST
N. Verr
Cortright
S. M. Huber
Lititz, PA
F. M. Bowman
Rothsville, PA
Dela
Waverly
Eet
Waverly OG. Works Company
Pittsburg
Berlin
C. H. Kreider’s Hardware Store
Main St
Decker and
Janssen
Stephen B. Kissinger
W. Lemon
Paiges
Philip Rudy
Queen Street
Boyt Paraas
W. H. Muth & Co
Spruce Villa Dairy
Brubaker
John F. Schleith
Spruce St
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