New Salem area highlights tallest youth and oddities
A Pennsylvanian roundup notes 17 year old Harry Zellers at 6 ft 4 in and 102 pounds in New Salem. Other items include 94-year-old Daniel Weaver still farming near Shiremanstown, stock-raiser Samuel Tussey in Blair County, and a two headed calf near Greenbriar. A physician seeks $4 from Bell Telephone for missed payment, seven deer seen near Gettysburg, a thief at Williamsport, a schoolteacher institute skirmish over smoking, and pork pricing critique by Fenstamacher blaming premature butchering for pricey cuts.
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New Salem
York County
Harry Zellers
Daniel Weaver
Shiremanstown
United Brethern Church
Samuel E. Tussey
Blair County
Hig Farm
Holidaysburg
N. D. Tyson
Greenbar
Clinton
D. Scott Curtin
Sugar Valley Journal
E. P. Cuthbert
Evans City
Bell Telephone Company
State Railroad Commission
Graffenburg Inn
Gettysburg
Williamsport Curbstone
R. J. Gly
Pennstown
Egly
Warren E. Bedseoter
Wilkes-Barre I
City Teachers’ Institute
Coughlin
Fenstamacher
Unityville
Cps
Uncle Jake the Contrarian Ax Hero of Banbury
An elderly Banbury character nicknamed Uncle Jake is described as deaf and stubborn, famed for contrariness. In a humorous tale, Horace teases him over ax handles and Jake defends his own skill, while the village store crew share sardines and cheese.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake
Banbury
Uncle Jake
Uncle Horace
Small Savings Lecture by Hanna to Dingley on Saving
The line tale depicts Mark Hanna in a Washington trolley, advising William Dingley on saving. Hanna notes business prosperity, contrasts fares and tickets, and urges saving 20 percent on purchases, framing it as the key to wealth. The anecdote ends with Hanna promoting frugality as a personal rule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Hanna
Dingley
Senator Hanna
Washington
Hanna
Haan
Hanns
New York World
Arab Haggling in Desert Market Noted by Ostler
Alan Ostler recounts humorous bargaining in a desert plunder market where loot is traded by haggling. He contrasts fixed prices with locals who value time as money, while stressing mutual trust among partners who travel miles with meager stock to make a sale.
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Alan Ostler
Anton
Bagele
The Speed of Animals and Ancient Wit
A collage of notes on animal speeds and literary anecdotes. It cites naturalists describing stride lengths for horses and hares, notes on dogs versus horses, giraffe and elephant speeds, then shifts to a Mark Twain–Thomas Hardy exchange and reflections on death's dread as a moral anchor, with quotes from St James Gazette.
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Moe Etnimt
Lors Sysouby
Carl Weight
Harper’s
Mark
Fess
Pie
Mark ‘Twain
Thomas Hardy
Gou
Earth
Curty
Chanoze
Bacon
St. Jawes
Close Call in Buck Hunt Told by Old Narrator
An old storyteller recounts a near miss in a buck hunt. A man explains he had no gun and briefly took another, then clarifies he would not shoot without cause. The exchange ends with a warning to avoid trouble and a nod to cheerful labor in science and speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pookerty
Uncle Remus
Home Magazine
Sirius the Dog Star and the Dog Days Explained
The article explains Sirius the Dog Star's role in ancient dog days, noting Sirius outshines the sun thirtyfold and is four thousand times farther away. It details dates and precession altering the association, with Sirius currently rising in the east and visible October through May, and ten hours of midwinter darkness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sirius
Livius
Christian Herald
Knowledge and Culture: A Reflection on True Liberal Education
The text argues memory alone does not make a philosopher or grammar. many learned people lack cultural breadth. It distinguishes between broad liberal education and mere accumulation of facts whether in law statistics natural history or other fields. True culture requires awareness of how ideas relate and shape understanding beyond mere information.
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Newman
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Rothsville, Pa
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Bell Telephone Co
Penna
R.E. Smith
Mgr
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Thomas Laxton
Nott’s Excelsior
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I. P. Reese
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A. R. Bomberger & Co
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Grube’s
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E.c. Ritchie Railroad Restaurant
Lititz Ind
Waverly Oil Works Co
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