Local notes on farming and odd events in Drumore County
In Drumore County season sees high interest in spraying fruit trees and a lime sulfur plant operating day and night. Jacob Shatb of Hast Drumore begins goose culture with 100 eggs hatching. Mrs. Ellen Ebling, 79, rode a train for the first time from Sinking Spring to Denver after living near tracks for 50 years. Doctor Shaub of Quarryville keeps a secret about a year. A tragedy at William P. Boyce’s Drumore Township premises leaves a mother dead and nine children orphaned. the event is linked to a chicken seeking Mrs Possum.
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Jacob Shatb
Hast Drumore
Gasoline Engine Company's New Plant Moves to North Lancaster
The C. H. A. Dissinger Gasoline Engine Company secured for Lancaster by the local Chamber of Commerce, begins moving equipment to a new North Lancaster plant. The complex includes a 60 by 210 foot machine shop with crane, a 50 by 100 foot foundry, toolroom, boiler room and 80 by 80 foot office, all atop a $20,000 investment. Production will cover gas and gasoline engines for stationary, portable and tractor use, employing 50 to 75 workers.
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C. H. A. Dissinger Gasoline Engine Company
Lancaster
Chamber of Commerce
Dissinger Company
Barnum and Bailey Circus to Perform in Reading May 5
Barnum and Bailey presents two Reading performances on Friday May 5 with 400 top acts including Baby Bumbeeno the giraffe born in America and a forenoon parade. The show features many international acts, 1286 staff, 700 horses, 40 elephants and a mobile menagerie with 4000 lamps and search lights. Excursion rail rates will be offered.
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Lititz
Barnum and Bailey
Reading
Bumbeeno
America
John Duneander
England
Fonelli
Siegrist-Silbon
Jupiter
Balloon Horse
Charles the First
Georgetty
Noonan
Winston
Victoria
Codona
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Max O Ralls Reply At Dinner On Races
Max O Rall at a Montreal dinner demonstrated his view of different races with a vivid gesture routine for the Scotch English Irish and French. Each gesture implied a distinct stereotype and drew a hearty laugh from the assembled guests.
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Max O’rall
Max O'Rell
Montreal
A Good Shot Parable From a Sporting Tale
A humorously told incident features a sportsman with vivid exploits claiming one shot felled two partridges and a hare. He explains the partridge clutching another, and a misfire that sent him backward into a hare as it ran by, yielding a comic chain of events.
IMES LAST OF THE COWBOYS
An observer laments the fading Western cowboys as civilization and fences replace open ranges. He recalls authentic cowboys from Texas New Mexico and Arizona, describes camp life rules meals and habits, notes the shift to hired hands and farmers, and predicts the old era will end except in distant open ranges.
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M.J. Brown
Quarryville
Mississippi
Free West
United States
West
Santa Fe
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Torrance
Mary
Susan
Jane
Diaz
Durham
Utterly Useless Quip Dialogues From The Papers
A selection of dated witticisms contrasts sharp comebacks with soft humor. Brief jokes show men changing subjects amid wife reminders and a gag about a singer avoiding a hit. The tone mirrors light, columnar humor from early 20th century newspapers.
Warmer Talk With Little Willie Says Thermometer Fell
A humorous dialogue has Willie asking his father about the thermometer dropping five feet and breaking on the hall floor. The exchange highlights a light domestic moment as the child jokes about the weather turning warmer and the toy device breaking upon impact.
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Willie
Wittle Willie
On the Trail Um gunning for railroads announced the trust buster
A fragment from Brooklyn Life quotes a humorist line about railroads and trust busting, hinting at a bold critique. The excerpt references a figure described as a trust buster and suggests a call to accompany him to see the tracks, capturing a political or social moment in a clipped urban periodical voice.
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Brooklyn
Laughing Lines From The New York Press Fragments
A collage of quoted witticisms contrasts a contagious laugh from a New York Press snippet and a reflective line from Alfred Austin about knowing the worst. The piece juxtaposes humor with cautionary wisdom, hinting at media chatter and literary aphorism.
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Howell
Powell
New York Press
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B. V
W. H. Buch
Record Building
Lititz, PA
Gasoline Engine Company
Barnuma’s
Imes
Pecos
Amarillo
Wesern
Kansas City
Pepys
London
Brougham
Waterloo
Napoleon
Wellington
Chicago Record-Herald
Alfred Austin
Wingert & Haas
QueEn ST
Lancaster, PA
Hoffmeier Bros
King Street
Chas. H. Frey the Shoe Man
King St
Marian Harland
Duntley
Heinitsh's
S. Queen St
Reader
N. B
North Queen Street
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