Amputee Attorney Led York County Agricultural Society
Edward Chapin, attorney and York County Agricultural Society secretary, amputated left arm at Johns Hopkins Hospital due to sarcoma. Wrightsville teachers Nettie Gohn and Elizabeth Morrison reach 25 years in service. Grape growers fear blue bug harming Cumberland Valley vines. spraying planned. York county almshouse overcrowded with insanity cases. 46 patients remain. Bedford fishers fined for poaching after dam break. 21 fined, 3 to court. Huntingdon Reform School inmates plant onions and potatoes. State to distribute nearly $690,000 to townships for road work tax abolition. St James Lutheran church in Huntingdon to be rebuilt after steeple accident. Ella Gillon of Honesdale markets vegetable candy innovation.
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Edward Chapin
York County Agricultural Society
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Wrightsville
Nettie Gohn
Elizabeth Morrison
Miss Gohn
Mt. Wolf
Cumberland Valley
York County
Harrisburg
Bedford County
Woodbury Township
Huntingdon Reformatory
Pennsylvania
Tener
St. James Lutheran
Huntingdon
Ella Gillon
Honesdale
The Farmer's Boy Inspires Promise For Country Boys
A New York meeting of presidents of twenty large corporations noted that twelve were farmer's boys. The article salutes farm heritage, citing Lincoln, Edison, McCormick, and other inventors born on farms, urging rural youths to pursue ambition in city life and noting the world’s need for capable country-born leaders.
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New York
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Jackson
Millard Willmore
Garfield
Horace Greeley
Sir Isaac Newton
Carlye
Eli Whitney
United States
Eli Howe
Robert Fulton
Hudson
John Fitch
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Oliver Evans
Watt
America
Cyrus McCormick
Illinois
Massachusetts
Thomas Blanchard
Vermont
Thomas Harvey
Ohio
Charles F. Brush
Thomas A. Edison
Patrick B. Delany
New England
Wisconsin
C. L. Sholes
K. M. Turner
Indiana
Perilous Salisbury Spire Feat by American Visitor
A young American visitor at Salisbury Cathedral in Eugland climbs the 404 foot spire while workmen repair it. He threads a narrow path to the cross, balances on a small platform, then descends from the bulging ball to safety using careful calculation and nerve.
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Salisbury
Eugland
Elis
Ants That Cook Bread From Seeds in Dalmatia
A Dalmatian ant, Messor barbarus, reportedly harvests seeds, spropps them, then forms a dough and bakes tiny cakes in the sun. Professor Neger notes the insect chews dough in underground chambers, storing the baked goods for future use. The piece argues sun cooking parallels human cooking and notes saliva acts as yeast.
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Dalmatia
Messor Barbaras
Neger
Dresden
Positively Rude and Microbes in Lunch Hour
A collection of brief quips and jokes from various papers. A woman with small feet lends rubbers to a friend who has big feet. The friend says she can manage. Since then the small footed woman avoids the friend. A man eats hurriedly at his lunch hour while being treated for indigestion. A grocer is chosen to play bass drum because he is honest and pushes every pound. Condescension is pleasant but one sided in its pleasure.
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New York Press
Hibbs
Dibbs
Boston Transcript
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