Snake fight, stolen watch, and garden plans across towns
Readers report a Fayetteville man surviving copperhead and rattlesnake encounters near Graffenburg thanks to thick overalls. York’s Sgt Keeney shows an unusually large egg, while a Cleveland Fox watch is returned with a thief’s note. Lewistown anglers find a snake swallowed a copperhead. Williamsport hosts gardening lessons for 100 children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Besecker
Fayetteville
Graffenburg
William Keeney
York
Cleveland L. Fox
Pottstown
Fox
Edward Calahan
Charles Marshall
Lewistown
Licking Creek
J. W. Gillmore
Clay School
Williamsport
Prof. Gilmore
Roy Fidler
Pine Grove
Lé ‘Banion
Philadelphia & Reading
Lebanon
O Fidler
F. W.robbins
John Williamson
Jersey Shore
Centenarian urges reading and activity for health
A Bostonian who just turned 100 shares a candid health recipe. He stresses walk and exercise daily, eat what you want but not to excess, and especially reads papers to keep the mind young. He notes engagement with community, state, nation and world as essential to longevity.
Whirl of the Tornado and The Word Cyclone
A Cleveland Leader note explains why the public prefers the term tornado over cyclone. It contrasts the narrow path and concentrated destruction of tornadoes with the broad, sea sweeping power of cyclones, describing speed, rotation, and regional differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Indies
China Sea
Tropics
Cleveland
Prisoners Code Puzzle Cracked by Accident
A forged note maker in a western jail devised a cipher woven on strips of paper. A deputy noticed a prisoner wrapping the strip around an octagonal lead pencil and, after trials, revealed that the parts of letters aligned to form legible writing when wrapped. The Dallas News reports the accidental key.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clao
Dalles
Almost the Speed Limit War Reminiscence
A veteran recalls a mate who fled early in the Battle of Chattanooga. Some accused him of running, but the man said he retreated in good order. He wondered how his actions would be judged if he had stayed home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oraeutirly
Chattanoosa
Somme
Hiter
oWell
Goth
A Story of St. Pauls Cathedral First Stone
A London cathedral note recalls the first stone of St Pauls laid by masons from the old ruin. The stone bore a single word Resurguin meaning I shall rise again. From ruins a marble poem emerges as prophecy fulfilled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's
St. Paual's Cathedral
London
Umbrella scheme sparks grand larceny charge remark
An admiring friend praises an umbrella described as gold banded and diamond studded. A fierce-eyed man warns that if someone takes it, it could become a charge of grand larceny. Washington Sta.
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Washington
Sta
Domestic Ethics Reflections on Truth and Shame
A fragmentary quotation discusses moral behavior in marriage and social circles. It contrasts a man who feels shame when lying to his wife with one who persists in deceit while others are guided by experience and wit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel B. Bowes
Boyertown
Orwigsburg
Armstrong County
Hovey Township
Allegheny River
Butler County
Parker
Flaxburg
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Baer
River View
Reading
Dr. Pierce
R.V. Dieree
M. D
Buffalo
N.Y
New York
la Rochefoucard
Tam
Levi F. Longenecker
Front Street
Lititz, PA
W. M. Grube
Hershey & Gibbes
Ind. Tel
Vititz Pa
Brandies
Hollinger
King and
Duke Sts
Lancaster, PA
C. H. Kreider
Main St
Uisitz
Waverly Oil Works Co
Pittsburgh
Parolines
A. R. Bomberger & Co
A. R. Keller
Lititz, Penna
Limbert’s
Limbert
W. A. Heinitsh
S. Queen St
Lancaster
Boy Scout
Chas. H. Frey
King St
Spruce Villa Dairy
Brubaker
Imhoff’s Restaurant
Maurice River
Daniel Imhoff
Prove
East Main Street
Lititz
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