A. B. Kreider Shoe Firm to Build Lebanon Factory
The A B Kreider Shoe Company plans a new factory in Lebanon to employ about 500 workers. A rattlesnake five feet four inches long with 14 rattles was killed near Haliton by W L Wolford. Alientown police hunt a swindler who uses messenger boys claiming an employee is distressed and needs a loan. William B Harvey, superintendent of Westtown Friends School, is on a world mission tour nearing the end of his journey. Williamsport boys gain a college opportunity valued by peers in other cities. Through the Hermance will, funds will allow every deserving high school graduate to receive 500 annually for four years in college. Ford Bendheim, Altoona merchant, leaves for California with family to settle and develop a 40 acre Nevada border tract. The party travels to Calif via the canal. Mrs Frank Winger of the tenth ward claims an incubating record with 100 eggs and 90 healthy White Leghorn chicks. Previously Lawrence Culbertson held the season’s record with 83 chicks from 100 eggs.
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W. L. Wolford
Haliton
Alientown
William B. Harvey
Westtown Friends
A. D. Hermance
Ford Bendheim
Altoona
California
Mr. Bendheim
Herbert
Nevada
Frank Winger
Tenth Ward
Oi City
Lawrence Culbertson
Why Rivers Overflow and Flood Tides
The article cites Arthur K. E. Morgan noting rivers cannot be ordered to handle floods. It explains how channels formed by water follow the path of least resistance and lists examples: Coldwater River capacity 900 cfs, floods up to 100,000 cfs. St Francis River 500–5,000 cfs, floods to 160,000 cfs. Miami River 6 to 5 percent of max overflow. Mississippi near Red River mouth flows 200,000 cfs, full banks carry 1,000,000 cfs, tributaries in flood raise to 2,500,000 cfs, with higher banks causing overflow on surrounding plains.
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Arthur KE. Morgan
Scientific American
Mir Morgan
Mississippi
St. Francis
Arkansas
Missouri
Miami
Ohio
Red River
Homemade silver polish recipe from the National Magazine
A household recipe claims to make a superior silver cleaner at low cost. Mix ammo nia with whiting and a few drops of oxalic acid to produce polish cheaper than store brands, suitable for cutlery brass doorknobs and bright metals.
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National Magazine
A Woman's Strategy in a Curious Tale
A Birmingham Age Herald excerpt recalls a man who befriended a mouse to gain leverage over others. The arrangement lasts briefly until the wife introduces a cat. When the cat attacks the mouse, she seizes the moment to strike the husband.
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Birmingham Age
Herald
Archimedes and His Lever
A Scientific American piece analyzes Archimedes claim to raise the Earth with a lever. It computes Earth diameter 7926 miles and density 5.5, finding the required lever and movement vastly exceed human capability and time. The calculation suggests Archimedes would not complete the task even over two millennia.
Frederick the Great visits Dresden gallery in the Seven Years' War
In early 18th century Dresden Frederick the Great toured the royal picture gallery. The king admired all works and after stopping before a Correggio asked to have the painting copied. Gallery director Reidel feared loss but the king chose to save the picture by having a copy made.
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Frederick the Great
Dresden
Royal Picture Gallery
Reidel
Frederick
Correggio
Simon
Bore and caliber definitions from the Philadelphia Press
The Philadelphia Press explains bore and caliber concepts. It notes that a shotgun bore is the circumference of one of ten lead balls weighing one pound in total, and rifle caliber is the bore diameter in hundredths of an inch.
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Philadelphia Press
A Musical Tyrant and the Gluck Conducting Tyranny
The article recalls Gluck as a harsh conductor in Vienna. Musicians reportedly repeated passages up to twenty times to appease him. The Vienna court orchestra complained to Emperor Joseph II, who granted them two ducats per performance instead of one when Gluck conducted.
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Gluck
Vienna
Joseph II
Suffragette and Anti Play Anagram Challenge
A quirky exchange features a general joker guiding four suffragettes and anti players through an anagram puzzle. The joker hints at letters to form words while the suffragette and anti vie over the correct answer, with a judge noting possible solutions.
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Wreten
Anti
Tere
Judge
The Control Room Heart of a Warship on Battle Duty
A St Louis Globe Democrat account describes the control room as the ship s heart a small steel vault deep below deck where six men operate dials wires and switches to direct gun crews engineers and navigators during combat. It notes the crew s steadiness under fire the risk of a wrong signal and the duty bound descent to the ship s end.
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Turret No. 7
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Does your husband ever lie to you asked by a wife
A woman asks if her husband lies and he replies never. She says she trusts his claim about looking younger, implying he would not lie about more important things. The quote accompanies a newspaper note from the Houston Post with a literary aside noting a line about Corneille.
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Houston Post
Organizing The Agricultural Trust Company in Lancaster
More than two hundred Lancaster County farmers and business men plan to organize The Agricultural Trust Company in Lancaster City. Shares priced at 100 dollars each may be subscribed with five dollars per share due now, with future calls on dates including June 10 and July 6.
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Lancaster County
Lancaster City
Lancaster
Agricultural Trust Company
Board of
J. W. Fehl
Pro
Fehl
Martin Lefevre
Strasburg
Aeron
C. Sanders
Manor Township
Albert G. Herr
Washington
Boro
S. F. Sweigart
Albert R. Landis
Lane
R. D
Remembering Dates. Twain’s Pictures Aid Memory
A fragment from Harper’s Magazine notes Mark Twain used pictures on his fingers to remember lecture notes, then created six pictures with a pen to replace eleven mnemonic phrases. The anecdote from a 19th century piece illustrates visual mnemonic schemes.
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Mark Twain
California
Harper’s Magazine
Polite Truths on Umbrellas and Wives
A quoted exchange from the Houston Post contrasts how a man treats another man’s wife with his own. It notes that politeness conceals clumsiness and ends with a wry remark on loving words by Landot.
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Houston Post
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A. 8. Kreider Shoe Company
Lebanon
Archimedes
His Lever
Earth
C. O. Sandstrom
Brinkman
East Orange St
Corneille
Organizing Agricultural Trust Company
Lancaster, Pa
Henry J. Gish
Elizabethtown
Amos N. Risser
Henry L. Gise
J. P
John H. Martin
Mt. Joy
Clayton J. Rover
Lititz
Lane Forney
John Mohler
Ephrata
M. H. Hottenstein
Manheim
Marquis of Worcester
St. James
Church of the Brethren
Hershey Park
Philadelphia
Reading
R. R
Rothsville
Millway
Akron
Ephrata Stevens
Denver
Reinhold
Vinemont
Richland
Myerstown
Hershey
Fare Ly. A.m
Lee
East Petersburg
Lancaster Junctio Manheim Hershey
Lv. A.m
Star
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