Oddities and Local Patterns From the State Chronicle
A collection of notes spans wildlife tales, a long shot injury case, land use shifts by United States Steel, two Harrisburgers joining the Masons, a remarkable fertility record, a farmer’s fruit earnings, low-effort apple tree cultivation, and a coal mystery in Catawissa. Also a Baltimore American quip about swing departments in the Congressional Record.
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EH. S. Flory
Atenwald
George Hies
Shamokin
Erie County
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Company
Robert Burns Lodge
Stephen Nageotte
Frenchtown
Crawford County
D. H. Wyant
Covode
Pauxsutauney
Myr. Wyant
Martin Beech
Catawissa
Beech
Not the Same Wifey Big Dresses Demand Season
The note discusses women seeking costly dresses this season and a husband’s relief amid the changing fashion needs. It reads as a brief social column item with light, opinionated tone about wardrobe trends and economic pressure.
Pie The Indigestibility Myth And The Pie Crust Debate
A feature on pie as a nutritious staple per the New York Medical Journal. It argues proper chewing and salivation render pie digestible, notes crust varies with fat choice, and warns soggy paste harms digestion. The piece also touches on meal pairing with cheese and the limits of pie as a full meal.
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The
New York Medical Journal
Giving Impressively Through Generous Gifts and Manners
A reflection on gift giving contrasts generosity with showiness. The piece cites Sanne Pepys 1660 diary noting a dinner where merchants gave lavish offerings to newly married servants, while one man gave only 10 shillings, illustrating enduring social norms around perception and bounty.
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Sanne Pepys
After Dinner Speaking Tip From Senator Depew
Advice to Bores. A successful after dinner speaker should be brief and to the point. The speaker recalls asking Senator Depew how long to speak. Depew said about two minutes unless he has struck fore. If not, stop boring at once.
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Bores
Depew
Los Angeles
Labor Wasted in Trainin g a Dog
Ma Greawcher defends a man who trained a dog saying the only reward is saving face for people who claim the dog is smarter than the trainer. The exchange highlights public skepticism about animal instruction and the trainer’s effort.
Oddities in Clubs When Abduction and Surly Societies Made London
The piece recounts quirky London clubs from the 18th and 19th centuries. It describes the Abduction Club founded in 1766 that coerced marriages, the Sighing Club whose members recited love poems, and several other clubs famed for odd rituals, grotesque faults, or fierce talk. It notes arrests and punishments, including executions, and mentions related parliamentary action and the era’s social satire.
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London
Kennedy
Richard Kennedy
Rathmeader Manor
Waterford
Gerald Byrne
Gregory Byrne
James Strange Villard
Vienna
Spain
England
Aesop
Billingsgate
Carmen
Watermen
Everlasting Club
Great London
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Baltimore American
Br. Piece
Golden Medical Discovery
R. V. Pierce
M. D
Leinbach & Bro
Reading’s
Leading Clothiers Cor
8Th and
Penn Sts
Reading, Pa
Rogers Bros
M Designs International
Britaunye
Meriden
Conh
Fry’s
Main and
Cedar Sts
Lititz
I. P. Reese’s New Cash Hardware Store
Low
I. P. Reese
W. King St. Lancaster, Pa
A. BR. Keller
PENNA
Svorra
Joseph Dreifus
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