Exhibition of 1530 Luther Book in Middletown Window
Charles Raymond of Middletown displays an old German book titled The Controversy Between Martin Luther and the German Reformed Church from 1530 in R. P. Raymond's hardware windows on Union Street. Willis Ensinger in Mr. Pocono reports shooting a 25 pound wildcat believed to steal chickens and goats. The Smethport Democrat questions low butter prices and cider sales, praises Harvey Posten for a four raccoon haul, notes Adams County apple shipments by rail, and describes a new Farquhar Park wading lake with bridges and skating in York.
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Charles Raymond
Middletown
R. P. Raymond
Union Street
Martin Luther
Raymond
Willis Ensinger
Pocono
Smethport Democrat
Blair County
Harvey Posten
Hollidaysburg
Wilbert Raphart
Posten
Beaver Dams
Philadelphiaa Reading Railway
Adams County
Harrisburg
Biglerville
Farquhar Park
City of
York
A. B. Farquhar
The Knocker in Belleville Opinion Piece
The Belleville Telescope editor Miller pens a sharp satire denouncing a town detractor. He labels the anonymous knocker as an enemy to his community and a wart on the face of the earth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Belleville
Kan
Maine
Metropolitan
Postage in Other Days Reveals Heavy Burden of Letters
Private distribution of letters made many unwilling carriers as post offices pursued prohibitory rates. Before Rowland Hill’s reforms, English penny postage era, Americans and merchants used out door clerks and traveling friends to deliver letters. Women often kept letters until male travelers departed, fearing the obligation to deliver missives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Philippines
Rowland Hill
Post Office Department
England
London
How Her Union Suit Disappeared
A curious anecdote from Young's Magazine recounts a couple at a dance where the bride’s union suit vanishes after a playful tug at a sleeve. The girl explains next morning the garment was gone, prompting humorous disbelief from family.
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Henry Kohler
Name
Weill
Young’s Magazine
Lititz Moravian town history from 18th century to 1888
The Lititz narrative recalls a 1775 church fire rebuilt with stone, the Brethren’s House hospital during Brandywine, and burials of 110 soldiers. Camp fever hit locals. Rev Schmick died. A 1786 bell and 1801 clock followed, with the first Lititz graveyard burial in 1758. Growth came after 1856 reforms and the 1888 borough incorporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
8. E. Keller
S. E. Bushong
Brandywine
Aaron Habecker
Schmick
John Baumgaertner
Mathew
Barbara Baumgaertner
Lititz
Hehl
Moravian Church
Butts Rescuer in Water and Dancing Through Washington Days
A South Haven man was knocked into four to five feet of water while rescuing a drowning goat during a heavy storm. The goat had stood with only its head above a flooded ravine. After rescuing the animal, the rescuer was knocked over by a goat’s butt. The piece also recalls dancing figures in early American history and a humorous line about a noble order of the Thistle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Jacobs
South Haven
Micch
Jacobs
A Simple Twist of the Wrist In a Clock Estate Tale
Auld clock legacy noted after Jones’s death, the only item left being a Dutch clock. The quip suggests winding up the estate will be easy despite the loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Sacred Heart Review
An Amiable Dentist Asks About a Wrong Patient
A garbled exchange shows a patient misidentification with a dentist and a remark about a mistaken appointment. The dialogue includes a punchy quip about epigrams from a wealth and wisdom line and a Byron quotation on gender.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Record-Herald
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Dr. Pierce
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Pierce
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Buffalo
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Goat
Washington
General Greene
Patrick Henry
Jefferson
Massa
Maud Wilder Goodwin
Order of the Thistle
Disraeli
Lord
London Graphic
Brunnerville
E. G. Geyer
Thomas Steffy Lititz
N. Broad Street
Wertsch
Watchmaker
P. & R. Depot
Penna
W. H. Muth & Co
Lititz, Pa
Chicago Tribune
Byron
Degker and
Janssen
Century Sheet
J. B. Young & Son
E. Orange St
Peck-Williamson
Marcel. Co. E. Myer Tinner and
The
Lancaster
Queen St
Lancaster, Pa
John Hertzler
John D. Skiles
Herbert C. Miller
Mellinger
Gray Bia
W. A. Bensel
Hon, J .Han Brown
John D. Skiles Ghabill B
Long
H.W. Hantman
THR
John A. NA Jake
Ion B Miller
T. Breneman JH
Weaver
Fulton Studio
Amos
S. M. Huber
F. M. Bowman
Rothsville
Waverly Oil Works CO
Pittsburg
Waverly
Maurice River
E.C. Ritchie
Ind
East Main Street
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