Audacious rural exploits and odd tales across state
Tales from Berks to Warren recount hunters chasing rabbits from beds, a 27 pound bear cub slain near Orangeville, a Milton councilman injured hunting, a hunter 82 securing a license, a Sunbury man pleading his own case revealing extra fingers, and York banning sidewalk ticket sales. Plus a Scranton boarding-house theft case, a dog carriage method, and a note on Sardis as a historic yet failed city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Kalbach
Belleman’s Church
Weikert
J. B. Rumberger
Carroll
Clinton County
Mr. Rumberger
Joseph Green
Sunbury
Squire E. M. Roush
Martin Woysnan
Scranton
North Washington Street
Within the Law The rise of Dick Gilder and a courtroom case
In Bayard Veiller's drama, Dick Gilder returns home to find his father Edward Gilder amid store troubles after Mary Turner is sentenced to three years for theft. A lawyer suspects her innocence, urging a brief interview that could expose thefts in the firm and challenge the patriarch’s views on justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah
Sadie
Dad
Mr. Gilder
Court of General Sessions
Turner
Gilder
George Demarest
Demarest
Licior
Sintitisen
Ovkrooms
Mary Turner
Smithson
Demar
Giller
Mary Tarner
Tiny
Swayely
Focker
Lawler
Grand Gentre Station
Burpsing
Dickp
Howard Gilder
Sage
Monte Carlo
Captain Kidd
Little Richard
Regulating His Sleep and Other Schoolroom Snippets
A column gathers brief quips on self discipline and daily life. It notes John Wesley’s sleep experiment with an alarm and early rising, a humorous governor portrait moment, a fishless fisherman joke, and a teacher’s riddle about a wafer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Wesley
Bne
London Chronicle
State House
Boston
Also Mentioned on This Page
York
Police Binder
Fred G. Walters
Warren
Walter
Asia
Sardi
Christian Herald
Croesus
Sardis
Solon
Marvin Dana
Bayard Veiller
JL .K. Fly Company
Tick
Washington Star
Maurice
Chicago News
Szartman
Lititz
N. Y. State
Apples
Baldwins & Greenings
B. B. Leaman
N.groadst
Lititz, Pa
Samuel Blanc
Blanc Pharmacy
Parkside Ave
Westinghouse Motors
Phelps Electric Irons
R. J. Kofroth
Ritchies
Morris River Cove
E. C. Ritchie Railroad Restaurant
Lititz Ind
Hershey & Gibbes Conveyancers Scriveners
Ind
Lititz Pa
W. D. Fichthorn
W. D. Siverling
Warwick
Springs Hotel
Chas. H. Brobst
C. H. Kreider
Main St
A. R. Bomberger & Co
Joseph Dreifus
Philadelphia
N. Broad St
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