State News Roundup From Across Pennsylvania
Locust Mountain road collapse near Shenandoah due to colliery workings. Twelve girls husked 20 bushels of corn at Miss Blanche Stuckey’s home near Harrisburg. Cyrus Westhafer claims statewide wood cutting records. Altoona High School prepares swimming safety training for all students. Kane dealers warned against selling to 168 named temperate drinkers. Berwick police kill a kitten. Yager’s daughter later falls ill with diphtheria. October potato shipments reach 183,500 bushels from Berks and Lehigh regions. Berks scrapple aims for New York markets with Benson Bennett influence. Lock Haven’s Emeline Johnson marked 99th birthday with family. State Fisheries to test frog propagation. past failures linked to insect absence and frog cannibalism. A bank failure victim to be hospitalized in Harrisburg for insanity after Sheriff turns him over.
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Locust Mountain
Shenandoah
Kehley Run
Blanche Stuckey
Harrisburg
Cyrus Westhafer
Derry Church
Altoona High School
Kane
T. B. Wilson
Laub
Berwick
Charles Yeager
Yeager
Berks
Lehigh
Schuylkill and Lehigh
Reading
Berks County
Philadelphia
New York
The
Herald
James Gordon Bennett
Emeline Johnson
Lock Haven
Huntingdon
Harrisburg Hospital
H. S. Smith
Mrs David B Mwing Declared Insane by Commission
A woman identified as Mrs. David B Mwing was declared insane by a commission. She expressed worry over the loss of her savings as officials took custody to send her to an asylum.
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David B. Mwing
SLEDS OF THE YUKON AND RELATED SLEIGH TYPES
A historical note describes the Yukon sleds and basket sleighs with costs from ten to two hundred dollars, details on lengths from eight to fifteen feet, and runners of wood or metal. It compares the Yukon to the basket sleigh and notes construction methods and cold weather use. The piece also recounts a nature vignette of grebes being sheltered under their mother at Great Bear lake and a brief social exchange about flattery from the Detroit Free Press.
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Yukon
Wide World Magazine
Great Bear Lake
Utah
J. Alden Loring
Bank Cashier Dolly Simpkins Proposes Deal
Dialogue reveals Dolly Simpkins the bank cashier promising to marry if the suitor obtains parental consent and endorsement by promissory note, indicating a financial backed engagement.
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Dolly
Simpkins
Pally
Pape
Waste Turned to Use in Sauerkraut Factories on Long Island
Story shows juice pressed from cabbages in German sauerkraut production, with 60 percent water content. An industrial chemist recovered organic acid from decomposed juice, now used in tanning and textiles. Long Island has over twenty such plants using 2.5 million pounds of cabbage each, producing 80,000 gallons of juice annually per factory and 1.5 million gallons of waste overall, echoed by examples in Chicago and St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Island
Chicago
St. Louis
George Ethelbert Walsh
Leslie
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Ital
Detroit Free Press
DR. Pierce
Pierce
R. V
M. D
Buffalo, N
Dr. Fierce
Harper's
Tennyson
Frederick Robertson
Db BT
Patil Roebuock
N. Dak Street
Lancaster
Dally
E. Mats Sr
Lirrrz
Ames C. Bromst
Sanita Mum
Lititz
Ove
Warren S. Buch
E. Grant
Lititz, Pa
D. Alonzo Long
Broad Street
M. Long
John Hoover
Jng
Maint Street
Taim
SCO
Hassler
Jowards
Young
Liwith
F E. Schnermr
South Spruce St
Ind
Raymond L. Myers
Stephen B. Electrical Ci
W. Lemons
Kissinger Ontractor
Prompt Service
Phese Lititz
Kofroth
Electrician
Centre Street
J. G. Usner & Son
Rothsville, Penna
Mym
Degker and
Janssen
J. B. Young & Son
E. Orange St
New Stand
John Tshudy
Westinghouse
M. M. Souders
Fry’s Drug Store
Ralph
Todd
Elizabeth ‘Township
Lancaster County
Elizkbeth Township
R. F
M. G. ScBaAghion
William D. Food
Cortright
Reg. U. S. Pat
S. M. Huber
F. M. Bowman
Rothsville, PA
Lancaster Trust Co
Queen St
Lancaster, Pa
John Hertzler
John S D. Skiles
Herbert ©. Miller
Mellinger
John 8
Graybill
W. A. Bensel
J. Hay Brown
John DP
Skiles Grabill B
Long
H.W. Hartman
John A. Nauman
I. P. Reese’s New Cash Hardware Store
I. P. Reese
W. King St
Hite
A. R. Keller
Lititz Penna
Imhoff’s Restaurant
Marrow
Maurice River
Daniel Imhoff
East Main Street
Jones
Fry’s
Main and
Cedar Sts
Rogers
International Silver CO
Meriden Britannia Co
Meriden
Conn
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