Perry county farmers boost corn yields to 150 bushels
Western Perry County farmers report record corn per acre with some fields promising up to 150 bushels. Other notes include a New Cumberland girl and her pet pig strolling home, large salmon and bass catches near Middletown, and local court and social trends such as runaway marriages among Crawford County divorces. Greensburg’s rail upgrade moves forward amid a new filtered water plan for Jersey Shore.
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Perry County
Mary
Nellie Dewalt
New Cumberland
Susquehanna
Benjamine Hickerwell
Middletown
Thomas Brubaker
Columbia County
Homer H. James
Oil City
Spring Street
Hogback Hill
Connellsville
Fayette
Somerset
Greensburg
Pennsy
Pennsylvania Railroad
Jersey Shore
State Board of Health
Thomas L. Prather
Crawford County Court
Prather
Kansas City's Civic Plan: Mayor Uses Citizens Cabinet
Munsey's Magazine highlights Kansas City's experiment where Mayor Brown convenes a weekly private citizens cabinet of merchants doctors lawyers engineers and journalists to advise on city affairs. The aim is to separate politics from administration and inject practical methods into governance, reducing graft and inefficiency.
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Brown
Kansas City
Munsey
Kill Sharks for Fun Kanakis Can Whip the Man Eaters
The Detroit Free Press recounts Kanakas of Hawaii who reportedly outrun and outfight sharks in the Pacific. A native dives with a knife between teeth to strike the head of a shark, then resurfaces to slash and kill the creature. The account frames it as exciting as bullfighting.
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Kanakis
Pacific Ocean
Hfe
Huey
Hawaiian Islands
Detroit Free Press
Tubes for lungs complex breathing system in insects
The article describes how insects breathe through a network of internal tubes, with spiraled reinforcement to prevent collapse, and how larvae live in water using gill-like plates or tail tubes for respiration. It also notes water larvae behavior and gnat respiration. Sunday at Home.
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Dr. Pierce
Harper’s Weekly
Russia
Singing Wires Signal Imminent Storms Revealed by Telegraph Lines
A Berlin scientist links calm weather wire vibrations to weather changes and says deep tones predict storms within two days, while sharp sounds indicate very near danger. An Italian scientist mentions seismic agitation from barometric lows transmitted to telegraph wires.
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Berlin
Harper's Weekly
Hunting Tales and Humorous Quips Across Time
A quirky montage from a 19th century vein features Jamie’s claim of “lots of it” hunting and a joke about Granny’s spectacles, plus a London Mail pun about a glue factory and a grim note on hair theft in 1595. It closes with Socratic wisdom on contentment versus wealth.
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Jamie
Sonny
Chicago Record Herald
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London Mail
Larrary
Socrates
Brunnerville
E. G. Geyer
Thomas Steffy
Broad Street
Lititz, PA
Waltham
Wertsch
Watchmaker
Lititz
Penna
W. H. Muth & Co
Decker and
Janssen
Jans
J. B. Young & Son
E. Orange St
Williamson
Co. E. Myer Tinner and
Plummer
The
Lancaster Trust
Queen St
Lancaster, Pa
ACLS
John Tiertaler
John D. Skiles
Rrbert C. Milder
Mellinger
John 8. Graybill
Hon. J. Hay Brown
LONG
A.W. Hartman John Hertaler
Votin
A. Sauman
Fulton Studio
S. Amos
S. M. Huber
F. M. Bowman
Rothsville
Pennsylvania
Waverly Oil Works Co
Imdependent Retnera
Lebanon Valley
Womeladorf Station
Filbert’s
Womelsdorf
Annie Ben
Wagtt
Eyey
George Filbert
Woweledort, Pa
Sorrel Horse Hotel
A. B. Adams
Prop’r
King St
Maurice River
E.C. Ritchie Railroad Restaurant
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