Travelers spot silver gray fox on Mill Hall road
Dr J McGhee and Walter Walker on a Mill Hall to Lock Haven drive report spotting a silver gray fox on the road. Without guns, the animal bounded along then disappeared into fields. Also noted is a fall from a tree injuring Vale Weltz, 18, at Mt Carmel.
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J. McGhee
Walter Walker
Mill Ball
Lock Haven
Vale Weltz
Mt Carmel
Bethlehem Steel Company
Henry Fatzinger
William A. Bomberger
Cumberland Street
Lebanon
Lebanon Township
Uriah Horst
Newmanstown
Milton
James Moyer
Lawrence County
H. B. Hetrich
Bernville
United States
Hetrich
Garfield
Harrison
Joseph Hanon
Henry Melchoir Muhlenberg
Trappe
Montgomery County
Pennsylvania
Germany
Curious Hermit Crabs Keep Housemaids and Sponges for Protection
The article recounts Professor Edward Step's observations of hermit crabs using a housemaid worm to clean their shells and, in another tactic, inducing a sponge to grow on their shell. The odor from the living sponge deters predators, helping shield the crab from dogfish and other large fish.
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Edward Step
Two Kinds of Snobs
The New York Post notes that snob meaning shoemaker emerged in 1871 and traces two senses. English snob denotes democratic vulgarity tainting aristocracy, while American snob marks aristocratic exclusiveness within democracy.
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New York Post
Canalboat Travel Before Railroads
A compact excerpt notes canalboats as extraordinarily comfortable and plentiful for travel. It recalls an English traveler who, after visiting Belgium, toured Ghent to Bruges by canal boat, praising the experience and the enduring charm of canal cruising.
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Belgium
Ghest
Bruges
The Skeleton City Editor and Ralph Hicks Romance
The Dispatch under Lelane Graham hires a sinister skeleton as city editor after upheaval. Ralph Hicks, a fearless fighter, later joins as the true editor printing bold news. Hicks confesses love and asks Lelane to marry him, sealing a tense era of journalism and danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dispatch
Ailes Lelane Graham
Holt Smith
Ralph Hicks
Swamp Angel
Hicks
Lelane
Ralph Wicks
Ralph
The House Over the Way: A Quiet Village Romance
A village watches new tenants move into the house over the way. Mrs. Lee, a beautiful widow, arrives with her aunt and attracts Philip King, a young doctor, and the narrator. A summer of growing affection ends with Mrs. Lee’s death and a $5,000 note, leaving the cottage empty by November.
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Philip King
Gertie Black
Nell
Philip
Mrs. Lee
Mamma
Jed
Nellie
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Co. S. Zartman
Sts
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Parkside Ave
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Jersey
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Oranje St
Warwicaeagea
Lititz Bargain
Ritchie
Wagaman Bros
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W. D. Fichthorn
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