Statewide miscellany items and local feats
A collage of notes reports odd incidents and local ventures across Pennsylvania. Tillie Burkenheiser threatens self harm with a butcher knife in York after suspected employer tensions. Lebanon's Spatzlerganger Klubb walks 20 miles in a single day to Pine Grove. Vine and pumpkin yields appear from A P Bordner and the eerie tale of a pumpkin bearing vine. York's Samuel Jones suffered a severe hand burn from a live wire while hearing dynamos. Holidaysburg-born Andrew Kitzinger dies at age two after arriving in 1859. W. I. Rehmyer dominates York County potato shipments, while John Greenleaf ships up to five carloads daily from Quarryville. The Lewistown Gazette praises Juniata Valley scenery. Michael Boyle stores a harvest of apples at Lake Silkworth. A bear hunting trip from Dr L Snyder and O L Murtorf includes two Airedale dogs and other hounds with plans for six weeks in Williamsport after returning.
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Edward Knaub
Tillie Burkenheiser
York
Lebanon
Spatzlerganger Klubb
Klubb
Pinegrove
A. P. Bordner
Monroe Valley
Lebanon County
Samuel Jones
Pottstown
Andrew Kitzinger
Holidaysburg
Germany
New York
Columbia
I. W. Rehmyer
York County
John Greenleaf
Lancaster County
Quarryville
Pennsylvania
Lewistown
Juniata
Dr. L. Snyder
Oley Line
O. L. Murtorf
Reading
Bear
Villas- Barre
New Hampshire
Goodville Druggist Accused in Mail Matter Case
Deputy U S Marshal A B Myers arrested Israel Hollinger a Goodville druggist on a charge of using the mail for unmailable matter. Post Office Inspector W C Bingham leads the prosecution. Bail set at 500 for U S District Court in Philadelphia.
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United States
A. B. “Myers
Israel Hollinger
Goodville
This County
Post Office
W. C. Bingham
H. J. Lowell
United States District Court
Philadelphia
Guateaville
Chester County
Churchtown
W. P. Tuckey
Coatesville
Credit Due to Our Congressman in Free Delivery Mail Service
The Lancaster Morning News praises Congressman Griest for introducing and securing funding for free delivery mail service to boroughs and smaller towns. It argues against replacing him with a less experienced successor, calling such a move absurd and unwise given his proven effectiveness in Washington.
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Greist
Griest
Washington
Congress
Lancaster Morning News
Wilson Day planned with nationwide readings
Democratic headquarters announce an October 31 Wilson Day with meetings in major cities across the United States. Parts of Governor Wilsons Madison Square Garden speech will be read aloud via wire to audiences. The text ends with a reminder that letting the other fellow have the last word saves time.
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Wilson
United States
Madison Square Garden
County Line Dispute Ends at Hulls Tavern Marble Stone
Lebanon and Lancaster counties clashed over a border misplacement at Hulls Tavern on the Lebanon Lancaster line. Workers moved a marble marker fourteen feet to correct its position and recut the inscription, revealing the hotel sits entirely in Lebanon county. A prior road dispute drew attention to the error.
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Hull's Tavern
Lebanon
Lancaster County
Lebanon County
Huil’s
Early Welfare Work At Dover and Lowell Factories
The sick fund among factory workers dates to the early nineteenth century with a Dover factory establishing it for employees. A Lowell hospital for workers opened in 1889, charging 44 dollars weekly for men and 8 for women, with the employing company responsible if they could not pay.
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Dover
Lowell
New York Evening Post
Discovered. Wife and widower question in exchange
Dialogue from the Boston Transcript shows a wife accusing her partner of coldness after a presumed loss. The exchanged line questions how a widower or widow would cope, ending with a charged insult from the wife to the husband.
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Geerze
Boston Transcript
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