A Mosaic of Local Notes and Historic Snippets
A compilation from Stanton colliery death to civic club gains in Harrisburg and a revived interest in The Youth's Companion. Items include jail population in Northumberland, a Revolutionary musket in Middletown, pheasants in Renova, Amish farm value near Atglen, raccoons in Luzerne, a chicken theft near Waynesboro, a hen freed from a wall at Highspire, a sofa sale tale, and literary commentary on theater audiences and late arrivals in Thackeray-era custom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northumberland County
Civic Club of
Harrisburg
Joan Beck
Middletown
Bucker Hill
Carl
Mitchell
Renova
Reuben Brobst
Beach Haven
Luzerne County
R. O. Brockway
Mr. Brobst
Harry Blabaugh
Waynesboro
Rhode Island
Mr. Buubaugh
George Platt
Highspire
Platt
W. J. Reeves
Clayton Hoffman
John George
West Chester
Pepys
Fops
Sparkish
Novel
Lady Randolph
Douglas
Orestes
Almeira
Thackeray
Westminster Gazette
Cruikshank at Eighty Dances Sword in Richardson’s Room
In Dr Richardson's rooms the elderly George Cruikshank cheerfully urged a tired companion to prove his strength. They rose, grabbed the fireplace tongs and poker, crossed them as swords, and Cruikshank delivered a lively land sword dance lasting about a quarter hour. He proclaimed he would be remembered for that moment at over eighty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cruikshank
Hichardson
George Cruikshank
Old Cruikshank
Dr. Richardson
Selfish Passenger Pays For Luggage He Claimed
The Bale-Geneva express was crowded with travelers and a seat was claimed by a man amid luggage in the second class. A tourist challenged the owner, who admitted the luggage was not his. The guard and station master ruled, and the traveler was required to pay for two second class tickets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Standard
Geneva
Lausanne
The Charm She Wore Pendant Tale
A New York Tribune item notes a society matron at Atlantic City wearing a pendant claimed to be wood set in pearls on a gold chain. She jokes it is wood to excuse boastfulness and taps it to curb rashness, a playful superstition about avoiding bragging. Also quoted: The Critic on India’s art, palaces, and temples as a mirror to the Orient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic City
New York Tribune
India
Orient
Italy
Europe
The
Setting Him Right on a Country Road Kiss Rebuff
Narrative notes a man asking to kiss a hand during a motor ride along a country road. The woman, having just entered, removes her veil and refuses with gloves on. Dialogue reflects polite social hesitation in a mid-century magazine vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lippincotts Magazine
Teaching Him and Unlikely Exchanges in a Missing Page
A garbled collage of quotes and fragments from various papers touches on domestic life and wit. It includes a joking exchange about curfews and biscuits and a stray reference to a night school instructor as a metaphysician in a blurred era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briggs
Griggs
Won Their Pardona
Brief reminiscence traces the idea of temporary jail release from Damon and Pythias to Napoleon era practice. A soldier seeking a three day furlough earned a longer term and later a pardon for his infant son. Frederick the Great pardoned a death sentenced captain after a candid, face to face exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damon
Pythias
Herd
Napoleon
Emperors
Frederick the Great
New York Sun
Beecher’s Indianapolis visit recalls old friends
Henry Ward Beecher in his final year spent a day in Indianapolis and recalled meeting few old friends, noting at Cedar Hill cemetery that they lay sleeping peacefully as in his former sermons. The scene included reception by local ministers and warmth from city leaders.
Speed of Animals and comparative speeds of beasts
Naturalists note no animal surpasses the race horse Sysenby. Instantaneous photographs reveal a stride of about twenty six feet. The hare trails dogs in speed, dogs lag horses, and giraffes reportedly run fifteen yards per second under ideal conditions while elephants move about two yards per second, bearing a weight comparable to six horses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sysenby
Perpetual Silence and Mute Widow Customs
A historical note describes a mourning rite among ventral Australians where a widow, after her husband dies, is painted white and must not appear before men for a year or face death. For life, unless remarriage occurs, she cannot speak and uses sign language with other women. Also recounted is an English mice hobbyist tale of using painted palms to test submarine mice survival, leading to accidental suffocation of a tame mouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scarborough
England
Admiralty
Beanland
Byron in Ravenna Adopted Odd Habits
While in Ravenna Italy Byron rose at 2 AM and followed a day that inverted normal rhythms. He breakfasted and rode in the afternoon and dined at six. He then chatted until dawn or wrote portions of Don Juan if no company appeared, living a life where the day was night and social life shaped his schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Byron
Ravenna
Italy
Aubrey Beardsley
In Training with Seasickness Chair at the Club
A mariner replies that he has not sailed recently but remains practiced. He spends evenings at the club in a rocking chair whose motion has caused seasickness for many men. This light anecdote from the Washington Star notes how routine rocking can evoke ocean fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mariner
Washington Star
Speech on Eugenics Sparks Quiet Applause
An early Life article quotes a speaker comparing his background as a hog raiser to broader human potential. The crowd awards muted applause as the speaker contemplates duty and consensus. The message suggests a resolve to act when moral obligation is clear.
Lancaster Rail Schedule Details for Week and Weekend
Week schedule lists departures from Lititz and Lancaster from early morning until late evening with half hour intervals on weekdays and altered Sunday times. Freight trains from Lititz to Lancaster run at 9.15 AM and 3.15 PM, arriving 11.80 AM and 6.00 PM. Additional lines note connections to Lan caster Potsburg and Manheim with multiple listed times and Saturday variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Lancaster
R. Peyersburg
Manheim
Also Mentioned on This Page
Stanton Colliery
Elmer Cobley
Mahanoy
A. S. Pier
St. Timothy’s
Berkeley St
Boston
Mass
Louisville Courter-Journal
Jones
Chicago Tribune
Icho Milton
Auite
Lancaster P.M. i A.M
Smokehouse
Just
N. S. State
Smokehouse Apples
B. B. Leaman
N. Broad St
Lititz, Pa
Samuel Blanc Rist Pharmacy
Std
Parkside Ave
Waverly Oil Works CO
Pittsburgh
Westinghouse Motors
Phelps Electric Irons
R. J. Kotroth
Ritchies
C. R. Miller’s
Big Department Store
Chase and Sanborn
Chas. R. Miller
Lititz Bargain
Ritchie’s
Charles J. Landis
Aaron B. Hassler
Court of Common Pleas
County of Lancaster
Court House
City of
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
County of
Milton Ery
A. R. Bomberger & Co
E.c. Ritchie Railroad Restaurant
Lititz Ind
Hershey & Gibbes Conveyancers Scriveners
Ind
Lititz Pa
Ww. D. Fichthorn
W. D. Siverling
Warwick
Springs Hotel
Chas. H. Brobst
East Main Street
Sturgis
John H, Fshudy
J. E. Eshleman
Centre ST
C. H. Kreider
Main St
Oysters Imhoff’s Restaurant
Marrow
Daniel Imhoff
East Main St
Phon
John F. Schleith
Ay Spruce St. Lititz
Geo. L. Heath
Justice of the Peace
Brunnerville
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