Hatchery plan near Potts town for pearl roach fishing
Movement to establish a hatchery along the Schuylkill Canal for pearl roach, a new game fish in the area, joins other notes from the region including Sheriff Schwartz's sale of 29 properties at Norris town on September 22 with three hotels among them, and local curiosities from Williamsport to Steelton.
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Pottstown
Schuylkill Canal
H. W. Campbell
Williamsport
Farm Bureau
Chester County
Delaware County
Thomas H. Wittkorn
Delaware County Agricultural Association
William H. Baker
J. Howard Mendenhall
Howard H. Gloud
Edward K. Hirshman
State College
Steelton
Kirk Shelley
An Italian Girl's Vengeance
Julian Hemstreet, an American, visits Sorrento and becomes entangled with two women, Mildred Twining and Lita the wine shop girl. Lita, jealous and thwarted, attempts to stab Mildred but wounds Julian instead. Julian survives, hides the truth, and later marries Mildred in Switzerland, while Lita is sent away to avoid punishment.
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Sorrento
Mount Vesuvius
Mediterranean Sea
Isebia
Capri
Naples
Julian Temstreet
Julian
Alta
Sivas
Italy
Julian i
Dulida
Met
Julia
Hla Hotel
Cliff
Mildred Wining
Europe
Miss Twining
Lita
Mildred
Durian
Litz
Vesuvius
Lara
Hemstreet
Tie
Ischia
Balae
Peninsu
Ken
Dolian
Sinc Lita
Mildred Twining
Switzerland
Ufe
Old Readers Speak Up for Old Books in New Time
In a New York Post feature a bookshop owner explains why older reading primers like McGuffey’s first reader endure. Parents seek traditional texts after children’ s modern editions omit favorite pieces, raising memory and historical gaps, with Webster’s Speller, Sander’s Reader, and McGuffey’s cited as enduring touchstones.
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New York
Smith Apperson
Bosworth Field
Apperson
Spartacus
Seader
Scotland
Norval
Hig Guirded
McGuffey
Mr. Apperson
Darien
Panama
Burlen
Webster
Sander
Itarry Smith
Kosciusko
New York Post
Daring Belle Boyd War Spy Biography Highlights
A vivid profile of Belle Boyd, famed Civil War spy, detailing her guerrilla acts, escape from Union forces, and celebrated romantic notoriety. Chronicles her capture, Winchester posting, and marriage to a captor who left the navy, with nods to Jackson’s valley campaigns and a New York Times note on her wedding.
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Stonewall Jackson
Napoleon
Stonewall
Belle Boyd
Shields
Miss Boyd
Winchester
Fackson
North
Confederacy
Prince of Wales
Edward VII
New York Times
How Toucans Roost In Eccentric Bird Posture
The London Standard notes toucans roost with a forward tail over the back hiding the beak. The tail then folds down, leaving only a round ball of feathers visible, an oddly organized roosting posture that astonishes observers.
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London Standard
Two Minds That Did as One in Suffrage Lectures
Dr. Anna Howard Shaw and Susan B. Anthony lectured together on suffrage, often finishing each other’s sentences in a seamless exchange. An audience member suggested it looked staged, but Shaw and Anthony say they never rehearsed and only shared a deep understanding of each other’s views.
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Anna Shaw
Miss Anthony
Susan B. Anthony
Anna Howard Shaw
Metropolitan Magazine
Bliss Anthony
Washington
Susan
Anthony
I Lied to My Wife and She Caught Me
A Detroit Free Press quip presents a brief exchange on love and war. The speaker confesses an old belief in fairness in both arenas, then reveals a personal admission about deception to his wife, highlighting humorous irony.
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Detroit Free Press
He who takes the child by the hand proverb
An old proverb states that guiding a child directly also wins the mother’s trust and affection, highlighting how small acts of care influence broader family bonds.
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Lewis N. Mayer
Roem
Sousa
Willow
Philadelphia
Reading
R. R
Are Ly, A.m
Willow Grove
Trancaster
Jeer
East Petersburg
Lancaster Junction
Manheimee
Millway
Akron Ephrata Stevens
Denver
Reinholds
Vinemont
Farrive
Epictetus
Lancaster
Allentown
United States
Daring Belle Boyd
David Grayson
Dempfield
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