State adds four postal savings bank offices
Altoona Greensburg Lancaster and Lebanon newly added to postal savings bank offices. The article notes a string of local items including a European marriage move, Williamsport YMCA pool instruction for 1500 of 1600 girls, and various social and public safety topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Altoona
Greensburg
Lancaster
Lebanon
Postal Savings Bank
Louise Jackson Norcross
Francois Lucas
Tours
France
America
Carlisle
Williamsport
Oscar Steele
Coal
Johnny’’ Steele
Chicago
Fremont
Neb
John W. Steele
South Omaha
Harry Ickes
Harrisburg
A. J. Leonard
Thomas Tyler Douglass
Harrisburg Board of Trade
Lancaster Fair Promises Large Exhibits and Great Races
The Lancaster fair set for September 26 to 29 offers expanded stock machinery and farm product displays, a $4000 purse racing program with 2:17 and 2:12 pacing plus a 2:14 trot and a Thursday free-for-all. Aviator Howard Le Van, age 17, will perform daily flights and train army officers in navigation. The midway features 16 shows including California Frank's Wild West, Ferrari's Animal Show, an alligator farm, divings, and vaudeville. An African Village exhibit presents twenty two cannibals living in bats and Lancaster gentlemen sponsor a baby show with prizes. The Lukens aerial act will perform three times before the grandstand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster Fair
Howard le van
Porto Rico
California
Frank
Ferrari
Africa
Bats
Gentlemen of Lancaster
New Jersey
Four Lukens
A Bashful Couple on a Country Road
Arthur and Maria, a shy pair, ride a lonely country road. Conversation stalls as a half grown rabbit hops by. Maria asks about rabbit, he agrees, blushes at the lack of observers, then blurts out a risqué remark about the gravy, breaking the tension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Maria
Swain
New Route From Reading To Chicago Planned Inrail Service
The New York Central Railroad will extend passenger service between New York and Chicago beyond the Reading and Western Maryland lines. A new route via Reading to Williamsport and onward to Clearfield, with a gap between Du Bois and Rose Siding, will connect again with the New York Central. Inauguration is set for Nov 10 after a preliminary schedule is made. The piece ends with a moral jab about future planning and marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Central Railroad
New York
Chicago
Reading
Maryland
Williamsport
Buffalo
Rochester
Pittsburg
Clearfield
du Bois
Rose Siding
New York Central
The Brazil Nut Tree and the Gerrymander Tale
A tour of the Brazil nut tree notes its height, trunk, leaves, flowers, and hard pods, with nuts inside. A Paris cook’s marketing prerogative is described, then a joke about a duster and a leg of mutton. The piece ends with the origin of the term gerrymander, linked to Governor Gerry and a dragon-like district, per Gilbert Stuart.
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Amazon
Paris
France
Marche St. Monore
Rue Hyacinthe
Eldridge Gerry
Massachusetts
Benjamin Russell
Gerry
Gilbert Stuart
Russell
Heroism and Fortitude in Duty and Self Denial
A colonial era quotation on heroism defining courage fortitude and self denial as core traits of great character. The piece then describes a Jamaica anecdote where locals use a live bait method to entice alligators by mimicking a pup’s bark, provoking a mother alligator to reveal her nest and allowing the hunter to shoot, illustrating a perilous practice rooted in maternal instinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Dudley Field
Jamaica
British West Indies
Outrage at Es saman wound by Major General Sir John Mc Neill
A fragmentary quotation recalls Major General Sir John Mc Neill’s dramatic wound in the Ashanti war at Es saman. He bursts from the bush with fierce indignation, crying of an infernal scoundrel who shot him in the arm. The excerpt interleaves Goethean sentiment on patriotism and personal duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McNeill
V. C
Essaman
Ashanti
The Usual Way and Other Humorous Snippets
A collection of brief witticisms and quips including a sparring exchange about a house fire, a flirtatious meeting turned game, a wordplay about a name, and a quip on suspicions. Notable lines include vivid banter between two speakers and a pun on Azile.
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Erie Railroad
Knights of the Road
Erie
Pennsylvania
Harry E. Klugh
State Department of Agriculture
N. B. Gritchfield
York
Pequea
Lancaster County
BIG Lancaster Paig
The
People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser
R. V. Pierce
Buffalo, N.Y
Goethe
Todd
Azile
Eliza
Boston Transcript
Wallace
Brunnerville
E. G. Geyer
Thomas Steffy
Broad Street
Lititz, PA
Happy Voices
Geo
Peck Williamson
Maine
Oregon
Michigan
C.E. Myer
Lititz
Lancaster Trust Co
Queen, St
Lancaster, Pa
Jefich
Herbert O. Shde
Tienne
G. Melcinger
ION &, Graybiul
W. A. Hensel
Y. Haryman
John Hertzler
IDEN
Natman
John B. Mitler
J.T. Breneman
T, H. Weaver
Waltham
Wertsch
Watchmaker Jeweler
Penna
Waverly
Usi Waverly
I Waverly Oil, Works Company
W. H. Muth & Co
Philip Rudy
Queen Street
Fulton Studio
Amos
S. M. Huber
F. M. Bowman
Rothsville
Sant Refined
Libanon
Womelsdorf Station
Filbert’s
Bo Ough
Womeledorf
Busines
Annie Ter
Wagtt
George Filbert
Womelsdorf
Farmers
Sorrel Horse Hotel
A. B. Adams
Prop
Binner
King St
Maurice River
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Ritchie Railroad
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