Scranton Hundredth Birthday Noted As City Grows
A column reviews Colonel George W. Scranton’s birth centennial with no monument erected in his memory. It notes hunting tales by Trapper Swope, a Johnsown death tally, and a Bloomsburg ostrich farm visit where birds steal apple and neckties.
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Sideling Hill
Mapleton
Huntingdon County
Ruth
Wilkes- Barre
Zach Walker
Coatesville
Tener
Commonwealth
Cape Horn
Washington
Elizabethtown
Scranton
Scranton 2
George W. Scranton
Johnstown
Frank Singer
Board of Health
Trapper Swope
Huntingdon
Editor’s sharp jab at readers who read free
A Alabama editor berates readers who borrow the Journal without paying, noting one man who canceled last month but still reads now. The editor says such freeloaders deserve no special treatment and vows to overlook their “little littleness” only until circumstances force a reckoning.
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Alabama
Season for Straw Hats Ends With September Fifteenth
Across the country September 15 marks the end of straw hat season in a common practice, as men store away the light airy summer headgear for fall and winter use, especially in large cities where the custom is widely observed.
Ostrich Farm Surprises Bloomsburg Town in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania's Ostrich Farm in Bloomsburg, started a year ago by the African Ostrich and Feathers Company, survives winter. President W H Miles, arriving from Africa, reports 50 birds now in Bloomsburg and 160 more landed in Africa to be brought next year. He also contemplates raising seals.
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Bloomsburg
America
African Ostrich and Feather Company
W. H. Miles
Africa
15th G A R reunion draws crowd at Mount Joy
The 15th annual reunion of the General Pennsylvania Association G A R was held last Thursday at Mount Joy. The streets were thronged with thousands of visitors all day. In the parade in the afternoon Company C of Columbia and Company K of Lancaster joined veterans and civic groups. At the campfire after, Major M A Gherst of Reading and H B Fulton, past district commanders, spoke.
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Gentral Pennsylvania Association
Mount Joy
Company C of
Columbia
Company K
Lancaster
M. A. Gherst
Reading
H. &. Fulton
Oh You Bully Homemade Bread Poem Note Card
A playful poem celebrates homemade bread made by Marlara in a Dutch oven beneath an apple tree. The speaker describes kneading, punching, rising loaves, sliding them into a hot oven, and the rich aroma and taste that follows, ending with affection for Mariar and the bakehouse scene.
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Marlara
Mariar
M. Barnitz
Pronunciation Puzzle of Newfoundland Name
A London Chronicle note questions how to pronounce Newfoundland, noting the three-syllable form and the clash between regional stress patterns and visitor expectations. It laments pronunciation disputes among English speakers and how even a simple name can provoke disagreement.
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Newfoundland
London
Soapsuds and Secret Plans Echo in Toledo Tales
In a Toledo Blade passage the dialogue plays on secrets and married life as characters named Plenty and Fatigued Philip discuss beginnings and timing. Walter and the bosomy banter add comic contrast, with a nod to the routine mishaps of daily life.
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Philip
Walter
Phil
Toledo Blade
Velocity of Shot Through a Whirling Drum Method
The article explains muzzle velocity is measured by a spinning paper drum driven by electricity. A gun fires at the drum center. the bullet crosses the drum diameter, and time intervals yield velocity at muzzle, 100 or 500 yards. It notes wing shooting, nitro powders, windage, and leading game birds.
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Fowler
Marvyin Holton
Chicago Tribune
The Other National Game and the Homecoming Question
Widowly wit and a light exchange set the scene as Mrs. Galey asks why he came home at six in the morning. He jokes the game ended at daylight, while a proverb on hatred and love echoes in the margin of this brief quip.
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Galey
Puck
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E. G. Geyer
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C.be
Myer Tinner
Plummer
Lititz, Pa
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Lancaster Trust
Queen St
Lancaster, Pa
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John I. Skiles
Herbert C. Miller
C. Mellinger
S. Graybill
W. A. Kensel
H. W. Twartman
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John A
Nauman
Jos B. Miller
T. Bruneman
H. Weaver
Waltham
Wertsch
Watchmaker Jeweler
Lititz
P. & R. Depot
Penna
W. H. Muth & Co
Philip Rudy
Queen Street
Landgarter
Fulton Studio
Sinist
Amos, Photographer
Erate
Rama
S. M. Huber
F. M. Bowman
Rothsville
CTU
Waverly Oil Works Co
Pittsburg
Waverly Special Auto
Waverly
Lebanon Valley
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Filbert
Womelsdorf
Gholge Filbert
Womelscorf, Pa
Leading Farmers’ Hotel
Sorrel Horse Hotel
A. B. Adams
Prop’r
King St
Maurice River
E. Cc. Ritchie Railroad Restaurant
Ind
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