Baltic State News Bits From Berks To York
Overview of regional happenings including a proposed $100000 water company at Dallastown to ease water shortages. A Reading firm launches a photo drive to image Berks county schools. Livestock prices rise with Holstein cows fetching up to 161 in Lawn sale. Strauss town parish formed from Lutheran congregations. Plans for timber and tanning liquor projects on reclaimed land. 71 year old J A Mark walks 20 miles to Lock Haven for a hunter’s license. Harrisburg Board of Trade to host Dr Talcott Williams at a noon luncheon. Williamsport hat collection marks 1840s weddings. Historical notes on 1850s Pennsylvania Railroad opening and early rail links. J Lee Plummer reflects on reduced political activity in 1913. Dr Kalpfous praises Pennsylvania game protection methods over Massachusetts based schemes.
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Reistville
Frank Schreiner
Troy Township
Venango County
Gingrich Bros. Gale
Lawn
Millersburg
Shartlesville
Tulpehocken
Schaefferstown
Strausstown
Rehrersberg
John E. DuBois
Hicks Run
J. A. Mark
Sugar Valley
Lock Haven
Mark
Harrisburg Board of Trade
Talcott Williams
Pulitzer School of Journalism
Williamsport
John Wonderly
Philadelphia
Pittsburgh
J. Lee Plummer
Altoona
Republican Party
Joseph Kalpfous
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
White Horse conflagration devastates rural county scene
The White Horse tavern, a historic landmark on the old road and longtime race track site under J. Frank Seldomridge, suffered a major fire. The blaze, the most disastrous in years, will burden local mutuals as rebuild likely spans years. spectators from Amish communities watched the races and bananas were noted as a first-time treat.
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Old Town
White Horse
J. Frank Seldomridge
Lancaster county corn crop and cattle projections
The Lancaster county corn crop is estimated at 4,500,000 bushels valued at least 8,000,000 dollars. It is estimated that 25,000 head of cattle will be fattened using one third of the crop, with cattle output next spring reaching upward of 30,000,000 pounds.
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Lancaster County
Vanished Mount Mazama and Crater Lake’s Great Rim
Geologists say Mount Mazama once towered above Mount Hood and Mount Rainier, possibly near 15,000 feet. It collapsed to form Crater Lake, now six miles across with rim walls up to 4,000 feet high and depths near 2,000 feet in places.
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United States
Oregon
Mount Hood
Mount Whitney
California
Mount Rainier
Washington
United States Geological Survey
Mount
Masai
Marks On The Baggage By Waiters Abroad
London Answers reports a hotel waiter system of marking travelers trunks with symbols to indicate tipping habits. Upright lines signal liberal travelers, a top corner horizontal mark warns of poor guests, a V adds the worst rating, a lower right cross marks eccentric but notable guests, and a diagonal lower left mark denotes eccentric but not liberal behavior.
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Varius
London
Three Castes In Bolivia Revealed By Heritage And Wealth
The Christian Herald explains Bolivian society as three strata the gente decente or white ruling class the choles or mixed Spanish Indian blood and the pure Indians an immense submerged class. It cites a 3 000 000 population with about 200 000 literate noting literacy concentrated among the gente decente while cholo and Indian groups remain largely illiterate.
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Bolivia
Bolivian
Christian Herald
Wellington as a Shot in Lady Shelley Diary
Lady Frances Shelley recounts how the Duke of Wellington, described as a wild shot, visited Maresfield and wounded a retriever and a keeper, then accidentally shot an elderly woman washing at her cottage. The woman cried, and the duke quipped that she should consider this the proudest moment of her life for being shot by him.
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Wellington
Waterloo
Frances Shelley
Maresfield
Ma Was Different Quaker Postscript Noted by Boy
A boy's composition on the Quakers praised their pacifism while a postscript added the line Pa's a Quaker, but ma isn't. The remark appears in a St. Louis Globe-Democrat feature.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Crowbar Claude Dreams Of A Less Harsh Fate
In a terse exchange a prison visitor mockingly asks if Claude will spend life as an ex convict. Claude replies that right now there is nothing he desires more than that future, revealing a grim, defiant view of his prospects.
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Crowbar Claude
Wife's Mood Described as Imperative by Judge
Dialogue from a court scene notes one wife with a single mood the imperative. Judge remarks the spouse is governed by command rather than variety, framing the exchange as a linguistic quip about marital temperament.
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Enpeck
Artichokes and Editors Dinner Tale Echoes Old Fashioned Feasts
A Louis Hearst dinner with Julius Chambers at a downtown French restaurant includes a comic artichoke lesson as Hearst claims California ranches grew 400 acres of artichokes. The piece weaves in a later note on 18th century fan customs in London assemblies and literary references to fans by Boswell Steele Pope and Guy.
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William BR. Hearst
New York Journal
Julius Chambers
Dfairst
Chambers
Hearst
Chamers
Mr. Hearst
Vers
Thaarst
California
Saturday Evening Post
London Spectator
Am Academy
London
Bath
Hulies
Boswell
Steele
Pope
Guy
Venus
Pumpkin disguise scare tactics for wild fowl
The piece describes a curious method from The Lee of a Rolling Stone by Henry Arthur Broome for bagging wild fowl. A hunter wears a carved pumpkin with eyeholes to conceal his head and wades into water. Birds approach to feed, while the hunter quietly pulls them under and hauls them to shore.
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Henry Arthur Broome
Romance of a Picture and the Sukharovsky fortunes
The late Russian artist M Sukharovsky rose with his painting Naa earning about 4.8 million for exhibitions, sold Nana for 21 thousand then dealer flipped it. An American bought it and toured the Americas with about 1 million in the venture. Meanwhile the artist squandered wealth on poor investments and neared beggary.
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M. Sukharovsky
Naa
Nana
United States
Canada
South America
Gave Him a Hint Miss Carter and the Young Dodge
In a tense scene Miss Carter struggles to seat Dodge and grows frustrated. A serious talk in the hallway follows as she questions the value of life and money after death, pondering whether progress after death matters if some do not die.
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Carter
Dodge
Pias ‘Ney
Made the Most oft Tonis Berlie is the meanest man
London Telegraph notes a boast and wager about a sun big enough to buy five silk hats, with Tonis Berlie losing the bet and paying the bill. The remark includes his wife selecting one hat, described in playful hyperbole.
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Tonis—Berlie
Wyles
Scott
London Telegraph
Cause For Hurry Marriage Tales From A Gasoline Run
A terse exchange recounts a couple wed in haste after urging the minister to marry them while their car neared empty gasoline eighty miles from home. The anecdote captures the rush and urgency driving a quick ceremony.
Wrecks on the Track Hint at Morning Incident
The Suburbanite reports two wrecks on the track this morning prompting terse exchanges between an impatient employer and a curious Paployer Goldlyy as they discuss who was involved.
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Paployer Goldlyy
His Compliment. A Frenchman admires Sir Edwin Lindseer
A French visitor compliments the host and expresses fondness for beasts. The host is Sir Edwin Lindseer. The saying about choosing labor over rest is included as the Old Testament style proverb.
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Sir Edwin Lindseer
Lavery and the Scottishness Myth
John Lavery, born in Belfast and raised in Ireland, is mistaken for Scot. He explains in a London exchange that he is Irish not Scottish, though American humor suggests he waited to cash a Scot patron’s check before revealing the truth.
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Lavery
John Lavery
London
Mason on War and Peace Society View
Jeremiah Mason visits Sumner and debates peace efforts. Mason jokes that joining a society to suppress war would be as likely as suppressing thunder and lightning, illustrating skepticism about pacifist movements. The exchange appears in a memoir by G S Hillard.
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Jeremiah Mason
Mason
Mr. Sumner
Sumner
G. S. Hillard
Operation Preference Mystery In Medical Exchange
A doctor advises surgery after a thorough examination. The patient, Mr Gaybird, fears the operation but considers it unavoidable unless he moves to a warmer climate. The dialogue reveals a mix of misunderstanding and humorous tension centered on consent and risk.
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Gaybird
Jim
Jude
Poor Willie Absent Two Days Prompt Excuse Note
A school note explains Willie was absent two days. The teacher sent back the usual excuse blank. The returned note reads Willie wet in the morning and sick in the afternoon. Woman's Home Companion.
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Willie
Snowstorm of Passes Keeps Theater Seats Filled
A Theatrical Snowstorm keeps the house full when business is weak. Minger describes the practice as passes issued to paper as the only way to fill seats, noting the technique is used to attract audiences during lean times.
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Minger
Americ Magazine
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Berks County
Mount Mazama
Benj. A. Heiss
Netsville, Pa
Lewis
A. R. Bomberger & Co
Lititz, Pa
Kofroth Electric Co
Center St
Lititz
Grube
Morris River Cove
C. Ritchie
Ind
John D. Bair
Blue Ball, Pa
W. M. Grube the Shoe Man
Penna
Waverly
Waverly Oil Works Co
Samuel Blanc
Blanc Pharmacy
Parkside
Lind
Astors
W. D. Liverling
Warwick
Main St
W. D. Fichthorn
Imhoftz
Marrow
Daniel Imhoff
East Main St
Geo. L. Keath
Justice of the Peace
Sf Brunnurville
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