Reading area oblique notes mix to court, farm prices and bees
The column records multiple items: Mrs. Sarah J. W Hartman’s funeral with six grandsons as pallbearers and large family mourners in Reading. It notes identity mixups involving John C. Groome of Philadelphia and Carlisle. It mentions a potential Reading City Hall remodel urged by Delaney, and Ephraim Zug paying $18 000 for the Horst estate farm, 86 acres at about 210 per acre. Wayne County water for electricity is discussed. Adams County apple belt prices average $2.22 per barrel f o b. J M Barnett, an optician, survived bee stings, gaining relief from pain attributed to a mistaken apiary encounter.
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Sarah J. W Hartman
Reading
Commonwealth
John C. Groome
Philadelphia
Carlisle
Internal Revenue
Delaney
Lebanon Farm
Ephraim Zug
Horst
Wayne Independent
Honesdale
Wayne County
Pennsylvania
Wayne
Adlams County
J- M. Barnett
Coudersport Optician
Barnett
The Taste For Music Through Bret Harte's View
Public taste in America rapidly shifts toward music. Bret Harte once described Tannhauser as diabolically hideous and monotonous with an orchestra like a power factory and singing like a lugubrious multiplication table. Now Wagner and other great composers are widely accepted as great writers or painters.
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America
Bret Harte
Tannhauser
Wagner
Collier’s
Snuff Taking in Bavarian Forest Districts
The article describes widespread snuff use among Bavarian highlanders in forest regions. It notes schmalzler snuff from Landshut and Regensburg, custom blends with beef tallow lime glass, and that snuff boxes are exchanged as greetings. It warns against smoking in forests and reports official recognition of snuff habits in prisons and forester routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Nuremberg
Landshut
Regensberg
Bavaria
Levity In Court Shown In Brief Riverside Transcript
The Boston Transcript reports a courtroom moment where a judge questions a witness as the prisoner reportedly stopped a sheet of music and then walked off the store with an abstracted item amid light court banter.
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Boston Transcript
A Diplomat Explained In Simple Verse Dialogue
A playful dialogue contrasts a father and son explaining diplomacy. The exchange defines a diplomat and links it to steady, gradual achievement, invoking classical wisdom about creation and growth.
Eccentric Betting at White's Club in London
The Christian Science Monitor recounts White's Club records from 1813 showing unusual wagers among idle gentlemen. Bets include a baronet’s finances, overdue bills, and even a claim of not meeting Napoleon within two years, with outcomes noted for some bets.
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White’s Club
London
White's Club
Stanhope
White’s
Lord Algantey
Joseph Cop Jey
Joseph
Butler
George Talbot
White's
Napoleon
Christian Science Monitor
Old Spanish Custom: Night Sergeants Call Hours at Los Arenas
In Los Arenas near Bilbao, night serenos still shout the hours and weather from midnight to 5 a.m. The loud calls, starting with Las doce, Sereno, wake residents nightly, though many wish the practice ended. The British consul notes little practical purpose beyond signaling police whereabouts.
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Los Arenas
Bilbao
Bilboa
Bill Sikes
Called His Bluff and Other Brief Courtesies
A irascible guest waits half an hour for service. a head waiter explains duty shifts. Brain weights vary with species, linking size to capacity. A widow recalls a husband’s punctual insistence on doing today what could be put off until tomorrow. Cordova’s medieval paving and Moorish pipes are noted. Puck comments on Deadbeat’s funeral crowd. Crows exhibit twenty seven distinct cries, each tied to a unique meaning.
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St. Louis Globe Democrat
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Thomas Steffy
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S. M. Huber
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F. M. Bowman
Rothsville
Wertsch
Watchmaker
F. & H. Depat
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Waverly Special Auto
Waverly
Philip Rudy
Queen Street
Lancaster
Lebanon Valley
Womelsdorf
Filbert’s
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George Filbert
Yagtt
Leading Farmers
Sorrel Horse Hotel
A. B. Adams
Prop’r
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