Rapid Transit and the Mad Dash of Dexter the Horse
On a hot July afternoon the Maxwell family trials a spirited horse Dexter, a faulty speed demon. A reckless chase with a locomotive, a fence, a brook, and a threatening debt collector ends with a muddy spectacle and a garden party ruined, while Deacon Pettit and others look on in astonished amusement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxwells
Garanteed
Dexter
Maxwell
Mr. Maxwell
Old Deacon Pettit
George
Mrs Maxwell
Mrs.Maxwell
Farmer Bates
Mrs. Bates
Dexter Jeff
Mixwell
Dilton
Deacon Pettit
Mrs. Maxwell
Reading Aloud and the Diminishing Habit of Sharing Books
The author argues eight of ten dislike being read to due to childhood habits and a quiet, solitary home life. Reading aloud fostered conversation and shared thought in past decades, when books were fewer and Shakespeare and Milton were common in households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Papa
Cribage
Fortunes Made in Old Corks and Bottles
A police tour leads to a rickety shop on Mulberry Street where a coffin shop owner details a thriving business in old corks and bottles. He explains pricing by bottle type, corks, and junked containers, noting decades of experience and volumes large enough to float ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mulberry Street
Bleecker
Hugh
Mineral Spring
Saratoga
Ball that wounded Hancock recalled by surgeon memoir
Dr. Lewis W. Read of Norristown recounts Hancock’s Gettysburg wound recovery. He describes finding the general pale and despondent, the ball just under the groin near the femoral artery, and how a probe dislodged the ball after misdirected probing. Hancock walked with crutches within a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis W. Read
Norristown
Hancock
Gettysburg
Pennnsylvania
Artemus Ward on Editors and the Editor’s Burden
The writer cites Artemus Ward warning young men away from editing noting editors must write daily, are always drained, and cannot enjoy social duties. He likens editors to a threshing machine bound to the press and fears of neglect if the paper stops. The piece mocks the unsleeping quill and constant toil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Artemus Ward
First class job work at the Journal office
A brief note praising the quality of work performed at the Journal office. The statement emphasizes high standards and professional results. No additional context or details accompany the remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Journal
The Lim Rilw Club Watchword Debate
In a humorous Detroit Free Press excerpt Brother Gardner proposes speeches on watchwords for the Lim Rilw Club. Members riff on slogans from Liberty or Death to Whalebone Hawker and Pickles Smith, then discuss celebrating holidays and tea breaks, ending with a retreat to home.
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Gardner
Follerin
Samuel Shin
Pickles Smith
States Prison
Rotunda
Jackson
Detroit Free Press
Look Out For Advertisers Preying On Farmers
A list warns farmers about con artists offering clerical jobs requiring a $50 deposit, a lightning-rod dealer charging $105 for rods and installation, bogus patent rights for curing tobacco, fake hog cholera remedies, swindlers seeking royalties, and quack traveling dentists advertising cheap sets of teeth.
Mrs Winslow’s Soothing Syrup for Teething Children
Advertisement touts Mrs Winslow's Soothing Syrup as a cure for teething pain and related symptoms. It claims relief from dyse d and diarrhoea, wind colic, and gum inflammation, promising tone and energy for infants. Sold everywhere, price 25 cents.
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A Harter
Millheim, PA
B. Stover
W. H. Reifsnyder
Milluheim, PA
D* J. W. Stam
Penn Street
John F. Harter
Practical
Methodist Church
Millheim PA
Geo. L. Lee
Madisonburg, PA
W. Pard. M.D
O. Deininger
Journal Office
Penn St
W J. Springer
Millheim Banking House
Eorge L. Springer
Main & North Streets
Millheim
Jno
H. Orvis
D. M. Bower
Ellis L. Orvis
Avis, Bower & Orvis
Attorneys-at-Law
Bellefonte, PA
Woodings Building
D. H. Hastings
W. F. Reeder
Iee
Reeder
Allegheny Street
Yocum & Hastings
J CU. Meyer
Bellefonte PA
Hoy
W. C. Heinle
Centre County
J A. Beaver
SW. Gephart, R
Gephart
Alleghany Street
High Street
Allegheny ST
C. G. McMillen
Ummins
Bishop Street
Emanuel Brown
Main
Jay Streets
Lock Haven
Woodwward, PA
Mary
Flicker
Black Dexter
Thos
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Wnender
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