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Newspaper
Reading Daily Eagle
Location
Reading, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1868
Page
3
A collage of sharp city items from Lancaster with varied anecdotes. Secrets of street life include a drainage stench complaint on Greene and Walnut, a Franklin Street runaway, a hand injury at a print shop, theater benefits, a cornets band, and upcoming fall events. The piece also notes business ads, street improvements, police and prison actions, and comments on harvest values and seasonal outlook.
Brick Poxrnty's Life of Beast Butler will be sold tomorrow at BooLe Bookstore 361 Penn street. The work mocks a Republican leader and aims to rally Democrats against a party seen as tied to disgraceful conduct. Price twenty five cents.
Great success of Masterardella who will appear as Cady Isabella Arroixtep in the burlesque of East Lynn. Also notes a police chase after a safe robber in Womoraville with pursuit toward Neversink mountain and citywide search.
The Republican Convention of Massachusetts nominated William Claffin for Governor while the Connecticut Democratic Convention named presidential electors. Democrats in Maryland Ohio New Jersey and New York advanced candidates for Congress and other offices. A British pos t a ge case and multiple local incidents including train and bridge accidents were reported alongside commercial notices and advertisements.
The Dairy Eagle announces campaign period rates from Sept 12 to Nov 12 with two month and one month options. Subscriptions require cash. clubs of ten receive a free copy. The paper pledges Democratic unity, disseminating sound principles and local news coverage for Berke county voters.
Energetic efforts to capture the Willich family killer near Randolph station. organized parties in pursuit and swift punishment for the black scoundrels. A sixteen year old Atlanta girl dressed as a boy with a gro up of twenty, heading to Nashville to marry. A Louisville widow elopes with a young merchant, then her new husband elopes with her daughter. Ternelites of Helena Arkansas pledge to defeat Grant. A Gore was struck by lightning near New Boston, dying instantly after predicting he would not survive the trip. Congressman Logan, after leaving to join the rebel army, has $2,000 but later amassed $100,000 in Chicago property. A locomotive demonstration in Edinburgh shows a 82 ton train over ten miles on challenging routes. A Philadelphia shooting affray ends with three men fighting and a bludgeon used. all arrested.
The fragmentary notice lists readings and meetings for Reading Council No 460 and related groups. It mentions dates, times around 6 o clock, locations on Washington roots and Pern street, and references to retirees and white gloves. By order of officials, details are unclear due to text damage.
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