Lickskillet Items Chronicle Small-Town Whimsy
Aunt Becky Jones boiled a goose for a Sunday dinner while the preacher visited and suffered indigestion. Tales tell of a planned baseball game, unorganized club, and various local quirks from Ed Bivins’s liquor inquiry to Aunt Sally Hawkins subscribing for salt pork.
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Becky Jones
Bear Creek
Lickskiller
Johnny Sprucebey
Squire Hartsock
Ed Bivins
Si Plum
Sally Hawkins
Vast World Facts From Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Lore
A compiled list of trivia covers Behring's 1741 Alaska discovery, Mt Wrangell height, ostrich incubation, Aga seaweed use in Denmark, ancient Mexican week, papal retinue size, Napoleon on happiness, elephant maturity, Alaska fish species, Peking policewomen, Soviet Russia women, church growth in the US, Hawaiian cooking pits, Siam guides, first one piece cannon, Arbuckle oil well, poi root food, long American oil pipelines, trained bees, daily wink frequency, taxed condensed milk, 1921 California melon transport, Washington textile tests, Kidd treasure doubt, feet vs intellect theory, Yakutat news, acetylene fuel in Germany, first American woman mayor, children at sea, Lincoln's Inn curfew bell, Easter Florida naming, slow worm tail regrowth, tinned pig tongues, Turkish punishment, Chicago streetcars, large green crawfish, noisy workplace safety exams, Lancaster juror needs, live fish on ships, Prince of Wales envelope, feather in cap origin, Leyden University founding, open observation cars, China silk secrecy, vision loss prevention, New York vision meeting, Florence shoe price rise, landlord tax resistance, Tanlac ad.
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Mt. Wrangell
Alaska
Africa
Denmark
Napoleon Bonaparte
Peking
China
Soviet Russia
United States
Guide
Siam
Arbuckle Mountains
Oklahoma
America
England
California
Uni
Yakutat
Germany
Ella Wilson
Hunnewell
Kas
Atlantic
Lincoln’s Inn
London
Calais
Florida
Ponce de Leon
Turkey
Chicago
Grand Jury
Lancaster
New York
Prince of Wales
St. James’ Palace
Hungary
Leyden University
William of Orange
India
Persia
Arabia
Florence
Italy
Lemaitre on limits of criticism in art
The excerpt notes that some works do not merit criticism or artistic evaluation regardless of editions, referencing Jules Lemaitre.
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Jules Lemaitre
Col. Friedsam to Study Europe Trade Conditions
Col. Michael Friedsam head of B Altman and Co New York chosen by President Harding to investigate Europe trade conditions. He previously led the Fair Price Commission and once urged the public to read advertising to know when prices are fair.
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Col
Michael_Friedsam
B. Altman & Co
New York
Harding
Europe
Friedsam
Fair Price Commission
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Love Ann Long
Eph Keef
Ingrain
Ambrose Fish
Peruina
Zeb Stubbins
Ambrose
Zeb
Doc McFadden
Freelove McAllister
Behring
Versity of
Washington
Seattle
Captain Kidd
Nature
Tanlac
Dougherty & Walters
Redpath
Light-Six
Studebaker
Dixon-Harbaugh Co
Washington St
W. B
All Pricea F. E. B
Clothiers
H. C. Steel
Prop
Sullivan County
Peoples State Bank
Southwest Corner Square
Strong Safe
Illivan
Ind
Shelburn
James W. McHugh
Hymera
Walker McHugh
McHugh & Son
Fidelity Loan CO
Dr. Crowder
East Side Square
Sullivan
A. B. Gray CO. Sullivan’s Wholesale
Grocer
W.H. Hill, Jr. Farm Loan Co
Sullivan County Loan & Trust Co
North Side
E. A. Billman
W. K. Frakes
L. A. Stewart
P. A. Barco
Grover Clayton Carlisle
EB. Lindley
H. L. Stratton
I. J. Keys
Carlisle
H. S. Leach
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