Long Ago College Revels and a Fateful Drowning
A reminiscence from Van Wert 1879 recalls a college prank at Old Chess Greek room led to a boy being ostracized for two years. The tale ends with the informer’s fate revealed and the drowned classmate John Grey later memorialized in Memphis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Grey
John James Grey
Jane
Bodleian Gallery
Oxford
Chesterfield
Field
Lady Jane
Coventry
Prex
Saratoga
Grey
Professor Field
Memphis
When there's a will there's a way in Cedar Creek
A family dialogue contrasts belief in effort with luck as Jim, Belle, and Bob argue over willpower and finding a way. They discuss Dorothea Dix, Beethoven, Benjamin Franklin, and living by purpose rather than fame, while planning small deeds to aid neighbors and catalog books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
England
United States
Memphis
Charles H. Sully
Reading
Louise
Victor
Maud
Prince of Wales
Sylvan Dell
Coney Island
Goodbar
G. R. Scott
Boston
Kentucky
Louisville
John Goodwin
James Griggs
Gentleman
Scott
Goodwin
Greggs’ House
Christian Union
Cuba
Abraham
Clark
Agricultural College
Amherst
Japan
Christain Union
Jim
Belle
Bob
Cedar Creek
Napoleon Bonaparte
Dorothea Dix
Papa
Poland
Congress
Robert
Graham
Dix
Mr. Graham
Beethoven
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Leewellyns
Leewellyn
George
Irwin
Carey
Mamma
Madge Carey
Ben Franklin
Novel Blyth Auction Sells Halleluiah Idols
An auction in Blyth England offered a large collection named Halleluian Idols. The sale included poultry Canaries parrots bird cages dress rings meerschaum pipes and various dress ornaments once surrendered by rites during Hallelujah Lasses meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blyth
England
Poem Fragment About a Changing Love
A fragmentary verse recalls a speaker reflecting on a beloved woman whose hair and eyes are praised then contrasts love’s endurance with time and a shift in affection. The tone wanders from mythic admiration to a resigned, casual conclusion.
Bee in a Man's Ear Case Reported in York
A bee burrowed into David Liebenknecht's ear in Lower Windsor County. Repeated attempts to remove it failed until smoking a cigar and forcing the smoke down the throat through the nose pushed the insect out via the eustachian tubes. The method proved simple and effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Liebenknecht
Lower Windsor Coenen
Mr. Liebenknecht
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lan Ablert Bulletin
J.A. Foster
PFICE
Cess
Georgiana CO
Glenk
Yilybician
van Wert
First Street
Washington
Jeferson
I.K. Woods
M.D
Washington Street
Spend House
Bridge
W. Depuy
William Smith
Union Block
Pennell’s
Maip
Jackson Sts
Attorneys AT Law
Ww. C. Glenn
Emerson Priddy
G. M. Saltzgaber
L*w
Jacobs
H. Kemper
Ohio
G. E. Wells
Herst’s
Courts of
D. Clark
John Darnell
James M. Barr
O. Office
West Main Street
J. L. Price
Ira P. Shissler
Price & Shissler
LAW
Tc Fice
Iron Block
Boumbsck
W.j. Beers
Jas, Clark & Son
C. W.strawther
van Re Wert
A. Jacobs’ Clothing
Swisher & Mees
Arbers
D Courthouse
Main Street
PENN
Win &E
Court House
Main ST. van
Swineford & Sons
Yish
van Wert, Ohio
Swineford & Bons
Wert
Heistand & Bro
Brown & Billman’s Livery Stable
Jefferson Street
Cid
van Wert, CO
Chicago
George Washington
Mississippi
Martha A. Head
Wayne County
Waite
United States Supreme Court
Hadlyme
St. John’s
Rochester
Minn
Father Turner
Mankowe
Birmingham
Sheffield
Caird
America
Liverpool
New York
Dr. Russell
London Telegraph
Prince Imperial
Napoleon
Murat
Princess Beatrice and
the Prince Imperial
George R. Sims
London
Cesar
Cresar
Star-Chamber
Dons
Vigilance Committee
Fruits For Food
Louis Stockton
T. J. Cole, M. D
Cole
T.j.cole
M.D.V.S
Ohto
R. Dettmer
Holman
Butterick
Cood Security
Dr.j.glenn
John P. Klein
E. Main St
van Wert, O
Ss. W. Fox
A.M. Mullen
FOX & Mullen
Hertle’s Boot and Shoe
York (Pa
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