John Penn House in Philadelphia’s Zoological Gardens
The Philadelphia Times details the Penn homestead built in 1774 by John Penn. The square two story brick mansion sits by the Schuylkill, famed for its odd interior passages, hidden cubbies, and two subterranean chambers. A secret river passage is rumored. a first cellar passage led to a 40 foot tunnel and a 12 by 25 foot chamber connected to another. Experts debate its original use, with wine vaults or military arsenal theories discussed.
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Fox Slayer Smith Nets Twenty One Foxes For Scranton
Farmer George F. Smith of Newton township hunts foxes across the countryside using traps and hounds. He shoots twenty one foxes, ships skins to New York, then fights a bounty dispute with county commissioners before finally securing twenty one dollars. The tale blends frontier grit with local justice and a note of persistence.
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Mountain Mohawk student earns first medicine honors in country
The article notes Onontiyoh a full Mohawk graduate named Beautiful Mountain who ranks forty six in class at a medical college and is the first of his race to win such a medical honor in the United States. His uncle Qrona cthekhia, a London Ont practitioner, had earlier Oxford education as well.
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