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“The German” A Society Cotillion

“The Social Event of the Season: Dewitt Clinton Bosler Gives a German in the Armory” proclaimed the newspaper. The article described an event held in Carlisle on the evening of December 28, 1896. Dewitt Clinton Bosler, a wealthy bachelor, gave his third annual German.

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Poker Games in Carlisle’s Court House

Frederick A. Harris and Reverend Joseph Martin carried on a correspondence of reminiscences about Carlisle in the 1850s and 60s. Their letters were published in the American Volunteer newspaper in the 1890s.

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Clarence M. Smith – Band Director, Business Owner

Born in 1882, Smith learned to play the cornet in 1896 at the age of 14.

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