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Newspaper
Harrisburg Telegraph
Location
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1916
Page
15
The five great cereal crops produced in Pennsylvania in 1916 were worth 113,487,884 dollars to farmers, with corn valued at 49,736,488 dollars and wheat at 36,602,930 dollars. Oats fell in value, buckwheat and rye rose, and overall yield reached 120,677,800 bushels. Thieves steal hogs and poultry noted in Marietta area as hog slaughter interrupted.
The article guides housekeepers to host informal At Home gatherings during Christmas without high costs. It covers invitations by phone or notes, seating, simple table finishes, and a modest menu including hot tea cocoa lettuce sandwiches and fruit. It also offers a frugal wood-care tip and lists approximate prices for twenty guests.
T B Galbraith of Brookville Pa describes a nightly routine through the Capitol Building basement and floors. He clocks in at the Sergeant's Office, winds eight boxes, checks doors and paintings, ascends stairs to roof, rests, and repeats four patrols nightly before ending back in the watchroom.
Carlisle Pa December 19 ground was broken for the new sixty thousand dollar Dickinson School of Law building. Robert H Smith a Dickinson alumnus visiting from San Francisco gave Dean William Trickett a five thousand dollar gift to aid the project.
Mrs Nellie Evans claims a home treatment cured her asthma after climate and voyage failures. She describes the remedy as a non harmful effective cure and urges others to try it, noting her improved health and gratitude.
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