Pennsylvania crops show improved yield potential
State Department of Agriculture reports indicate better wheat rye and hay prospects across Pennsylvania in the past month. Wheat near 98 percent of average with 27 million bushels possible. rye at 98 percent of average. hay yield could reach 108 percent of average. Oats sowing area down four percent, yield outlook near 28 bushels per acre. Corn planting late with incomplete data. Ad mentions Jabrequ Compound hair tonic sold by druggists.
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State Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture
Thunderstorm Night on Sugar Loaf Mountain Run
A car climbs Sugar Loaf Mountain as a thunder shower approaches. Grace Webb helps Dayton fasten rain gear while Sylvia Ainslie clings to Dayton. A sudden lightning strike and downpour force a dangerous skid, ending with the car crashing into a tree.
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Star Company
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Dayton
Grace
Sylvia
Subthy
Miss Webb
Henry Dayton
Tonneau
Sour Cream Possibilities and Recipes
Sour cream offers many uses. Slightly soured cream with a pinch of soda makes ice cream. Recipes include Johnny Cake and baked quick oven items using sour cream, cornmeal, flour, sugar, butter, eggs, molasses, graham flour, and soda.
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Johnny Cake
Crochet Edging on Handkerchiefs Made Easier by Machine Stitching
A method to edge handkerchiefs or small doilies using a sewing machine without threading the needle. Small holes near the edge guide the crochet hook, keeping stitches evenly spaced and simplifying the process.
Daintiest frock pattern for young girls with bretelle trimming
The pattern No. 9052 offers a delicate frock for 16 and 18 year olds with two straight trimming pieces creating a bretelle effect, a peplum adding hip breadth, and back view flouncing for shoulders. Fabric needs include 944 yards of 27 inch voile plus 6 yards of 36 or 44 inch taffeta band and frills. Pattern mailed by the papers Fashion Department for ten cents.
Proper Way To Wash Weather Pillows In Historic Advice
Boil pillows in borax water with a small amount of ammonia. Use half a teaspoon borax per boilerful and a tablespoon ammonia. Boil 15 to 20 minutes. Scrub tick if stained, rinse in multiple waters, and hang to dry in shade. Flip ends daily. Bring pillows indoors before dew or rain to speed drying. Feathers become light flaky and sweet smelling.
Cherry Marmalade and Jelly Preserving Instructions
Preserve cherries by removing pits and weighing equal to sugar. Boil sugar with water to a soft ball, add heated cherries, boil to a bead test, then remove and fill glasses. Also make cherry jelly by juicing cherries and combining with other juices, optionally adding cherry leaves for flavor.
Harrisburg Post Office Week Ending List of Remainings
Mail for 1916 Harrisburg Pennsylvania includes a long list of names under Gentlemen and Ladies categories. Readers are reminded to address mail with street and number for prompt delivery. Also reports no new bridge this year as plans for Swatara Creek bridge near Hummelstown will wait till 1917.
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Serinns
Harrisburg
Jeannette M. Bixler
Laura Brooks
Janie Brown
Ida Colledge
Helen
Covalesk
Ida Fells
Katie Foy
Ema Green
Lizzie, Hain
Mabel Hatner
Cora Harvey
D. L
Laura Hickman
Anna Johnson
Maggie Johnson
Gee
Kumpp
Lavenia
J. A. McCurdy
Mildred KE. Murphy
Airs
Susie Pope
Anna Seitz
Lulu Shaffer
Hazel Sheldon
Mary Smith
Lorma Snyder
L. Snyder
Alfred Stokes
Blanch Taylor
Lillie Terry
Samuel G. Thorpley
Edith Tyree
Barbara van Housen
Annie Wilson
John Yortey
Boyd DD. Alter
Nicholas Ardelean
Theodore Ardelean
Frank A. Bachman
H. F. Backenstee
John H. Best
Chas. A. Burns
Harrison Burton
Geo, Conrad
Bert M. Crai
Bert Crossit
Robi. P. Oyler
Harry Reed
Schminkeyeter Schmolze
Henry Shefer
Abraham M. Shock
Wm. D. Shoffer
Geo. W. Smith
Snyder
A. E. Steel
N. E. Steigerwalt
E. E. Stone
Stubbefield
Chas. A. Thompson
C. Tumma
Norman F. Tyler
Dale Wahiey
Oscar Walbourn
Frank BE. Weber
A. W. Wentworth
Frank Wheeler
Bert Williams
C. A. Walker
Ray Williams
Atlas Powder Co
J. P. Cox & Co
Parisian Pleating Novelty Co
the Sun Magazine
Travelers Protective Association
Searere. Rank C
Swatara Creek
Hummelstown
Porch Is Summer Livingroom Tips For Cheap Decor
Porches can be comfortable and artistic with inexpensive touches. Use found or repainted pieces, white gray or wood green schemes, cheap chintz covers, imitation leather cushions, and blue and white accents. Include a sturdy painted table and simple textile combos to harmonize with wicker or other furniture. Novel hosiery styles follow with sport and dress options and color contrasts for flair.
Home Made Maraschine Cherries Method
Stone the desired number of cherries then soak them for twenty four hours in weak vinegar to make them firm. Drain measure and allow an equal amount of granulated sugar, mix thoroughly and keep in a covered crock for one week stirring daily. Seal in glass jars and let stand at least a month before using.
Love Feast Sacred Gathering Opens at Anchor Road Farm
Special to the Telegraph Marietta Pa June 21 Annual Love Feast of the York Brethren opened today at Isaiah Schock s Anchor road home near Washington borough. Neighbors prepared for days with Schock s barn converted into a large church for services spanning several days. Gettysburg Pa June 21 Gettysburg Grand Army Post asks War Department to compel National Cemetery superintendent to care for a plot in the citizens cemetery where about seventy soldiers are buried and neglected since the new official arrived. The post seeks proper maintenance of comrades graves.
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Marietta
Isaiah Schock
Anchor Road
Washington Borough
Gettysburg
War Department
Washington
National Cemetery
Citizens’ Cemetery
Widow of Lee aide dies at 87 in Blue Ridge Summit
Mrs. Walter H. Taylor widow of Walter H. Taylor Norfolk Va Adjutant General of General Robert E. Lees Army of Northern Virginia died suddenly at her summer cottage at Blue Ridge Summit near Waynesboro Pa She was in the seventh year of her age eight children survived her at bedside
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Waynesboro
Walter H. Taylor
Norfolk
Robert E. Lee
Army of Northern Virginia
Blue Ridge Summit
Democrats Plan to Raise 1 700 000 For Campaign
Chicago June 21 A campaign fund of 1 700 000 will be raised by the Democratic party by popular subscription according to W W Marsh Iowa treasurer of the Democratic National Committee Every member of the party will be expected to contribute something Marsh plans to confer with President Wilson in Washington on his return Sunday school notices and a boy kicked by a mule in Wrightsville Pa are also reported entries show local church outings and a boy's injury fact pattern.
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Chicago
Democratic Party
W. W. Marsh
Iowa
Democratic National Committee
Mrs May's Letter Endorses Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
Chicago reader Mrs J May describes relief from female ills after six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She cites pain, irritation, bearing down, backache, nervousness, and digestion as improved and urges others with similar symptoms to try the remedy. A confidential medical-advice service from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co offers female-directed assistance.
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Chicago
Ill
Lydia E.pinkham
Mrs. J. May
Lincoln St
Lynn
Mass
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May Manton
Mr. Dayton
Sete
Ree
Pahee
Ravelers
Ney Me Anne Aders Smalted Milk CO “Cume
Wis
U. S.A
Horlick
W. B. Inform
W.B. Inform
W. B
W.B
Weingarten Bros., Inc
New York
San Francisco
Mit
York
Lancaster Farm
Gen. R. E. Lee
Adjutant General
Ptonics
Market Square
Presbyterian Church
Boiling Springs Park
Prinmiery Department
Fourth Street Church of God
Reservoir Park
Christ Lutheran Sunday School
Hersheys Park
Wrightsville
Harold Trout
Lydia E. Pinkham
Vanes
Eleanore
E. Blumenstein
South Court Street
Ist Street
5Th Ave
Broadway
Sal Carte
BOO
PS Ritchey
R. A. Xationa
Emergency Ambulance Service
N. Sixth ST
United Ice & Coal Co
Forster & Cowden
Sta
Kelley
H. M. Kelley & CO
North Third Street
Tenth and
State Streets
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Savannah
Jacksonville
Merchants & Miners Trans. CO
W. P. Turner
Balto
School of Commerce
Troup Building
Bell
Cumberland
Rg Business College
Cenes Civil Service
Market St. Hoerrisburg
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