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Newspaper
Hershey Press
Location
Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1918
Page
2
The War Department announces furloughs for enlisted men to aid agricultural production. Furloughs are short, unpaid or minimally paid, and may be granted by post commanders within set limits. Applications for farm work can be filed by relatives, with local draft boards processing the forms and returning decisions.
Sunday scouts depart Hershey at 2 30 a m for Union Water Works via the Canal. They report new scout tests passed and march on War garden efforts. Stamp sales doubled. Magrini notes yields and pest control results on a nearby field. Blight year hits Aroostook potato farming.
Experiments at Aroostook Farm in Maine show six spray applications of Bordeaux mixture increased yields. In sprayed plots average 181.2 bushels per acre versus 143.5 in unsprayed checks, a 26 percent gain. An adjacent block with eight or nine applications used same seed lot and variety.
A spelling bee program will be held in the Sunday School room of Salem Reformed Church on Saturday evening April 20 at 7 30. The Junior choir selects items including piano duets by Sara Kaufman and Violet Wagner and readings by Beatrice Zeiters. Performers include Bertha Moyer and Beatrice Zellers with various string groups. A silver offering will aid Red Cross Work.
Sergeant John Black of the 8th Pennsylvania Regiment Band married Miss Lillian Holsberg on Friday evening at the bride’s Areta Street home. Rev. R H Taylor performed the ceremony. On Monday evening a reception was hosted at the pastor’s home.
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