Lancaster official appointed farm adviser corps
Secretary Patton named J Aldus Herr of Lancaster to the department as a farm adviser focusing on advisory marketing work. Deputy Secretary Carothers leads the effort with E B Dorsett, aiming to assist producers in sorting packing and marketing while planning a future bureau of markets. Governor Brumbaugh will tour counties to study agricultural needs, including Hershey farms.
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Tozee
Patton
J. Aldus Herr
Lancaster
Corps of Farm Advisers
Department
Carothers
E. B. Dorsett
Mansfield
Bureau of Markets
M G. Brumbaugh
Pennsylvania
Dauphin
Hershey Farms
Lebanon
Petrograd
Martin H. Smith
Columbia University
New York City
Russia
Hellig Olav
William Penn Cresson
Philadelphia
New York
Graeff
W. C. Graeff
Lebanon High School
Leadership by example at Kodals Park
A visitor recounts how a rising lawyer he befriended advanced to general attorney and company vice president. He credits joining leaders in his department and choosing opportunities that let him prove himself, urging readers to pursue creditable mentors and make good.
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Kodals Park
Kodalk Builletin
Lebanon Leads State Wheat Yield At Lebanon County
Lebanon County reports the highest wheat yield in the state with 45 bushels per acre, followed by Montgomery County at 44. The Pennsylvania average is about 16 bushels per acre, and the national average is 16.9 bushels. A tip mentions using alum to prevent silver tarnish.
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Lebanon County
Department of Agriculture
Jtrom
Montgomery County
Lebanon
Farmers May Store Grain Under New Warehouse Act
The Warehouse Act, effective this month, lets farmers store grain tobacco and other commodities and obtain negotiable warehouse receipts to secure loans. It aims to finance crops by licensing and bonding warehouses, with inspections, grading, bonds, and rules to prevent discrimination and ensure proper handling.
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United States
Lancaster
Secretary of Agriculture
Early to Bed and Rise Builds Strength in Cambridge School
Mable Furry at Cambridge Summer School showcases remarkable strength lifting eight hundred pounds of crockery with legs below the knee. She credits early bed, early rising, ample food, and regular exercise as the formula for growing muscle.
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Mable Furry
Cambridge
Miss Furry
Tarly
Enid's Father Quoted Amid Wealth References
Fragmentary OCR shows a father saying his daughter is used to wealth’s luxuries. A quote from a count or companion follows, with garbled names and phrases. Readers get a glimpse of dialogue but little concrete context or full event.
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Enid
Stockton
Cal
The Origin of Pearls Revealed as Worm Cycle
Dr. H. M. Smith explains pearls originate from irritants in pearl oysters. Parasites, notably cestode larvae, enter oysters, provoke nacre buildup, and transform into carbonate of lime. The life cycle moves from oysters to triggerfish to rays, then back to oysters, continuing broadly.
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H. M. Smith
Commissioner of Fisheries
Rainfall Boosts Crop Values Across Plains and Midwest
The article reports that rainfall exceeding thresholds in May and June in the Dakotas California Washington Kansas and Nebraska raised the wheat crop value by 15 million dollars. Additional rainfall above three inches in July in Indiana Illinois Kansas Iowa Ohio and Nebraska increased corn value by 160 million dollars.
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Dakotas
California
Washington
Kansas
Nebraska
Indiana
Iinois
Iowa
Ohio
Russian Army Estimated At 13 Million Men
Major General P Phillipoff of the Russian army states Russia commands more than 13 million fully equipped troops and risks few checks to any Austrian advance. He adds capability to mobilize many more if needed and expresses little fear of Austria.
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P., Phillipoff
Russia
Austria
Hood Stops Crow With Tin Hood For Rooster
A tin hood designed to fit over a rooster’s head and neck was invented to silence a crowing bird near a police station. Police credited the device with preventing dawn signaling.
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Crawford
Huntingdon
Jefferson
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Mercer
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Perry
Tioga
Columbia
Lawerence
Mahanoy City
Mahanoy
Shenandoah
West
Chester
Lancaster County
Conowingo Furnace Company
William Hopkins
Hopkins
Ephrata
Walter Bausman
Harry Woodstock
Old Trinity Trinity Church
Monka
Sharon
C. H. Cristobal
Cristobal
Frank B. Back
Abler
Edward W. Bok
Tome Jounal
Bok. van Valkenberg
Paoli
Squire -Frank
Steel
Steelton Club
Locust
Sullivan County
Jamison City
Great Northern Mountain
Barclay Mountains
Bradford
Great North Mountain
Trunkhannock
Lycoming
Barclay Mountain
North Mountain
Sullivan
Luzerne
Wyoming
Canton Sentinel
Harrisburg
Public Records
State Library
John Harris
Register of Wills
B. Frank Nead
Czar
Anananaaet
Amt
Hershey Printing Co
Hershey, Pa
J. E. Gruber
Hershey
Derry Church
Yingst’s
David Gordon Hershey
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