Attract Birds by Protection The 1915 Bird Account
The 1915 bird account from 315 reports shows farms across the United States can greatly boost bird populations through protection and nesting sites. Examples include farms near Westerville and Strasburg Ohio, Middletown Connecticut, New Hope Pennsylvania, and Olney Illinois, all with populations about twice to four times the state averages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Westerville
Ohio
Strasburg
Middletown
Conn
New Hope
Olney
Ill
Department
Mary Mind
Washington
Chevy Chase
Indianapolis
Ind
Counte
Mississippi Centennial Exposition Extends Six Months
The Mississippi Centenial Exposition will run six months instead of four as planned. The executive committee voted to extend to maintain the $750,000 Federal exhibit at Gulfport. The 146 acre site near the Gulf features surf, ancient oak trees, a large grape vine, oranges and pecans, and a Confederate camp athletic field near Vicksburg battle sites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi
Far South
Gulfport
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf
Vicksburgh
Gulf Shore
Hershey Olivers Win Tight Battle Over Elaines
The Hershey Olivers beat the Elaines 35 to 31 at Lebanon Y M C A on Saturday. Ross Strine scored six two point baskets and Russell Clark five, with Samuel Strine Nick Purcell and Russell Zentmeyer also contributing. Strine suffered a dislocated left shoulder blade near game end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershey Olivers
Elaines
Lebanon
Russell Zentmeyer
Hershey
Ross Strine
Season for Porkers in Local Slaughter Season
Aaron Slesser of Derry Road led the first winter slaughter, reporting two 350 pounders prepared at his home with William Landis in charge and assisted by Robert Evans of Harrisburg and the Slesser family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron Slesser
Derry Road
William Landis
Robert Evans
Harrisburg
Slesser
Chicken Thieves Striking Local Henneries
Thieves took about thirty chickens from George Bowman’s hennery on Derry Road, a tenant of John Heckert. Other henneries belonging to Harry Gordo or William Hamilton and John Houtz were disturbed but thieves were driven off.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Bowman
John Heckert
Derry Road
Harry Gord
William Hamilton
John Houtz
Cost of boarding hired help across 14 states
Department Bulletin 410 summarizes estimates from 1,000 farmers on the yearly cost of boarding hired help. Average per person runs about 128 dollars, with regional variations from 104 dollars in Vermont and Pennsylvania to 162 dollars in New Jersey. Cash share ranges 15 to 49 percent, higher in California and lower in the East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Agriculture
Department
Vermont
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
North Carolina
California
Seventeen Year Locust Expected Across Pennsylvania Next Summer
Entomologist C. IL Hadley Jr of Pennsylvania State College predicts a large seventeen year locust swarm in 1917 across Armstrong Butler Cambria Clarion Tioga Lawrence Mercer Venango Washington counties with smaller swarms in central and northern Pennsylvania and also in Ohio Maryland Massachusetts New Jersey and West Virginia.
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C. IL Hadley, Jr
Pennsylvania State College
Pennsylvania
Hadley
Ohio
Maryland
Massachusetts
New Jersey
West Virginia
Boost for Every Forward Movement in Factory Improvement
The piece urges continual improvement across workers and leadership, praising those who drive progress. It calls on managers and neighbors to avoid obstruction and to “boost” every factory change to the final letter, emphasizing collective effort and practical advancement.
After the War Our Trade Role and Policy Shifts
Dr Edward Ewing Pratt chief of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce spoke at the Commercial Congress in Norfolk Virginia about postwar trade. He urged extending credit and time to European buyers while maintaining US loans for peace and reconstruction. He noted Europe will need modern machinery and capital, and predicted American manufacturers will compete more effectively as costs align with Europe.
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Commercial Congress
Norfolk
Edward Ewing Pratt
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
Europe
Russia
France
Belgium
England
Germany
Italy
Jeash
United States
Lkely
Tongland
A Hacker of Efficiency Outsmarts Office Boss
A businessman recalls hiring an efficiency expert and firing him after the expert’s extreme reorganization plan. The punchline: the consultant left, everyone resigned except him, and the boss feared being reorganized himself.
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South
Hershey Olivets
Chamberlin
Chamberlin Metal Weather Strip CO
P. B. Edelen
Bell Phone
Havana
J. W. Brenneman
Millersville, Pa
Maylfair
Penna
H. M. Hartz
Insurance and Real Estate
Main St
Palmyra, PA
Miele
Hershey Products
America
Blue Mountains
Hershey, Pa
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