Bread weight debate pits small bakers against large firms
Eastern Pennsylvania bakers protest a proposed state law setting a sixteen ounce minimum loaf. State standards chief Sweeney warns average loaves are ten ounces and suggests six cents per loaf for sixteen ounces. Big bakers argue small bakers and consumers would suffer, while large producers claim current profit margins could absorb the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
State Bureau of Standards
William Frethofer
Philadelphia
Christian’ Guzenhauser
Lancaster
H. D. Radcliff
Wilmington
Del
L. M. Bricker
Lemoyne
Freihofer Committee
R. C. Jobe
Charles E. Pass
Harrisburg
James Sweeney
Hair
H. D. Rees
Harrisburg City Sealer
Sweeney
Birds seen in Lancaster area flocking and roosting
Hundreds of birds seen over Rohrerstown last Thursday evening as blackbirds and crows increase activity. A morning flock crosses Lancaster between six and seven, moving from northeast to southeast, then returns to a Chestnut Hill roost as reported by the Lancaster New Era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rohrerstown
Lancaster
Rumor of Golf Recounts From a French Visitor
A visitor from France offers a humorous view of golf in England, describing the game with exaggerated accents and gestures. He jokes about tunics, back sacks, mud balls, and the frustration of matches, calling the English game a source of fear and “pip.”
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
England
Yees
Pip
Gasoline Future Faces Replacement By Kerosene Or Electric Power
The article warns gasoline supplies may last only a month if engines run ten hours daily. It discusses replacing gasoline with kerosene engines, noting kerosene has drawbacks, and predicts alcohol or electric storage batteries will be developed for propulsion as research advances.
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Waldemar’ Kaempffert
Harper’s Magazine
Germany
Chickens Defy Laying Patterns in Lancaster Column
In Down Lancaster Way an observer notes chickens act erratically with laying and hatching. Hens wander when expected to hatch and may suddenly brooders stir trouble. Incubators falter and predators like weasels and minks threaten nests, though exceptions exist for persistent fanciers.
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Lancaster Way
Poultry Expert Reveals Hen Care To Boost Profits
A poultry specialist outlines methods to combat pests and diseases, optimize egg production, and study hen behavior to meet ideal conditions. The guide emphasizes practical steps to render the chicken industry more profitable.
New Hershey Publications Post Card Views
Twenty new Post Card views of Hershey in four colors from 1917. The 32 page booklet includes 32 illustrations and a full account of the remarkable industrial town. Price 25 cents postpaid. booklet only 6 cents postpaid. Address for orders provided.
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Hershey
America
Amusement Park and River Park Facilities Advertised
Large seaside park offers seating for 1 500 with vaudeville and movies, a 2 000 capacity swimming area, bath house, valet storage, tennis courts and nets for rent, boating with 25 row boats, a high speed launch, shoot the chutes, a miniature railway, a $10 000 carousel, shooting galleries, bowling alleys, and daily open air concerts by Hershey Band of 40. Room for 10 000, special orchestras for events and dances.
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Hershey Dairies
Hershey
Park
Anitary
Usic
America
Hag Modern Band
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Cook
Ligonier
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D. B. Zimmerman
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Indian Creek
Union
Mifflin
Juniata
Judge Johnson
Union County
Judge Bailey
Mifflin County
Juniata County
Judge Seibert
Lancaster County
Lebanon
Flershey Park
Zion Lutheran Church
Central Lutheran Brotherhood
Toynville Orphans
Melvin Melarlans
Carlisle
Mir Elsie Stough
Charles
Stauffer
Court
Ephrata Review
Washington
Miss Coleman
Brickerville
Harry Anspach
Lititz
General Washington
Henry William Steigel
Steigel
Trenton
Baron Steigel
Continental Army
Lancaster and Southern Street Railway
Russia
Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railway
S. O. and
Hens
Sunday School Association
Europe
Susquehanna
Anna Snyder
George R. Moffit
Moffit
Snyder
Edison Line
Edison Company A
Little ML. Hope
McMillen Farm
Atock
Gordonvlilo
Weelk
Lyopaira
New Hershey Publications
Hershey Press
Hershey, Pa
Samuel S. Basehore
Sand Beach
Hershey R. FE
Hershey Park
Highland Park
Bareburg
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Elizabethtown
Western Union Telegraph
American Express Company
Bell
Beechall
Spring Lake, Hershey Park
Belgium
Hershey Convention Hall
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