Tobacco Less Food More War Time Patriotism
Local notes urge reducing tobacco farming to boost food crops amid wartime scarcity. Lancaster New Era quotes calls for farmers to grow wheat corn potatoes and fruit, stressing patriotism Christian duty and avoiding waste of land on tobacco. Also reports on women workers in Baltimore and Ohio shops and a large shad run at McCall fisheries. A fire warden killed a six foot black snake after a battle near McVeyton.
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Lancaster
Philadelphia
D. F. Kirk
Kirk
McVeyton
Allentown Fair Ground Use For Training Camp Planned
War department negotiates with Allentown Fair Society to use its grounds as a training camp for 10 000 college student recruits and 3500 ambulance corps members. H S Williamson dies suddenly at Upland Lawn. trustee of Franklin and Marshall College. founder of city playgrounds and a donor to charity and schools. Mifflin county farm bureau asks for funds. commissioners allocate 1000. new farm agent office and automobile purchased.
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War Department
Allentown Fair Society
Ambulance ’Corps
H. S. Williamson
Williamson Park
Franklin and Marshall College
Stevens Industrial School
Upland Lawn
Shippen
College
People’s Bank
Mifflin
Vicar Asked to Skip Hellfire Sermon Amid Coal Shortage
A reader pleads with the vicar to avoid hellfire imagery in a wartime sermon to prevent temptation during a severe coal shortage. The note reflects church radio style guidance and public concern about religious rhetoric during hardship.
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Lebanon Valley
Baltimore and Ohio
McCall Fisheries
Susquehanna River
McCall
New Farm Bureau
Hershey Press
Hershey, Pa
Hershey Industrial School
Town OF Hershey
Caracas Avenue
H. T. Keefer
West
Granada Avenue
East Arena Avenue
Avene
Avenue
South
Cocoa Avenue
Areba Avenue
South Java Avenue
Cornex Arena
Spring Creek Avenue
Trinidad Avenue
F. J. Christ
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