Lamb Docking and Castration Boosts Market Returns
Farm Extension News explains that 80 percent of Pennsylvania lambs not docked and uncastrated males face price discounts from $1.00 to $1.50 per pound. W. B. Connell notes two top buyers in Buffalo and Pittsburgh advise docking by 1 to 2 weeks and castrating wethers by 10 days to three weeks, improving carcass quality and profits.
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Pennsylvania
Warner
W. B. Connell
Pennsylvania State College
Buffalo
Pittsburgh
Nambe
Fishermen Reel In Salmon As Flood Recedes In Ohio Waters
Youngsters and adults waded pools left by receding floods along railroad tracks at Haysville Glenfield and Dixmont catching fish. A Corapolis youth hauled a 22 inch salmon, Emanuel Fundis landed a 60 pound Osh, others netted catfish carp and salmon. At Dixmont fish leaped along tracks as fishermen filled baskets. Also a court scene notes witness Tuffold Nutt denying drinker accusation with defiant reply. Tips on dolled syrup storage and removing turpentine from clothing included.
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Ohio
Haysville
Glenfield
Dixmont
Coraopolis
Emanuel Fundis
Sewickley Herald
Baked in a Pie
Audrey a singer mother recalls happier days as she bakes pie while a cloud of danger looms outside the office payroll day. A sawed off shotgun car, a sentry at the door, and the danger to her baby Billy drive a tense countdown to a police takedown and a chilling pie hiding a warning.
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Audrey
Bill
Sangster
Billy
White House
Olice
Andrey
Tts
Ghost
Dancing Whirligig Beetle Tops British Insects List
In Fearson's Weekly naturalist Marcus Woodward notes the whirligig beetle among 3,500 British species famed for dancing as it glides the pond surface. Males flaunt steel blue armor to court females while the insects dive abruptly when alarmed, riding air bubbles and preying on tiny aerial insects trapped on the water.
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Marcus Woodward
Fearson
Principal Articles of Export as Barter Through History
The Washington Star notes that early and later eras used a principal export article as a medium of exchange. Items cited include cattle, iron, tobacco, wheat, lead, tin, copper, silver, and gold, with petroleum described as a variable crude oil. The piece contrasts animal and vegetable oils with mineral oils and outlines basic chemical distinctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Greece
Rome
Japan
Colony
Virginia
Central
Africa
Chicago Tribune
Nimrod as Mighty Hunter and Legendary Nimrod Title
The Detroit Free Press notes Nimrod from Genesis 10 3 is called a mighty hunter before the Lord yet scholars dispute the exact meaning. Some see hunter as hunter of animals, others as hero or great warrior, with Nimrod becoming a romantic symbol of hunting.
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Nimrod
Nimrods
Ham
Hunter
Detroit Free Press
Effects of Paresis on Personality and Health
Paresis may attack the brain or spinal cord or both and develops gradually. The victim exhibits extreme changes in character, becoming a wasteful spender or a loud exhibitionist. Headache, backache, dizziness, and later thickened speech with distinct handwriting changes are reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Star
Tintagel erects stone hall to honor King Arthur legacy
In Tintagel England a stone memorial hall honors Arthur as the legendary sixth century ruler who led Christian Britons against Kent Saxons. The coastal Cornwall village is portrayed as deeply tied to the Arthurian myth.
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Arthur
Tintagel
England
Britain
Kent
Cornwall
Rural Families Consume Five Tons Of Food Annually
A Toledo scale company reports that the average rural American family uses about 9,571 pounds of food each year. Every ounce passes over scales multiple times from origin to table, illustrating how food moves through supply chains.
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Toledo
Antelope Jump Difficulty Despite Swift Bodies
The antelope, famed for speed, struggles with a four foot rise that blocks crossing a festively bated obstacle. These animals leap several feet in level ground but fail to clear higher barriers.
Community members share Sunday visits across towns
A long list of visits shows Girty and nearby communities hosting relatives and friends from Gastown Vandergrift Apollo Shady Plain Sagamore Indianapolis Bloomington Pittsburgh and more. The note also mentions funerals and upcoming births amid flood disrupted mail delivery delaying last week’s newsletter items.
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Girty
Edward Cravener
Maxine
Near Gastown
Earl Schrecengost
Nelson
Maxine Schrecengost
John Learner
Edna
Edward Campbell
Garetts Run
D. E. Cravener
Forest Morgan
Kenneth Keppel
Willivene Klingensmith
Vandercrift
A. E. Klingensmith
Ira ‘Grimm
Avonmore
Annie
Mabel Rupert
Daniel Wray
Shady Plain
Robert Dunmire
Apollo
J. H. Christy
Justine
Todd
J. BR. Jamison
Robert, Jr
Merle
J.it
Louis Shamberger
Vandergrift
Darnest Lydick
Harry Lydick
Pittsburgh
A. M. Jamison
Stanisy George
Near Paulton
Vira George
Harry Heckman
T. M. Rupert
Shady Hollow
Weddings of a Week Highlight Cross-State Matches
Miss Coral Jennings wed Sherman Scholfield in St James Afro Methodist church with Rev Silas Williams officiating. Indiana residents attended, church packed beyond capacity. Kerr Hill James L Kerr and Miss Margaret Loreen Hill married in Apollo on March 26 by Rev Charles W Cochran. Russell Smith and Miss June Brickell wed in Hillsdale by Rev Rex Brickell.
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Coral Jennings
Nathan Jennings
Town
Sherman Scholfield
Indiana
St. James Afro Methodist Episcopal Zion Church
Silas Williams
Blairsville
Cokeville
Apollo
Charles W. Cochran
Russell Smith
Miss June Brickell
Gipsy
Rex Brickell
Hillsdale
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Farm Extension News
Tuffold Nutt
Tuffold
Apring
Swagger
Value
Mannish
Molly Ann Dress Shop
Actrey
Edward B. Bennett
G. E. Simpson
Paul J. Syrastiff
Paul Lewis
First National Bank
Indiana, Pennsylvania
United States Obligations
M. J. Walsh
Paul J. Straitiff
Thos.h. Sheehe
Allen Kirkpatrick, Jr
H. B. Buterbaugh
Walter E. Scholes
Scholfield-Jennings
Luxenberg
Indiana County
Plymouth
Chevrolet
Edwards Motor Co
Court Way
Indiana, PA
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