Fruit Growers Annual Meeting in Indiana County
The Indiana County Fruit Growers Association will meet February 23 at 9:90 a.m. in the Court House basement with Penn State Extension specialist J U. fuel as main speaker. Several talks cover cold storage, roadside marketing, and pruning demonstrations at Clarence McHenry’s orchard. Dues, seed orders, and supply prices for lime sulfur, nicotine, arsenate, bluestone, and other inputs will be announced. A county wide potato field day is planned for August with seed and spray tests.
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Indiana County Fruit Growers ‘Association
Court House
Sharp
J U. Fuel
Penn State
Princ Pal
Ruef
A. Woodward Smith
Burrell ‘Township
State College
Br.a. Murray
Punxsutawney
Indiana Hotel
Clarence McHenry
State Horticultural Association
Paul Hopkins
R. B. Stutzman
Vert Blakley
Ward Overdorff
Tom Strong
John F. Pounds
James Patterson
Dougherty
Michigan
Maine
Norfolk
Extension Association
Doyle Stutzman
C. G. Pollock
Warner
Lancaster County
Forestry Meeting in Indiana County February 21
Forestry officials announce a February 21 meeting at the Court House in Indiana County at 10 a.m. to discuss a county wide plan for planting idle acres and reforestation. County Agent John W. Warner offers state forest seedling application blanks and bulletin 130 on idle land for reforestation.
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FT. Murphy
Penn State
Inndiana
Court House
Indiana County
John W. Warner
Forestry
Potato Growers Discuss 1934 Plans in Indiana County
The Indiana County Potato Growers Association held a meeting last week to outline plans for 1934. Attending were President J. I. Pyack, Vice President C. W. McCall, Secretary-Treasurer C. C. Poltlock, and other directors.
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Indiana County Potato Growers Association
J. I. Pyack
C. W. McCall
C. C.poltlock
Guernsey Breeders Meet at Elders Ridge in June Show Plans
Guernsey Creeders Association members met Friday at Clarksburg with Penn State specialist JR R Welch and County Agent J W Warner. They reported 185 cattle across 15 herds, 78 purebreds and 107 grades, plus 14 daughters of association bulls. Five purebred bulls and 22 heifers were sold this year. The 15 members own three outstanding bulls, including a son of Shorewood Resolute, National Dairy Show grand champion, and two from Jones herd at Sewickley Heights. They voted to hold a Guernsey cattle show and picnic at Fiders Ridge mid June with Joe Nageotte as judge. Officers: W F Barkley President, J G Henderson Vice President, A B Gray Secretary Treasurer. Members elect officers at the June meeting.
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Elders Ridge Guernsey Bull Association
Clarksburg
JR. R. Welch
Penn State
J. W. Warner
Welch
Elders Ridge Association
Shorewood Resolute
Sewickley Heights
Fiders Ridge
Joe Nageotte
W. F. Barkley
Livermore
John G. Henderson
Elders Ridge
A. B. Gray
West Tebanon
Grow Abundant Food in Vegetable Garden
Town gardeners and farmers value home grown produce as food supplies grow more vital in 1938. County Agent Warner urges liberal plantings of root crops, leafy vegetables, tomatoes, peas, beans, and corn from April to August. One quarter to half an acre can feed a family. townsfolk should select dependable crops like tomatoes cabbage onions and snap beans.
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Muany Larsers
Warner
Weekend Visits and Illnesses Across Plumville Area
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Frederick visited in Plumville with relatives Van Horne Douds and Walker families in Anricksburg. Thelma McColl of Dayton dined with Mr. and Mrs. Douds. Mary Piler spent time in Rural Valley, and the Millen and Potts families visited Indiana. Paul Ansley is home ill with flu as Mrs. Walker Rearigh hosted guests. Harry Brown and the Douds hosted visitors while Mrs. Songer’s illness brought Saltsburg kin to her.
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Lawrence Frederick
van Horne
G. R. Walker
Anricksburg
Thelma McColl
Dayton
D. W. Douds
Mary Piler
Valley
A. B. Millen
Joe Potts
Indiana
Paul Ansley
Walker Rearigh
Harry Brown
Pail Douds
Chicora
T Doud
Howard Livingston
Saltsburg
Songer
Mass Ablutions Dumb Dora and Ditto Exchange at Naval Academy
A lighthearted note from the Annapolis Log pokes fun at football players and the campus ritual of scrubbing down. The quip plays on the idea that players need scrubbing teams to stay clean after practice.
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Annapolis Log
Noted Men of Short Stature in Biographies
The article lists famous figures described as short or below average height. It cites Napoleon as 6 feet 2 inches and nicknames like the little corporal, the little giant for Stephen A. Douglas, and the little magician for Van Buren, among others. It also notes taller individuals and several writers and leaders famed for shorter stature.
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Napoleon Bonaparte
Corporal
Stephen A. Douglas
Martin van Buren
George B. McClellan
Abraham Hincoln
Little Mae
Little Napoleon
General Beauregard
Admiral Farragut
Oliver Wendell Holmes
John Paul Jones
Gen
Phil Sheridan
Beethoven
John
Swinburne
Whistler
Chaucer
Michelangelo
Chopin
John Milton
Robespierre
Alexander Pope
Savonarola
Thomas B. Macaulay
Charles Lamb
Ibsen
Thoreau
Thomas Moore
William H. Seward
John Quincy Adams
William Beery Channing
An Iceless Icebox You Can
A simple home icebox alternative uses a small lumber frame covered with screen wire and burlap. A water pan sits on top with a second pan beneath, linked by burlap strips soaked in water to drive evaporation. Placed in a breeze, evaporation chills the interior for cooling.
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Washington Star
Origin of the phrase hearing a pin drop at Lloyds
A London Post item recalls ship auctions once held at Lloyds Coffee House on Tower Hill where bids ended when a pin fell from a lighted candle. The dramatic moment, likened to a death-like silence, signaled the final bid and acceptance.
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Lloyd's
Tower Hill
London Post
Pumpkin-Headed Brides and the Pumpkin Pie Recipe Tale
A letter from W. B. recalls a tale of a naive bride who feared a grocer cheated her with a hollow pumpkin. The anecdote then shifts to aMaline tale where a husband’s aunt sends a large pumpkin with a recipe for pumpkin pie. The bride cannot use it because no pot can hold the vast pumpkin.
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W. B
Maline
Boaton
Mink Prejudice Justified in Dr Dearborn Work
Dr Ned Dearborn argues in Food of Fur Bearing Animals in Michigan that mink prejudice is justified as minks prey on muskrats, especially in winter when other animals are scarce. He notes minks burrow into houses and nests and lie in wait to kill, with a pair capable of destroying an entire muskrat colony.
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Ned Dearborn
Michigan
Jes
Wives Older Than Husbands Across History
The note cites several historical pairs where the wife was older than the husband, including Empress Josephine versus Napoleon and Queen Catherine of Aragon versus Henry VII, among others. It also mentions figures such as Mary Stuart, Jenny Lind, Disraeli’s wife, Anne Hathaway, and Mrs Warren G Harding as examples of older wives.
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Empress Josephine
Napoleon
Catherine of Aragon
Henry VII
Mary Stuart
Francia HW
France
Jenny Cind
Otto Goldschmidt
Disraelita
Ann Hathaway Shakespeare
Warren GQ. Harding
Bulldog Jaw Among Breeding for Breathing and Grip
The bulldog’s undershot jaw and retreating nose arose from breeding to aid breathing while enabling the dog to hang onto an adversary’s nose in bull baiting, reflecting the breed’s challenged anatomy and historic use.
Lincoln sermon by Dr John St Mellvaine 1938 service
The address delivers a reverent biographical reflection on Abraham Lincoln, tracing his pioneer upbringing in Kentucky and Indiana, his mother’s influence, humor, and enduring sacrifice. It portrays Lincoln as a steadfast leader shaped by hardship, faith, and the cross he bore, ending with a solemn comparison to suffering figures.
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John St Mellvaine
First United Presbyterian Church
Abraham Lincoln
For
Thomas Lincoln
Heaven
United States of America
Nancy ‘Hanks
Big South
Fork of Nolen Creek
Kentucky
Abe
Hanks
Dennis Hanks
Nancy
Lincolns
Indiana
Sarah
David Elkin
White House
Lincoln
Springfield
Willie
Tad
Ike Seward
Stanton
Lincoln the Great Common Man and Godly President
An oratorical tribute recounts Abraham Lincoln as a steadfast leader guiding the nation through its darkest hour. It highlights Emancipation, preservation of the Union, and Lincoln’s close ties to prayer, the Bible, and a covenant with God, ending with a solemn homage from contemporaries.
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Lincoln
Europe
Ald
Israel
Abraham Lincoln
Abraham
Sickles
Gettysburg
Battle of
Antietam
Lee
Maryland
Salmon P. Chase
Gideon Welles
John Breckinridge
Booneville
Indiana
United States
John Breckenridge
McClellan
Firat
Seward
Stanton
Greece
Alexander the Great
Rome
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Farm Extension News
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Plumville
Chey
the Savings Trust Co. of
Indiana, Pa
Frank B. Carpenter
God
Carpenter
John Hay
Joshua Speed
The
Jesus i Christ
Progress
Pittsburgh Daily Post Gazette
R.F.C
Post-Gazette
Pennsylvania
Cost
Thur
Ronald Coleman
Kay Francis
Warner Baxter
Marian Jordan
Warren Wiliam
Loretta Young
Wheeler and
Woolsey
Edna May Oliver
Blondie Johnson
Joan Blondel
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