Indiana county shines at State Farm Show milk exhibits
Indiana county exhibitors earned top honors at the State Farm Show. The Indiana Dairy Corporation placed second with a 96.2 score in pasteurized milk, while Supplee-Willstone 8 of Philadelphia won first. Clyde Houck of Purchase Line took second in raw milk, with Marion Center’s John Walker and Taylorsville’s R. G. Boucher following for third and fourth. Medals and prizes totaled to exhibitors including Houck, Walker, and Boucher, with many others scoring well among 168 milk show entrants. The report highlights 4 H, potato, and other agriculture entries plus extension course offerings and statewide education options.
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Co-operative Diry
Ayde Houck
Indiana County
Warner
Indiana Dairy Corporation
Supplee-Willstone
Philadelphia
Clyde Houck
Purchase Line
John Walker
Marion Center
Taylorsville
Houck
Walker
Boucher
Dairymen's Cooperative Sales Association
Charles F. Glasser
Quay McMillen
Clymer
B.D
W. G. Campbell
Armagh
Marion Walker
Bud McElhoes
C. H. McCall
White Township
Keystone
Pennsylvania Potato Growers Association
Pennsylvania Dairymen's Association
BR. B. Stutzman
Hast Wheatfield Township
Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association
Clayton Miller
Washington Township
Indiana County Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Potato Growers to Hold Annual Meeting in Court House
The Potato Growers Association will meet Thursday January 26 at 1 30 PM in the Court House. L T Denniston will discuss cutting production costs while others from White township East Mahoning and Banks township will share farming insights. Orders for certified seed and carload pricing announced.
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Court House
Potato Growers Association
Ll. T. Denniston
State College
Bert Blakley
Parkwood
H. McCall
White Township
Brown
East Mahoning Township
Paul Hopkins
George Elbel
Banks Township
J. S. Fyock
Green Township
Doyle Stutzman
East Wheatfield Township
Tt. B. Stutzman
Maine
Michigan
Marion Center
Rooma
Indiana
Sheep and Wool Growers Annual Meeting in Indiana
The Indiana County Sheep and Wool Growers Association will hold its annual meeting at Zion Lutheran Church in Indiana on Friday February 3. The morning session features officer elections and reports, followed by a noon roast lamb dinner. An afternoon program includes W B Connell Penn State extension specialist and films from the U S Department of Agriculture. County Agent J W Warner and M C Stevens will discuss lamb marketing, with a round table on sheep issues. Reservations due by Thursday noon February 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zion Lutheran Church
Indiana County Sheep and Wool Growers’ Association
Lutheran Church
Indiana
W. B. Connell
Penn State
U. S. Department of Agriculture
J. W. Warner
CG. M. Stevens
Producers Livestock Commission Association
Pittsburgh
Community Notes From Spruce Area Weekend Visits
Mrs. Harry Cameron stayed with her brother Prof. D. D. Patterson in Commodore. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Yarnell of Pine Grove visited Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bowser Wednesday. Salem Sunday school Comrade class held a business and social in BH. A Biss home Saturday evening. Lizа McDonnell and Jay Davis visited Mrs. Tom Kirkley on Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. James McCurdy were weekend guests in Asa McAnulty home. Mrs. Florrie Long visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. John Repine Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. David Dunmire and yon were guests in Asa McAnulty home. Rev. McKnight visited friends Tuesday. Dale McDannell recently stayed with Wim Lamer near Pine Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Cameron
D. D. Patterson
Commodore
Frank Yarnell
Pine Grove
Samuel Bowser
Salem Sunday School
BH. A. Biss
Liza McDonnell
Jay Davis
Tom Kirkley
James McCurdy
Asa McAnulty
Florrie Long
John Repine
David Dunmire
Yon
Asn. McAnulty
Rev. McKnight
Dale McDannell
Wim. Lamer
Shady Hollow social calls featured family and friends
Recent callers at the R J Siverling home included Mr and Mrs Waldo Ellenberger and Guy Siverling. L M Henderson visited the Moorhead home while Una Prugh works in Indiana. Royden Fulton and sons Junior and Charles spent the weekend in Youngwood. Steela Henderson and Lois visited New Kensington. Beulah Munshower and Gertrude Scott called in Pittsburgh. Mrs Fulton is able to be out again. R J Siverling made a business call in New Kensington. Steele Henderson visited Plumville and Sagamore.
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R. J
Rochester Mills Visitors and Indiana Calls
H H Tryen and J R Hilder called at Glen Campbell on Friday afternoon. Mr and Mrs Charlie Moodey of Pittsburgh spent Saturday night with Mr and Mrs Ivan Miller. Mr and Mrs H H Ryan Mrs L R Elder and daughter were Glen Campbell visitors Friday evening. Tvan Miller was an Indiana business caller on Saturday. Mrs J C Lemmon was Saturday afternoon caller in Indiana. Mr and Mrs Wilbur Carnahan and daughter Mr and Mrs Roy Spon and three children of Indiana spent Sunday afternoon with relatives. H H Ryen was a Punxsutawney caller on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Tryen
J. R. Hilder
Glen Campbell
Charlie Moodey
Pittsburgh
Ivan Miller
Work
H. H. Ryan
L. R. Elder
Tvan Miller
Indiana
J. C. Lemmon
Pass the Cough Drops Joke from London Opinion
A London Opinion quip recalls a medical crisis moment with a man playing a mouth organ who swallows a cough drop and a doctor urging calm. The exchange turns on humor about being grateful the incident did not involve playing the piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Astronomer Learns at Greenwich in Early Era
Greenwich observatory began its career on a historic date as Charles I ordered updated celestial tables. John Slam steed was appointed astronomical observer, tasked to craft new tables with a $600 annual salary and free instruction for two bluecoat boys. His initial observatory stood in the Tower of London while a vast star catalogue grew, later dwarfed by modern counts of billions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenwich Observatory
Charles I
John Slamsteed
Ordinnce
Duke Humphrey
Greenwich Park
Tower of London
White Tower
Nanaas City Times
Army Equipment For Medieval Battle Fray In Graz
In Graz, capital of Styria, the Landeszeug haus preserves enough medieval arms to outfit 14,000 men. Spears, swords, helmets, mail, axes, and armored suits are kept ready, though none fit a modern six-foot frame. The gear once served Austrian mercenaries and troops defending against Ottoman incursions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graz
Styria
Europe
Melville B. Grosvenor
National Geographic Magazine
Stamps for Reparations and a World Class Collection
A famed stamp collection built by Count Philip von Ferri aria, duke of Galliera, valued in the millions, funded by a weekly ten thousand dollar spending bag in Paris. After his 1917 exile to Lausanne, the French seized the alien property and sold 25,000 individual stamps at public auction over four years, raising thirty seven thousand dollars to aid German reparations.
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Philip von Ferrari
Duke of
Galliera
Paris
France
Lausanne
Berlin
Inherited Life Span Seen From Sex Life Data
Science leans toward heredity as a major factor in long life. A detailed family study traces birth and death dates for 2,859 members, showing long-lived parents tend to have longer-lived children. Fathers and mothers living to eighty yield offspring averaging fifty two years, while those dying at sixty produce descendants averaging thirty two and eight tenths years.
Modern Slang Expression Honky Tonk Origins
The term honky tonk described a Lime House type restaurant with cheap music and lower class attractions. It traces to venues in London and Paris during war era where Chinese influenced music with deep drum bass accompanied dancing girls and opium, shaping the phrase used for such halls.
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Limehouse
London
Ancient Caravan Routes From China Toward Hindustan
The text outlines historic caravan paths eastward from China through Perala and Khucagan to Balkh, up the Oxus to Pamir plains and Kashgar Yarkand Khotan, crossing the Gobi to Tangut near the Great Wall. An alternate sea-linked route went via Hormuz. Side routes linked Samarcand Bokhara, with Timurid era policing strong enough to return a lost purse. women allegedly traveled unguarded.
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China
Perala
Khucagan
Balkh
Oxus
Pamir
Kashgar
Yarkand
Khotan
Gobi Desert
Tangut
Great Wall
Iq Ching
Hormuz
Persian Gulf
Samarcand
Bokhara
Famerlane
Tax burdens should fall on local government, not state
In a historical defense of tax reform, the writer argues that genuine relief comes from cutting local government costs. He recalls Rehoboam to condemn arrogant officials who ignore public sentiment and urges voters to replace them, insisting the main savings come from township, borough, city, and school district budgets.
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Rehoboam
Harrisburg
Progress ad on Papyrus and early book materials history
The article traces ancient book materials from papyrus, parchment, and vellum to early paper. It notes papyrus as the oldest material, mentions pergamentum, and explains the spread of paper from the Orient to Europe via Arab influence, highlighting the naming of paper from papyrus and the sequence of materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Egypt
Pergamon
Asia Minor
Orient
Europe
Central Asia
Weddings Of A Week In Sharp Midwestern District
A sequence of marriages reported from January with partners from Marion, Andover, Blacklick, Armagh, Blairsville, Latrobe, Youngstown, Pittsburgh and Mars. Notable unions include Ethel Wyncoop with Howard Pritchard, Margaret Prettyman, and Byrerly Johnston, among others. Grooms and brides listed with parental tracing and officiants.
Youth's Importance to Future of the World
A reflection on the value of every child and the potential they hold for future gifts and noble acts. The narrator cites a 1798 French moment where a condemned man urges care for children, suggesting even amid terror a child may save a country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Joby Morley
Foster Daughter Wed In January Ceremony At Clymer
Livermore and Miss Oliven Foster daughter of Mr and Mrs William Foster of Cokeville were united in marriage at Clymer on January 18 by Rev G W Riner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack McFenter
Robert Walter Mack
Buffington Township
Martha Rebecca McFenters
Armagh
Harry H. Smith
Andrew Mack
Warren McFeaterg
Byerly-Johnston Rica Arnold Byerly
Youngstown
Helan Loughner Johnston
Latrobe
Blairsville
Ray Pittman
William Edward Ray
Pittsburgh
Edith Evelyn Pittman
Mars, Pa
Register and
W. Ralph Cummings
Court House
Shirley Cunkelman
Clair James Shirley
Mary Eugenie Cunkelman
Salisburg
Saltsburg
Cornelius C. McNary
Saltsburg U. P
George C. Shirley
George Cunkelman
Saltsbury
Livermore
Oliven Foster
William Foster
Cokeville
Clymer
G. W. Riner
Community Ties In and Around Apollo Area
Local residents share a busy week of visits and calls. Names include J H Christy D A Rupert J C Sphrecengost Mabel Rupert Miss Justeen Christy Todd Christy Charles Maney Vandergrift and Mt Union Bible group. Weekend and weekday calls span Apollo Girty Leechburg Indiana Plumville Vanders dgrift and Anita.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Sphrecengost
Apollo
Annie
Mabel Rupert
M. B. Smeltzer
A. M. Jamison
Anne Rupert
J. J. McKnight
Vira
George
Justeen Christy
Todd Christy
J. H. Christy
Kane
Indiana
J. R. Jamison
Merle
J. T. Jamison
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Farm Extension News
Pennsylvania State College
Spruce
Shady Hollow
Rochester Mills
Stara
Y Gifford Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Girty
New Kensington
F. W. Stepp
Near Brick Church
D. A. Rupert
H. J. Johns
Tom Yates
Plumville
Charles Cramer
Anita
J. Keener
Vera Johns
Maxine Schrecengost
Laura Keener
Robert Dunmire and Sons
Vanderegrift
W. A. Stepp
Margaret Ellenberger
Paul Henderson
Delbert Wright
Girty School
W. J. McKnight
J. R. Smith
Betty Roberts
Harold
Howard Phillips
Pace IN
Spencer Tracy
Marion Nixon
Mack Holt
Jerror Sexier
Miriami
Moran
Mack
Ruth Chatterton
San Francisco
Sing Sing
Billy
Leroy
Chicago News
Hoover
Deacon" Litz
Pharis
Pri
Eerry
Deacon” Litz
Indianapolis Speedway
oHere
McGregor & Thomas
Water Street
Penna
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