Farm Extension News Warns Low Potato Yields and Curb Insects
Government report shows potato production at its lowest since 1925 with estimates 7% below five year average. County Agent Warner urges precautions to secure fair yields amid dry weather and weed pressure. Frequent shallow cultivations and regular spraying with Bordeaux mixture, insecticides, and nutrients advised. A potato field day is planned August 10 at Pollock and Sturgman farms with demonstrations, speeches by L. T. Denniston and Miles Horst.
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Warner
Bordeaux
Pennsylvania
Potato Growers Association
Extension Service
C. Pollock
Marion Center
Doyle Sturgman
Armagh
L. T. Denniston
Penn State
Miles Horst
Pennsylvania Potato Growers Association
Timely orchard and garden care tips from Penn State
The Pennsyl vania State College School of Agriculture offers advice on saving weak trees with bracing, preventing brown rot in peaches with lime sulfur sprays, and using sulfur dust. It also covers water garden practices, sterilizing utensils, spray programs for berry bushes, and hints for removing old wallpaper with baking soda in water.
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Pennsylvania State College School of Agriculture
Reunions and Picnics of Local Families
Brendlingers hold the sixteenth family reunion on August 5 at Round Top along William Penn Highway. Records praise their patriotism dating to 1763, with key figures in the Revolutionary War. Also noted are the Enterline Association reunion August 12 at Elizabethville Park and a Mauk reunion on August 26 at Ebenezer church. Additional notes cover local picnics, associations, and a birthday observance.
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Brendlinger
Round ‘Top
William Penn Highway
Wallbeck Crossroads
W. H. Brendlinger
W. J. Brendlinger
John Brendlinger
Christine
Walbeck) Brendlinger
Philadelphia
Germany
Brentlingers
America
John Brentlinger
John
Henry
Pennsylvania
West Wheatfield Township
Indiana County
Thomas Brendlinger
Brandywine
Epharata Monastery
John, Jr
Yorktown
Enterline Association
Elizabethville Park
Elizabethville
Millersburg
Pottsville
Ebenezer Church
Sprankle Mills
Jefferson County
Ebenezer
Punxsutawney
Cumney
Salvation Army
Cliffside Park
Matilda Battiehaugh
Penn Run
Fatal Abdominal Puncture From Hay Fork Accident
William G. Beatty a well known farmer of New Alexandria died Saturday from a hay fork puncture in the abdomen after a fall from a barn loft. Survived by widow Mrs Kina Beatty a son James of Jeannette two sisters Mrs Frank Dove and Mrs Mavery Wilson and two brothers Mr Kote Beatty and John Beatty. Details note a moving incident during hay handling. A Georgia woman over 100 recalls never seeing an automobile.
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G. Beatty
William G. Beatty
Iarminr
New Alexandria
Wisnay
Mra. Kida Mehride Beatty
Janes
Jeannette
Frank Dove
Saltsburg
Ffavery Wilson
Clairton
Koteerl Beatty
New Kensington
John B. Beatty
Ballin
Kipling’s Recessional Honoring Queen Victoria
The poem by Kipling, first published in the London Times on July 17 1897, celebrated Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee marking sixty years since her coronation. It earned wide reading from pulpits and challenged national pride, described as a sober hymn guiding reflection on responsibility.
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Kipling
Victoria Kipling
London Times
Queen Victoria
Waltman Barba
Britain
Rudyard Kipling
Music That Awakens Memory in Listeners
A Harper's Magazine essay notes music's power to revive memories and place a mood. Small motifs or beats can trigger recollections of songs, places, dances, and years gone by, as listeners drift into subtle reveries while others around them seem lost in the present.
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Harper's Magazine
Instinctive Cat Righting Reflex Confirmed by Experiments
Cats reliably land on their feet when dropped from various heights as experiments show. Researchers measured the falling reflex in the American Journal of Physiology, observing cats rotate their bodies by sequentially contracting fore and hind legs to orient themselves before landing.
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American Journal of Physiology
France tops world wine production with vast output
Among French counties most produce wine with only a few northern regions excluded. France yields over 1 billion gallons of wine annually, Italy ranks second in production and consumption. Australian wine surplus is comparatively small. Most Tiglian wines are beverage wines consumed young.
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Mast
France
Italy
To Get Rid of Crows
The article lists four crow species Florida crow fish crow southern and western crow and offers a cruel method using nails strychnine and paraffin to poison and destroy nests. It suggests placing axes in nests to deter predators and mentions Missouri Turmer.
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Mara
Missouri
Early Local Money and Early U S Coinage
Between the revolution’s end and the founding of the United States mint, spade currency was extremely rare in the new nation. Tokens, local cernos, and paper money persisted, with Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Vermont shaping the monetary basis of the era.
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United States
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Vermont
Fragmentary obituary or biographical note from Indiana history
Fragmentary OCR hints at a biographical item on Indiana's governor and related figures. Mentions Willi Vondrellis and Thea A. Hendricks with unclear roles, suggesting a historical political connection and later leadership positions. Details are garbled and names uncertain.
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Indiana
Willi Vondrellis
India
Daan A
Alfie
United Tilek Senate
Thea A. Hendricks
Spetnor
Venge Matis
Registering Voters Cost 12.3 Cents Per Vote in 1932 Countywide
A 1932 county tally shows an average 12.3 cents spent to register each voter with Registry Assessors paid up to five dollars daily and average assessor salaries at 44.25 dollars. Glen Campbell Borough’s 78 year old assessor led per voter costs at four cents, while Buffington Township No 3 averaged 43 cents per registration. Commissioners urged nine hour days as books were opened for 1983 registration and forewarned of possible county cost reductions. several districts were omitted from the table due to sealed ballot boxes awaiting court orders.
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Indiana
Glen Campbell
Buffington Township No
Aryeasors
Armstrong
Center
Green
Indiana Third Ward
South Mahoning
Salinburg
West
Wheatfield
Weddings of a Week Highlight Ros aiter Couples
Rosaiter couples headline a week of nuptials with multiple ceremonies in July. Pete Altimore and Irene Pallone wed in the Courthouse with local families noted. other weddings include Greensburg partners McConnell Mitchell Dunmire Pearce and Nicewonger Popik. Bower and Pearce married in Blairsville with officiant Ralph C. Brown.
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Pete Tony Altimore
Irene Mildred Pallone
Rosaiter
Register and
W. Ralph Cummines
Court House
Dominick, Altimore
Tony Pallone
Rosgsiter
Pearce Dunmire
Albert Smith Pearce
Blairaville
Ming Florence Lenora Dunmire
Robingon
Ralph C. Brown
Blairsville
Joseph Pearce
Sheldon Dunmire
Robinson
Bower-Pearce
Gust Bower
Lancaster
Martha
Pearce
Health Camp Personnel Selected for Indiana County Camp
Mrs. Jean Beck of Indiana named camp mother while Mrs Zena Beck Hoffman serves as camp cook and Misses Hdna George and Jane Thompson will be counselors for the four week Health Camp at Heilwood Hospital. Twenty five children will attend with state nurses Twila G Bottenhorn and Alice Graffius overseeing health. Milk from the State Milk Fund donated daily.
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Jean Beck
Indiana
Zena ‘Beck Hoffman
Hdna George
Jane Thompson
Indiana County ‘Tuberculosis Society
Heilwood Hospital
Twila G. Bottenhorn
Alice Graffius
Legal denial of rights endangers all individuals
A single case denying natural rights challenges the core premise of equal liberty for everyone. Legal denial of basic freedoms signals broader risk to civil rights protections and sets a precedent that could embolden limits on personal autonomy across society.
Yarnall Released on Bail in Wheat Field Shooting
A. L. Yarnall, 56, of Buffington township, was released on $1,000 bail after being held in connection with a July 11 shooting that wounded Francis Walter, 19, also of Buffington township. Walter and his father had claimed Yarnall fired over wheat ownership. Yarnall said he shot into woods after being stoned, the dispute over land and wheat rights having sparked prior quarrels. A stray line notes a home remedy about soap in water to keep flowers fresh.
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Walter
Luther Walter
Yarnal
Young Walter
Walters
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Crooked Creek
W. EB. Plesher
H. L. Davis
Edna Davis
Bridgeville
Roosevelt Garner Club
Cann Ress-a-While
Kettering School
Washington Township
Georgia
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Bateee
Blairsville No. Oe
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Clymer
Conemaugh
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West Mahoning North Mahoning Sears
Eter Eee
Montgomery Peter Tieense
Pine No. 1
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East Wheatfield
West Wheatfield
Sree
Altimore
McConnell-Mitchell
Oliver Sidwell McConnell
Hazel Louise Mitchell
Greensburg
Lawrence H. Bair
Frank McConnell
Mr. Pleasant
Walter Mitchell
Choma-Stewart
John Choma, Jr
Hazel Doris Stewart
Graceton
John Baycura
John Choma
Garfield, Stewart
Popik
Nicewonger
John Andrew Nicewonger
Anna Louise Popik
Heil'wood
W. Ralph Cummings
William Nice+ wonger
Barbara Stanwyck
Fiat
Arizona
James Dunn
Joan Bennett
Richard Barthelmess
Loretta Young
Thur
Constance Bennett
Joel McOrt
Hell
James See
Madge Evans
Raw
George O'Brien
Shakespeare
Henry VI
Barber Shop
Geo. D.leydic Oie
Peral
Dasire
Henry Ford
Ford
Sutton - Miller CO
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