Wool Pool Yields Higher Prices For Sheep Owners
The Sheep and Wool Growers Association reports graded wool sales with 25.20 to 25.26 cents per pound for fine and rejection wool. Pooling boosts average prices, while nonparticipants earned varied rates. The next event is the annual pure bred ram sale at the Indiana fair grounds, with entries limited to three-year-old or younger, all registered and inspected beforehand. A path to reducing farm fire losses is central fire departments with well equipped engines and trained volunteers, as state funded protection.
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W. B. Connell
Pennsylvania State College
Connell
Sheep and Wool Growers Association
Indiana Fair Grounds
Clayton Miller
Creekside
R.D
Court House
Fire Blight Complaints Hit County Agent Office
County reports flood in complaints about Fire Blight, a bacterial disease harming apples, pears, and quinces. Warn er notes dormant-season pruning and burning, warns against summer cutting, and cites wet spring as key factor. Bulletin 203 from Penn State advised.
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Warner
California
Court House
B. L. Nixon
Penn State
Mehoning Boy Hurt by Mowing Machine on Tuesday
Carlton Brothers of South Mehoning township report their son had his left finger partly severed by a mowing machine Tuesday morning. He was brought to Indiana for medical care and doctors expect to save the finger without complications.
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Mehoning
Carlton Brothers
Mr. and
Mire
W. G
Counties Lead Adams and Others in Farm Outputs
Adams leads in apple production with counties including Berky raising oats barley and pears while Bradford tops buckwheat hay honey and beef hives. Lancaster dominates corn wheat tobacco milk and farm assets. York excels in peaches butter eggs and fruit, plus livestock totals.
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Adams
Berky
Greene
Lancaster
Lehigh
Montgomery
Perry
Somerset
Westmoreland
York
Swamp Oak Reaches 350 Years Says Forestry Experts
Harrisburg June 28 One of Pennsylvania s largest swamp white oaks stands near Waterfall on the Fulton Huntingdon county line. Measured height 106 feet with a 78 foot crown spread after a 1926 height of 40 feet. Researchers led by Professor George S Perry estimate the tree at about 350 years old and note its rapid growth in well drained soils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Huntingdon
Fulton-Huntingdon County
Waterfall
George S. Perry
Forest Research ‘Institute
Holstein Breeders Benefit From Reduced Association Fees
At the annual Chicago convention the Holstein-Friesian Association of America voted lower fees. For 60 days through August 7 breeders may register pure bred cattle for seventy five cents and transfer for one dollar, regardless of sex age or membership. New members may join for ten dollars instead of twenty five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Chicago
Holstein-Priestan Association of America
Brattleboro
Vermont
Sheep Like High Points They Follow the Leader
A Los Angeles Times piece notes sheep instinct to climb high, seek elevated beds, and follow a volunteer leader. It warns herd behavior can waste time or end in trouble, and even a stranger can spark commotion before the flock learns the herder’s intent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Times
Many Species of Birds Eliminated From World
A Washington Star essay notes that many bird species have vanished through history. From the dodo to the great auk and passenger pigeon, numerous once real wonders are gone, with only museum specimens and writings left to recall their fleeting lives.
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Washington Star
Mauritius
Rodriguez
Kangaroo Island
South Australia
Pallas
Tahiti
New Zealand
Hawaii
Labrador
Butterflies Have Taste Sensitivity Far From Humans
Experiments at the University of Minnesota with over 200 butterflies from ten species show a butterfly leg is 1600 times as sensitive as a human tongue. Butterflies detect sweetness by dipping legs in sugar solutions, then extend their proboscis. Lower sugar concentrations reveal the detection threshold compared to humans.
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University of Minnesota
Montreal Herald
Fungus Spore Travels From Texas to Minnesota
A Kansas Cry Star writer notes a wheat rust spore from the égungus fungus can travel 5000 to 10000 feet, drifting from southern Texas to Minnesota. Attempts at immunization failed as discolored stalks showed a more virulent rust, due to an extra fungal form blown in from outside. Scientists warn immunization must target all 100+ subdivisions of the fungus to be effective.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Minnesota
Kansas
Morel Mushrooms Elevate Spring Meals With Distinctive Caps
Native morels appear in early spring in many areas. The sponge mushroom is celebrated for its ridged and pitted hollow cap. They are fried in butter or placed atop steaks, giving meat a unique identity.
Danish church bells no longer set to aid mobilization
Danish government drops law requiring church bells to be rung for wartime mobilization after pastors protest that the Folk church has outgrown the obligation to assist in war service. The action ends a long standing rule cited as outdated by church leaders.
Trigger Fish Bait Thieves Alarm Anglers in Southern Waters
Trigger fish frustrate tarpon anglers by stealing bait from crabs, leaving shells while the fish clean out the inside unnoticed. The thieves operate quietly as no cork float tremor signals the theft.
Weddings Across Town Tie June 22 to 26 Nuptials
A string of June weddings in Indiana County includes Rob ert Leroy Craig and Hannah J. Pluming at the Bolivar parsonage with a Parkwood home reception and serenade. Lamb and Velma May Robinson wed on a Rural Valley lawn. Fyock and Cramer unite in Indiana. Stadtmiller and Walney wed in Cherryhill. Banner and Wolfe marry in Saltsburg. Stiles and Ressler wed in Cramer. Harold Henry and Bernice Weaver marry in Vandergrift.
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Robert Leroy Craig
Mra
Bert Craig
Parkwood
Hannah J. Plieming
Clymer
Blair Fleming
Bolivar
Meriel Craig
Iselin
Eugene Barclay
Avonmore
Craig
Campbell House
Parkwood Road
Lamb Robinson
Velma
May Robinson
L. Z. Robinson
Rural Valley
Charles Dana Lamb
M. B. Church
Indiana
Mt. Union College
Alliance, O
Western Reserve University School of Library Science
Cleveland
Pikesville College
Kentucky
Ohio
Vienna
Stadtumiller-Walney
Albert Paul Stadtmiller
Kenneth William Banner
Selma Clark Wolfe
Saltsburg
Theodore Miner
Himer ‘Banner
William Wolfe
Harold Henry
Inaiana
Bernice Weaver
Punxsutawney
Homer Fulmer
Vandergrift
Dietrich
Mulvehill and McGrane Tie Knot in Greensburg Ceremony
Joseph Mulvehill of Seward and Margaret McGrane of Greensburg wed Thursday in Greensburg in a ceremony officiated by Rev. Father Linus Brugger. The couple will reside in Seward.
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Mulvehill-McGrane
Joseph Mulvehill
Seward
Margaret McGrane
Greensboro
Greensburg
iRev
Linus Brugger
Youth Patient Hit by Freight Train Near Blairsville
William Oakes a 19 year old of Burrell township is hospitalized in Indiana with a fractured pelvis internal injuries and lacerations after being struck by a freight train while walking on railroad tracks at the Bolivar ranch near Blairsville He was found semi conscious in a ditch by the train crew near Strangford U S Patent Office issued patent No 1 500 000
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William Oakes
Burrell Township
Indiana Hospital
Bolivar Lranch
Blairsville
Strangford
Social Visits Across Leechburg and Nearby Towns
Girty and Mrs. Charles Haney with daughters joined relatives in Leechburg and Plumville for Sunday gatherings while several Jamison families and friends visited kin in Kittanning Canton Vandergrift Mount Zion Sugar Run and Parkwood. Shoppers from Kittanning and a Canton trip were noted among the day’s brief mentions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Haney
Alda
Bernice
Doris
Leechburg
M. B. Smeltzer
G. R. Jamison
Marjorie
Carl
J. 'T. Jamison
Mary Huen
Clair
Frank Smeltzer
Mount Zion
Walton Smith
Sugar Run
Blanche Craig
Parkwood
J. T. Jamison
Local visits and family notices span Jerico and surrounding towns
A legacy of social visits fills Jericho with relatives and friends ranging from Pitcairn to New Florence. Notables include Miss Irene McElwee and Mina Pierce visiting, plus consignments of Brushvailey and Martinsburg families. A court hearing records Charles Howard pleading guilty to larceny, while lighthearted banter closes with a farm joke about broccoli and a lawn mower.
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Irene McElwee
Pitcairn
Mina Pierce
Scott Sprinkle
Brushvailey
Sprinkle
Nancy Howard
James (McElwee
Boyd McElwee
Bill Stone
Har
McClain
Miles
Muir
Charles Ayers, Jr
Leroy
New Florence
Howard Bassier
Paul Stonerook
Martinsburg
Bassier
Beulah ‘Rutter
James McElwee
Johnstown
Pearl Wakefield
Youngwood
Jacob
Bobby Wakefield
B. E. Croll
Robinson
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Craig-Fleaneding
Fyock-Cramer Nelson Fyock
Cherryhill Township
Mary Loretta Cramer
Brushvalley Township
John J. McIlvaine
Charles Fyock
David Cramer
Banner-Wolfe
William Walter Stiles
Luella Virginia Ressier
Cramer
Register and
W. Ralph Cummings
Clayton Stiles
Laury Ressler
Henry Weaver
U. S. Patent Office
Girty
Jericho
Susan ‘St.Clair
Lee Hospital
Ray Lichtenfels
Mike iRiffle
Charles Howard
Justice of the Peace
J. D. Hill
Shelocta
IR. D
Howard
Robert Riddle
Ernest
Jay Cook
Spinachi
Ned
Buchheit
Andy
MacThrift
Cliffside Park
PENNA
New
Ford Motor Company
Gulf Refining Company
Pittsburgh
Sutton-Miller CO
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