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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Dec 16, 1955
Page
11
A Christmas sermon draws a parallel between Herod and those who miss the season due to secular motives. It reflects on belief, motives, and preparedness as essential to truly celebrating Christmas and receiving eternal life through Jesus Christ.
Reader Edwin H. Rohrbeck compliments the District 4H Baby Beef and Lamb Club show and sale in Lancaster Farming. Another reader, Mrs. J Earl Rice, expresses enthusiasm for the paper and interest in a one-year subscription.
Daniel Landis writes in Lancaster Farming readers should have a Lancaster County paper and asks to be added to the charter subscribers list with his name.
A reader urges Lancaster County paper to print more church events and local interest photos. The editor notes many churches and ministers make church news hard to cover, while promising to focus on agricultural news and farm topics.
1905 England unemployment soars as food shortages bite. Americans urge breaking up game preserves and farm labor to feed the hungry. Maine orchards decline with reforestation boosting wild game. United States wheat exports reach new varieties. Pennsylvania township supervisor election law changes take effect in 1906. An accident in Lancaster injures Henry Eschbach’s family. a hospital case in Waynesburg reveals a thermometer lodged in a man’s intestines for 33 years.
The article argues Jesus was fully human and prayed intently, drawing lessons for believers. It discusses motives, private prayer over formal rites, and praying in harmony with the Lord’s Prayer, urging personal, sincere communication with God over prescribed forms.
A reader reports receiving two copies of Lancaster Farming and asks for continued service. The letter includes a $106 check accompanying the request and asks the recipient to continue the subscription.
Rev. George D. Carnshaw Jr asks to enter a one year newspaper subscription. expresses satisfaction with the paper and appreciation for its value.
A reader asks for adding two names to the LF Denver mailing list for one year. David E. Reed expresses appreciation for the paper and requests inclusion.
A reader encloses one dollar for a one year Lancaster Farming subscription and notes a photo of himself feeding broilers in the Dec 2 issue. The editor clarifies the front page photo was a newsworthy shot by Grant Heilman, not a political portrait.
A reader asks to publish the same advertisement three times and encloses $1.00 for the first subscription price. The note questions keeping the proposal free of liquor and cigarettes.
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