Farm Women Report From Society No 17 Meeting
Farm Women's Society No 17 met at Sara Stauffer's Dru more Center home. Members brought items for a Valentine auction and donations supported the Junior Band Uniform Fund and American Bible Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Women's Society No 17
Sara Stauffer
Drumore Center
American Bible Society
Harrisburg
John O’donnell
Catherine Kreider
Farm Women’s Society No. 16
Edith Mendenhall
Lucy Mendenhall
Harriet Graham
Lillian Hanna
Jennie Groff
Farm Women
George Leader
Thiomety
Bernard Pownall
Christiana
Drought and October Rains Cut Pennsylvania Farm Yields
State agriculture reports lower corn and potato harvests due to drought and heavy October rains. Corn yield about 42 bushels per acre, total 57.12 million, down 6 million from last year. Potatoes digging delayed, prices weak, potential unsold acreage. Wheat and oats forecast higher than last year, tobacco near 3 million pounds below last year. Hay below average, grasses aided by longer growing season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
State Department of Agriculture
Department
REA Estimates 3.4 Percent of U.S. Farms Electrified
The USDA reports about 4.78 million farms in the United States had central station electric service as of June 30 1955, up from 92.3 percent in 1954 and 77.2 percent in 1950. The Rural Electrification Administration counted 314 350 unelectrified farms, indicating 4 468 043 farms electrified under 1954 census totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
USDA
Central Station
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Rural Electrification Administration
Bureau of the Census
REA
Public scolding at library sparks notice incident
Witness reports a tense moment outside the public library as a man shouts at a woman who confronts him. An officer intervenes and issues a silence notice, calming the scene and preventing escalation.
The Reason First Boot and Second Boot Chorus Exchange
A humorous exchange about church choir participation. The first boot questions why singing stopped, while the second boot explains a Sunday absence and a chaplain inquiry about organ repair.
Rest- She quarrel leads to claim of all possessions
The excerpt notes a marital dispute over ownership of money, furniture, and clothes after a quarrel. It cites data showing rural electric service expansion in the 1940s and 1950s, with Pennsylvania and New Jersey farm electrification rates, and briefly mentions a hunger strike incident in Little Rock where prisoners bought candy before a 30 hour stoppage.
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Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Little Rock
Firemen Play On Ruins After Blaze
After a fire, the men are reported to have enjoyed playing on the ruins for hours, a detail noted in local coverage sparking remarks about their behavior.
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Germany
Anna
Mary Burkins
Mrs. O'Donnell
Mrs. Shaub
Society No
Farm Bureau
Lancaster County Farm Bureau
Cooperative Association
Dillerville Road
Manheime
New Holland
Quarryville
National Research Council
FORD
Conestoga Farm Service
U.S
Wenger & Sensenig Co
Paradise
Bangor
Elizabethville
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