Civil Defense on the Farm
A five point farm program from the Federal Civil Defense Administration is outlined as key for farmers. It emphasizes family safety, keeping production, readiness to market, evacuee care, and helping others, linking farm resilience to civil defense principles. Lancaster County’s WWII production record is noted, with reminders that farm families have long applied civilian defense concepts.
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Federal Civil Defense Administration
Lancaster County
Godbye
What Makes Animals Sunburn in Summer
Sunburn in light haired or white animals comes from photosensitization caused by intense sun, long exposure, and chlorophyll in some plants. Purdue veterinarian Dr. F A Hall notes feeding dry hay reduces chlorophyll intake, while shade and night grazing help prevent the condition.
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F. A. Hall
Purdue
Docking tobacco buyers spark dispute in Lancaster County
In 1907 Lancaster County tobacco buyers set up docking practices, paying less for farmed tobacco delivered in supposedly marketable condition. Growers protested, proposing cash deposits and a growers’ organization to shield them from unfair treatment by dealers.
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Lancaster County
Bath tub belief guiding cottage project in San Francisco
Douglas Watson, a San Francisco builder of cottages, argued that environment affected cleanliness and vowed each new small cottage would include a bathtub to prove his point. A later inspection showed the tub earth filled while the garden thrived with fuchsias and geraniums. He notes toothpicks once came from quill pens in France, with a Paris factory producing 20,000,000 quills annually before conversion to toothpicks.
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Douglas Watson
San Francisco
Cdse
Watson
France
Paris
Why four Gospels Why four different gospel portraits
A compact study notes that the four gospels present one gospel story from four viewpoints. Matthew emphasizes Jewish readers and royal authority, Mark stresses action and power, Luke highlights humanity and compassion, and John portrays Jesus as divine Son of God.
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Jesus
Foreman
Mark
Christ
God
Luke
John
Jésus
Matthew
Heaven
Earth
Abraham
Matthew Bezies
David
Alfrithen Bi
Christiae Fier
Twenty five Years Ago in Lancaster County News
A historical column recalls a 25 year old outbreak on a Cochranville farm where 11 cows died and others sick from shipping fever, autopsies by vets described it as the worst case. It also notes wide tax evasion in fuel, with examples from Pennsylvania Illinois Indiana Louisiana and Idaho. The piece references a 1983 Lancaster County Tobacco Growers meeting at the Farm Bureau Room in Lancaster.
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Germany
Lancaster
Park Cape Land
Cochranville
Hickman
Jas Hogg
Atlantic Seaboard
Pinchot
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Indiana
Louisiana
Texas
Idaho
Lancaster County Tobacco Growers’ Association
Farm Bureau
Woolsorthn Building
Pre
Owner Fined After Gas Hazard Deaths at Arlington Apt
Baltimore, Md. The owner of an Arlington avenue apartment house, Nathan Harris, was fined $100 and costs on a charge of causing a gas installation to be made in such a way as to create a hazard to life. Two tenants in the apartment house died from leaking gas.
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Baltimore
Arlington Avenue
Nathan Harris
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Quarryville
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Alfred C. Alspach
Robert E Best
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Dreath
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Missouri
Belt
By Jack Reichard
Jamaica
Internal Revenue District
United States
New York
WB IK
SPEA
Micah
Kenneth J. Foreman
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