It’s The Law Q&A on Names and Mail Theft
A reader asks about using a stepfather’s name after not being legally adopted and the effect on marriage. The answer: no right to use the name without a court change, marriage remains valid, and a later name change requires proper procedures. A separate case notes a parent embezzling a minor daughter’s mail and cashing a check. emancipation and lack of authority mean potential legal action for the daughter.
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Lancaster Farming
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Quarryville, Pa
Ent
Oak Wilt Declines in Pennsylvania Aerial Survey
Oak wilt in Pennsylvania has declined again this year, with about 40 locations observed after eight flight days, roughly one tenth of last year’s total. Half of the sites are in Perry County, and by mid July inspections should cover every county.
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Pennsylvania
Thomas L. Guyon
State Bureau of Plant Industry
Perry County
Honey program season may bring free bees to watchers
The article notes springtime as the start of a honey program and hints that a swarm of honey bees could be obtained at no cost by attentive readers.
Firecracker Use Legalized for Scaring Birds in State Orchards
Harrisburg reports Pennsylvania farmers may use firecrackers to deter birds damaging crops. Secretary W L Henning notes allowances under Act 325 with strict adult handling and required special permits. Firecrackers are tied to ropes and detonations occur at intervals to scare ripening corn apples cherries and grapes.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
W L Henning
George M. Leader
The Business Man's Silent Rise and Rest
A concise reflection on a business man who steadily advances for years and when progress pauses he regresses. The piece frames forward momentum as continuous effort, then notes the tendency to slip backward without sustained drive.
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Montreal
Mexico City
Province of Quebec
St. Lawrence River
Office Provincial de Publicite
Quebec
M.M
Martin’s Hadwa‘e
Farm and Home Supplies
Bareville
Leola
Landis Stone Meal CO
White Lilly
ALL Purpose Minerals
Rheems
Elizabethtown
Quarryville Concrete
A. H. Burkholder
Ety
John F. Weaver Co., Inc
Fulton Bldg
Lancaster
Lititz
D. L. Diem & Sons
Donald C. Walter
Willow Street
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