Rainmaking and Rainmakers in Agricultural Life
A letter from Harold H. Neill describes cloud seeding and the IAMO weather modification program amid drought. He notes recent rains in Nebraska and Iowa, reports corn prospects improving, and observes alfalfa hay and gardens thriving while weather patterns seem influenced by cloud seeding.
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Harold H. Neill
Iowa
Iowa-Missouri Weather Modification Operation
Spain
South America
Omaha
Ned
Weather Bureau
USDA
Lancaster County Faces Ongoing Fire Risk After Dry Spell
A period of frequent brush and grass fires has left Lancaster County exposed to renewed danger as spring clean up begins. Officials urge caution and careful burning to prevent further outbreaks.
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Lancaster County
Caution urged after near-tragic county highway crash
Repeated warnings on farming gear use on highways referenced after a southern county collision. Several vehicles piled up when one car struck another pushing it into a tractor and hay-baler. Damage was extensive but injuries were slight. Emphasizes ongoing safety.
Sam's Farm Price Props vs Egypt Middlemen
The piece mocks U S farm price support, noting Egypt buys farmers wheat at 2 dollars a bushel and sells to millers at 3 or more, earning a healthy margin, while Sam suffered a 44 cent loss per bushel on price supports in late 1955.
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Sam
Egypt
Omaha
Nebr
Daily Journal-Stockman
Lightning Claims Lancaster Farmer Fifty Years Ago
Fifty years ago this week a fatal lightning strike killed Henry Matz a young farmer in Alleghneyville Reading Pa. A sister Sallie and grandmother Mrs Sallie Messner survived. Four cows were killed by a thunderstorm near Octararo Church. A Harrisburg home saw a fatal burn from a lightning strike. A Lancaster warehouse fire followed lightning. A dated note explains milk souring under electricity with a New Orleans Times Democrat quote.
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Lancaster County
Henry Matz
Alleghneyville
Reading
Sallie
Sallie Messner
Lancaster
Wilson Wright
New Orleans Times- Democrat
Accidents and Fire Hit Lancaster Farms in 1931
Twenty five years ago on Lancaster area farms several accidents were reported. John Olmsted was kicked by a horse while unhitching, Edgar Peters fractured his jaw and cheek in a mule kick, and Everett Kreider suffered leg bruises from a mule. A barn on Tobias Shenk’s Colemanville farm burned from spontaneous combustion, destroying crops and tools but saving livestock and nearby buildings.
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Lancaster Farms
John Olmsted
Colerain Township
Olmsted
Elim
Edgar Peters
Peters
Lancaster General Hospital
Everett Kreider
Harry Kreider
Drumore Center
Lancaster
Tobias Shenk
Amos
Colemanville
Four Calves Born From One Cow at Lancaster Farm
At Benjamin Garber’s Lancaster farm near Mt. Joy the cow gave birth to four fully developed calves. State dairy experts said it is a rare event for a cow to deliver two pairs of twins simultaneously.
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Lancaster
Benjamin Garber
John Ganl
Mt. Joy
Christ as Saviour Here and Now Across Three Paths
The piece argues Jesus saves men from sin not hell, offering rescue from self and bondage. It outlines three means: bearing sins, inspiring moral imitation, and transforming the believer into a continual host to the Lord, with biblical and literary echoes.
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Hell
Heaven
Christ
Foremar Saviour
Hordern
St. Paul
North Carolina
United States
Junaluska
Jesus Christ
ABC
Jesus
Zacchaeus
Division of Christian Education
Churches of Coral
Community
Press Barvive
Pigeon Returns After Three Mile Hike In Vista
In Vista California a crippled homing pigeon owned by 13 year old Rickie Hill traveled three miles to reach Dale Anvil, 13, after Rickie traded the pigeon for a parakeet. The incident follows the earlier loss of the bird.
House approves defense appropriation bill by unanimous vote
The House passed the administration defense appropriation totaling 33,635,066,000 dollars, about half a billion less than President Eisenhower asked for.
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House
Eisenhower
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