Fifty Years Ago This Week on Lancaster Farms Features
A Lancaster history page recalls fifty years ago at Manheim Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church the Feast of Roses with Ida Boyer of Harrisburg receiving a red rose and memorial address by state Librarian Thomas L. Montgomery. It notes past rent paid by W. S Brinton.
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Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church
Manheim
Ida Boyer
Harrisburg
William Henry Stigel
W. S Brinton
Lancaster
Thomas L. Montgomery
Lancaster Wrightsville intercounty bridge tolls top May 1931
May tolls on the Lancaster Wrightsville bridge over the Susquehanna River totaled 32 976.35 with motorists paying over $1 000 daily according to a Bridge Commission report. The item also recalls a fined driver for a traffic signal violation and various local notices from 1930s Lancaster County.
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Lancaster-York Inter-County
Susquehanna River
Columbia
Wrightsville
Bridge Commission
State signs bills aiding farmers with barberry eradication and poultry lab
Gov. Leader signed two measures benefiting agriculture. One allocates 30000 dollars to eradicate rust spreading barberry bushes. The other provides 35000 dollars to maintain and operate a regional poultry and diagnostic laboratory at Doylestown. The move underscores growing importance of the Commonwealth's poultry industry.
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Doylestown
Commonwealth
Ground breaks for Lancaster Poultry Center project
Ground has been broken and excavation begun for the Lancaster Poultry Center. The project seeks broad support from Lancaster County’s poultry industry with site selection and modern design aimed at benefiting the entire trade. Volunteer labor and judicious use of funds are planned to ensure timely completion.
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Poultry Center
Lancaster Poultry Center
Lancaster County
Lancaster County Poultry Association
Lancaster Poultry Exchange
Clockwork Confusion in Lancaster Farming on Time Use
A 25 year ago column recalls Manheim in 1931 rebelling against Daylight Savings Time and describes semi daylight time. The piece highlights zone-border chaos with Central and Mountain times, railway workers on Mountain Time, and widespread confusion among residents, livestock, and routines.
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Lancaster
Manheim
Lancaster County
Rudy Vallee
Farm Bill Receives Mixed Reactions and Timing Questions
A new farm bill draws praise and criticism with debate over its timeliness and impact on existing crops and harvest plans. The President calls it second choice, while the Agriculture Secretary says its constructive features outweigh drawbacks. Administration notes it will be administered and effects may take months to determine.
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Secretary of Agriculture
Fighting Paganism Lesson for June 10 1956
A sermon compares Christianity’s struggle with paganism to a river breaking through rocks. It notes ancient opposition in Ephesus, warns that pagan ideas remain, and contrasts church growth with liquor culture aided by distillers. IRS data suggest more liquor outlets than churches in the US.
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Christ
Galilee
Aleady
Ephesus
St. Paul
Apostles
St Paul
England
China
Spiri
Division of Christian Education
Natonal Council of the Churches of Christ
U.S
Community Press Service
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Lancaster Farms
By Jack Reichard
Manheim Church
Lancaster School Board
Rufus H. Hipple
Rapho
Newtown
Farmer
America
Dairyman’s League Cooperative Association of New York
Texas
Columbia-Wrightsville
Deltroxt
Henry R. Hess
West_ Willow R. 1
Lancaster Farmers
Hess
Pennsylvania State College
Samuel L. Sheaffer
Eden
John F. Shenk
Providence
Leslie I. Bolton
Drumore
H. H. Angle
Lancaster Tobacco Growers*s Association
Mrs. Landis
Farm Women’s Organizations
Jesse Huggins
Morrisville
New York
John C. Gibbes
Wyncote
Chouteau County
Mont
Freddie Turner
James Turner
Lawrenceville
Octoraro Newspapers
Quarryville
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