It’s the Law Q and A on liquor and cigaret penalties
Pennsylvania penalties for illegally importing liquor carry fines from 100 to 300 dollars plus possible jail time, with higher fines for subsequent offenses. Possession of 200 or more untaxed cigarets can lead to fines up to 25 dollars per 200 and vehicle forfeiture for liquor transport but not for cigarets alone. A Sunshine Club dispute hinges on by law rules. review the club’s by laws to determine whether forfeiture or refunds apply.
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Pennsylvania
Caw
Farm Women and Farmer Events Calendar for March and April
A dense list of March and April farm related activities in Lancaster County. Meetings, auctions, shows, luncheons, and club gatherings are scheduled at Farm Bureau Building Lancaster various homes and community venues including Philadelphia Flower Show and Lancaster County Poultry Association Banquet with multiple Farm Women events led by named hosts across towns.
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Society of Farm Women
Farm Bureau
Lancaster
Pennsylvania State U
Philadelphia
Eugene Bare
Jean Pownall
Christiana
Robert Esbenshade
Lancaster County
Lancaster County Poultry Association
Hostetter
Mount Joy
S. A. Sheaffer
So Main St
Elizabethtown
Jeanne Breneman
Conestoga
Farm Women
Brickerville Fire Hall
Charles Weachter
Hopeland
Louis
Myrtle Tremblay
E. L. Herr Garage
Wakefield
Wyeth Laboratories
Marietta
Zian
Ephrata
Middle Octorara Presbyterian Church
George Reinhant
Estella Mower
Highville
Roy Eshelman
Farm Women Society No
Janet Muller
Glen Roy
Rural Homemaker’s Club
William Neyman
Oxford
Mountville Civic Center
Memorial Methodist Choir
Quarryville
New Holland
County Farm Women’s Society Executive Board
Henry Reist
Raub Supply Co
Monroe Hufford
Delp Road
McSparran Named State Ag Secretary in 1930
Lancaster County notes recall John A. McSparran of Furniss Drumore township as a longtime Grange leader chosen by Governor Gifford Pinchot to serve as Secretary of Agriculture. The piece recalls his temperate stance and influence in farming, his family’s continued prominence in county Grange leadership, and related local agricultural anecdotes from early 1900s to mid-1920s.
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John A. McSparran
State Ag
Lancaster County
Furniss
Drumore Township
Pennsylvania
Gifford Pinchot
Harrisburg
McSparran
McSparrans
State Grange
John ‘A
J Collins
Charles G
Fulton Grange No 66
Guernsey Association to Host 79th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia
The Pennsylvania Guernsey Association plans the 79th annual meeting of the American Guernsey Cattle Club to be held in Philadelphia. A Lancaster County Poultry Association barbecue is set for June 9 in Lititz.
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Pennsylvania Guernsey Association
American Guernsey Cattle Club
Philadelphia
Lancaster County Poultry Association
Lititz
Hertzler Farm Auction Highlights Prices and Items Sold
Cows sold from 108 to 252 dollars at the Norman Hertzler near Blainesport auction. Sixteen cows and a stock bull went for 93 dollars. Heifers brought 45 to 101 dollars, plus a tractor and cultivator at 700 and 115 dollars. Other equipment included a tractor cultivator 125 dollars two discs 55 and 61 dollars tractor plow 55 dollars grass mower 81 dollars hay 19 to 2250 dollars per ton a 1941 pickup 157 dollars a wagon 80 dollars and a dining room suite 69 dollars.
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Norman Hertzler
Blainesport
Tax Confusion as Pennsylvania Enacts Three-Percent Farm Sales Tax
Readers confront a newly enacted 3 percent sales tax in Pennsylvania affecting farmers across 17 categories from vehicles and clothing to food and hardware. Exemptions include farm purchases, electricity, and telephone service, with tax rates tiered from one to three cents per item depending on price.
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Commonwealth
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Lancaster Farming
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Law
F. K
Sunshine Club
W.H
T. J. Matthews
A. H. Burkholder
Quarryville Concrete Products CO
Thomas J. Matthews
Mgr
Oaklyn Band
Fulton Grange) Hall
Rothsville
Lititz Record Express
Sharp
Record-Express
Barton
Luther Sharp
Furnace Hills
Sales & Service
Ralph J. Fisher
Cochranville
West Grove
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