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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1956
Page
4
A home bread recipe describes scalding milk with sugar and salt, melting Crisco, cooling, blending with warm water and yeast, then working in sifted flour to form a stiff dough. After two rises and pan proofing, bake three dozen minutes at 350 degrees.
Mrs Rebecca King describes a bread recipe using Fleischmanns Yeast sugar and shortening to yield about three loaves with two rises and oven steps. The column then shares tomato dishes and notes a large tomato harvest arriving at Lancaster County receiving stations with a sign off promising a return Friday.
Pennsylvania farm price indexes show a mid year climb after declines since January. The overall index rose about five points from July to August, nearing the 1955 high of 247 reached last fall. Crop prices jumped 18 points while livestock and products advanced for the third month. Meat animals and dairy products posted gains, poultry and eggs held steady, wholesale milk up 20 cents from July 15.
A total of 226,021 people visited Great Smoky Mountains National Park in May, raising the year to date to 553,663 visitors. Officials note this is 21 percent higher than the first five months of 1955 as vacation season nears.
The US Public Health Service reports 4 170 591 shots released, boosting June production to over 10 million doses. This amount accounts for more than one third of all vaccine releases in 1955, signaling rapid expansion of Polio vaccine distribution.
The Lancaster Chapter of the American Business Club announced the second annual Lancaster County Auction to be held October 12 and 13 at Lampeter Sales Pavilion. Cochairs Pontz and Deibert, with Marlin Albright handling consolidations, lead a team including auctioneers Deiter and Smith. Publicity by Herbert Mearing. refreshments by the XYZ Club and refreshments overseen by Roe and Kauffman.
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