White House Easter egg rolling recalls historic Washington event
The article recalls the White House Easter egg rolling on Easter Monday with 40 000 to 60 000 children attending last year. It describes the scene on the grounds behind the executive mansion, President Harding and Mrs. Harding greeting youngsters, and Laddie Boy the president’s dog mingling with the crowd. It notes the tradition dating to President Grant and mentions how the Marine Band added to the day’s festivities.
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White House
Washington
Executive Mansion
Wilson
Harding
Warren G. Harding
Hardnye
Leildie Hoy
Jackson
Grant
Marine Band
Poultry Flocks Turkeys Eggs For Hatching
Poultry specialists advise daily gathering of turkey eggs to protect them from predators like skunks opossums rats crows dogs and even snakes. Keep eggs for hatching near 50 to 60 F turn daily incubate while fresh and under two weeks if possible with date marks to avoid aging eggs.
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United States Department of Agriculture
PICKING DUCKS FOR BREEDING
United States Department of Agriculture outlines breeding practice for ducks. It recommends flocks of about thirty females with five or six males, later adjusting to one male per seven to eight females. Use active medium sized females weighing about eight pounds, prefer oily mature birds, and select checks with short necks and deep keel. Watch for watery eyes as weakness. Drakes have a coarser masculine appearance with four distinct tail feathers. Ducks should be sold by age two, though top breeders may exceed three years. Handle ducks by the necks to avoid leg injuries. Ducks lay eggs early in the morning. confine or pen them until about 9:30 to 10 AM to prevent pond or ground laying.
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United States Department of Agriculture
House of Pen
Vaccine search for fowl diseases under Kansas college study
Kansas State Agricultural College conducts extensive field and lab tests to evaluate a vaccine against fowl cholera typhoid and roup. Researchers led by Prof. F. R. Barnette report promising lab results but no vaccine is released yet as chemists cannot guarantee safety or efficacy at this stage.
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Kansas State Agricultural College
F. RB
Barnette
Producing Eggs in Winter for a Well-Bred Flock
A palatable mash for winter eggs uses bran gluten meal meat scrap crushed oats and cornmeal. Feed each hen daily two ounces of the mash plus one and a half ounces of corn and half an ounce of whole oats.
German and Scotch Irish mingle in Lancaster County history
In Lancaster County the pennsylvania German settlers and Scotch Irish neighbors mixed through the late 1800s. Churches formed at Mechanics Grove as Mennonites and Brethren communities established houses of worship. Over time land values rose and farming gains shifted with the changing population and settlement patterns.
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Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
Jacob Swart
Crawford
Mechanics Grove
Mennonite Church
New Providence
George Bucher
Church of the Brethren
Church of Unicorn
Mennonites
Nort
Cat Adopts Printer as Guardian After Long Pursuit
West Chester resident George Dale shows a feisty cat that shuns ordinary work by camping at his printing office. The cat first sought a job as a printing tourist but found none. After various escapades including a bag transfer by Levi Gheen, the cat returned to Dale's shop and remains the town’s feline proprietor.
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Dale
Levi Gheen
Gheen
Benamin Schwartz Makes Peculiar Tobacco Contract
Near Ephrata a tobacco dealer, Benjamin Schwartz, agreed to buy a farmer’s crop only if the farmer received a new Sunday hat at delivery. After argument, Schwartz agreed to provide the hat on delivery, but with the demand that the farmer bring a chicken as part of the contract.
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Benjamin Schwartz
Ephrata
Mr. Schwartz
Mr. Schwartz Fialy
Original Package and Interstate Commerce Law
The United States Courts ruled that an article imported into one state from another keeps interstate commerce protection, with the original package intact owned by the importer. This interpretation allows evading state laws by selling direct in original packages, impacting cigarette and commodity sales across differing state regulations.
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United States
Welsh tunes endure in Westminster cathedral services
Traditional Welsh melodies survive in Roman Catholic Westminster services. Organist Dr R D Terry recalls ancient tunes sung with O Salutaris hostia and Tantum ergo, some dating to pre reformation times. Welsh musicians preserve original harmonies in remote villages despite later revisions. Dr Walford Davies of the University of Wales advocates careful preservation.
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Westminster
R. D. Terry
David Lloyd George
Doctor Terry
London Daily Mail
Walford Davies
University of Wales
Seventh Son Belief and Eugenic Inheritance Explained
The piece discusses the seventh son myth of miraculous healing power and links eugenic theory to how children inherit intelligence. It notes that younger children of intelligent men may inherit more of their father’s intellect, with certain generations receiving matured mental traits as the father ages. Read the Record, $1.50 a year.
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Seach
Matt
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