Amana colonies in Iowa hailed as successful communism
A Cedar Rapids visitor describes five Amana villages near Cedar Rapids, Iowa, as the Amana colonies built by German settlers seeking political freedom. The community spans 10,000 acres, with each settlement running its own flour mill and wool factory, a common treasury, strict residence rules, and limited personal purchases. Notable economists such as John R. Commons and Richard Ely studied the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert M. Sorensen
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Walton
Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin
Mr. Sorensen
Amana Society
New York State
Buffalo
Middle West
John R. Commons
Richard T. Ely
KE. A. Ross
Amana
Weasels Invade Farm A Claims West Chester Property
A large colony of weasels invades the James F. Barry farm near West Chester, destroying guinea chickens and other poultry and killing rabbits and squirrels. Many rabbits found with throats cut. chickens killed in coops. An expert trapper will attempt extermination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James F. Barry
West Chester
Flood era deeds and berry woes in coal region
In Lebanon Conewago area two 18 year old colored boys and companions halted a passenger train when water logged tracks showed cinders and danger of wreck. The incident saved lives. Meanwhile the coal region faces a record berry crop failure as pickers are scarce and wages rise, Philadelphia and New York orders go unfilled, and only a few women remain to harvest berries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Conewago
William Williams
Philadelphia
New York
Penn State Telephone Sale Approved by Public Service Panel
The Public Service Commission approved the sale of the Penn State Telephone Company property to Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania. Property involved lies in Blair, Center, Chester, Clinton, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lycoming, Northumberland, Schuylkill and Union counties.
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Penn State Telephone Company
Bell Telephone Company of Pennsylvania
Public Service Commission
Penn State Company
Blair
Center
Chester
Clinton
Lancaster
Lebanon
Lycoming
Northumberland
Schuylkill
Union
City Acts to Avert Epidemic After Dam Breaks
At a conference with State health and water officials Lebanon city leaders moved to avert sickness after the loss of two of three South Mountain dams due to a cloudburst. Chlorination of dam No 2 followed flood-tainted water. residents were warned to boil all domestic water. Inspections of breaches in dams 1 and 3 prompted plans for immediate repairs. Burglars stole a 300 pound safe from Weis Pure Food in Renovo, breaking in Wednesday night, taking $75 in cash. safe found later and returned.
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Lebanon
South Mountain
Weis Pure
Renovo
East Renava
Paddy’s Run Bridge
State Road
James Bruno
27 Pound Snapper Caught in Lebanon County
Thomas Walter, caretaker of the Lebanon supply dams, and Frank Shirk of the Lebanon city water department caught two large snappers in the dam overflow. One fish weighed 27 pounds, the other 21 pounds, as the men show off the catches to friends. Four Sharp brothers over 80 met at Henderson G. Sharp’s New Wilmington home. youngest host was 81, others ages 82 84 and 86 with one brother having died in Andersonville.
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Thomas Walter
Lebanon
Frank Shirk
City Water Department of
Henderson G. Sharp
New Wilmington
Lawrence County
James Sharp
Morehead
Minn
J J. Sharp
United Presbyterian
Thomas Sharp
Andersonville
Cowden Sharp
Illinois
Myerstown eater drinks case of soft drinks and eats bulb
Cyrus Gingrich at the Green Parrot restaurant drank a case of soft drinks and ate an electric light bulb in 23 minutes, witnessed by several observers. A quoted local remark notes that the one who benefits most from religion is the one who keeps thinking about it rather than talking about it.
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Cyrus Gingrich
Myerstown
Green Parrot
Stocks Requiem: Dery Assets Sold in Bankruptcy
Securities with par value over $500000 once held by TD G Dery a Catasauqua silk maker were sold by the bankruptcy referee for under 5000. Dery once owned over 50 mills across PA NY NJ and VA and liabilities topped 8 million. The sale included 53000 receipts for 2 million Austrian kronen bought in 1919 and fetched 100. About 200000 shares of oil gold and other stocks sold for 500. One of three popular automobiles sold for 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TD. G. Dery
Catasauqua
Dery
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Virginia
Farm Calendar Auto Excursions Worth While
Seasonal note on farm education through automobile excursions and field days. Highlights on seed wheat variety improvements, parasite control for livestock, supplementing pasture with grain for dairies, and preparing fair exhibits with early planning to impress judges.
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Agricultural Extension Service of
Pennsylvania State College
Pennsylvania
First Lapse Fatal and the Border of Equity
A reflective note on ethics and truth, warning that crossing into inequity invites cascading failure. The passage invokes Maeterlinck to illustrate how one falsehood can trigger widespread consequences and treachery through many channels.
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Maeterlinck
The Cost of Carelessness in Auto Crashes
Automobile accidents rise across 74 cities with over 27 million people in February. 840 killed by cars in a month, a daily rate of 437 per million, about 15 deaths daily nationwide. Other fatalities from non vehicle causes and home accidents add to the toll. Pedestrian deaths skew male. children ages five to fourteen are the largest injured group. Most crashes occur at street corners and crossings, blamed on hurry and recklessness.
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United States
National Safety Council
Lene
Seedleaf Tobacco Crop Near Maturity in County Farm
On the Willian Wolf farm near Kramer's Mill in the Muddy Creek valley a five acre seedleaf tobacco crop nears maturity. Tenanted by S. W. Auker, much of it is topped, and a local buyer scouting for crops calls it the finest he has found in the northern end of the county to date.
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Kramer
Muddy Creek
S. W. Auker
Gibble Family Reunion at East Petersburg church of the Brethren
The eleventh Gibble Family Reunion set for Thursday August 6 at East Petersburg church of the Brethren features a morning session from 9 30 to 11 00 with leaders Elam Weaver M G Forney Ira D Gibble and H Kaylor and afternoon program 1 to 3 30 with speakers and chorus plus a lunch invitation. A Hertzler family reunion on Hartz Farm near Morgantown follows as the first meeting for planning a permanent annual gathering with no fixed program yet. Additional items include brief literary notices and quotes from Cornel and Thomas Campion.
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Gibble
East Pettersburg
Church of the Brethren
Elam Weaver
Hym
M. G. Forney
Ira D. Gibble
East Petersburg
H. Kaylor
Martha Young
I. G. Mentzer
Amos
Thotcenstein
Gibblé
J. H. Longenecker
Hast Petersburg
Hertzler
Wold
Hartz
Jacob Hartz
Conestoga Creek
Morgantown
Cull Liars From Layers Institute Urges Twenty-Five Percent Hens Cull
The Blue Valley Creamery Institute reports about a quarter of Lancaster county farm hens are nonlayers and should be culled. It urges flock thinning by night checks of pelvic bone width and vent moisture to separate layers from nonlayers, noting July August decliners are poor producers.
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Lancaster County
Blue Valley Creamery Institute
Institute
Great Majority of Men Think They Think
A Hoys' Life excerpt asserts most men overvalue thinking while preferring action. It claims 40 percent of thinking is idle self-justification, with little room for creative thought. The piece critiques accepted beliefs in religion, politics, and patriotism as borrowed and unexamined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoys
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Towa
Bach
Palm Beach
W. H. Buch
Penn State
Bell
Lebanon County
Eben
Uncle Eben
Washington Star
the County
Cornel
William Congreve
Thomas Campion
Record Printing House
Lititz, PA
Layers Institute
Haarlem
Long & Co
Lawrence Hawthorne
Delaware
F. H. Becker Harrington
Del
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