Richard's Oak a famed relic near Portes Bridge
The Portes Bridge oak known as Richard's Oak near the Lancaster line in Missouri is about five centuries old. It has drawn visitors from across the United States, inspired photos, and discussions of federal protection as a national tree.
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Richard
Aremen
Maryland
Aimerican
Oc Favurs
America
United States
Senasvaen
Mississippi River
England
South Africa
Department of Forestry
Washington
Do You Have Your Share According to 10 Statistics
The Pennsylvania Department of The internal Affairs reports Lancaster county holds total resources of 20,232,592,581.08, averaging 1,338.03 per person. State wealth is listed at 13,455,042,634.58.
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Pennsylvania Department of Theternal Affairs
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania
No Second Place For Him By Hiram Johnson Satire
Senator Hiram Johnson critiques radical movements in a post dinner speech noting shifts in ambition away from wealth toward nobler aims. A humorous tale follows in dialogue about Quag and Corn Wusk, misstatements of distance, and a painter comparing wages with a city office worker on a New York tram.
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Hiram Johnson
Cornelius Tusk
Old Corn Wusk
Quag
Jinks Hobson
Jinks
Sieger
Azarm
Oern Hawk
Hobson
Jim
Barthweather
New York
Hrick
Wall Street Journal
American Cutlery Exports Rise Demand in Americas
Foreign buyers show strong appetite for U S table cutlery with exports totaling 2.8 million dollars in the last year. Key markets include Brazil Argentina Chile Cuba and Mexico while Europe remains slower with Denmark and Norway smaller purchasers. The shift marks progress in U S high quality cutlery manufacture.
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America
Euirope
Norway
Yrchases Toiling
Brazil
Argentina
Chile
Cuba
Mexico
United States
Ingenious saffron imitation detected in imports
US Department of Agriculture chemists report a dyed substitute for saffron floodin g a recent consign ment from southeast Europe. The yellow dye uses crocus stigma like saffron but costs high due to over 4000 flowers per ounce. Analyses show red and blue dyed plant material misrepresented as dried crocus stigma.
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United States Agricultural Department
Furoepe
Czar's Carpets Offered for Sale in London
Ten Persian carpets once presented to Czar Alexander III then to the prince of Oldenburg are for sale in London at 2500 dollars. Report says they were rescued from the Bolsheviks with limited details leaked about their arrival aboard a British cruiser. Age estimated at about 120 years.
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Czar
Aleainder Thy
Persia
Prince of Oldenburg
Londen
Tingiead Py
Potato Center Or The Nation Potato Center Or The Nation
EH L Nixon of State College told the Lehigh county farm bureau in Allentown that Lehigh and Berks counties can become the nation's best potato growing region. He urged 100 percent spraying, better seed, and organized seed production to supply a national market, predicting the area could lead in potato quality and output.
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Lehigh
Berks Counties
United States
EH. L. Nixon
State’ College
Lehigh County Farm Bureau
Allentown
Berks
Nixon
Mir. Nixon
Lehigh County
Ile
Lancaster Manufacturing Company Incubators and Cedar Chests
The Lancaster Manufacturing Company of Lancaster Pa is noted as the largest producer of mammoth incubators in the world since 1914 with sales rivaling million eggs per season. They recently sold a 57 400 egg hatchery equipment package for about 10000 to Bird in Hand. The firm also makes cedar chests and toys from waste lumber. Assets exceed 500000 and they are expanding through a consolidation push among township schools led by ex Superintendent Thomas A. Bock visiting Lancaster County to advise on multi district systems.
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D Lencaster Manufacturing Company
Lancaster
Tnn
Thomas A. Bock
Chester County
State School Department
Lancaster County
Ephrata
Upper Leacock
Colerain
West Lampeter
Salisbury Township
Gap
East Hempfield
Rohrerstown
East Petersburg
Landisville
East Cocalico
Reamstown
Upper Lezcock
Parrot Polly Langston Dies at Fifty Three in Missouri
Polly Langston a native of Missouri renowned as a singing parrot with a vast repertoire including English and Spanish songs hymns and old tunes. Her owner refused a large cash offer from a circus while she recalled surviving a cyclone years earlier and later feared thunderstorms with escape behaviors.
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Polly Langston
Missouri
Polly
Loral
P.T. Barna
Standard table to unify child height and weight measures
A New York conference of the United States Children's Bureau Bureau of Education Public Health Service and educational unions discusses creating a complete standard table for child heights and weights. Current tables vary causing confusion and non comparable results. A committee will publish a uniform table to standardize weighing and measuring for better comparison and use.
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United States Children’s Bureau
United States Bureau of Education
United States Public Health Service
New York City
Wool Furs Gain Ground In Suit and Coat Lines
Article notes wool furs and wool fur fabrics become staple in fall lines. Sealskin-like wool furs, muskrat pelt imitators, and duvetyn trims show practical, handsome alternatives to real furs. A featured coat with narrow silk braid, bone buttons, and a slim bow belt highlights season’s style.
Rivalry in Bankruptcy Over Car Trade Sparks Reboot
In the ongoing dispute between Mrs God spur and Mrs Jibway the matter regarding who can own the finer car was interrupted by news of bankruptcy proceedings. The case may force a restart of negotiations and legal action.
Memorial Trees Honor Fallen Soldiers at Capitol Grounds
A Sacramento Sacramento Capitol grounds group of commemorative trees gains attention from visitors nationwide. The collection includes a red maple from Antietam Maryland a white elm from near McKinley’s tomb Canton Ohio and a white ash from Vidlka Mississippi among others. The American Forestry Magazine cites the display as a fitting tribute inviting continued planting of a walnut grown from nuts tied to historical sites.
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Capitol Grounds
Sacramento
Cal
American Forestry Magazine of Washington
Antietam
McKinley
Canton
Vidlka- Miss
Fragmentary antiquated quote on theater plans and chorus girls
A damaged snippet discusses an unclear scheme involving songs and chorus girls. The text references alley otter and a writer who supposedly devised a fool plot. The overall meaning is obscured and names or dates are not identifiable.
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Righard
California
Columbus
Him
Corny Husk
Berks and
Lehigh Counties
Fie
Nation Seed Center
THE
Lancaster Manufacturing Company
Taye
Tao
Lowell
Cascara
la Grippe
Jill
Home Music CO
W. King ST
Lancaster, Pa
Hollands National Permedy
Thomas & Son Co
Phila
Elmer Eby Tivitz
J. Fred Essig
Long
D.D.S. Lititz, PA
Main and
Cedar Sts
Lititz
E. B. Beck
Broad Sr
Lititz Bell
Joseph B. Wissler
Duke Street
Hershey & Giabel Conveyancers, Scriveners Real Estate and Insurance
Berens
Salas
Lod
Lititz, PA
J.B. Herr Notary Public
Keystone Underwear Co
Ind
Spruce St
Geo, L. Keith
Morteages
Wilis
Howards. Young Piano Tuner
East Orange St. Lititz, Pa
Hunt
Curtis Hensel
Cedar & Main Sts
Penna
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