Postmasters Urged To Ship Chicks Upright And Safe
Special Correspondent reports on Post Office guidelines for parcel post shipping of day-old chicks. Separately Secretary Lane plans to resign effective March 1, having led Interior since the start of Wilson’s term. Baker argues for universal military training and seeks $15 million for army air corps to boost aviation.
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Sam
Post Office Department
Lane
Interior Department
Wilson
Interior
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Germany
Baker
House Military Affairs Committee
Bakey
Army Air Corps
Mondell warns House on cutting expenses to avert panic
House Leader Mondell told the floor that the agricultural appropriation bill must trigger sharp reductions in government expenditures to avoid a financial panic and repeating the European crisis. He urged fiscally strict measures to prevent further economic deterioration.
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Mondell
Farm Bank Loans Halted By Supreme Court Action
Federal farm loan banks suspend new loans pending Supreme Court ruling on the farm loan act. Existing applications remain processed. Also noted is a passport fee increase to ten dollars under a diplomatic appropriation bill, with an estimated five million dollars yearly from travelers.
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U. S. Supreme Court
Farm Loan
Norris
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cuba
Diphtheria Booklet Aims to Guide Public Health Efforts
The U S Public Health Service releases a booklet to help parents, sanitary authorities, and medical staff combat diphtheria with modern treatment. The RECORD offers free copies as Supplement 14 upon request to Washington. Also noted is a public guidance pamphlet on mutton from the Department of Agriculture, and a brief remark about war taxes felt by Lititz residents.
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U. S. Public Health Service
Washington, D. G
Office of Experiment Stations
Record
Division of Publications
Dept. of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Tropical crops and prices in Winter Haven Florida letter
A Winter Haven Florida letter describes large scale watermelon and cabbage farming in Polk County, noting 1919 farm nettings of 250000 dollars, nurseries selling plants 65 cents to 1.25 each, and Polk County annual output valued at nine million dollars. It lists staple prices for foods and high rents and wages, with roads, climate, and fruit trees in bloom.
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A. B. Vogal
Lancaster New Era
Winter Haven
Florida
Barow
Polk County
Will Go To Mission Lands By Young Lancaster Man
Roy E. Myers of Lancaster, 21, sails February 15 from New York to aid Mennonite missionary work in Persia Syria and Palestine. He will handle trucks and tractors for missioners expanding farming in the Near East under Mennonite Relief Committee. Sixteen Mennonites already serve abroad. three from Lancaster County. Also noted is state action on Peach Yellows and Lancaster County Farm Bureau meeting set for February 16 with reports and officer elections.
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Roy E. Myers
Lancaster
New York
Persia
Syria
Palestine
Mennonite Relief Committee
J H. Mellinger
Eli G. Reist
Mr. Myers
Near East
C. O. Miller
Akron
David Zimmerman
Leon Myers
Lancaster County Farm Bureau
F. S. Bucher
Farm Bureau
Pennsylvania
E. K. Hirshman
State College
Chas. G. Gordon
Bolant
Garden plans for 1820 grow in Gulf Coast regions
United States Department of Agriculture experts urge early planting and continuous gardening to offset high food costs. In the Gulf Coast region, frost dates allow hardy crops like peas onions lettuce radishes and beets to be planted early with multiple plantings. Begin indoors with tomatoes eggplant and peppers, then transplant when warm. Maintain greens like spinach kale and turnips through late fall and early winter.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Gulf Coast
South Carolina
Georgia
Alabama
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
First barber shave at 88 ends Miller’s self-razor era
Harvey Fritz of a Waynesboro barber shop shaved Henry Miller, 88, marking his first professional shave after decades of self-razor upkeep. Miller had refused barbers for years, using the same hollow-ground straight razor for 57 years. Weakened sight and tremor led him to seek assistance.
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Harvey Fritz
Waynesboro
Henry Miller
Miller
Perhaps She Don’t Go Walking With A Coal Man
A Houston Post quip contrasts a lady’s complaint about six blouses sent to wash with her maid Mary’s sharp retort that perhaps the mistress’s daughter does not send as many, and perhaps she does walk with a coal man, implying different social conduct.
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Houston Post
Some Winter Rations for Laying Hens Recommended
Poultry experts at Pennsylvania State College advise a grain mix of two parts cracked corn two parts wheat and one part oats. Feed morning and night with a larger evening amount, plus a dry mash of corn meal wheat middlings bran and beef scrap. Keep grit and oyster shell available. sprout oats, but avoid mold. use cabbage or mangles and limit hopper access for heavy breeds to prevent overfat hens.
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Pennsylvania State College
Remembering Lancaster Inquirer Old Notes Cites 1880s Events
Thirty years back Lancaster County Mutual Hail Insurance elected Peter S. Reist president M D Kendig vice president and Dr J P Roebuck secretary. Early 1890s snow fell on Groundhog Day three inches. Copper prospects explored near Lititz as miners sank shafts on Isaac G Pfautz farm. Snakes and buds appeared with mild Warwick weather. Samuel Snavely killed a four-foot blacksnake on Millport Road. New Holland Terre Hill to be connected by telephone. Mrs Jacob Hoffman of Mt Joy made a quilt of 21422 patches. John G Nissley of Sporting Hill ran a corn shelter and chopping machine by windmill.
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Lancaster Inquirer
Lancaster County Mutual Hail I Insurance Co
Peter S. Reist
Lititz
M. D. Kendig
Manor
J. P. Roebuck
Isaac G. Pfautz
Old Warwick
Samuel Snavely
Millport Road
New Holland
Terre Hill
Jacob Hoffman
Mt. Joy
John G. Nissley
Sporting Hill
Akrons rise shows men power over natural limits
Natural advantages matter, but Akron Ohio proves the key is people. From 27,600 in 1890 to about 175,000, Akron became the world’s leading rubber center through persistent local effort, founder initiative, and loyalty to employers as highlighted by Elbert Hubbard on workplace allegiance.
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Akron
Ohio
Ohio City
Ohio Hill
B. F. Goodrich
Hastings
N. Y
Harvey 8
Firestone
Reading's cat mortality peaks in 1919 scavenger report
City Scavenger lists 2,567 carcasses removed in 1919 with cats leading at 1,036 deaths. Dogs total 804, followed by 421 chickens and other small animals. The ledger notes no stated cause for the feline spike.
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Reading
Local Farmers decry Potato Trust and price manipulation
Lancaster county farmers condemn a potato trust they say coordinates to keep prices low while crop is available and raise prices after buying up stocks. They cite $3.00 a bushel charged by handlers versus $1.50 received by farmers, arguing demand is normal after a good crop. Other notes link Keystone Maid egg record to falling egg prices while hog and pork prices stay high.
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Caim
Lancaster County
Potato Trust
Keystone
Charley Ream
Keystone Maid
H. C. of L
Must Rid Bugs to Save Walnut Crop in County
J G Rush of West Willow urged Lancaster County fruit growers to exterminate the attacking English walnut pest. He noted the insect threatens nut production and has consulted a Washington entomologist to pursue a cure. Rush, a nut cultivation pioneer, highlighted the stakes for local growers.
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Lancaster County
J. G. Rush
West Willow
Lancaster County Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association
Rush
Washington
Atlantic
California
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Vital Washington News
By Reymond H. Lecraw
the Rappard
U. S
Mission Lands
Bureau of Plant Industry
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Farm Bureau Meeting
Miller Rubber Company
Elbert Hubbard
Roycroft
Lusitania
Frit
the Donovan
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