Lancaster County Farmers Will Increase Production
Long report on Blakeslee questionnaires shows 40 000 responses from about 2 000 000 farmers. Many replies come from nonfarmers or disaffected owners, with Lancaster County cited as unlikely to cut output. Accounts describe profitless farms, lavish but wasteful spending, and mismanagement by absentee or profit driven owners, including fields left to rot and unpaid fair wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blakeslee
Lancaster County
Roses for the Home booklet offered free by USDA
The Federal Bureau of Plant Industry issued a free booklet titled Roses for the Home. It covers soils, fertilizers, planting, grafting, pruning and insect remedies with illustrations. Readers may request F. B. 750 from the Division of Publications, Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, D. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Plant Industry
Division of Publications
Dept. of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Manheim Woman Celebrates Ninety Sixth Birthday
Mrs. Fanny Stehman of Manheim marked her 96th birthday last week. Friends called throughout the day including Miss Fannie Mershey and Rev Lapp, missionaries from India, home on furlough. She received several presents such as oranges and grapefruit from her Florida nephew.
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Manheim
Fanny Stehman
Fannie Mershey
Lapp
India
Florida
Bandmaster Keener recalls Civil War era on Richmond visit
Old bandmaster Joseph Keener of Middleburg aged 82 recalls leading his band before President Lincoln and Admiral Dahlgren during the Civil War. He also led a grand review in Washington in 1865 as memories surface from historic events.
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Joseph Keener
Middleburg
Lincoln
Admiral Dahlgren
Richmond
Washington
Pigs Permit Rule For Elizabethtown Residents
In Elizabethtown all residents who keep pigs must obtain a permit as the town grows toward city status. A new cigar factory will be run by George Getz of Reading in Ephrata, linking with his Reading plant. H. Tressler of East Donegal directed Cameron farms to 5550 bushels of corn on 27 acres, equaling 102 bushels per acre.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Philadelphia
Elizabethtown
Ephrata
George Getz
Reading
Sam
Corr
H. Tressler
East Donegal
Cameron Farms
Local anecdotes mix theft, transport, and business notes
Two weeks ago a thief took many chickens from Frank Shatto's in Mt. Joy. Four days later the flock appeared to have returned, though their origin remains unknown. Walter Harrison of Pequea solved high transport costs by loading furniture on a motor truck to cross the Susquehanna to York county. A five dollar rooster arrived by express from Clinton Iowa for Aaron J. Miller of Strassburg, with the corn ears eaten en route. William Schooling of Mount Joy quits baking due to lack of help and aging. E G Brown of Gap buys the Belleu me hotel for drugstore use and lodging. Abram Roop of Christiana sells Kirkwood hotel property at Millersville to J E Brown for 8500 dollars.
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Frank Shatto
Mt. Joy
Johnnie
Army
Walter Harrison
Pequea
Susquehanna River
York County
Clinton
Iowa
Express
Aaron J. Miller
Strassburg
Mr. Chanticleer
E. G. Brown
Gap
Belleyue
Abram Roop
Christiana
Kirkwood
J. E. Brown
Millersville
12000 Egg Incubator Shipped to Clayton Martin in Ephrata
The I G Sprecher's Sons firm of Ephrata installed a 12 000 egg capacity Newtown Giant incubator for Clayton Martin near Reidenbach's Store. It is coal heated with a self regulating heater and of the latest type.
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I. G. Sprecher's Sons
Ephrata
Clayton Martin
Reidenbach
Strangers Skip Ephrata House Stay Then Pay Off
Two strangers left the Ephrata House without securing a room and departed the next morning without paying. J L Schlott tailed them and when challenged they agreed to settle the bill to avoid further trouble. Stephen Ansel of Reamstown devised a novel rat control by disguising a rat as a tarred cotton poodle and releasing it among others, causing the rats to disperse.
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Ephrata House
J. L. Schlott
Stephen Ansel
Reamstown
Hotel proprietor buys Park Avenue residence in Ephrata
Out of hotel business Jacob L. Schlott, longtime operator of the Ephrata House, has bought a Park Avenue home in the borough and will soon move in. Schlott recently sold the Ephrata House to merchant Abe Cohen, who plans to convert part of it into store property.
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Jacob L. Schlott
Park Avenue
Mr. Schlott
Abe Cohen
Heaviest of Porkers Exposed in Sea Sale Accounts
Reports recount exceptionally large hogs butchered at sea markets this season. Officials note unusual sizes and demand for better quality meat standards amid rising prices and local interest in shipboard butchery practices. Investigations continue into origin and handling.
Public Sale Yields High Prices On Farm Stock And Goods
Scott Gockley’s sale near Mt Airy saw turkeys at 83 cents per pound, apples at 6 dollars a bushel, onions at 4 dollars a bushel, and 40 shoats bring 1000 dollars. A Poland China pig belonging to EB S Kauffman weighed 71 1/2 pounds and was butchered by H C Gingrich.
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Annville
Krieder
Samuel Bomberger
EB. S. Kauffman
Lancaster
Mr. Kauffman
H. C. Gingrich
East Petersburg
Scott Gockley
Mt. Airy
H. T. Hacker
Crows Have Good Points
Lancaster New Era writer L. B. Huber explores why crows deserve sympathy in winter. He notes their food-scarce behavior, such as digging through snow to reach insects under bark and in orchards, while acknowledging crows also eat eggs and young poultry. He argues for understanding nature lovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lancaster
L. B. Huber
Edward Warley 95th birthday remembered in Pottstown
Edward Warley of Pottstown celebrated his 95th birthday. A Civil War veteran who fought at Antietam and Gettysburg, he was a cabinet maker and early Reading Railway engineer. He recalls prewar fuel use, wages of 50 cents for 10 hours, six cent eggs per dozen, Chestnut coal at $2 a ton, and sirloin steak at 6 1/2 cents per pound.
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Edward Warley
Pottstown
Antietam
Gettysburg
Reading
Record tobacco yield at Sporting Hill nine acres
In Rapho township near Sporting Hill two growers Ed Grube and Martin Eshleman report a nine acre field harvested for J D Eshleman yielding 16 052 pounds eight tons including wrappers and fillers. Martin produced 4 841 laths equal to 9 852 pounds wrappers Grube 3 547 laths equal 6 200 pounds wrappers Total weight plus fillers and scrap bought in early November by John Bear for A K Mann & Son at 18 7 and 4.
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Sporting Hill
Ed. Grube
Martin Eshleman
J. D. Eshleman
Rapho
Martin
Gruber
Grube
John Bear
A. K. Mann & Son
Deer Strikes Car in Franklin County on Monday Night
A.M. Kennel of Honey Brook motors, driving a new Dodge from Detroit, hit a female, nearly grown deer near Fayetteville in Franklin County. The animal died instantly when it sprang from bushes into the road. Kennel bled the deer, planned venison, but later left it where it lay, unaware of game law.
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A. M. Kennel
Honey Brook Motor Company
Dodge
Detroit
Pennsylvania
Fayetteville
Franklin County
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E. L. Bader
Atlantic City
James A. Brennan
Connellsville
Ursinus
Ursinus College
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The
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Interchurch
Carrie Johnson
Oxford
Willian Johnson
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William Lewis
Moonlight” Lewis
Wycombe
Doylestown
Wycombe Way
Troy
Sophia Taylor
Sophia
the County
Mr. Joy Baker
William Schooling
Mount
Joy
C.D. Levengood
Norristown
Columbia
Honest John Appley
Col. Shannon
Edward C. Shannon
111Th Infantry
John Lauder
Farmersville
Brownstown
David W. Royer
Jack O'Brian
Vaudevill
J. Robert Long
Frank Schneider
Fishing Creek
Quarryville
Stough
Canada
Henry W. Stough
American Legion
George Schaum
Legion
Queen Totel
Montreal
Frey
Chas. H. Frey’s Shoe Store
East King St
Tere
Wingert & Haas Hat Store
John A. Haas
N. Queen St
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England
Heinitsch’s
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W. W. Appel & Son Jewelers & Optician
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