Various News From Pennsylvania Rural Counties
Special investigators report Hessian fly damage leaves one third of wheat ruined in Snyder Union and Northumberland counties. York records 477 marriage licenses and 5 divorce actions since January 1. Bones found near Gettysburg beside battle relics suggest a fallen soldier. Perry county farmers discuss a storm fund association. Emma L Davis wins typing contest at South Bethlehem Business College. Florence M Brobst shows high typing speed. Detective White pursues murder suspect Claybaugh. Harrisburg mayor refuses reimbursement for his hat blown off in chase. Foxes kill many turkeys in Walker township. several farm flocks partly survive. Legislature refunds counties $26,000 for noxious animal bounties, funds to cover past claims. A Greensburg man offers a seven-ingredient longevity recipe emphasizing simple living and hard work.
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Snyder
Union
Northumberland
MacKulton
Ernst
York
Gettysburg
Vermont
Perry County
Farmers’ Storm Fund Association
South Bethlehem Business College
Emma L. Davis
Seidersville
Walker Township
Huntingdon County
H. J. Robb
Samuel Yocum
Chalmey Robb
Greensburg
Derry Township
Destroying the Woodchuck or Ground Hog
State Zoologist H A Surface warns that woodchucks may injure fruit trees and grain fields in summer. He cites gas fumigation as an effective but dangerous extermination method, advising caution in cultivated districts and noting local objections to disseminating the technique.
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H. A. Surface
Surface
Pittsburg
Doped Candy Investigation Launched By State Food Bureau
Dairy and Food Commissioner Foust announced a major probe into cheap candies sold in Pennsylvania. About 300 samples from 42 counties will be analyzed by chemist Dr. Chas H. La Wall with results to bulletin form for public information.
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Dairy and Food
Foust
Food Bureau
Pennsylvania
H. P. Cassidy
Philadelphia
H. L. Banzhoff
C. C. Linton
Commonwealth
Chas. H. la Wall
Bureau
Stocking the River With Black Bass Planned
Efforts to stock the Susquehanna river with black bass on a large scale gain approval from the Federal Fish Department after Congressman W. W. Griest raised the issue. Lancaster county will distribute application blanks as thousands of bass are set for planting next year, continuing improved bass fishing from government consignments in recent years.
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Susquehanna River
United States
W. W. Griest
Federal Fish Department
Lancaster County
State Fish Department
A Bird That is Feared in South Germany
The elster or Pica candata is a ravenlike bird about the size of a dove with black and white plumage and a long tail. It nests in orchards and is treated with awe, as three sightings on a home roof are taken as a death omen, and its cries when passing over a sick person predict death. Farmers fear retaliation if disturbed, yet the bird is a valued insect destroyer likely offsetting the fear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Germany
Cursing In Korea and the Grandchild Insult
The Oriental Economic Review notes Korean and Japanese swear terms, highlighting a unique exchange where insults focus on kinship. A Korean speaker demands you are his child or grandchild, leading to back-and-forth retorts about generations and finally a crude line comparing someone to a grandchild of a dog.
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Korea
Gemma
Oriental Economic Review
Chosen
Servants In Turkey and Origin of Dukes
From the Chicago Journal and New York American excerpts the piece notes Turkish servants treated as children by mistresses, no fixed wages, and rewards by masters. It also traces the title duke to Latin dux, describing early Saxon army leaders rising to nobility by victory and brute force allied with courage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
Chicago Journal
New York American
Colored Hailstones Past and Present Across Regions
The passage recalls red and blue hail from Castlewellan County Down in May 1885, with red staining skin when crushed, and notes a Minsk incident five years earlier. It cites mineral salts as coloring agents and mentions varied hail shapes and hues observed in Europe and Russia.
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Great Britain
Castlewellan
County Down
Minsk
Russia
Rome
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John A. Nauman
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J. H. Weaver
U. S. Army
Col. Theo. Roosevelt
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Philip Rudy
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Wertsch Jeweler
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PENNA
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Fulton Studio
Ce O Amos
Metal Hingles
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S. M. Huber
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Rothsville
Cbacl
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Waverly Oil Works Co
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M .M. Souders
Leading Farmers’ Hotel
Sorrel Horse Hotel
A. B. Adams
Prop’r
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