Grain Stacking Expert Yeakel Sets Longtime Record
O B Yeakel of East Greenville Montgomery county stacks grain on Calvin Graber farm for 33 summers. He built 10 stacks averaging 1 400 sheaves each season totaling nearly 370 000 sheaves on the Graber farm and about 100 stacks on other farms with only one collapse. A British all wheel drive tractor with three driver wheels is praised for even soil support and stability.
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O. B. Yeakel
East Greenville
Montgomery County
Calvin Graber
Graber
Yeakel
Graber Farm
Natthanke B. Keely
Popular Mechanics
Maryland's Founding by Lord Baltimore and Statehood
The article recounts Lord Baltimore's drive to establish Maryland after securing a royal charter from King Charles I. It explains the grant terms two Indian arrows yearly plus a fifth of mined metals, the hereditary rule until 1776, settlement at St. Mary's in 1634, and Maryland's rise as the seventh state in 1788 with 12,327 square miles and eight presidential electors.
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Maryland
Lord Baltimore
London Company
Virginia
Potomac
Charles I
Henrietta Maria
St. Mary’s
Baltimore
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Pennsylvania towns pursue separate land tax assessments
Scranton and Pottsville clubs push new local tax reform empowering two second class cities to invoke separate land and improvement assessments. The aim is to shift heavier burden onto landowners under the state law as drafted, with officials citing equity and revenue needs.
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Pennsylvania
Engsalvania
Scranton
Péttst
Sys
Agricultural Trust Co. likely to pay depositors in full
Reports suggest the Agricultural Trust Co of Lancaster will settle depositors dollar for dollar. Examiner findings may show assets equal deposits, while the liability for stolen securities remains unresolved. Capital pledged supports full payout and stockholders bear first loss under bank department rules. Local veteran farmer Daniel B. Schaeffer cuts vast wheat and hay yields. he sits on a Fleetwood bank board.
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Agricultural Trust Co
Lancaster
Charles D. Zell
Agriculural Trust Co
Daniel B. Schaeffer
Wheat Harvest and Straw Bales Report from East Petersburg Field
Levi Huber harvested 171 bushels of wheat and gathered 200 bales of straw from a 444 acre field near East Petersburg. The Record offers subscriptions at $1.50 per year.
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East
Petersburg
Levi
Huber
Almanacs From 1769 to 1778 Passed Down In Bern Township
A. Z. Rieser of Bern township Berks county owns almanacs dated from 1769 to 1778 in good condition. The volumes were originally the property of his great great grandfather John Jacob Rieser of Bern and handed down through generations. Visitors from a distance often wish to inspect these historic books.
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A. Z. Rieser
Bern Township
Berks County
John Jacob Rieser
Bern
Moravian Cemetery Tract in Lancaster to Become Playground
Permission granted to use the Moravian cemetery tract in Lancaster for a children recreation center. Owned by the federal government, the site will host a Kiwanis Club led playground improvement featuring large trees and planned improvements for local youth activities.
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Lancaster
Uncle Sam
Kiwanis Club
Executors Named In Manheim Probate Affair
Ada H. Carper is identified as Administratrix and Amos G. Hamaker of 137 South Grant Street Manheim Pennsylvania is named as Executor in the probate notice.
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Amos G. Hamaker
South Grant St. Manheim, Pa
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