Food Shortage Looms As Farm Labor Fades Across Nation
The article warns of a looming food shortage next winter due to a severe farm labor shortage. Drafted workers stay in cities for higher wages, leaving farms with reduced wages and acreage. In New England, farm hands may earn 52 dollars monthly with board, up from 42.50 last year, yet workers are scarce. Farms face desolation, tenantless fields, and lower production, while many rural residents move to urban industrial jobs.
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New England
F. T. Howard
New Jersey
Rasmussen
Harrisburg
America
Lancaster County
Far East
Asia
United States
Mystic East
Indian Ocean
Equatorial
Sumatra
United States Rubber Company
Million loafers in New York stir Chicagoan over cost of living
A Chicago reader blames New York and its million idle men and women for high living costs. He urges conscripting loafers into work in factories and laundries to transform consumers into producers, arguing for a surplus of labor and materials.
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Chicagoan
John A. Carroll
Chicago
New York
the Tribune
The
Tribune
New York City
Industriel
Hershey Plans Big Plant at Florin in Lancaster County
Hershey Chocolate Company officials announce a large sub plant for chocolate making will be erected at Morin Florin along the Pennsylvania Railroad. The site expands Flirin industrial capacity joining Bachman Chocolate and Nissley Swiss projects with a combined capital of several hundred thousand dollars.
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Hershey Chocolate Company
Hershey
Morin
Lancaster County
Pennsylvania Railroad
Flirin
Bachman Chocolate Company
Nisssley Swiss Chocolate Company
Chinese minister raised in Lancaster dies in China
The death of Rev. Hong Neok Woo, a Lancaster-born Chinese clergyman, occurs in China after a life bridging China and America. Born during Perry expedition days, he fought in the Civil War, served as a printer, helped found a free dispensary and St. Luke's Hospital, and ordained as an Episcopal minister in 1880. He lived 86, survived by wife, daughter Mary, a grandson, and three great grandsons.
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Hong Neok Woo
Lancaster
China
Woo
Captain Messersmith
Perry
Japan
Hong Woo
St. James’ Episcopal Church
Examiner
Shanghi
St. Luke’s Hospital
Reifsnyder
Cime
Emma Kline
Mary
Weather Rules Cited By Dr. Tomer In Meteorology
Dr W Tomer argues weather lore in Meteorology is not fully reliable yet offers rules based on observed patterns. He notes that rain timing and wind direction may predict next day’s rain or temperature, but does not disclose the main regional applicability or full certainty.
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W. Tomer
Household tips and brightening recipes for cleaning and decor
A vintage guide offers polishes for silver and brass, methods to care for lacquered brass and copper, and tips on home crafts. It includes making an electric powder, a silver powder mixture, plant mats from hot water bags, and candle care suggestions with practical hacks.
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Florin
Capt
Messersmith
Berks
Lebanon Counties
Chester
Columbia
Wrightsville
Susquehanna
Hart, Schaffner & Marx
Certley Clothes
Monroe Special
Fashion Park
Hirsh
North Queen Street
Groff & Wolf CO
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