Farm Calendar and Folk Ways in a Dated Chronicle
Farm notes advise pruning grape vines to eight to ten buds per cane and limit each vine to fifty to one hundred buds. Pasture reseeding should occur after frost, with acid lime lined and light fertilization. consult the county agent. Chick care requires milk products. legumes in wheat should be honeycombed for good seed lodging and inoculation. soybeans boost soil fertility. An old fisherman claims a method to catch snapper using meat and a cord, guiding the fish to shore for capture.
Harrisburg Game Code Changes Stir Rural Controversy
A stormy session in Harrisburg addressed expanding hunting licenses and land access. Proposals raise hunters to a full dollar, extend tenant hunting rights, strip wardens of firearm authority, and alter season dates for groundhogs blackbirds reedbirds wild turkey and raccoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House Committee On Game
Harrisburg
Game Commission
Unusual Nescopeck Borough Noted for Unity and Clean Records
Nescopeck residents view their Model Borough as exceptional in Luverne county with a 1600 all American population and no foreign-born residents. The town has no bonds or loans, solid treasury, five churches paying about 1500 dollars to each minister, well kept streets, shade trees, and a law abiding record with no police department and no court cases in Luzerne county for months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nescopeck
Luverne County
Luzerne
Halls Catarrh Medicine Ad Promises Long Use
An old advertisement claims Halls Catarrh Medicine has been used for 46 years to treat catarrh. It describes ointment components and benefits, mentioning selling firms and locations. The fragmented text references Cheney company and a London style delivery, with claims of blood purification and relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catarriz
Joeal Apuli
Quaker Church Preservation Move Nears Completion
Yorktown Chapter D A R and York County Historical Society push to preserve the Old Quaker Church built in 1763 in York. Budd son Electric Light Power Co plans to close a purchase of the church property. The groups aim to relocate the quaint structure and use it as an information visiting site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yorktown
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
York
Wrightsville couple marks half century of marriage
Mr and Mrs Thomas Abel of Wrightsville celebrated 50 years of married life. The couple, who have 16 children including Sheldon Abel and Raymond Abel, 21 grandchildren and one great grandchild, have strong roots in Wrightsville. Mrs Abel was born in Springfield Ohio in 1850 and lived in Rohrerstown before moving to Wrightsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max
Thomas Abel
Wrightsville
Abel
Springfield
Rohrerstown
Lancaster County
Hight
Sheldon Abel
Columbia
Thomas Abel, Jr
Howard Abel
Henry Abel
George Kinard
Charles H. Myers
A. L. Green
Raymond L. Abel
Pittsburgh
Ancient Cockroach Found In 1849 Lock In Kansas
In Atchison Kansas Jim Byram and John Robbins opened an iron safe for the first time in 20 years. A cockroach inside the lock revived after being disturbed, raising questions about its age and how it survived since 1849. Professor Charles Kennedy remains cautious on the life span claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Kennedy
Anthracite Mining Returns to Lebanon County
After a 29 year lapse mining will resume in Cold Spring township Lebanon County with 240 acres under lease to A F Wolfe and Joseph G Saricks. Royalties are 56 35 25 and 10 cents per ton and drilling is set to begin within a month as land valuation appeals continue before the Supreme Court. The area includes holdings once valued at 5 million by county commissioners and owned by the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon County
Lebanon
Recorder Miller
John Harper
A. F. Wolfe
Wolfe Colleries ‘Co
Joseph G. Saricks
Freeland National Bank
Freeland
Cold Spring Township
Supreme Court
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Co
Why Mothers Worry About a Young Girl’s Health
An old advertisement urges mothers to guard a girl through four stages of life. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription as strengthening, preventing collapse, and restoring health for weak stomachs. Liquid or tablets offered with a 10 cent trial solicitation from Buffalo New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Pierce
Tuyalida
Buffalo, N.Y
Household sale items bring high bids at Bareville auction
The sale of Mrs. Peter Wagner's household effects in Bareville drew a large crowd. Bids topped 14 for a chest, 37 for an old bureau, and 8 75 for a Pikes Peak flask. A secret drawer yielded 25 in gold and a cream pitcher sold for 10. A land tract on West Fulton street, Ephrata, was sold to David S. Fasnacht for future mill development. Mary R. Shiffer became head nurse at the US Veterans Hospital in Oteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Wagner
Bareville
Elmer Groff
Buch and Myers
Ephrata
David S. Fasnacht
Fulton Streets
J. J. Baker
Et. al
Filton Street
Six Months Mail Lost Readers in Alaska Mail Route
A Moravian missionary laments two annual mail deliveries to Klein Weika and Quinhahagah, Alaska, after a mail bag vanished in a storm. Letters from children, a merchandise parcel, and a periodical were missing, leaving the family with deep distress and seeking sympathy for delayed correspondence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kuskokver
Alaska
John Wi
Quigillingok
Bethel
Klein Weika
Saxony
United States
Christian Heralds
Herman T. Frucauff
Allentown
Hing
Towns that have Sew NAMES along the Pennsylvanian line
The article notes many Pennsylvania railroad towns changed names to avoid duplicates. It lists former names for places such as Harrisburg, Sunbury, North Bend, Middleburg, Hershey, Bloomsburg, McClure, Ephrata, Shrewsburg, Strasburg, Marietta, Andersons Ferry, Huntingdon, Duncannon, Petersburg, Newberry, Coburn, Whethel m, Nisbet, Wyside, McVeytown, Lewisburg, Narberth, Elm, Du Bois, Watsontown, Chester, Dalmatia, Miltee, Montandon, and more. It explains changes aimed to reduce confusion and expense from identical town names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvana
Pennsylvania
Arrisburg
Louissoure
Sunbury
North Bend
Renova
Mary Wolford
Middleberg
Lewistown
Swinefordstown
Hershey
Derry
Fittsburghs
New Yorks
Sitting Bull in York and the Buffalo Bill Exhibition Tour
The article recalls Sitting Bull visiting York with Buffalo Bill Cody and a Wild West show around the 19th century. It notes the government tour to Washington, the presence of Annie Oakley and other notable West figures, and the use of the Deadwood stagecoach relic in the exhibition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gertrude Bonin
York
Col. Williams
Cody
Buffalo Bill
Nate Salisbury
East King Street
Sitting Bull
West
Buck Taylor
Frank Powell
White Beaver
Annie Oakley
Johnny Baker
Cowboy Kid
Col. Burke
Deadwood Stage Roach
Con
Ball
Cuban Visiting Etiquette
A fragmented note outlines street visiting etiquette in the Ma han home. It mentions parsel rows of chattes and cues for Wee tub, indicating guidance on manners during visits and social flow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mahan
Deiminds Parstel
Wee
Mennonites Report Over 1 060 000 For Relief Funds
Levi Mumaw of the Mennonite Central Committee Scottdale office notes a strong relief drive for South Russia with cooperation from the American Relief Administration. A collaboration began in Moscow in 1921 with signed agreements enabling Mennonite relief across sections regardless of race or religion. The ARA finances food deliveries up to 120000, with Mennonites to provide at least 15000 monthly through June 1923, continuing management and transport support from the ARA.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lervett Hoover
S Roadway
New York City
Scottdale
Mennonite Central Committee
Mennonite
South Russia
Levi Mauman
Mennonite Publishing House
Entive
Treas
A. RB. A
New York
A. R.A
Russia
American Relief Administration
Moscow
A. J. Miller
Grantsville
Mennonite Committee
Miller
American Mennonite Relief
Scott‘tale
Myr
Mumaw
Levi Mumaw
Secy-Treas
Mennonites
Frank C. Page
Origan Relief Administration
Breadway
Mr. Page
Philadelphia
Entit
Sec’y-Treas
Read Lititz Endorsement of Doan’s Kidney Pills
Emanuel Ditzier a Lititz shoemaker testified that Doan's Kidney Pills eased his back pain after years of soreness and fatigue. He said a short course cured him and he has had no trouble since. The ad notes the pills cost 60 cents at dealers and urges readers to ask for Doan's Kidney Pills from Foster Milburn Co Buffalo N Y.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lititz
Emanuel Ditzier
Shoemaker
Spruce St
Doan
Dnan
Mr. Ditzler
Foster-Milburn Co
Mirs
Buffalo
N. Y
Brethren Church Work Begins In Intercourse
Intercourse Church of the Brethren prepares to build a new church this spring. The up building will be torn down and a 72 by 46 foot structure with a Sunday school room will be erected. Riemesderler named head contractor to supervise carpentry work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Church of the Brethren At
Intercourse
Riemesderler
First Requisite for Hersiem
A fragment notes a principle of sincerity as essential in a stated context. The text mentions a festive mood and a commitment to genuine intention, emphasizing authenticity as foundational.
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. H. Buch
Lititz Fire House
Lititz, Pa
Pennsylvania State College
Weat Chester
Tost
Nouse Committee
Ed Prophet
Keystone Exchanges
the County
Mary R. Shiffer
General Hospital
Lancaster
United States Veterans’ Hospital
Oteen
N. G
State Policy
Dces
Central Committee
Scotsdale
Mr. Hoover
Mennonvite Central Committee
Frank CC. Pag
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