Unusual 54 inch chicken hawk killed in McClintockville
W S Schubert of McClintockville killed a 54 inch wing tip to wing tip chicken hawk during a barnyard round. Shamokin will see its first woman candidate for Tax Collector Miss Quaila Baylor daughter of the late Dr Baylor of Shamokin will run in September pri maries. The Reading Fire Department oldest volunteer company since 1773 celebrated 148th anniversary at Odd Fellows Temple. Anthony Cataldo of Elwood City ate eight dozen raw oysters after a dinner at Peter Lassari's home and declared he could eat more. He topped the six dozen with twenty four more oysters as a bet.
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W. S. Schubert
McClintockville
Shamokin
Quailla Baylor
Dr. Baylor
United States
Odd Fellow’s Temple
Reading
Reading Fire Department
Anthony Cataldo
Elwood City
Cataldo
Peter Lassari
Lassari
Waterloo
Catal
Cowless Milk Produced in Boston as Cowless Dairy Dream
A synthetic milk made from oats peanuts and water was demonstrated in Boston by Dr Earl B Carr and Dr G E Carn forth of the New England Sanatorium Melrose. The five minute process used a sausage grinder and cheese cloth to create a white pulp and a washable, digestible beverage claimed safe for babies.
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Henry Ford
Boston
Mass
Earl B. Carr
New England Sanatorium
Melrose
Carr
G. E. Carnforth
Harsh Advice on a Hen with Egg Eating Habit
The article urges owners to kill a hen that eats her own eggs and other hens eggs by ax. It suggests the depraved appetite may form from watching others and notes lack of food or grit as possible contributing factors.
Proper Shelter for Sheep in Wet Seasons
Animals do not require expensive buildings but must have protection from wet weather. A shed open to the south with a well drained yard provides excellent quarters to house sheep.
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Sheen
Hershey Foundry to Convert 6 Acre Tract for Employee Gardens
The Hershey Foundry Co. of Mannheim plans to turn a 6 acre tract into employee gardens. Lancaster Milling Co. mill near Lancaster operates day and night, accepting all wheat offered.
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Hershey Foundry Co. of
Manheim
The
Lancaster Milling Co
Lancaster
Ephrata Druggist Closes 42 Years in Business
G. Royer, a well known Ephrata druggist, ends 42 years of service on April 1 as he begins his 43rd year. A Japanese spaniel owned by Mrs. Perkin in Ephrata died of heart failure after a near miss by a speeding car. The original Mennonite meeting house at Landisville, built in 1742 and now a dwelling, predates the village by more than 60 years.
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Royer
Ephrata
Landisville
Jacob Minnich
$75,000 Boys Home Under Construction at Masonic Homes
A new boys home on the Masonic Homes grounds at Elizabethtown will be named for donor Captain W. Harvey Brown of Pittsburgh. He will finance construction, with final cost possibly reaching 75000 dollars.
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Masonic
Masonic Homes
Elizabethtown
W. Harvey Brown
Marietta Man Receives Potatoes From Montana
John Bollock of Marietta received a box from his son in Grass Range Montana containing Blue Victor and Mountain Range seed potatoes and tobacco. Farmers along the abandoned Lancaster Oxford and Southern Railway line will soon recover land taken for the right of way with nearly 50 properties to receive deeds. Few owners were paid initially, but those who did are now receiving money and land.
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John Bollock
Marietta
John
Grass Range
Montana
Mountain Range
Lancaster, Oxford and Southern Railway
Barn Owls Die in Chester County Crash and Protectors Warn
A distant report describes barn and monkey faced owls increasing in Chester County. A car near West Chester struck and killed a barn owl, prompting talk of protection and taxidermy avoidance. A hollow-tree crash killed a breeding pair, with an albino male noted and mounted for museum display.
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Chester County
Coatesville
West Chester
Wood
Enos L. Garrett
B. H. Warren
Thomas H. Jackson
Potatoes Going for Hog Feeding in County
Thousands of bushels of second quality potatoes remain unsold in the county due to low first quality prices. Demand is weak for the inferior grade, so farmers are boiling them for hog feed, as dealers avoid the small profit margin and many growers must dispose of leftovers at nominal prices.
Berks County Set to Grow as Egg Producing Center
The Restling Eagle reports Berks county farmers advance poultry output due to mild weather. Incubation becomes widespread as many farmers hatch chicks by April 1, with some shipments beginning in January and February. Incubators aid early hatching, boosting Berks toward being a leading state egg producer.
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Restling Eagle
Nurse's Advice from Yeagertown Woman on Dr. Pierce Remedies
Mrs. Jennie Rinker, a longtime midwife from Yeagertown, Pa, endorses Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for women's health during and after pregnancy. She cites benefits from the Favorite Prescription along with Golden Medical Discovery and Pleasant Pellets, noting they helped through postpartum and “critical time of life” without distress, and she recommends them to every woman. Sold by druggists.
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Yeagertown
Jennie Rinker
Birds Herald Spring With Robins Paints and Paperhangers
The piece notes prices for eggs to hatch chicks and mentions large preorders for incubators. It invites readers to judge spring by the robin, the painter, and the paperhanger, claiming they are birds that never fail.
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Pete
Fie
Hank
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Tevice, Inc
Lekithe
the County
Pugh’s Mill
Ephrata Druggist
Pine Island Lake
New Hampshire
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Handaor
Box Ong
Berks
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Hunt
Curtis Hensel
Cedar & Main Sts
Lititz
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King St
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Heinitsch’s
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