Berks farm bureau warns of summer labor shortage
The Berks county farm bureau reports many farmers need help with field work amid a potential summer labor shortage. A champion sheep owned by Homer Crooking of Pleasant Mount produced 18 pounds this year, down from 20 last year. Tioga reports heavy snow while Lancaster suffers lighter wheat yields.
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Berks County
Homer Crooking
Pleasant Mount
Lancaster County
Tioga
Wellsboro
Potter County
Mervin H. Meyer
Annville
Central Trust Company of
Harrisburg
First National Bank of Lebanon
Harry J. Bixler
East Reinoehlsville
Mr. Bixler
J. Howard Downing
Downingtown
Johnstown
Graybill Resigns as Traction Co Secretary Treasurer
At a meeting of the Conestoga Traction Company executive committee the resignation of John S. Graybill Jr. as secretary and treasurer was accepted as health limits his duties. John M. Groff elected to fill vacancies at Conestoga and allied companies Edison Electric Lancaster Gas Light and Columbia Gas. Groff has six years as secretary to President Griest and previously held a government post in Washington. Old Fisherman reports the spring shad catch as the biggest since before the war.
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Conestoga Traction Company
John S. Graybill, Jr
Graybill
Edison Electric Company
Lancaster Gas Light and Fuel Company
Columbia Gas Company
John M. Groff
Lamblike Biow Social Lion Roar Bleat Joke
A light quip from the Birmingham Age Herald notes at a reception a social lion attended with his wife present. The punchline: he could only bleat, not roar, after being asked about his celebrated status.
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Birmingham Age-Herald
Meek Reproach Amid Beggar’s Meal Scene
A London Telegraph caption describes a scene where a lady chastises a tramp for begging, offering scraps while lamenting depriving innocent souls of food and dignity. The exchange highlights social tension and charity.
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Tramp
London
Captured by Indians Opens a Northern Wilderness Camp
Smoke and Shorty travel into the Alaskan frontier where they are captured by a hostile band led by the white Indian Snass. Smoke is housed with the bachelors and learns of Labiskwee, Snass daughter, while Shorty schemes to escape with Danny McCan. The camp buzzes with tribes, fires, and forecasts of a perilous journey ahead as the lovers and rivals thread through a perilous, windswept landscape.
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Shorty
Smoke
la Perle
Anton
Alaska
Yukon Basin
Adson Bay Company
Aiiel
Budigs
Suloké
Rockies
Ta Perle
Spruce
Sind
Anny McCall
Danny McCan
Jim
Snass
Bellew
Hel
Labiskwee
Margaret
Ave
Old Four
Porcupine
Cuskwa
Auten
Aril
Suioke
Paolo
Francesca
Bour
Tristan
Iseult
Libash
Mahkoob
Ike Paolo
Danny
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Traction Co
Moke
Socke
Androw Bay Company
Pit Ibiseld
Hudson Bay Company
The
Wheeler Syndicate
Brinkman
East Orange St
Lancaster
Big Twin
FLORY
King Street
Lititz
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