State Distributes Many Useful Farm Bulletins
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture selects fourteen timely bulletins for May and June. Titles include Insect Pests of the Household, Peach Yellows, Rose Insects and Diseases, Pennsylvania Weeds, Direct Marketing of Farm Products, European Corn Borer, Japanese Beetle, Scale Insects, Hessian Fly, Mexican Bean Beetle, Seed Law explanations, Boxwood Leaf Miner, Licensed Nurserymen, Apiary Inspection. Bulletins are free. requests to Mailing Room, Harrisburg.
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Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Thousehold
Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture
Harrisburg
Milk Tests Off Fined Queen City Dairy
The Queen City Dairy of Allentown was prosecuted and fined $100 for under reading the Babcock milk test. Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture inspectors found improper testing methods after a thorough review. The action led to farmers receiving about $1,000 more for March deliveries than would have occurred otherwise.
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Queen City Dairy
Allentown
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Hudson's Bay Company Origins Mentioned in Old Text
A historical note identifies the phrase The Governor and Company of Adventurers of England Trading Into Hudson's Bay as the original name of the Hudson's Bay Company. The text links the archaic title to the modern fur trade enterprise and its early English roots.
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Governor and Company of Adventurers of England
Hudson's Bay
Tiudson’s Bay Company
Fire destroys brooder house at Doe Run Poultry Farm
An overheated stove caused a blaze at Jacob M. Camper's Doe Run Poultry Farm two miles east of Manheim early Friday morning. Firemen could not save the brooder house but about 500 chicks were rescued. damage is estimated at $200.
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Jacob M. Camper
Doe Run
Manheim
Farm Products Sales Jump in Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania growers sold $2,500,000 worth of graded and officially inspected products last season, according to D. M. James supervising inspector at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture. This marks an increase of about $1,000,000 from the prior season’s value.
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Pennsylvania
D. M. James
Bureau of Markets
Pennsylvania Department, of Agriculture
Reading Bus Service Opens Lancaster Reading Run
The Reading Transportation Co. started a Lancaster to Reading bus route via Ephrata and Landis Valley. Two daily round trips run on weekdays and Sundays with specific northbound and southbound departure times from Lancaster, Wheatland Hotel, and Reading stations.
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Reading Transportation Co
Reading Company
Lancaster
Reading
Ephrata
Landis Valley
Lancaster Reading
Wheatland Hotel
Society Hears Readings by Missionary Society Group
The Young People's Missionary Society of the Evangelical Congregational Church met at Mrs. Morris McCloud's home with sixteen present. Mrs. Pfautz led devotions and Miss Ida Miller read a leaflet. Members presented a chapter on Pastor's Wives from A Cloud of Witnesses by Elsie Singmaster and discussed related topics. The next meeting is set for Miss Ida Miller's home on S Spruce Street.
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Young People’s Missionary Society of the
Evangelical Congregational Church
Morris McCloud
W. M. Pfautz
Ida Miller
Elsie Singmaster
Quinton Cooper
Rachel Neideigh
Walter Smith
Caroline Yingst
Harry Snavely
Grace Lehn
J. K. Mathers
W. C. Okt
Tda Miller
S. Spruce Street
Derivation of Canada from Kanata Iroquois origin
The term Canada is traced to the Iroquois word Kanata meaning village. Early explorers misheard Kanata as the land name, shaping colonial usage and eventual nation identity.
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Canada
Cansila
Potiadttan
Evangelical Sunday School marks sixth anniversary with service
The Evangelical Sunday School observed its sixth anniversary with a special service. The Concordia Mannerchor was hosted by Dr. P. J. Roebuck at his home. Charles Miller secured subscriptions to operate a street sprinkler for summer. More illnesses taxed local doctors as Memorial Day plans were discussed at Capt. Bricker's Warwick home.
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Evangelical Sunday School
Concordia Mannerchor
P. J. Roebuck
Charles Miller
John R. Bricker
Warwick
25 Years Ago May 4 1906 Lititz Warwick Notes
May 4 1906 items show San Francisco quake aid of 307.50 from Lititz and Warwick. W W C Evans’ log cabin replaced by a new two story brick and stone house. An automobile valued 1500 destroyed near Flory’s Mill. Frost warned fruit blossoms. Dr. Brobst sold his drug store to Lewis N Moyer of Reading. St James Evangelical Lutheran Church charter granted. new edifice to be dedicated soon. Prices listed for butter eggs and a bawdy wedding anecdote closes report.
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Lititz
Warwick
San Francisco
W.W. C. Evans
Main
Cedar Streets
March of Progress
Flory
Brobst
Lewis N. Moyer
Reading
St. James Evangelical Lutheran Church
L. H. Shelly
Buiter
Mrs Armour To Speak On A Woman Word To The Wets
Georgia Cyclone and renowned Prohibition speaker Mrs Mary Harris Armour will visit Lititz Tuesday evening to address a mass meeting at the Moravian Sunday School Chapel. The Anti Saloon League event includes Rev J F Hartman D D as the League representative.
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Mary Harris Armour
Lititz
Church Welcomes New Members at Annual Reception
The St Pauls Lutheran Sunday School room hosted about 150 for the annual welcome of new members last Wednesday. Speakers included B M Leaman, Frank H Longenecker, L N Moyer, Chas Dussinger, W M Amer, and Donat, with a greeting letter from Rev W R Sammel. The program featured the Sunday School Orchestra, a girls chorus, a piano duet, and performances by Mrs Norman Brubaker and a quartet headed by Roy Weaver.
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St. Paul’s Lutheran
B. M. Leaman
Frank H. Longenecker
Church Council
L. N. Moyer
Chas Dussinger
W. M. Amer
Joseph K
W. R. Sammel
Kathryn Zimmerman
Grace Sessaman
Norman Brubaker
Roy Weaver
Margaret Souders
Messrs
Musical program followed by games and refreshments
Morris Gangner and Clifford He with Mrs. Roy Kneen on piano led a program then Frank Longenecker directed games. Refreshments were served after the activities.
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Morris Gangner
Clifford
Roy Kneen
Frank Longenecker
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Zartmans’ Store
Fred Spinner
Lititz Penna
Dietrich’s
Spruce St
Lititz, Pa
LANCO
Charles V. Pfautz
General Sutter Hotel Agency For Sanitary Cleaning and Dyeing Works
Eastman
Wertsch
Brooder
Manheim, PA
Norma Shearer
Robert Montgomery
Neil Hamilton
the Cat Creeps
Helen Twelvetrees
Spell OF
Marion Davies
Richard Arlen
Mary Brian
Wm. Boyd
Wed. & Thurs
Bert Wheeler
Robert Woolsey
Helanco
Hershey
Sharp
Broad St
Lincoln Ave
Eye Chocolates
EVER
N. Broad St
May
Long, the
Mrs. Armour
Ludwig Wolf
GARA
Wolf
John L. Peiffer
Linden Street
Carl B. Risser
Florida
California
Heinz
SWIFT
Seaman & Seed
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