Farm calendar at state college and long coast-to-coast skates
The article outlines spring farm guidance from Pennsylvania State College covering poultry economics corn planting soil and manure potash requirements dairy cleanliness and lamb rearing. It also reports Jack and Blanche Carson traveling from Philadelphia to San Francisco on roller skates to prove coast to coast travel is possible despite delays and without seeking assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrerslvania State College
pBtate College
State College
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Jack
Blanche Carson
Lancaster
Lincoln
National
Automatic trap on beehive described by Marseilles inventor
The Scientific American describes an automatic beehive trap by D. S. Rowe of Marseilles Illinois. The invention focuses on automatic openings and closures of hive entrances using the weight of occupants to prevent bees from leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
D. S. Rowe
Marseilles
Perspective View of a Hive With Invention Attached
A description notes a perspective view of a beehive with an invention attached designed to facilitate the bees passage during honey gathering, aiming to keep the process unobstructed.
Apple dishes and puddings from the kitchen cabinet
A quirky food column offers several apple centered recipes and ideas. Fried apples and onions, an Apple Sandwich, Baked Apple Salad, a pretty red apple salad and a listed apple pudding are described with steps and ingredients. The piece blends humor with practical cooking guidance.
Terre Haute School Children Pray for Mr Harding
On March 4 Terre Haute pupils were taught a two minute prayer for Mr Harding. A young Methodist scholar asked to lead and offered a short earnest prayer: Dear May Harding please bless us and keep us forever and forever Amen.
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Terre Haute
Mr. Harding
Chase
Harding
Thedianapolis News
Speak Low Then Walk Warm Air First Ten Minutes
Advice urges closing the mouth and briskly walking about ten minutes before talking. It explains cold air can injure the lungs by rushing in directly, while a warm passage through the nose and head protects them from disturbance.
Dodder Seed and Control in Field Infestations
During the first season of infestation in alfalfa or flayer, dodder appears in small scattered areas. Infested plots should be moved and removed before seed matures or burned in the field. If seed has formed, burning is the only remedy as it destroys both plants and surface seeds.
White ants injure timbers and sea safety lifeboats
Winged white ants indicate internal nest activity and timber destruction when wood contacts damp earth. Builders advised to avoid ground contact, impregnate wood, or lay concrete floors on gravel bases. Popular Mechanics notes lifeboat davits with a single crank can lower boats, improving safety and passenger comfort on ocean liners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Entomology
United States
Popular Mechanics
Would-Be Auditor Playlet Delights Mirthful Audience
An amateur actor seeks feedback from a frank spectator who jokes about a friend willing to pay $500 to hear the performance. The spectator hints the friend is unknown to the actor and adds a humorous jab that the friend is deaf as a post, eliciting light amusement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Weekly
Many Varieties of Shark Descriptions and Traits
The Kansas City Star notes diverse shark families differ in ferocity with dusky and sand sharks rarely man-eating unless provoked. The great white dominates, attacking anything that swims, with teeth about one inch long. tales say some sharks reach 80 feet, though those reports are unlikely.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Star
Married men are the nicest says Marjorie
In a playful exchange a narrator questions the claim that married men are nicest. Marjorie softly insists the idea is true, saying married men are kinder and more understanding, while the speaker notes the paradox that many husbands were once bachelors. The chocolate box ends their light debate.
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W. Harold Thomson
The
London Mail
Marjorie
Weedless Lawn Fertilizer Breakthrough From Research
A twenty year study yields ammonium sulfate as the preferred fertilizer to suppress weeds while allowing grass to thrive. It contrasts with sodium nitrate which raises soil alkalinity and favors weeds. Only acid tolerant grasses will fully extend weed extirpation, noting non acid tolerant weeds resist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific American
Original Copy: Suit Seeks Ten Thousand For a Kiss
A courtroom exchanges jokes as the plaintiff seeks ten thousand dollars claiming a first edition of a kiss. The defense calls the amount exorbitant while the suit centers on a private moment alleged to be a historical or ceremonial kiss.
Lititz Woman Praises Doan’s Kidney Pills After Folklore Interview
A Lititz resident, Mrs. B. Oehme of 118 North Cedar Street, recalls years of back and side pain, chills, headaches, and diary spells before Doan’s Kidney Pills relieved her kidney trouble. She reports in 1919 she still feels well since the treatment. The sponsor is Foster Milburn Co., Buffalo, New York, price 60 cents.
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Lititz
B. Oehme
N. Cedar St
Doan
Oehme
Dean
Foster-Milburn Cp
Mfrs
Buffalo
N.Y
Hunt
Curtis Hensel
Cedar & Main Sts
Penna
Tres
The Largest Line of Spring Hats, Caps, and Gloves
Ownership statement for The Lititz Record, Lititz Pennsylvania, April 1921 issue. Editor Ralph E. Buch, business manager Ralph E. Buch, publisher Ralph E. Buch, owner Ralph E. Buch. No bondholders or security holders. Sworn before Notary J. B. Herr on April 6, 191.
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Lititz Record
Lititz
Ralph BE. Buch
Ralph E. Buch
Ralph FE. Buch
Seal J. B. Herr
At a Party. Why are you so anxious to play bridge
A wry exchange hints at social pressure at a gathering with music. One guest worries about the mood if bridge is not played, while another suggests the piano will fill the silence.
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Beecham
SALS
RSET
U.S. Light & Heat Corporation
T. Ritchie
Main St. Lititz, PA
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Colonial Trust Company
iAsk
the Amortization Mortgage Co
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Forts
Mitchell
Irisburg
J. Herbert Zook
Carine
O_Seiyesters
Ruskin
Spruce Villa Farm Dairy
J. Clayton Brubaker
Grubes
GRUBE
Iis
Sie
Mrs. Oehme
Wingert & Haas
John A. Haas
North Queen Street
Coal and Lumber
Long & CO
Lititz, PA
Sayeen
Tmedes
Gideon
Pfautz’s
Zartman Bros
W.H. Muth & CO
J. F. Essig
Lawrence K-Gresh
P.O
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