Lititz Community Day draws large crowds and lively exhibits
The Lititz Community Show boosted turnout with a Friday night and Saturday program led by local bands and a parade featuring G. A. R. veterans and Boy Scouts. Displays at Hites Garage showcased farm products, poultry, crafts, and extensive competitive exhibits with many prize listings across vegetables fruits and crafts.
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Lititz
Burkholder
Ephrata
Springs
Hite’s
Lancaster
Longenecker
Allen Hacker
John Womert
Boy Scouts
Alfred Douple
Ephrata Band
Lititz Fire Company
Frank C. Musser
Congress
Hite
Society of Farm Women No. 1
Warwick Granze Wo
A. Griffin
E. 5
Hacker
W. M. Hess
Harry Stark
H. H. Shenk
D. G. Witmyer
Awards list for poultry premiums and winners
The document lists premiums awarded in poultry shows with names of winners by breed. It includes Light Brahmas, Barred Rocks, Silver Rocks, Columbian Rocks, Partridge Rocks, Rhode Island Reds, Wyandottes, Orpingtons, Cornish Games, Moncras, White Leghorns, Brown Leghorns, and Anconas among others, naming individuals such as John Meis Ky, B B Snavely, M E Snavely, Elwood Furlow, James Breitigan, John Womert, Ira Eberly, Paul Bushong, Walter Carpenter, J W Bruckart, Willis Gibbel, Hogendobler, and others.
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John Meiskey
M. E. Snavely
B. B. Snavely
M. BE. Snavely
Elwood Furlow
Ken
Clarence Kreider
Gockerel
John Wagner
James Breitigan
John Womert
Womert
Rhode Island
J. W. Bruckart
B. H. Weber
Meiskey
Hes
Weber
Breitigan
Moncrcas
J. G
Hogendobler
Brown Leghorns
Zeno Frey
Anconas
Accuracy limits in engineering calculations noted
A Chemical and Metallurgical Engineering piece recalls an engineer using 12 place logarithms when 42 place are available. It argues most data are accurate to only about 1 percent and that simple slide rules would suffice, warning that overprecision misleads practitioners. It notes young engineers often compute with ten to one hundredth of 1 percent accuracy despite uncertain constants.
Lost Sleep Over Nothing Noted Adventurer Recalls Venezuela Tale
William J. La Varre Sr recounts a Venezuela overnight stay with a revolutionary host, a near‑nightly threat, and a breakfast pig scare. The piece blends adventure reminiscence with a fragment about eight year old Frances and her secret keeping with a quirky exchange about little pitchers and big cats.
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William J. la Varre
South America
Venezuela
Frances
Aunt Grace
Sweet potatoes and patties from Virginia noted
A nostalgic piece on sweet potato uses and preparations. It describes baking methods to achieve a paper-like skin, boiling and frying options, and presents two recipes: Sweet Potato Patties with egg butter cream and Virginia Sweet Potatoes layered with chestnuts and browning sauce.
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Virginia
Honest work and humane service praised in poem
A 1922 verse by Hagar Guest extols honesty kindness and daily toil. It praises a man who serves others regardless of creed and his duty to family and community.
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Hagar
Delicious Spice Uke and Other Recipes From a Bygone Page
A collection of kitchen instructions outlines a spice loaf with eggs sugar flour and spices, a Sweet Potato Loaf with mashed potatoes and sausages, Frizzled Cold Boiled Ham with fried sweet potatoes, chocolate sauce tips to avoid separation, a Marshmallow and Cream Dessert, sherbet cups with a cherry garnish, and a coffee flavored frosting.
Guinea Fowl Rising as Profitable Farm Bird Substitution
Guinea fowl gain popularity as a substitute for game birds, boosting Guinea raising on general farms. Varieties include Pearl, White and Lavender with Pearl most common. Hens begin laying in April or May, producing 20 to 30 eggs before brooding, or 40 to 60 plus if not sitting. Two or more eggs may be left when not sitting. Hatchery by common hens or Guinea hens and turkey hens. Birds marketed late summer at 1 to 1.5 pounds and again in fall for heavier demand.
Rat Proof Poultry Housing Tips
The article advises strong measures to prevent rat problems in poultry yards. It recommends building new poultry houses with cement and fine mesh wire under the floor and around the bottom to be rat proof. It suggests placing houses away from other buildings to hinder rat access and increase detection by the family dog.
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Rin
Trap Nest Advantages for Breeding and Mating Methods
Trap nesting boosts pedigreeing by linking eggs to specific hens and enables effective flock control. It is impractical for general farm egg meat mh production unless breeding plans use cockerels with trap nested hens. Pair matings hide individual hen contributions unless birds are mated in pairs and penned separately.
Poultry Care in Hot Weather Tips for Hens
Stale water harms poultry and eggs, keep eggs cool and stored, gather eggs in morning to avoid damage, prevent sunburn by providing shade, sand bath aids hens in hot days, sand preferred to dust for cleanliness.
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Lititz High School
Seaman & Leed
Walter Scott
Hackman & Harnely
Miller & Tiabecker
Sanborn
H. R. Wertsch
Rodger Bros
Tauber-Lipton Company
China
William G. Eshleman
Lititz Electric Supply Company
C. E. Mohler
Regennas Bros
Plantz Bros
Columbia
Ralph M. Spaeht
Hepp
T. S. Grosh & Son
Edison Electric Company
M. M. Souders
Eby Shoe Co
J. B. Young & Son
Howard Young
H. S. Meiskey & Son
E. J. Garber & Son
Lizzie Habecker
Acme Metal Products Company
Penn Electric Company
Norman Brubaker
Ideal Chocolate Company
H. H. Strickler
Peiffer
Mellinger
Ernest Demmy
John Krall
Paul Meiskey
Strickler
Krall
Demmy
Robert D. Peiffer
Robert Peiffer
Wagner
John Habecker
Habecker
Sebrights
Rapp
Paul Bushong
Mrs. Eberly
C. Abram
Snyder
Lititz R
A. F. Bomberger
J. W. Brackart
Willis Bucher
Wheat
Harvey Haldeman
Rudy Russel
Tillman Risser
Lapo Proxifio
Oatz
Alvin N. Rohrer
Manheim
Abram Minnich
Keiffer
Ralph Keith
James H. Breitigan
Laura Evans
Elmer R. Snyder
H. R. Snavely
Elmer Rk
E. H. Vogel
H. RB. Snavely
Mary Guiles
Concord
A. H. Bomberger
Edwin Sheaffer
A. Z. Bomberger
John B. Hollinger
Jacob Palm
C. M. Hess
Enos Miller
Harry W. Hessey
Simon R. Snyder
W. A. Smith
J. S. Hess
M. Carpenter
A. A. Bomberger
John Mellinger
J. H. Stauffer
L. S. Hess
C. G. Vollertsen
Eva Zimmerman
Harry Friedly
Edwin White
Henry W. Bucher
D. W. Bruckart
D. P. Erb
Amos H. Shenk
P. F. Snyder
H. W. Heisey
A. Bomberger
David Rickert
L. J. Mellinger
Best Jar
Harry W. Heisey
Ruth Shenk
Cullen Carpenter
Amos Wl. Shenk
A. 4
Bomberger
Alice Reedy
Harry Heisey
Harvey Seather
Jacob Palin
M. Adams
Oscar Deemer
Catherine Deemer
Ela Deemer
FL Longenecker
H. Stauffer
Russell
W. W. Gibbel
Brunnerville
Robert Gibbel
Green Mountain
A. F. Longenecker
New Yorker
Sir Walter Raleigh
Grayhill Longenecker
H. H. Shhenk
Lester Good
Hess
Enog Miller
Charles Bahn
Grimes Golden
Jonathan
Greening
J. B. Bucher
Frank R. Diehm
Baldwin
F. H. Stauffer
Paragon Winesap
Ben Davis
York Imperial
L. B. Huber
Rome Beauty
Rox
Delicious
King
H. F. Ruhl
Hubbardson
Stark
E. H. Voeel
Nero
Pewaukee
W. Smokehouse
Wealthy
Smokehouse
Krauser
Dominic
Pipnin
Paradise
Kine David
Spy
Staymar
Paul B. Bushong
D. E. Weichsel
H. H. Bomberger
McKee Weaver
J. M. Strickler
5. E. Bushong
L. 5. Reedy
Howard Minnich
J. W Bruckart
Ela Sturgis
F. S. Brighton
Wm. H. Behmer
W. Spacht
W. Wadell
Wayne Gantz
D. J. Rickert
Bertha Kline
King’s Daughters
M. C. McCloud
John Zook
Violet Keppel
Paul Ritz
John Dittman
Emma Net
Viola Leib
Emma Nethercott
Katie Smith
Maine Miller
Miss Leib
Florence Seldomridge
Florence Getz
B. Seaman
Jos. Baker
Elsie Bomberger
Herbert Zook
Anna L. Frey
Freidly
Wm. Cooper
Reedy
Landis Herr
Nethercott
Martin Moore
Walter Wadell
Annie Frey
William Cooper
Albert Adair
Elizabeth Spahr
Edgar Guest
West
Werte Mag Weil
Ine
Doultry
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