Bears, poultry shows and local tales from Lebanon area
A 300 pound bear was killed near Cooks Run by hunters from Renova. The Lebanon County Poultry Association plans a four day poultry show in Lebanon the week of January three with John Krinner of Heflersville as judge. A Snitz party near Blainesport drew about 70 residents from Lebanon Berks and Lancaster counties with music games and food. Readings long time sexton Irwin W Eaches marked 27 years serving Christ Episcopal Church Readings. currency totaling ten thousand dollars was found hidden in the late Mrs Susan Harley’s home.
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Cooks Run
Renova
Lebanon County Poultry Association
Lebanon
John €. Krnner
Heflersville
Lebanon Association
Mohnton
Berks
Lancaster County
Riley Boyer
Blainesport
Susan Harley
Reading man welcomes son home from Germany with bride
Harley died recently and relatives cleaned the house after the funeral. Three neat a hat and $500 was hidden in the kitchen. No one knows how long the money had been secreted. Skirt almost $4000 was hidden. The thousand dollars was sewed in a black police sergeant W Hayes McKinney of Reading welcomed home his son Corporal George McKinney who served eighteen months in the army of occupation in Germany. With him the junior McKinney brought home a German bride formerly Minnie Elizabeth Becker of Luxemburg. The couple will live in Reading.
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Harley
W. Hayes McKinney
Reading
George McKinney
Army of Occupation
Germany
McKinney
Minnie Elizabeth Becker
Luxemburg
What is Harrisburg’s Island Official Name
Islanders seek the official designation for Harrisburg’s major Susquehanna island housing the filter plant municipal nursery baseball grounds and athletic field. Historic maps list Maclay’s Forester’s and Hargest’s islands with 1889 flood ending its farm use and melon fields. It has been called Island Park City’s Island and The Island in local reference.
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Harrisburg
Susquehanna
Maclay
County Roads Bring Farmers Complaints of Drainage Damage
County commissioners across the state hear farmers complain that state road projects harm land via improper drainage. Farmers report inundation in wet weather and seek compensation for damages including a damaged house roof caused during blasting by road builders.
Wisdom in Loading Up Work
Advice from the Record urging readers to organize work, build strength, and contribute to the world welfare. It frames loading up as a path to personal power, enduring satisfaction, and social praise, inviting readers to begin today.
Beet and Produce Feats Highlight County Happenings
In Lancaster County news a florist grows a 24 inch circumference beet weighing 15 pounds. A Fulton House son has sired four litters of pigs in two years. A Quarryville foreman yields 198 bushels of fine potatoes on half an acre. A Brecknock farmer grows a pumpkin 6 feet 4¾ inches around and 133 pounds. Dr J D McCaskey, 86, long involved in education and Lancaster politics, enjoys health. Ephrata drills three wells amid water scarcity with a well-known water smelter locating a stream via a peach limb.
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H. A. Lehroyer
Lancaster
Taylor
Fulton House
Henry Keiffer
Ephrata
Ephrata Ridge
Public service orders repair five pikes within 90 days
The State Public Service Commission ordered repairs on the Fruitville Millersville New Holland Lititz and Strasburg pikes all routes to Lancaster must be completed in 90 days. Estimated Fruitville pike repair cost is $10 000. In Lancaster H K Zeamer fired on three men robbing his corn field capturing John Sager and turning him over to police. The other two were later arrested. One carried shot in his body. All three jailed in Lancaster awaiting a hearing.
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State Public Service Commission
Fruitville
Millersville
New Holland
Lititz
Strasburg
Lancaster
Fruitville Pike
H. K. Zeamer
John Sager
Breeding White Sweet Clover Outshines Red Variety
Red clover is largely self sterile while white sweet clover sets seeds under its own pollen. US Department of Agriculture and Iowa State College report white clover shows strong self fertilization and potential for increased forage and seed yield. Moisture favors proper seed maturity, explaining better second crop yields.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Iowa State College
Federal Departments
Farmers Exhibit Extraordinary Crops At Quarryville Store
George W. Hengel's Quarryville shop has long showcased unusual farm products. This season features a large apple display, massive pumpkins from a single two acre patch yielding 513 pumpkins, and Holstein twins and triplets born on a local farm, which offered their cattle for display but space ran out.
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George W. Hensel
Quarryville
George
Mr. Hengel
Gas Tackles Peach Tree Pest Across Georgia Belt
U S Department of Agriculture experts endorse para dichlorobenzene as a practical method to eradicate the peach tree borer. The gas, generated by soil heating, sinks through soil to kill larvae, cutting labor and costs. In 1919 first used widely with growers in Georgia where demand reached 50 000 pounds locally and two tons for large farms. The method costs about 25 cents per pound and saves substantial orchard losses, likened to lime sulfur treatment for brown rot and scab.
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United States
Department of Agriculture
Georgia
Walnuts in Demand amid Scarce Trees and Rising Prices
Walnut trees are fewer than in the past but abundantly bearing where found. Boys and girls gather the nuts as scarcity drives higher prices. Walnuts now fetch higher prices. chestnuts are making a comeback after near failure, causing missed opportunities for the youth.
Chance to Shine Fad Sweeps Local Ward
A Louisville Courier-Journal note reports a fashion fad gaining momentum as women in the block advocate trying it. The piece highlights social buzz and potential shifts in dress and style among neighbors.
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Louisville Courier-Journal
Phraseplay: English Terms for Film and Drama
A brief exchange contrasts how English speakers label cinema as the tin era with a question about the term for spoken drama, asking what the latter is called the chinenra. The line hints at linguistic variety in stage and screen terminology.
Caterpillar Weather Prophecy Believers Predict Winter
Believers observe brown worm specimens along roads claiming to forecast winter weather. The head turns black signaling cold at winter’s start, fading to a light middle belt then dark tail indicating harsher weather later. Some keep worms in boxes to monitor them through the season.
Nothing Like That Epis tolary Dispute Reference
Two men reportedly avoided violence in a long running dispute by correspondence. No pistols or physical confrontation occurred. the conflict was carried out through letter writing and documented exchanges.
Prominent Nurse Praises Favorite Prescription Use
A Lewistown nurse testifies that Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription dramatically aided her health after displacement and illness. She, a longtime midwife, endorses the remedy for expectancy, motherhood, and midlife changes, noting it as a godsend for suffering women and recommending it to patients. She mentions trial packages and availability from druggists or the Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo, N.Y.
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Lewistown
Dr. Pierce
Invalids
Buffalo, N. Y
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Keystone Exchanges
Irwin W. Eaches
Christ Episcopal Ghursh
Fifth and
Court Streets
Eaches
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Theatres
Sexton
Bride
Chandise
W. H. Buch
Lititz Fire House
Clancy
Chippie Boyd
Percy L. Crosby
McClureé
Syndies Sers Ak
George Minnich
Quarryville Railroad
Providence Township
Hale and Hearty
J. D. McCaskey
Chippy Dear
Papa
Mama
Rover
Jennie Rinker
W. W. Appel & Son Jewelers & Optician
North Queen Street
Lane
Janes
LE Roy, N.Y
Wingert & Haas
Wingert & Haas Hat Store
John A. Haas
N. Queen St
Lancaster, PA
Chas. H. Frey
King St
England
Heinitsch’s
W. A
Queen St
Timmie
Magnolias
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