Chestnuts Sell at Blight Figure Price Soars
The Lancaster area faces a chestnut shortage as blight and scarce pickers push prices to unprecedented levels. A bushel now costs about 26.50, with early harvests yielding a quart for roughly one dollar. Dealers recall abundant chestnut hunts years ago, when frost and breeze carpeted the ground with fallen nuts and forests thrived.
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Lancaster County
Mount Greta
Susquehanna
Perry
January
Frank Kendig
Th Court House
East King Street
Lancaster
Lancaster Examiner & New Era
Gypsies Celebrate Christmas With Royal Gypsy Legend
A Chicago Tribune item describes a Gypsy Christmas feast and a distinctive legend. Nomads gather in a sacred celebration honoring a queen crowned with roses and a rosebud scepter. The tale blends seasonal customs with a royal gypsy identity.
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Chicago Tribune
Feeding Game-Preparation of the Shelters
State sportsmen must prepare for winter by feeding and sheltering leftover game such as quail, pheasants, wild turkeys, and grouse. Farmers and landowners should set aside corn fodder and arrange shelters using evergreens or sturdy materials to protect coveys from snow, with department officers ready to assist. Protecting wildlife now ensures a healthy breeding stock for future generations and balanced hunting after a hard winter.
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Pennsylvania
Nut trees offer profitable farming options for all regions
Nut producing trees can profitably replace shade plantings on farms and city lots with little extra cost. Some varieties of walnuts ripen in 10 to 12 years, while hickories may bear by 12 to 15 years. Chestnuts face blight but hybrids with Japanese chestnut show promise. USDA efforts aim to restore this crop.
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Asia
United States Department of Agriculture
Poultry show awards at Community Fair highlight judging
The Community Fair poultry display earned high praise with Judge Theodore Witman of Allentown presiding. Awards went to numerous exhibitors across breeds including Light Brahmas, Barred Rocks, Buff Rocks, Columbian Plymouth Rocks, Wyandottes, Rhode Island Reds, Leghorns, Black Leghorns, Cornish Indian Game, Orpingtons, White Crested Black Polish, Toulouse Geese, Brown African Geese, Rowen Ducks, Mallard Ducks, Muscovy Ducks, Penciled Runner Duck, Game Bantams, Variety Bantams, and Prince Charles Spaniel. The piece also notes preparations for the International Live Stock Exposition in Chicago in December and describes scenic upgrades and new exhibits for the event.
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Theodore Witman
Allentown
Harry Snavely
C. D. Haverstick
Benjamin Snavely
Guy Buck
Bufl Rocks
John Wagner
Bull Roecks
Clarence Kreider
Columbian
Plymouth Rocks
James Breitigan
H. R. Archer
A. O. V. Rocks
Wyandotte
Monroe Smith
Rhode Island Reds
John Willer
Milton White
Rhode
Elmer Hershey
Benjamin Miller
Elmer Vershey
Chicago
International
Chicago Board of Trade
North America
Paradise for the indolent in Marquesas islands
New York Times notes a dream of life in the Marquesas where a $1,000 investment funds a second class voyage, land at $2 an acre, and a simple tropical existence. It cites Taiohai on Nukawa, a 1900 census showing 4,300 islanders dwindling, and local crops of copra fruit and mother of pearl.
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Tropics
Marquesas Islands
Pacific Ocean
Pacific Coast
Marquesas
Preach
Taiohai
Nukawa
Islimus
Maranesas
Pacific
New York Times
Relic of Medieval Times in Urga Mongolia
A Detroit News correspondent describes Urga in Mongolia as a relic of medieval times layered with twentieth century civilization. Roy Chaplin Andrews leads the American Museum expedition here where Mongol, Chinese, and Russian influences clash amid Camel caravans, motor cars, and vivid dress. summers are brief and winters brutal with extreme cold and strong winds.
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Uren
Mongolia
Roy Chaplin Andrews
Asiatic Zoological Expedition
Armerican Museum of Natural History
Gobi Desert
Detroit News
Urga
Ant
Great Plateau
Siberian
Bridges Really Get Tired
A derailed inquiry notes two men died when crane metal fatigued. Steel tires under strain, not just heavy loads, with chains breaking under small weights if overworked. Government contractors require rest periods for crane chains. Heating tired metal and burying in lime is cited as a cure, and bridges share this fatigue pattern, with Sunday offering rest for weary workers.
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Alwys
Aros
Nut Cutlets and Other Dishes From A Historic Menu
A fragment shows recipe-style text with nut cutlets using bread crumbs almonds and milk, plus scattered notes on Hurry Nuts and Cheese, Onions on Toast, Cream, Spong, Sorbet, and Maple Custards. The garbled OCR preserves dish names and rough steps for a period kitchen.
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Eno
Shane
Harebell Wisdom and Loading Up Work
The piece urges preparedness by citing the harebell flower resisting rain on high cliffs and explains wisdom in loading up work. It extols gradual empowerment, urges action today, and highlights personal and societal benefits from contributing one's full effort, ending with a note to read the RECORD at $1.50 yearly.
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Anplicaut
Mallard Ducks
Ist
Muscovy Ducks
Mrs. Sennenig
John L. Peiffer
Howard Strickler
Ernest Demmy
Guy Buch
Prince Charles Spaniel
Sarah Dohnar
Lhem
Vereie
Mayweil
Cascara
la Grippe
Cou
Ralph M. Spacht
Vormerly
Oliver H. Buira
Phila
Bueccaser
W. H. Buek
Lititz PA
Hunt
Curtis Hensel Crurgist
Cedar & Mam Sts
Lititz
Penna
Geo. B. McCauley
Furvier
Manheim
Lititz Electric Supply
C. E. Mohler
East Main St
Lititz, Pa
North Queen Lancaster
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