Rhode Island Reds Honored With First National Poultry Monument
A national monument of granite and bronze honoring the Rhode Island Red chicken is planned for Adamsville Rhode Island. The design features a large bronze rooster on a rock pedestal. The story traces the breed’s origin from Chittagong and Cochin China stock and its rise to fame after show wins in 1895.
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Rhode Island
Adamsville
R. I
Indo-China
Burma
Bengal
India
Chittagong
William Tripp
John Macomber
Wesport
Mass
Tor
Rhode Island Agricultural Experiment Station
Providence
Coal Mine Burning for Twenty Three Years
The Mount Carmel area hosts a coal mine blaze that started during the 1902 big strike. It has burned for 23 years, consuming nearly a million tons of coal and costing Lehigh Valley Company over a million dollars. Workers sealed off chambers of Sioux No 3 to halt fire spread.
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Black Diamond
Mount Carmel
Lehigh Valley Company
Strange People in Liverpool and Distant Travels
A wealthy Liverpool woman, devoted to dogs, reportedly shot her prized pet after it fled and wore the skin as a curiosity. Her companion on travels is this peculiar skin relic. Another traveler carries the ashes of her dead husband in a small box.
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Liverpool
England
Manheim Bora School Board Eyes High School Site
Lancaster County viewers appointed by the courts examined the tract at North Hazel and Hast Gramby streets Manheim for the Bora School Board site for a proposed high school. Prices could not be agreed between school board and owner.
County School Directors to Meet in Millersville Convention
Lancaster County School Directors plan the 39th annual convention at Millersville State Normal School with sessions at 9:00 AM and 1:30 PM. Officers include President David G Herr and President George S Ranch with J I Airishman as secretary and Alfred Wood treasurer. Groundhog shooting season wanes as farmers tighten restrictions and locals push protection efforts. An incident in Bethel Township involving a gunner injures a boy when a gun discharged near a barn and frightened a horse.
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Millersville
Lancaster County School Directors’ Association
Charles I. Preston
Little Britian Two
J. I. Airishman
Ephrata
Alfred Wood
Fulton Two
W. S. Boyer
Christiana
Bethel Township
Tebanon County
Frank Zeller
Ife
Clarence Zeller
Cigar Tax Debate Echoes in Lancaster Contention
The Greist backed plan to cut cigar imposts faces mixed votes as Lancaster groups debate tax relief. A proposed new classification for weight yields a tie, while broader reductions gain momentum. Critics say blanket cuts struggle in Congress and appeal to cheaper, milder cigars for average smokers.
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Tom
Congress
Lancaster
Philadelphia Inquirer
Farm Calendar Highlights from Home Garden to Farm Show
A note on bright poultry housing improves health and mood of flocks. Hort Week at Pennsylvania State College runs November 17 to 20 for fruit and vegetable growers with idea exchange and enjoyable sessions. State Farm Products Show in Harrisburg January 18 to 22 to test exhibits at local shows. Parsley indoors from window boxes complements tender plants. Winterize tools by greasing and scheduling repairs before spring. Black walnut timber yields high prices. last year farmers sold walnut logs worth over two million dollars.
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Pennsylvania State College
Harrisburg
Fugitive Lancaster Treasurer in New York Blind Home
The 85 year old former Lancaster County Treasurer, missing more than 65 000, is described as living in a New York blind home. Neighbors say he is blind and feeble. officials doubt pursuit or prosecution. His son Clarence Hershey, Philadelphia, remained the only bondsman who helped cover the shortage.
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I Emanuel
Lancaster County
New York
Thershey
Gordonville
Lancaster
Clarence Hershey
Philadelphia
Hershey
State College Hunters Bagged Big Bear
Twelve members of the Homan hunting club from State College traveled to the Allegheny mountains for an early bear hunt before deer season. They returned to Bellefonte after 3 PM with a 250 pound bear felled by Frank Homan, noting several other bears seen but only one successful shot.
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Homan
Hunter Finds Stolen Cigar Stock Recovered Near York
P R detectives recover several thousand cigars believed stolen from Marland and Pennsylvania Rail road freight cars on November 1. Charles W. Kise of York found the damp burlap bagged cigars while rabbit hunting near Baumgardner's Woods southeast of York. Police still seek the reason the cigars were abandoned.
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Marland and Pennsylvania Railroad
P. RK. R
Baumgardner
Beard Bet Sets Marion Heights Residents Against Beard
William Pope and Paddy Patrilock from Marion Heights wager on the World Series. Pope backed the Senators to win while Patrilock supported the Pirates. The loser must go without a shave for a year as the bet's outcome.
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William Pope
Marion Heights
Carmel
Senators
Paddy Patrilock
Pirates
Coal Scarcity Harms Rural Households Across Districts
Across the countryside coal yards are emptied and many families have little or no coal left. Some households switch to oil heating, while others seek wood as a temporary supply. Wood sellers fetch double prices. long, cold nights threaten homes as winter tightens.
The Test of Character by Henry Van Dyke
The real test of character is joy. What you rejoice in, you love. what you love, you are like. There is something nobler than rigid obedience and a finer inclination toward right. Victory comes from joyful obedience and virtue’s sweetness to the heart that loves.
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Henry van Dyke
Cigar Box Woods Shift Away From Spanish Cedar
The article lists Tupelo gum redwood basswood yellow poplar Spanish cedar sap gum and red gum as box woods ranked by quantity. It notes that for years Spanish cedar produced the best boxes but in recent years several other woods have increasingly substituted for Spanish cedar.
Translator General Named Philemon Holland Scholar
Philemon Holland English classical scholar was titled Translator General by Fuller, as noted in History of the Worthiest of England. Holland died in 1636 and translated Livy Pliny and Plutarch among other works.
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Philemon Holland
Fuller
England
Livy
Pliny
Plutarch
Surprising 836 Insects Found In One New Jersey Yard
Dr. Frank Lutz, curator at the American Museum of Natural History, collected 836 insect species in his Ramsey New Jersey back yard over two summers, with a goal to exceed a thousand once all specimens are mounted. The find includes true flies, butterflies, beetles, wasps bees and ants, true bugs and grasshoppers. The ants protect aphids, storing eggs and moving them seasonally to feed their “cows” honeydew, while natural enemies like the lacewing and doodlebug help control pests.
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Frank KE. Lutz
Ramsey
N. J
Dr. Lutz
Popular Science Monthly
Lutz
Amecrcan Museum of Natural History
New York City
Lutx
Department of
Entomology
New Jersey
Mies
California
Aphission
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Manheim
Pennsylvania
Marion Estes
Tioga County
Round Top
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Welsh Settlement
Estes
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C. M. Flanning
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