Nut Growers to Meet in Lancaster December Meeting
The Northern Nut Growers Association will hold its third annual meeting on December 18 and 19 at the Hotel Wheatland in Lancaster. Papers by Dr. Robert T. Morris and others, exhibits on nuts and propagating tools, and discussions on northern nut varieties and cultivation. Members urged to send information on native trees and nut specimens to local or official contacts.
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Northern Nut Growers’ Association
Wheatland
Lancaster
Robert T. Morris
T. P. Littlepage
E. R. Lake
American Pomological Society
T. P. Close
C. A. Reed
U. S. Department of Agriculture
W.N. Roper
American Fruit and Nut Journal
J. F. Jones
Als
J. G. Rush
West Willow
Willow Street
W. C. Deming
West Chester
New York City
Civil War Shells Explode Narrow Escape at Bentonville Battle
The article recalls the March 1865 Bentonville clash in Johnston County near Raleigh, noting timber damage from exploding shells and musket fire. It mentions townsman John G. Carpenter wounded twice and captured, along with Aaron Reidenbach and Abram Habecker linked to bullets embedded in trees.
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Bentonville
Johnston County
Raleigh
Sherman
Georgia
Carolinas
John G. Carpenter
Aaron Reidenbach
Merion
Ohio
Lititz
Abram Habecker
Oregon
Local Notes From Lancaster County 1912 Headlines
J Donald Cameron, aged eighty, will winter in Jacksonville Fla. 1912 tobacco prices quoted as low as 9 and 8, with discounts noted. Robert Crane, ex Columbia, named president of the Pennsylvania Ice Cream Manufacturers Association. Conestoga Traction Contracts to take power from McCall's Ferry Power Co on the Susquehanna. East Petersburg Fire Company fair to begin at Fireman's Hall on Saturday the 30th, four Saturdays. Lancaster post office savings bank reports $1312 yearly intake. local trust companies earn millions. Lancaster residents favor 4d percent income tax over 2 percent. Postmaster Trout reports Walter S. Mellinger removed for insubordination and charging superiors. Prof J N K Hickman pushes industrial education, grading in sewing weaving manual training domestic sciences and vocational guidance. Lincoln National Bank now on the roll of honor with capital plus surplus, reflecting resilience after past failures.
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Robert Crane
Columbia
Association of
Ice Cream Manufacturers of
Pennsylvana
Lancaster Examiner
Conestoga Traction Company
McCall’s Ferry Power Co
Susquehanna
East Petersburg Fire Company
Walter S. Mellinger
J. N. K. Hickman
City
Lancaster
Hickman
Lincoln National Bank
Bass Fishermen Busy in Charleston Waters
Charleston waters remain a top home for big channel bass with multiple catches in recent days. Notable fish include 28, 27, 25, 23, 21, and 19 pounders, all from the South Jetty, while Isle of Palms surf yields smaller but steady bass, plus trout and whiting. George L. Buist landed the 28-pounder in a dramatic 25 minute fight ending when line entanglements and a fast-moving launch broke his line. another skiff angler hauled in the fish moments later, making Buist’s first bass trip one of the season’s finest local catches.
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Charleston
8. C
Isle of Palms
George L. Buist
Buist
Dory
Reading to Get a Splendid New Railroad Station
An official announcement on Monday says the Philadelphia and Reading Railway will build a handsome new terminal in Reading, on the plot north of the current depot. It will be the most expensive structure the company owns outside Philadelphia terminal, with spring start. The project honors George F. Baer, long-time Reading resident and company president, seen as a lasting memorial upon his retirement.
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Philadelphia and Reading Railway Company
Reading
Philadelphia Terminal
Main
George F. Baer
Thoughts on Childhood from Woman's Home Companion
The passage contrasts childhood treats with education and calls for respect toward children. It laments ragged and overdressed children and suggests gender norms about girls in long skirts and boys with dogs. It emphasizes that a wise parent learns from children more than a fool teaches.
Shortest social term since 1856 warns society this season
Easter arrives March 23 with Ash Wednesday February 5 marking the Lent start. The season is exceptionally brief, the next similarly short period not until the year 2000, with 1882-1883's winter close to this length. In the nineteenth century Easter fell on March 23 in 1845 1848 and 1856.
Bad Lancaster Boy Robs Lancaster Grocery
An a1 year old boy, while smoking a cigarette, robbed Harvey Musser’s Lancaster grocery at gunpoint. He forced the cashier to hand over the cash box contents as Mrs. Musser and her two children watched from a window. Police have a fair description of the suspect.
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Harvey Musser
Lancaster
Berks Prison Board Considers Kate Edwards Pardon
At Reading last week four of nine Berks Prison Board members signed a petition asking Gov. Tener to grant a pardon to Mrs. Kate Edwards who has been in jail for eleven years under death sentence for killing her husband John Edwards. The crime occurred at her Stoudsburg Berks county home on July 8 1901 and the body was disposed in a cistern.
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Berks Prison Board
Reading
Berks County
Jumping Beans: Secret of a Curious Vegetable Wonder
A New York World summary notes the Jumping bean comes from a Mexican shrub. Each blossom hides two fertile seeds and a worm cell. the worm emerges as a colorful moth. The chrysalis forms in a convex seed, the larva grows about one tenth by diameter and half an inch long, living six months until November when conditions allow a moth to fly away.
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Mexico
New York World
Prussic Acid In Plants and Early Trusts History
A historic note discusses prussic acid in certain plants, noting free prussic acid accumulates in living tissues and may serve as reserve food, with the cherry laurel as a case study. It cites Peche on production via carbon assimilation and storage forms, contrasting glucoside hydrolysis. The Early Trusts section recalls 15th century London, where Brewers' Company records show bribery and penalties for selling dear ale, with mayoral actions and imprisonment until payment.
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M.treuch
Peche
Teche
Nature
England
Brewers’ Company
Robert Chichele
London
Whityngtone
Hharsherlain
Whig and Widget Pub Name Origin in Essex Village
In Bosted Essex a quaint beer house bears the Whig and Widget sign. Local inquiry reveals it was built years ago by a Whig in politics. Neighbors called him fidgety, so the parish named the house the Whig and Widget or the Fidgety Whig.
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Bosted
Essex
England
Calamity Jests Highlight Domestic Spat Dialogue
The corrected excerpt sketches a tense domestic exchange between a wife and husband. The wife laments suffering calamities, while the husband quips that she has never been a widow, prompting confusion over the intended meaning of calamity. The scene hints at miscommunication and irony in a strained marriage.
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Tit
No Need For a Leader in Bridal Imagery
A Philadelphia Record society column questions the tradition of saying a bride is led to the altar, noting a bride can directly choose her own path and end her marriage without implying passive passage. The remark criticizes conventional phrasing and underscores agency in nuptial choices.
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Philadelphia Record
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Norfolk
Orr
Shippensburg
J. Donald Cameron
Donegal Farms
Jacksonville, Fla
Mr. Buist
Bad Lancaster Boy
Fadin Fur
Edwards
Wingert & Haas
Queen St
Lancaster, PA
Farmers’ National Bank
Penna
McDougall
McDougall Club
McDougall Co-operative Club
Heinitsh's
S. Queen St
S. & H. Green
HAS. H. Frey
King St
Tae
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