Pennsylvania Leads Mush Room Industry Across States
A Department of Agriculture bulletin reports Pennsylvania produces 35 percent of commercial mushrooms. About 15 percent come from Ohio Minnesota New York Illinois Michigan and Missouri. Pennsylvania mushroom banks are mainly in Chester County West Winfield and scattered counties with small output reaching Pittsburgh and markets in northern and western states.
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United States
Pennsylvania
Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Minnesota
New York
Illinois
Michigan
Missouri
Chester County
West Winfield
Butler County
Bucks
Montgomery
Delaware
Lawrence
Lancaster
Pittsburgh
Allegheny County
Bulletin
Garden of the Gods name linked to Tioga native Rufus Cable
A 90 year old Wellsboro resident Rufus E Cable, a former Tioga county man who named the Garden of the Gods in Colorado, died this summer in Kansas City. He was born in Tioga county and grew up in Lawrenceville, leaving for the West at 21 and later settling in Colorado.
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Garden of the Gods
Colorado
Tioga County
Rufus E. Cable
Wellsboro
Mr. Cable
Kansas City
Lawrenceville
Golorado
Coming Events List For October To December 9 11
October 9 10 11 Annual Farmers Day at Ephrata. Thursday October 23 Annual Lancaster County Sunday School Convention in the Lutheran church Manheim. November 12 to 20 National Grange Convention at Atlantic City New Jersey December 9 to 11 Meeting of Pennsylvania State Grange in Reading. Read the Record $1.50 a year.
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Ephrata
Lancaster County
Lutheran Church
Manheim
Atlantic City
N. J
Pennsylvania State Grange
Reading
Farmers Exempt From Occupation Tax Declared by Court
The State Superior Court ruled farmers in Pennsylvania counties including Berks, Allegheny, Dauphin are exempt from occupation tax. Judge Jehan J. Henderson noted farmers do not earn wages or hold offices and that land and herd increases are taxed, allowing exclusion from occupation assessments. The decision reverses prior assessments against E. M. Thompson of Indiana County and sets a legal precedent until laws change.
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Berks County
State Superior Court
Allegheny
Dauphin
Superior Court
Jehan J. Henderson
E. M. Thompson
Indiana County
Henderson
Thompson
Painter's Luck Paradox At The .rt Exhibition
An odd note on a painting in the .rt show, suggesting a work may seem well finished yet feel badly bungled. The brief hints at audience reaction and curator interpretations amid a wary, art-critical mood.
Soldiers Ate 90 881 Pounds Frankfurters At Mt Gretna Camp
National Guard troops stationed at Mt Gretna consumed 103 865 rations with 90 881 pounds of frankfurters and 10 387 pounds of other meat, replacing mutton on the menu. Each mess averaged 424 cents daily, covering fresh meat and vegetables plus canned items. menus and kitchens were inspected to ensure cleanliness and balance. The War Department seeks menu copies for comparison with other camps.
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Pennsylvania
National Guard
Mt. Gretna
Leo A. Lutringer
Quartermaster Corps
Frank D. Beary
Beary
United States War Department
Fire Prevention Day Planned Across Pennsylvania
Fire Prevention Day on Thursday Oct 9 marks the 41st anniversary of the Chicago fire. Maj C M Wilhelm head of the State Bureau of Fire Protection leads a statewide observance with mayors fire chiefs chambers of commerce and business groups to push toward a near fire proof state during Fire Prevention Week Oct 5 through the nation.
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Chicago
Maj. C. M. Wilhelm
State Bureau of Fire Protection
Chambers of Commerce
Pennsylvania
Telephone Girls in Japan Don Special Working Garb
Japanese telephone operators in Tokyo wear a uniform combining a hekama over a working kimono of coarse white cloth. Sleeves are shortened and tied below the elbow to avoid hindering hand movement, with a front tied sash, white cloth foot coverings, and straw sandals, omitting stockings as a local custom.
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Japan
Tokio
Allentown Iron Firms Offer Hokendougua Sale
The Reading Iron Company, successor to Thomas Iron, offers virtually all Hokendougua for sale as furnaces shut down and prospects fade. It also sells farm lands. 238 dwellings built for furnace workers, many sixty years old, are on the market. In Coatesville, a head on crash at Chequered Bridge ends with two neighbors, Aaron Connor and Livingston Myers, shaking hands after the collision. A masked bandit robs Gomery Brothers wholesale dealers, grabbing $200 from bookkeeper Phaon J. Stettler after forcing him to the wall.
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Reading Iron Company
Thomas Iron Company
Allentown
Hokendougua
Reading Company
Chequered Bridge
Coatesville
Lancaster
Aaron Connor
Livingston Myers
Phaon J. Stettler
Gomery Brothers
Police Find 51 Stolen Autos At Oxford
State troopers uncover 51 recovered cars in Oxford tied to prominent locals. Most vehicles originated from Delaware. Charles Gleason identified as salesman who moved them locally. A Philadelphia department store seized some cars. others came from sheriff sales and raids on illegal runners. Construction to begin soon on the First National Bank of Honey Brook building. Tlighman Moyer Company of Allentown handling design and construction.
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Oxford
Delaware
Charles Gleason
Department of Public Safety
Philadelphia
First National Bank of
Honey Brook
Tlighman Moyer Company
Allentown
Bach Choir Director J Fred Wolle Returns to Rehearsals
After four months illness Dr J Fred Wolle director of the Bach Choir resumes duties Monday Oct 6. Wolle, renowned for developing the Bach Choir, will be welcomed by all choristers after his absence since May as rehearsals restart.
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J. Fred Wolle
Bach Choir
Wolle
Wolfe
Port Carbon Man Unearths $800 Gold Hoard in Cellar
W J Barron of Port Carbon, a Reading passenger brakeman between Pottsville and Shamokin, dug up old gold coins totalling $800 hidden in a firkin as he prepared to enlarge his home. The date range suggests the treasure is over 50 years old and the owner may be dead. a lawyer says the money is Barron’s. Coins include an 1829 half dollar and a 1700 English copper penny with some coins carrying a premium.
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W. J. Barron
Port Carbon
Barron
Reading
Pottsville
Shamokin
Hall's Catarrh Medicine for Deafness Claim
An old advertisement asserts catarrhal deafness stems from Eustachian tube inflammation and promises Hall's Catarrh Medicine will remove catarrh to restore hearing. It touts over forty years of success and lists Fd Theney & Co. Toledo as sellers through druggists.
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WALL
Fd Theney & Co
Toledo
Keystone pecan research laboratory opens at Manheim
The Keystone pecan research laboratory opened in Manheim on October 1 with brief exercises and an open house. Director Grace Thompson leads a capable staff. The facility showcases over 21,000 pecan based recipes spanning beverages, breads, pies, relishes and more for year round use.
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Keystone Pecan
Manheim
Grace CG. Thompson
Dietitian
Lancaster Hunters Rush Licenses Early This Year
Lancaster county hunters are receiving licenses ahead of the season with 2,478 issued so far, and Deputy County Treasurer M. Falek expects totals to surpass last year’s 16,000. The county bans ring neck pheasants this year along with Bradford, Luzerne, Lycoming, Somerset, and Susquehanna counties where certain game may not be killed until 1926.
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Lancaster County
M. Falek
Bradford Luzerne
Lycoming
Somerset
Susquehanna
Fish and game group stocks local streams with fish
More than 17 000 cat and sunfish were placed in streams in this vicinity by representatives of the Northern Lancaster County Fish and Game Protective Association. They stocked along the Conestoga Cocalico Middle and Indiantown creeks and Stover's dam. The association has 800 plus members and is active in stocking streams and hills nearby, with headquarters in Ephrata.
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Lancaster County Fish and Game Protective Association
Conestoga
Cocalico
Middle
Indiantown
Stover
Two Men Capture William Hart at Lancaster Fair Grounds
Sam Hoffer and Henry Ruth, both missing their purses, saw William Hart slip away in a crowd at Long Park during the Lancaster fair grounds incident. Hart, who claimed Philadelphia as his address, was arrested after being caught in Long Park and committed. The recovered purses revealed their contents.
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William Hart
Philadelphia
Lancaster Fair Grounds
Sam Hoffer
Henry Ruth
Hart
Long Park
Fox hunting in Lancaster faces decline this season
Lancaster county fox hunters report a weak season with few young foxes seen on Octorare and Conowingo hills. Overhunting for skins and bounties has decimated old stock, risking extinction and forcing pursuers to seek new sports.
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Lancaster County
Men of Golden Pens Made for Each Other
In summer 1889 Mark Twain and Rudyard Kipling first met during Kipling’s world tour and U S visit to see Twain. Twain recalls a two hour interview where both admired the other, noting Kipling’s remarkable knowledge and their mutual joke that they cover all knowledge between them.
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Mark Twain
Rudyard Kipling
Kipling
United States
Elmirit
Parrots Teach Woman to Speak, Providing A Living
An expert instructor in New York trains parrots to talk enabling a woman to earn a living from pet bird training. The pair demonstrate speaking abilities and market interest grows for avian language lessons.
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New York
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Hellertown
Keystone
Honey Brook’s New Bank
the County
New Food Research
Princeton
Princeton University
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