Fruit and poultry tips in farm calendar feature
A local farming guide offers practical advice on selling fruit including roadside markets and using well graded produce. Poultry guidance suggests moist mash at midday to boost egg production and maintain weight through careful grain feeding. Raspberry disease guidance calls for roguing and notes disease free plant sources via Penn State College experts.
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Pennsylvania State College
Ana Early Nation
Tarry Shaw
Community fairs and reunions scheduled through December
A calendar lists events from Sept 15 to Dec 11 including the Longenecker Reunion at Lititz Springs, Reading Fair, Allentown and Lancaster fairs, Trenton and York fairs, Doylestown Fair, Ephrata Farmers Day, Lancaster County Sunday School Convention in Manheim, National Grange Convention in Atlantic City, and the Pennsylvania State Grange meeting in Reading.
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Longenecker
Lititz Springs
Reading
Allentown
Trenton
Lancaster
York
Doylestown
Ephrata
Lancaster County
Lutheran
Atlantic City
N. J
Pennsylvania State Grange
Sure of His Position on Sinking Ship Quote
A passenger, Congressman Blather, on the sinking steamship Seve is pressed by a reporter for publicity. He replies with a wary statement supporting a back-to-the-tank movement, illustrating a satirical stance aboard the ill-fated craft.
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Blather
Seve
the Statesman
Legion Weekly
Unknown Heroes and Thoreau on Rising to Higher Levels
Quote about how some people rise to their potential only when provoked while others could reach higher levels if challenged. Then a note on women in New York who earn living as price testers for big stores, visiting competitors to compare prices and quality.
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Thoreau
New York
The Way of Life Sermon Snippet From Tiftun Gazette
A brief roadside sermon fragment from the Tiftun Gazette contrasts men who earn money easily with women who push legal limits to gain more wealth. It notes some men struggle despite effort while some women fail to obtain a single husband, concluding that such contradictions are the way of life.
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Wayside
Tiftun Gazette
Saved Time by Taking Three Meals at Once
A reader recalls a 16 year old girl story about a debt and a shiftless laborer. Joe Minnick, in debt to grandfather Isaac, works in timber and eats breakfast lunch and supper at the home place. After the third meal he refuses further work and leaves, and the grandfather never collects the debt.
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Grandfather
Joe Minnick
Joe
Mother
Susan
Old Joe
Isaac
Frisky Filly Miss Sarah Refuses Aged Labels
In a Los Angeles Times item, Miss Sarah resists aging labels and stereotypes. She wears youthful clothes, rebels when pushed into expected roles, and humorously retorts when reminded of past days. The anecdote paints a vivid portrait of a lively, aging woman insisting she is not a centurion yet.
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Sarah
Miss Sarah
Los Angeles Times
Groundhog Hail Storms and Local Coop Farm News
County wide note recounts plentiful groundhogs despite less hunting due to Slumbering Lodge of Quarryville. Describes a plan to start blackbird protection lodge. York Street features a fashion note on an undressed woman. Reports on a new concrete structure with 22 foot driveway. Highlights Lancaster County’s first farmer cooperative feed pool run by Farm Bureau. monthly pools replace fixed pool prices. Local plant John W Eshlewan & Sons handles feed with county wide farmer cooperation and local distributors aiding cost savings.
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Lancaster County
Quarryville
Lancaster County Farm Bureau
Cooperative Commodity Division
The
Farm Bureau
Eastern States Farmers’ Exchange
Commodity Division
John W. Eshlewan & Sons
Tailor and Student in Odd Settlement Note
An undergraduate writes to his tailor who pressed for payment, enclosing a check only to say he cannot settle the account. The note humorously opens with Dear Sir and ends abruptly as the student declines to pay. The missive illustrates a past debt dispute conveyed in a concise, lighthearted postal style.
Oldtimer Speaks on Manners and Psychology Roots
An oldtime Duluth Herald item notes that children’s manners improve with wiser parenting, contrasting past ignorance of psychology with practical childrearing wisdom and apple sprout anecdotes. The brief reflects period voice and local sentiment about parenting education.
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Duluth Herald
Allentown Song and Local Gardens in Lehigh Valley News
In Allentown a unique local city song Hail Allentown is praised with words by Frances Steitler Frucauft and music by Prof Ed gar B Kocher. Bethlehem conductor Dr Fred Wolle lauds the piece as lovely and vigorous. Jag Garden Dr Eugene A Ran showcases a rare medical plants collection at his Bethlehem residence. George Oakley of Pasadena dies in Wilkes-Barre from a fall after a bank building accident. A bumblebee causes a car crash near Whit ford, Chester county injuring Elizabeth Widener. Mrs Alice Cramer seeks peace terms after reports of severe domestic abuse. John Ryan, 40, found dead in Shamokin bunk house. suspected foul play noted by coroner. substantial bank holdings traced.
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Allentown
Lehigh
Allen
Frances Steitler Frucauft
Edgar B. Kocher
Fred Wolle
Bethlehem “Bach Choir
Rotary International
Eugene A. Ran
Ghureh and
Centre Sts
Bethlehem
Lehigh Valley
Th. Ran
Jrof
Mys
Moravian Seminary
College For Women
America
George Oakley
Tuman Fly
Pasadena
Cal
Wilkes-Barre
Oakley
Bel
John Ryan
Bear Valley Water Company
Shamokin
J. K. Fisher
Farmers’ National Bank
Kansas City
Kulpmont National Bank
Generous Anonymous Giver Donates Largest US Organ
A New England woman quietly funded the gift of the nation’s largest organ to the National Cathedral in Washington. The donor declined to reveal her name, withholding personal details while her generous act supported a historic religious landmark.
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America
National Cathedral
Washington
New England
Hey
Snake myth debunked as stinging snakes loom
The stinging snake belief is false says Pxehenge. No scientist has observed a stinging snake. Rewards offer for such snakes, but none exist. The Farancia abacura, a harmless snake with a tail spine, is cited as the closest form called hoop, rainbow, mud, or stinging snake in the South.
Why He Changed Name Sam New Office Boy in Business Girls Office
A short New York Sun item recalls Sam, the lightweight office boy in the Business Girls office. Hired as Samuel, he reveals his name had been Sanson before he chose to be called Sam. He explains his past was worse, noting he was small and not strong for heavy tasks.
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Sam
Business Girls
Samuel
Mke
Sanson
New York Sun
Yerba Mate Plant and Global History
Yerba mate is a South American plant used to brew a beverage similar to tea but with distinct qualities. It is grown and shipped worldwide and has fueled disputes and wars over its cultivation methods and preparation secrets guarded by its indigenous stewards.
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South America
Poor Man Faints Over Berth Price Confusion
A man informs a Pullman agent he wants a berth. The agent explains the upper and lower berths with a convoluted price riddle, noting the lower berth is higher and costs more, while the upper is cheaper but involves more effort. The man faints, captioned as Portal Spirit.
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Pullman
Laugh for Health in the Simieh Amid Odd Health Tip
A garbled clipping discusses a health joke theme and withdrawal of typical advice. The readable fragments mention laughter as a potential aid and reference a few unclear terms. No coherent events or names emerge.
Lightening the Surden Through Timeworn Tricks
A brief item notes that women try aging tricks to appear younger, with a nod to older Boston journalism. It reflects social attitudes toward aging and fads in appearance from a historical newspaper snippet.
Too Far Gone to Reform Vivacious Girl Quote
A Philadelphia Record aphorism notes that once a girl earns a vivacious reputation, no earthly power can silence her. The remark reflects a sharper social edge from historical press commentary.
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Philadelphia Record
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Youngstown
Ohio
Whitford
Chester County
Alice Cramer
W. C. Cramer
Katherine Bentzel
Althout
Laugh For Health
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Ralph M. Spacht
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