Almira Home in New Castle Noted for Long-Serving Residents
The Almira Home at 1001 East Washington Street, founded in 1907, houses 46 elderly ladies, including Mary Marks 101 the oldest and Sophie Fisher 70 the youngest aside from a two year old canary, Dickie. Staff of fourteen supports long-tenured workers like Nellie Tindall and W D Williams, residents knit, quilt, and attend weekly church services via the New Castle Ministerial Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castle
Almira
East Ashington Street
Mary Marks
Sophie Fisher
Dickie
Lola M. Harris
Almira Home
Nellie Tindall
W. D. Williams
Pruning and Care for Raspberries and Blackberries
Summer pruning instructions cover new shoots near raspberry and blackberry plants, pinching tips at 20 inches, heading back side branches to 8 12 inches, and multiple passes for uniform height. Blackberries need 20 to 24 inch headed shoots. red raspberries are not pruned similarly. Keep the patch weed free and cultivate regularly. Also tips on selecting durable fabrics and checking labels for color fastness and shrinkage.
Horse sense in tractor lubrication guide
Practical notes for farmers on proper tractor lubrication. Emphasizes reading the tractor manual and lubrication guide, using correct SAE oil weights, avoiding bargain oil, following manufacturer intervals, changing engine and transmission oil promptly, and keeping containers clean. Encourages using News Want Ads for results.
Parasites Fight Japanese Beetles in Pennsylvania
State agriculture agents released 150 to 200 female Korean Tiphia wasps at eight sites including Gettysburg College Chambersburg Koski Preparatory School Johns Town Allison Park Ligonier and Wrightsville to curb Japanese beetle grub damage. Each wasp lays 200 to 400 eggs targeting grub hosts, with emergence to follow in about two weeks. High beetle activity expected through September in southern counties. Dr. Thomas L. Guyton notes effective control via 50 percent wettable powder treatment on lawns. Also included is a separate meteorological note about arid conditions in Africa and Chile with historically low rainfall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Bureau of Plant Industry
State Department of Agriculture
Gettysburg College
Gettysburg
Adams County
Wilson College
Chambersburg
Franklin County
Koski
Saltsburg
Westmoreland County
Johnstown
Cambria County
Allison Park
Allegheny County
Ligonier
Wrightsville
York County
Thomas L. Guyton
Pennsysylvania
Guyton
Land Deals and Public Health Notes From History
The text references land taken from Sioux Indians for whisky and cash paid by Congress, mentions Stephen Smith as founder of American Public Rise m, and an 1840 typhus outbreak prompting home inspections at Bellevue Hospital in New York. It also notes motorists pay about one eighth of government revenue.
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St. Paul
Fort Snelling
Congress
Bellevue Hospital
New York
Vic
Also Mentioned on This Page
Porch
Dufford
Tully
Eckerd
Brenneman
E. Washington St
Swift
Golden Dawn
E. Washington Street
Anderson & Anderson
N. Mill St
Lawrence County Farm
Home News
J. $. Riley & CO
E. Wash. ST
America
Mercury
Craft Motor Co
Grant
Beaver
Africa
Chile
Washington St. Main Fleer
Savings Eerney Ey Rence
East SV
New Castle, PA
Stephen Smith
American Public Rissem
Farmers Supply Company
Washington
BE. Long
H. R. Huston Company
NY Een
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