County Firemen Parade Highlights Christiana Event
The twenty first annual Lancaster County Firemen Association meeting concluded with a monster parade in Christiana drawing 1500 marchers from county and neighboring counties. Prizes honored Susqueanna Fire Company Columbia and Mount Joy Fire Company among others, with 125 members earning diplomas in five fire schools and 55 fires attributed to defective flues and chimneys.
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Lancaster County
Christiana
Charles Mall
Annpai
Claterns
Lincoln and
New
Danville
Carr
Fred‘Haaler
U. S
Department of Public
Pennsylvania
Benjamin Herr
Petersburg
Leb
Praizeworthy
Union - ‘Fire Company
Lancaster
Susqueanna Fire Company
Columbia
Mount’ Joy
Fire Company
Ephrata
Manheim
Burial sites for Union cemeteries now rest of Southerners
North Carolina hosts four federal cemeteries Raleigh Wilmington New Bern and Salisbury now the resting place for many Southerners killed in the Spanish American and World Wars.
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North Carolina
Raleigh
Wilmington
New ‘Bern
Salisbury
Laying Out a Vegetable Garden For Good Harvest
A guide to choosing a garden spot with southern exposure and no nearby trees. Trees rob the soil of moisture and nutrients essential for robust vegetables.
Plastic Knife A claims durability and versatility in everyday tasks
The passage describes a plastic knife touted as resistant to spots and stains, unbreakable when dropped, and capable of cutting vegetables fruits cokes and bread, while noting a worker is involved in the scene.
First Submarine Victim Named in 1884 Hudson Incident
The first ship sunk by a submarine was the Housatonic torpedoed while on blockade duty off Charleston, S.C., February 17, 1884, marking a historic naval event.
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Housatonic
Charleston
8. C
Poultry Cull Rates Tie to Seasonal Slump
A Pennsylvania State College report notes that 65 percent of birds culled from flocks occur between May 1 and October 1. It adds birds unable to sustain heavy production beyond seven months tend to appear in the latter part of the year.
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Pennsylvania State College
State Leads in Dairy Output and Farm Value in 1940
Pennsylvania maintained third place in farm value from milk and seventh in milk volume. The 1940 dairy stats show 4,778 million pounds of milk produced with an estimated farm value of 120.883 million dollars, up 3 percent in volume and 9 percent in value from 1939.
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Pennsylvania
John H. Light
Department of Agriculture
Planta
Community Notices Highlight Weekend Visits and Gatherings
Greenbank area residents hosted and visited family and neighbors over the weekend. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Ny Houck in Washington DC, and many local households such as the Woomerts, Harnishes, Overlys, Lutzs, and Parmers enjoying Sunday and Friday gatherings with extended relatives and friends. The Ladies Missionary meeting convened at the Overly home Monday evening.
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I. Ny Houck
Washington, D.C
Harry ‘Dietrich
Clayton
Wenger
Amanda’ Thomas
Uriah, Asner
Thomas
Stouch
Glenn Graybill
Raymond
Woomert
Faye
Siedhoff
Richard Usner
Louis
Buzzard
Ethel
Mary
Jane Shaub
Ben’ Harnish
Minerva
Willis
Harnish
Arid
Charlés
Bernie
Russell
Rhodes
Willow Street
Clayton Overly
Marvin
Overly
Glenn
John Lutz
Rothsville
Ben
John Kochel
Franklin Zimmeran
Sheafferstown
Lancaster
Edward Druckenbrod
Care for Cyclamens in Warm Rooms
Do not keep cyclamens in rooms that are too warm. Excess heat causes blossoms to lose firmness. Keep the soil around the roots consistently damp to maintain healthy plants.
Nullification Theory Attributed to Calhoun Sparks Debate
The excerpt discusses John C. Calhoun's nullification theory asserting states may reject federal laws deemed unconstitutional. It notes the idea that states hold the right to refuse acts of Congress.
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John
C. Calhoun
Maine county claims one seventh of US potato production
Ost of Seven Aroostook County Maine asserts that in a normal year it yields one seventh of all potatoes grown in the United States.
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Aroostock County
Maine
United States
Wool Production in China Reaches 80 Million Pounds
China produces about 80 million pounds of wool annually. The figure highlights China's prominent role in global wool output and signals robust livestock and textile industry activity across the country.
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China
Restoring Glossy Finish to Ancient Persian Bust Casting
The University of Chicago used a photographic developing process to transform a dull pale plaster cast of an ancient Persian lions head into a striking glossy black finish. H P Bartch of the Oriental Institute oversaw the method after assembling fragmentary stone pieces from an expedition.
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University of Chicago
H. P. Bartch
The
Oriental Institute
Snakes as Helpful Inhabitants in Agriculture
An article argues snakes are essential to farms by controlling rodents, noting farmers lose millions yearly without them. It cites few dangerous species, states most snakes target mice and rats, and argues misunderstandings persist about snakes in Eden and in nature.
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Eden
Earth
U.S
Africa
Australia
Pennsylvania Tomato Acreage Swings Toward Eighth in 1930s
Secretary of Agriculture John H Light says Pennsylvania had 4280 acres of tomatoes for canning in 1930, ranking sixteenth, with ten years to 1940 bringing production up nearly 500 percent to about 20000 acres and a possible rise to eighth. Projected 26000 acres could lift PA to a higher standing. Beans fertilizer advised as broadcast before planting and worked into soil. Swine need ample clean water in summer to maintain gains and temperature.
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John H. Light
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania State College
Lvestock
State. College
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