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(Special to The Citisen.) Damascus, July 22. Frank Jenking and Bob, Dorin, of Honesdale, were through this section on Saturday last In the former's Maxwell car, Jatwnes Knecht, of Brooklyn, N. Y., and family are occupying the W. W. Young house above Callicoon, N. Y., but in the extreme north end of Da mascus township, They will occupy it for the summer months only. Mr. Knecht is one of the firm doing busi ness under the name of The Wayne County Produce Company and deal in elder and vinegar with their fac tory located In Greenpoint, Long Island. He was born in Damascus township and five many years here parars his parents moved to Brook yn. Gene Carthenuser is learning the whip hand of his new auto surpris ingly easy, Gene is the manager of ee milk plant at Skinners “alla. We are pained to learn of the seri ous iitness of Mrs. Mackey Page of Cochecton, Mrs. Page is a most estimable woman and has lately en dured more than her share of bodily ill. Her friends will pray for her quick recovery from her present af fliction. The defunct Dairy Product Com pany, lately doing business under that name at Galilee, this township, and at other points, have recently paid an installment of twenty per cent to their creditors around the above named place with the promise of more and probably all the debt In the near future, Valentine Sheldal, one of the partners of the company when the emaih came, reopened the Galilee plant April 1. For a time butter was made from what milk he was able to obtain, but lately it has been marketed in the form of cream and the patrons are paid for their milk on the basis of the butter fat content. Not nearly all of the old patrons are taking their milk to his plant. The recent rains caused quite a rise in the Delaware. New potatoes are being retailed by our merchants at 40 centa a peck. Joel Hill, of Lookout, is the one successful alfalfa grower in this township. The senator has now ground rich in potash, humus and such constituent parts as Nature al ways supplies for the growth of Jux rant vegetation when she has her own way of doing business. Alfalfa will not grow with wet feet no more than will corn, wheat or oate. If you do not have a deep, rich soil do not waste time on alfalfa, for it will not grow where the hard pan is up to the second ralf of the fence. There is no secret in raising it, further than having correct soil conditions. James Lloyd, now past eighty-one years, is perhaps the oldest pen sioner in this section. If there are any older let us hear from you There may be older ones in Warne county, of course. Mr. Lloyd was a blacksmith in the Federal army. Dr. Geo. L. Cade, the Galilee vet erinarian, is the possessor of a road equine of which he is justly proud, and of which he occasionally drops a sly word of praise, as the occasion demands. Nesaya l formerly had a good track record but has been ren dered incapacitated for that sport, Lightning, the real electricity and
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Honesdale Citizen
Honesdale, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Jul 24, 1912
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