Congress Dinner at City Tavern Celebrates 1777 Independence
A Philadelphia City Tavern gala dinner on July 4 1777 marked Congress’s first anniversary of independence with civil and military leaders as guests. Col Rahl’s Hessian band, captured at Trenton, provided the music at the historic tavern noted for politics, meals, and early revolutionary meetings.
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Philadelphia
City
Congress
Au—Thorities
Col. Rahl
Trenton
4 H Club Encampment Plans At White Lake This Summer
Thirty eight girls have sent in applications for 4 H Club Encampment at White Lake from August 6 to 11. Adult leaders met in five Leader's Schools over the past two weeks and will conduct summer meetings in local communities. Also includes tips on hot weather sewing from the U S Department of Agriculture and notes on vitamin ripeness and home canning for families with fish recipes like Jellied Fish Salad.
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White Lake
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Fish Loaf Recipe and Pig Crop Report Contrast
A historic recipe for fish loaf with lemon, fat, milk, breadcrumbs and vegetables appears alongside a crop report noting 1945 spring pig crop declines in North Carolina. Morgan cites 30 percent below 1944, 38 percent under 1943, and a 17 percent shortfall from the 1934-43 average, with sow reductions suggesting a 40 percent fall for the fall crop.
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Morgan
Pig Crop Drops Sharply in North Carolina
J. J. Morgan of the State Department of Agriculture reports the North Carolina spring pig crop at about 593,000 head, nearly 400,000 fewer than two years ago and 236,000 below last year. He cites market restrictions and low prices in late 1943 and early 1944 as the main cause.
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North Carolina
J. J. Morgan
State Department of Agriculture
Simmons and sisters visit Providence and Ocean View
Sue O. Simmons spent time in Providence Rhode Island. Edith Davis and Edith Taylor spent the week end at Ocean View visiting their sister Mrs. B. B. Liles.
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Sue O. Simmons
Providence
R. I
Edith Davis
Edith Taylor
Ocean View
Mrs. B. B. Liles
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City Tavern
Pennsylvania
Committee of Correspondence
Paul Revere
Boston
Continental Congress
Carpenters’ Hall
Thomas Jefferson
George
Martha Washington
Second
Walnut Streets
Roanoke Rapids
Onnaise
Crop Reporting Service
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N.Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Littleton
THE
Friendly Railroad
Seaboard
AIR Line Railway
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