New York farmers eye fruit juices and frozen vegetables
Geneva March 20 Professor P J Parrott of the state agricultural station says new fruits vegetables and grains will aid farms by expanding markets and boosting value. The station trains 70 experts and conducts 125 investigations including improving fruit breeding and developing bottled fruit juices and frozen vegetables for steady income.
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Charles Dennis 102 Oldest Journal Reader in Skaneateles
Charles Dennis aged 102 of Skaneateles remains a reader of The Syracuse Journal despite failing eyesight. Born to Amos Dennis and Catherine Ryan, he recalls long farming life on 189 acres by Skaneateles Lake, with Revolutionary War ancestry. He married Amanda Fuller, notes 50 years of marriage, and credits hard work and plain food for longevity.
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How Tobacconist Built Business in Syracuse History
Syracuse’s early tobacco shop at Syracuse House featured two Tammany Hall figures. Regular patrons paid a fixed yearly sum to proprietor William L Palmes and could freely help themselves to tobacco, sitting to smoke or converse in the shop.
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Balm Pills Made Belgium Famous in Clay Township
The quiet village of Belgium in Clay township hosted a once famous industry producing Oriental Balm Pills. The widespread product formed a notable, though now obscure, line that employed twenty to thirty men in the early part of the century.
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Polls Open for Three Days in 1828 Campaign in Syracuse
Syracuse Whigs scored gains amid Democratic splits as polls opened for three days in 1828. The campaign featured party clashes, with Whigs rallying support against Jacksonian rivals, while Democratic factions pressed their get out the vote efforts. Local papers recorded name changes and shifting allegiances as the contest unfolded.
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Last Man Killed In Civil War Was Syracusan
Lieut Hiram Clark of Company IG 185th Regiment GAR from Onondaga County was killed at Appomattox Courthouse Virginia in April 1865 while the flag of the war was being sent in. The regiment mustered in Syracuse September 22 1864 and helped in Grant era Virginia campaigns.
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Red Coats Sent Back to English Monarchy Land feud over apples and land deeds
A county land dispute centers on the Hitchings family apple lands in New York that fed King George II and Washington era soldiers. John Hitchings and Grant Hitchings held parcels along the Cherry Valley turnpike, with a 1930s condemnation to seize a right of way. The king reportedly valued Hitchings apples highly and gifted land under royal orders, tying local history to Revolutionary War service claims.
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