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Newspaper
The Daily Mail
Location
Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1934
Page
4
Shiloh records the largely attended funeral of Emma Kate Ridenour with multiple local residents listed as attendees and visitors. The section lists numerous visits among families in Bridgeport Reuterville and nearby towns, with many households hosting and visiting over a week, including arrangements at Harmony and White Oak Forest schools.
Prices paid to farmers for commodities listed include Wheat at 88 cents per bushel and Corn at 8?8? per bushel. Eggs 20 cents per dozen. Chickens 10 to 12 cents, young chickens 12 to 14 cents. Country bacon shoulders and hams 20 cents, Irish potatoes 30 cents per bushel, sweet potatoes 50 cents per bushel, onions 10 cents, walnuts 50 cents per bushel.
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Tuesday gatherings with Mr and Mrs Arthur Keller in Fouke are noted along with Sunday visits by Mr and Mrs Smith Burkholder and Hazel of Mason and Dixon to Mr and Mrs Henry Plummer. Leroy Meenesy reports four fine porkers butchered last Wednesday. Claude Wolfe of Paramount is the head watcher. Other attendees include Robert Palmer Walter Shifter and several Weaver Harsh Wolf and Wolf daughters. Mrs Charles Spidle and Virginia visited Mrs Paul Hull recently.
In Walnut Point and nearby areas, families like Boward Burgan and Kiracofe enjoyed visits from Hagerstown and Funksown acquaintances. Preston Sprecher’s illness remains stable while his mother Bertha recovers. The note on Bushrangers explains the Australian term for escaped convicts who fled to the bush and turned robbers.
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