Pennsylvania Farm Markets Suppress Severe Local Agriculture Crisis
The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture cites high local consumption, noting the state produces 22 million bushels of wheat and hundreds of millions in milk and meat, yet consumes roughly double its production. A skilled farmer acts as a business manager, leveraging markets to profit amid strong demand, easing the state’s farm problem.
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Pennsylvania
California
Keystone
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Warren
Department of Agriculture
Last oxen sold in Barrington mark end of era
The Hartford Courant notes a Boston dispatch reporting the final oxen yoke sale in Barrington New Hampshire. It recalls how oxen once defined farming with teams of ten yokes sending produce to fairs while breaking rugged land and aiding road work, contrasting them with the horse era.
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Nery
Hartford Courant
Boston
Barrington
N. H
A. B. Locke
Waldron’s Hill
Rochester
Old-Time Farmer and Oxen Amid Snowbound Roads
The piece reflects on how horses and a driver strained as snow blocked roads. Oxen, once vital for dragging farm sieges, are gone, replaced by costly hired labor and tractors. The author laments the shift away from patient, unhurried farming methods and the dignity of the working ox.
Snowstorm poems by Kenneth Abrams Fowler
A verse fragment from the New York Herald Tribune describes a snowstorm as virgins in white dancing above roofs and trees. The imagery portrays the storm’s descent, its cold kiss on the earth, and the transformative, pristine scene until roofs grow white and diademed.
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Kenneth Abrams Fowler
New York Herald Tribune
What's What in Washington
Washington March 16. Congress plans no major action before adjournment in May and faces a heavy workload. Flood control, farm relief, warships, mercantile marine, and tax cuts loom with likely vetoes or delays. The president may call an extra session only after the election, delaying further work. Legislative congestion worsens each spring.
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Washington
Congress
Just Folks Poem Ride Me to the Journey
An Edgar A. Guest poem speaks to children, inviting them to climb aboard and trust a sturdy ride to life’s end. It contrasts caring father figures with those who avoid burdens, promising loyal support through every challenge.
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Evers
Mr Barnacle Helps Water Girls Find The World Beyond
Two young water girls hear a talking barnacle named Mr Barnacle who urges them to travel beyond their underwater home. He shares lessons on exploration, later guiding them to crawl up a weed to reach sunlight and become Dragonflies. The tale ends with the barnacle’s hope for future offspring and his role helping others.
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Mr. Barnacle
Mr. Barnackle
Newspaper Features Service, Inc
NYC Youth Attacks Patrolman After Subway Bench Nap
A youth at the Twenty eighth street subway station undresses on a bench and sleeps. Patrolman Ernest Smith wakes him and the sleeper strikes the officer in the eye before being taken to jail.
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New York City
Twenty Eighth Street
Ernest Smith
Smith
One Minute Pulpit Verse Reflection
A brief devotional excerpt inspired by Isaiah chapters 1 and 10 warns against questioning God, urging humility before the maker. The text contrasts clay and craftsman and asks about the progeny and creation in a reflective, moral tone.
Smock Uniforms and In-Office Perks At Downtown Firm
Burton Bascoe recalls a New York firm where women wear coordinated green blue and lavender smocks laundered free of charge to maintain neatness and uniformity. The company supplies cosmetics at cost to hundreds of female workers and enforces attendance of specific scents to avoid odor clashes. A closing anecdote involves Paul Whiteman and a stage-door encounter ending with a punchline about an elephant.
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New York
Wallstrest
Paul Whiteman
Bussee
Whiteman
Walter Winchell
Mr. Whiteman
Busse
Raw Meat and Fish Diet Advice for Mothers
The article discusses eating raw meat and seafood including oysters and clams, noting no inherent objection if free from parasites or disease. It mentions a past typographical error involving fruits and vegetables and urges readers to share corrected copies. It also advises caution and references another piece on diet during pregnancy and nursing.
Intertrigo in infants and care measures
The excerpt explains causes of intertrigo in babies especially in folds of skin, with poor hygiene and excess weight as risks. It outlines cleaning, drying, and powdering steps, cautions about inhalation hazards from powders, and notes simple remedies such as cold cream olive oil boracic acid ointment zinc oxide and stearate of zinc.
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Castile
Retrospective items from Tribsce Fonere Three period notes
A mixed set of notes from March dates 1924 to 1927 covers incidents in Starbrick fire risk as boiler explosion victims Spade and Rams dell improve, county plans add courthouse space, dog licensing warnings, a bonfire near Stoneham, a Republican state senate nomination contest, Mumford assembly candidacy post, Eberhart and Miller shoe store sale, and a price cut in Corning crude oil.
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Eberhart and Miller
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