acreage of tobacco by the counties of Pennsylvania were published in the census reports until the Tenth Census, i. e. for the year 1879, only estimates can be given for the acreage prior to this date. It has been estimated that a century ago about thirty or forty acres in Lancaster County were devoted to

fermenting processes while also consulting both at Johns Hopkins University and for the petroleum industry In 1943, General Cigar hired Dr. Frankenburg full time to study the chemistry of Pennsylvania tobacco, and he moved to Lancaster County, settling in Millersville. Thus, General Cigar instituted the

just didn't seem to fit into the trinity of whiskey, tobacco and political deals. Nor did lager beer brewers have much influence in Harris­ burg. The Act was not repealed, and the brewers defied the law. In the March term of Court, the Commonwealth was lined up against the Lancaster City and County

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