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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2026 • VOLUME LXI, NO. 18 • READ THE DIGITAL EDITION ON THE WEB: SNEWS.COM
In This Week’s Issue:
Big Spring Farm Day Welcomes Visitors To See History In Action
Section A
Do You Know...? Page 2A
Where In The World Winner Page 5A Biblical Message ............. 10A Births.................................... 11A Crossword Puzzle............9A “Happy Birthday”.......... 11A Obituaries ............................3A Professor Beam’s “Deitsch Eck”......................4A Things To Do ......................8A
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The Swiss Pioneer Preservation Association hosted its annual Big Spring Farm Days in New Holland recently with hundreds in attendance. Visitors could enjoy a tractor pa-
rade, live exhibitions, great food, old machinery and more. Shown, starting at top left, going clockwise are Trenton Zimmerman in the straw hat and Landon Zim-
merman in the baseball hat as they haul Landon’s brother Jaden in the wagon. The two young engineers were in control of this half-scale Case steam tractor for the tractor
Shopping News Photo by Donald Reese parade; next two powerful year’s display; a steam tractor steam tractors run the parade makes its way by the old log route as spectators look on; cabin; Andrew Stauffer of several old cars joined this (Continued On Page 2A)