Almanacs Shaped Weather Forecasting In America
A history of almanacs from ancient observations to the Old Farmer's Almanac, noting their long run since 1793 and the fame of Poor Richard's Almanac. It covers the range of topics, early printing, and legends about weather predictions and notable myths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Weather Bureau
Weather Service
Egypt
Nuremberg
Columbus
New World
Benjamin Franklin
Richard Saunders
Poor Richard
Richard
Prussia
London
Jonathan Swift
Puzzle Pete's Word Games and Parades Puzzle
Puzzle Pete offers a brain teaser column with word clues and a triangle built from PARADES. The piece asks which statements are true, hints at EAR endings, and presents a sequence where the second word abbreviates South America and others denote terms like an Indian weight and a heating device.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete
South America
Captain Hal Lists Only Interesting Pen Pals
Readers seek pen pals from across the country, listing ages and addresses for letters. Names include Elizabeth Hemker in Ohio, Loretta Koch in Texas, Karin Bursey in Massachusetts, and many others across Ohio, Maine, Texas, Alabama, and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal
Glass Flower Collection at Harvard Wins Global Acclaim
A Harvard exhibit features Blaschka glass models of plants and flowers spanning 164 plant families. Crafted by Leopold Blaschka and later Rudolph, the collection showcases life-size, colorfully textured specimens, including microscopic views and pollen enlarged 2,000 times, attracting over 200,000 yearly visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvard University
Cambridge
Mass
Leopold Blaschka
Bohemia
America
George L
Goodale
Harvard Botanical Museum
Blaschka
Elizabeth C. Ware
Mary
Harvard Museum
Charles Eliot Ware
Rudolph
Blaschkas
Dresden
Germany
Royal Gardens
United States
Cowboy Solves Mystery of Missing Union Pacific Car
A cowboy discovers freight car No 907 abandoned in a gulch after the silk special on the Union Pacific vanished from the main line. The car’s loss occurred during a mountain run when detached cars were braked separately and then recoupled, letting No 907 slip away unnoticed until the desert find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Pacific
Bitter Creek
Red Desert
Laramie
Omaha
Gulch
Ice Is King Poem About Winter Trees and Birds
A compact winter poem describes the ice king ruling bare trees and hollow nests, with wind invading the forest. The smallest bird senses the season as branches remain chilled and unable to bear nests until spring returns.
Scrapbook Fun For Rainy Saturdays With Pictures
A cheerful verse extols making scrapbooks from clipped magazine images. It highlights learning about boats dogs and places through cut pictures. The activity is pitched as a pleasant, lonely afternoon pastime using paste and scissors.
Wristlet Bend a Spoon with Red Nail Polish Initial
A quirky craft instruction describes bending a spoon around the wrist and marking it with bright red nail polish as a personal emblem. The tip emphasizes a bold, visible initial for a playful, decorative effect.
Brain Teaser Retains Body, Flavor, and More
A listed set of wordplay clues converts middle letters to form new meanings. Each transformation shifts a single letter to reveal an organ, flavoring, whale tail lobe, input verb, toast, boundary, game fish, rigidity, punitive term, and cauterized state.
Clay Keeper Keeps Moisture With Aluminum Foil
Molding clay remains moist and pliable indefinitely when wrapped in aluminum foil. Color Cure Mismates of hosiery boiled together yield the same shade, preserving color consistency.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nevada
Petes
Elizabeth Hemker
Wadsworth
Ohio
Sandra Bryant
Lynn
Cuyahoga Falls
Loretta Koch
Marion Circle
Corpus Christi
Tex
Bruce Bursey
Jasper St
Saugus
Karin Bursey
Eloise Makuley
Glenwillow Dr
North Royalton
Grace Berube
Main St
Lewiston
Maine
Grance Hinojosa
Hebronville
Sherry Ladnier
Dunnan St
Pascagoula
Phyllis Palumbo
Westford St
Maxy Anderson
A.D
Saugertus
N. Y
Carolyn Nan Wilsey
Loxley
Ala
Toby D. Ellison
Upson St
Akron
Diana Hindman
Bass Bary
Chippewa Lake
Tyra Hutchson
Jack Fortune
Albion Rd
Thomas Phillips
Irene Djordjevick
Gary Stribicki
Ridge Rd
Beatrice Arispe
Sherman St
Marian Johnson
Cliffside
Barbara O'Dell
Newton St
Linda Perry
Ashland Rd
Malden
Sandra Campbell
Kipling
Gray Wolf
Harvard
San Francisco
Green River
Wyo
Ice Is
King
Kay Cammer
Saqvard Glvynas Avas
VNLG
Yds
Tionvill
Seoing
Eaddy
Lidy
Elizabeth H. Hickey
Parry
Zoo’s Who
George Scarbd
Solomon
Pacific Ocean
Solomon Islands
Handsome
Ray
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