Fiction Corner The Rug's Shadow Over the Farradays
A narrator recalls the Farraday family from childhood. Aunt Abbey’s bequest of a golden Oriental rug to Mrs Farraday triggers pride, concealment, and a rise in status that masks growing misfortune. Dora, Skippy, Ellen, and Mr Farraday unravel amid elopements, debts, and a town’s gossip as the rug binds their fates.
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Ellen Farraday
Skippy
Dora
Danny Wright
Mrs. Farraday
Farreday House
Abbey
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Aunt Abbey
Mrs. Warraday
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Ellen
Dora Farraday
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Mrs. Fartraday
Cities Grant Pay Increases To Address Rising Costs
Cities across the nation grant municipal pay raises to ease higher living costs. Cleveland budgets 2.1 million this year with specific increases for fire police staff and white collar workers, Pittsburgh earmarks 1.2 million, Chicago raises for under 5000 dollar earners, Omaha adds 15 dollars monthly, and New York City expands salaries for top officials by 80 thousand.
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Chicago
Omaha
New York City
Heavy Crops Drain Soil of Plant Food in Midwest Farmland
University of Illinois agronomist O L Whalin warns that heavy war-time cropping removed about 3.3 million tons of nitrogen from soils in 1942 46 while only 1.5 million tons were replenished. He says one half of phosphorus and far less potassium were restored, urging lime soil tests and use of manure inoculated legumes phosphate and potash to restore fertility.
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Illinois
O. L. Whalin
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Deep Rooted Legumes Improve Soil Structure and Fertility
Deep rooted legumes like sweet clover and alfalfa push tap roots deep into compact soil to open channels for air and water. Regular inclusion in crop rotation loosens soil and deposits mineralized organic matter, boosting phosphorus and potash availability for subsequent crops.
Soil Fumigant Stops Work of Nematodes
In its war on soil pests scientists have forged a new weapon against nematodes the soil like worms whose activity causes farmland idle every year in the South. The fumigant known as D D uses dichloropropane and allows repeated plantings year after year of many crops that were previously rotated.
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Scientfic Research
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