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Brimfield News

Location

Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Aug 27, 1936

Page

13

Wolfpen Bottoms Saga Ends and Begins Anew

In 1785 Saul Pattern arrives at Wolfpen Bottoms near the Big Sandy valley Kentucky and plans a life for a man to LIVE In. Decades later Cynthia Pattern, fifth generation, reflects on changes as Sparrel and family upgrade a water mill to steam power while Jesse studies law. A stranger named Shellenberger arrives seeking timber land and alters the mood of Wolfpen.

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Wolfpen Families Face a Selloff and Townbound Hope

Sparrel Pattern and his sons weigh selling timberland to a land agent, while Jesse eyes new plans and a future in Pikeville. Amid debate over land and money, the family confronts change as outsiders push development in the Big Sandy valley.

Jasper Sparrel

A Lovely Frock for Twelves to Twenties

A breezy chic frock pattern for girls from size 12 to 20 promises easy sewing. Barbara Bell Pattern No 1933 B requires 4 yards of 32 inch fabric for size 14 and costs 15 cents, with orders sent to The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago.

Barbara Bell Sewing Circle Pattern Dept W. Adams St Chicago Bell Syndicate WNU

Muskmelon Origins and Early American Spread

A Rural New Yorker writer traces muskmelon origins to the Old World, noting Columbus and Cartier activities in the Americas, early Virginia and Philadelphia cultivation, and a Philadelphia seedsman Bernard McMahon listing 13 Old World varieties in 1806. The Pineapple and Netted varieties emerge as American developments.

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