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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1931
Page
9
Jean Newton discusses child upbringing advice from astrologers in 1930s era columns. The piece warns against overrigid parenting and urges gentle guidance to avoid stubbornness and misbehavior, highlighting universal lessons in child psychology.
A compact collection of old proverbs and maxims on competition, fortune, frugality, and personal effort. It cites famous voices such as Phaedras Livy and Augustine, linking rashness, ambition, misery, and success to everyday life and social dynamics.
A fragmentary article notes bridal gift traditions with a bed quilt and mentions superstition about luck. It then discusses venomous yet imported creatures like spiders and snakes with dormant periods, plus how delicate materials endure travel. The Leicester museum received a marine opossum en route to a zoo, amid unusual travel details.
The emperor Henry IV of Germany performed penance to seek absolution and reinstatement during the Investiture Crisis. He faced excommunication after resisting Pope Gregory VII's reform, then reconciled with the papacy, only to be excommunicated again and later reconciled multiple times with his son Henry V.
The passage outlines the black willow as a 15 to 35 foot tree with rough black bark and slender brittle branches. Leaves are narrow and dark green above, pale beneath, with common defoliation from leaf diseases. It notes borer attack on trunks and branches and states its value is mainly soil conservation and limited fuel wood, recommending other trees instead.
A quirky account describes whiffletick hunting in the southern Newce land states. Two hunters paddle a duck boat with cheese, a shovel, and a landing net. They bore a ten foot water hole, drop cheese to lure the creature, then scoop it up as it surfaces.
The verse notes a paradoxical humor across perspectives. It reflects on how what one finds funny differs from another’s view,Images of a comic world made by and for the funny folk, with a wry tone about society and shared jokes.
A fragmented vintage piece describes child friendly foods and kitchen tips. It lists methods for presenting treats, preparing fruit morsels, and kid pleasing menu ideas including coconut coated balls, date and fig mixtures, and milk based desserts. It references serving techniques and entertaining ideas for children with simple, household ingredients.
Instructions describe mushroom prep with olive oil, eggs, and cream in a white sauce served over toast. Also outlines Butter Cream Frosting: butter, confectioners sugar, flavoring, and cream, firming when chilled, enough to cover 24 small cakes. Includes decorative chocolate touches and mentions 1930 Western Newspaper Union.
An aged circus performer in town declines rejoining the show after a newborn arrives at home. A friend urges him to go, noting the circus visits yearly, but he recalls the frequency of babies at home.
Weeds and dockage can be reduced by improved plowing and seed bed prep, dishing stubble to save moisture and prevent weeds from seeding. Better crop rotation and extensive alfalfa and sweet clover growth enrich soil and smother weeds. Immediate relief comes from cleaning grain at threshing or before hauling to market using affordable devices.
The piece notes a general shift toward earlier chick purchases across the Middle West as hatcheries report consistent demand. Variations occur in years with severe late winter weather, but overall demand grows, with February through May becoming key purchase periods for sustaining laying stock.
Pr. Benjamin Roehler of the University of Waiois proposes a formaldehyde dust treatment for seed oats as a disease control method. The ethyl mercury chloride compound is tested for effectiveness against oats diseases, with per bushel material costs noted and comparisons to existing oat treatments.
Report describes dairy cows kept for wintering facing low milk output due to insufficient forage and limited grain in ration. Farmers rely on dry roughage stored in stacks, yet cows struggle to produce milk as high quality concentrates are scarce. The piece notes the harsh constraint of forage and grain balance.
The article surveys hay quality and feed costs in egg production, advising about toizinizing feeds, formaldehyde seed treatment for oats, and air circulation. It stresses cleaning kitchens, early calf feeding, water temperature in laying houses, fruit tree planting in October, and ending with hens’ egg-laying potential and pullet maturation patterns.
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