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Newspaper
Brimfield News
Location
Brimfield, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1952
Page
2
Two freshmen arriving in America stay in a Hoboken room. Mosquitoes torment them as they slap at faces and arms. Around two a m a firefly enters through the open window. They hear a searcher with a lantern seeking them.
A montage of short quips traces ambitions of a Spaniard, an American, and a Scotsman upon sudden wealth with lines about bull rings and palaces. It also folds in dated jokes about wives and husbands and a playful memory of a swimmer in the family.
A family moved to a suburb and bought the largest dog from a German kennels owner to guard their home. While the big dog slept, burglars ransacked the house. The dog merchant advised that they need a watchdog that can wake the large dog to be effective.
A salesman from a real estate firm engages a prospective buyer in a brisk dialogue about viewing a model home first. The exchange motions through curiosity and timing as they discuss when the prospect finishes work to schedule a tour.
A newspaper blurb notes a man known or labeled as a bigamist, described as loving more than one partner but not wisely, hinting at public curiosity or an arrest or social note without graphic detail. The brief emphasizes personal conduct and local social reaction.
A brief humor item features a teacher asking a boy how many sexes exist and the boy replying with a pun that includes male and female, then insects. The exchange uses wordplay on spelling and sounds, reflecting a schoolyard joke style.
A quirky note describes a train linked to a Norwegian engineer starting from Albany to New York, juxtaposing Norse and Scouse senses and declaring that the trains shall never meet.
Agronomists warn soil acidity hurts legume yields and maximize results with liming. Field shows yellow streaks from underlimed patches where lime was not spread evenly. With 0-20-20 fertilizer applied, limed areas yielded 6100 pounds per acre hay and 14.5 percent protein, while unlimed soil produced 1400 pounds and 11.5 percent protein. Total protein from limed soil reached 886 pounds per acre versus lower on acid soil.
A concise classroom note outlines a June 8 1952 lesson focusing on personal property rights and ownership. It highlights definitions, typical disputes, and practical examples likely drawn from local civics or law studies of the era.
A compact meditation on how stealing extends beyond theft of goods. It contrasts right use of money with miserliness, citing Jesus parables and Zacchaeus to urge wholehearted devotion of wealth to good ends, and notes church-based theft through underpay of staff or lax oversight.
Beef cattle numbers in the United States rose over the past three years with 52.3 million head on hand January 1. Population grows faster than herd, raising risks of herd liquidation from weaker demand, drought, or feed shortages and potential price declines in 1952 and beyond.
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