County pheasant survey shapes farm plans in Winnebago
County Agent reports 107 responses from Buren members on pheasant damage and control options. Most favor open seasons for pheasants, some call for bounties or hunter restrictions. Board plans a local procedure, with state-fair judging for 4-H boys, livestock tours, and Jubilee activities amid extensive farm and club events across Lake Mills and surrounding towns.
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Chavelet So
Pum Buren
Pleasants
Rers
Jam Bureau Board
Ted Rusley
Lake Mills
Jonal Game
Winnebago
Winnebago County
Farm Bureau
Art Club
Forest City
Fiel
Buffalo Center
Schroeder and Lee
Thompso
Thompson
M. M. Hage
Winnnebago
Fred Bliss Ot Uke Mills
Austin Blackey
Ogear Moen
My. Moen
Oaxwood Park
Henry Moe
Mos Wis
George Larson
Scarville
Hlotary
Carroll Brackey
Thomson
Joanette
Flo
Mat
Larson
Flo Ofoy Eo
Connecion
Lake Mills-Scarville Coty
T. K. Haugen
Association
Milo Hansey
Wm. Olson
Center Township
Cow Testing Association
Togo
County Farm Bureau Board
A. B. Myhr
B. J. Thompson
Grigson
Town State College
STATE FIGHTS NOXIOUS WEEDS IN TAWA AREAS
Farmers and farm groups work with weed commissioners across the state to eradicate noxious weeds. Carl N. Kennedy, Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, notes wide cooperation and community action as the preferred plan, with the law ready to address noncooperation that blocks weed cleanup.
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Tawa
Carl N. Kennedy
Mr. Kennedy
Ki ng Lim adyke light mystery reported
A puzzling light sighting near Ki ng Lim adyke has prompted local officials to investigate. Residents describe an unusual glow in the night sky, with no official explanation yet and ongoing inquiries by authorities.
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Lim Adyke
Monarch Deflates Overzealous Priest With Witty Rebuke
In Ostend King Leopold of Belgium endures a priestly sermon on his private life but counters with a sharp remark. Evelyn Graham notes the anecdote from King Albert’s biography, where Leopold coolly retorts that people have said the same about the priest, then smiles.
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Leopold
Belgium
Big Chalet
Ostend
Evelyn Graham
King Albert
Monsieur le
King
Kansas City Times
Little Profit Found in Search for Sensation
A reflective piece argues life should mix play with caution. It warns against the notion that happiness comes only from constant frolic. The essay urges balancing novelty with measured indulgence and valuing exchanges between gains and losses.
The Thinker And The Everbright Château Of Thought
The speculative mind is a vast chateau on a hill shrouded in darkness. A single flicker grows, then a thousand windows blaze as minds labor in skull shaped rooms. The largest window contains an Inch trying to eat the Infalte.
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Chateau
First Uses for Sideboard in Dining Rooms
The Brooklyn Eagle notes the credence table as the original sideboard used to hold dishes for served meals. An underling tasted each dish in guests’ presence to detect poison, a practice that faded as poisoning became less common, leaving the sideboard to display silver and tableware.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Causes of Blood Rain Insect and algae explanations offered
The article notes many so called blood rain events do not come from the sky. It cites red fluid shed by certain moth species and rapid algae and rotifer blooms in rain pools as alternative sources. It also mentions red snow in polar regions arising from similar organisms.
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Polar
Dragon's Blood pigment and trade routes described
The article explains Dragon's Blood as a red gum from ripe fruit of palm trees in Siam and the Dutch East Indies. It notes its use in pharmacy, varnish coloring, and photo-engraving, with extraction by steaming and crushing and distribution from Penang Singapore onward to Europe and America.
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Siam
Dutch East Indies
Penang
Singapore
Europe
America
Ancient Roads Unearthed Reveal Builders Across Empires
National Geographic reports remains of an Arat highway traceable to Cheops of Egypt. Babylon once levied tolls on a major route, while Carthaginian roadwork is cited as advanced though details are unclear.
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Cheops
Egypt
National Geographic Magazine
Babylon
Carthaginians
Understanding Airplane Speed Terms in Early Text
The passage defines flying speed as the minimum speed to keep the plane aloft, cruising speed as the efficient pace for long trips, and top speed as the maximum with smooth control. It notes cruising reduces fuel and wear versus maximum power, cites example speeds of 105 mph top, 90 mph cruising, and stalls near lower limits with landing slightly above stall.
Harvest Home Festival Kept On Scottish Farm
Harvest Home, or Kirn, remains a fixed farm tradition in Scotland with dances in the granary. A fiddle and melodeon lead the troupe through tunes such as Petronella, Rifleman and Drops of Brandy while boots brave the rough floor. The steward’s thanks to the farmer for the kiln elicits humorous praise as he slips from lofty English to broad Scots.
Lopsided Wife Joke in Spo kane Spokesman Teview
A fragment from the Spo kane Spokesman Teview recounts a home incident where a wife complains of palos after carrying a bucket of coal. The husband reacts with a jocular, old fashioned demand that she carry two buckets to balance the load, reflecting period humor about marriage roles.
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Mra. B
Iit
Spokane
Teview
Force in Expression and the Unlicked Cub Metaphor
The Kansas City Star uses a strong homely reference to an unlicked cub to describe a crude undeveloped person needing harsh experience to shape character. The metaphor borrows zoological imagery of a mother bear licking cubs to convey inescapable transformation from unfinished to refined.
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Kansas City Star
Birthday and anniversary definitions in the Literary Digest
An explainer outlines how birthday marks the day of birth while anniversary refers to yearly recurrences of that date. It notes colloquial uses for second and first birthday concepts and highlights standard dictionary definitions of both terms.
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Literary Digest
Caesar's rebuke of lavish spending on beasts and people
Plutarch recounts Caesar in Rome noticing wealthy strangers parading with dogs and monkeys. He questions whether women in their land are used to bearing children, rebuking those who lavish affection on animals over kin.
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Caesar
Plutarch
Roma
Early Arctic Voyages and Polar Discoveries
Early Arctic exploration began with John Davis in 1588 reaching 72 degrees 12 minutes north. Followed by Barent in 1596, Hudson in 1607, and Baffin in 1616. Peary reached the North Pole in 1909, while Amundsen discovered the South Pole in 1911.
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John Davis
William Barent
Henry Hudson
William Baffin
North Pole
Peary
South Polar
James Cool
South Pole
Roald Amundsen
Raise Domestic Rabbits Profit Ahed of Poultry
Government figures cited by Our magazine expiaing note rabbits as more profitable than poultry. The ad invites readers to subscribe to the National Rabbit Journal for three months at 35 cents, mailing to 4702 Mission Road Dept 777 Kansas City Kansas in 1952.
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National Rabbit Journal
Mission Road
Dept
Kansas City
Kansas
Swen City Rendering offers 24/7 dead animal removal
The Swen City Rendering Company announces free removal of dead animals and diseased stock including cholera and influenza, handling all sizes and types from old or crippled livestock to large horses. Contact available day or night at their expense.
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The
Swen City Rendering Company
Minneapolis
Nicollet & ii
Deering
Farmers Trust & Savings Bank
First National Bank
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