Christmas Toboggan Ride with Jet and a Fruit Box
In January 1930 Leila and sisters use a new toboggan hitched to Jet to fetch a box of California fruit for Ruby Larson. A train whistle startles Jet, the fruit scatters over miles, and the girls regain the load after a nerve wracking chase. The episode brings a spark of adventure amid the Great Depression hardships.
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Leila
Jet
Ruby Larson
Larson
Ruby
Express
Trego
California
Spooner
Trego Crossing
A farmer’s prayer on prices and fairness in 1982
Don Drost, a Barron County agent, laments why daily costs vary wildly from steak at 2.80 to milk at 0.20, and why corn and wheat pricing, gas easements, and road use spark questions about inflation and value. He rails at perceived double standards facing farmers and consumers.
Eckart votes against farm bill in tight House vote
Rep. Dennis Eckart, guest of Rep. Steve Gunderson, opposed the recently passed farm bill as the House approved it 205 to 203. He argued the bill favors big farmers and subsidies for sugar, tobacco, and peanut producers while harming small dairy farmers and consumers. The piece also notes cropping conditions and ration changes for dairymen, including calcium and protein adjustments and vitamin supplementation.
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Dennis Eckart
Steve Gunderson
Osseo
Wisconsin
House
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Laura Blix Carlsen
Ruby’s
Carlsen
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Harry
Chicago
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Montgomery Wards
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Black River Falls
Charles van Schaick
State Historical Society of
Don Drost
Barron County
Eckart
Cleveland
Ohio
Jerry Brett
St. Croix County
Keith Sommerfeld
Dunn County
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