Peter Sees First Signs of Winter in Bedtime Tale
Peter senses approaching winter as trees shed leaves and frost nears. He listens for a goose call from Henker and his flock flying south, then anticipates winter’s arrival near the Big River with Slonker and Winsome Rinebird signaling spring’s end.
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Bryan
Peter
Tireeg Meadows
North Wind
Jack Frost
Chi Brier
Peer
Olu Brier Puteh
Henmker
Far North
Henker
Slonker
Rinebird
Dear Mr Wynn Q and A from a columnist column
A reader asks about service order in a restaurant and a joke about liver and bacon. The columnist hints liver is likely to be served after the two men at another table. The lamp post reader asks about signs. answer says signs high on posts allow readers to climb and read if needed. A third query questions whether a horse loving wife makes a good partner, reply noting a wife who loves horses may be driven to/action in life.
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Mr. Wynn
Phil Harmonic
Onion Remedies and Cures From Old Time Meals
A curious 19th century style note extols onions as wholesome and cough remedies. It recommends serving onions twice weekly in winter and details an onion syrup and a rye poultice for lung trouble. A baked dessert-like dish blends flour eggs lemon and milk, baked in a water bath and served hot or cold.
Baked Stuffed Onions Recipe Idea
Peel and parboil onions for ten minutes then scoop centers. Parboil a small green pepper and seed it. Prepare twelve large mushroom caps and cook in butter with onion centers removed. Add one small ingredient and finish as directed.
The Boss Plays Chess In Business Forsaken By Hope
A poem-like critique portrays a ruthless boss who treats workers as pawns. He cares only for personal gain, isolates subordinates, and delays progress. Some distant power may judge his cruelties as society weakens the strong. The speaker foresees payback when the boss finally faces checkmate.
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Fioss
Savory Mushroom Stuffed Onions with Walnut Salmon Salad
A recipe combines baked onions topped with mushroom caps, butter and crumbs, with a side salad of canned salmon, walnuts, shredded cabbage and salad dressing served on lettuce. The dish can be prepared with or without mushrooms and can include sausage.
Tenmarg Wheat Hybrid Elevated Kansas Trials
Tenmarg is a high yielding hard red winter wheat bred by the Kansas Agricultural Experiment Station and USDA. It derives from Marquis and Ten-sixty-six, tested across western Kansas and neighboring states, praised for milling and baking strength but vulnerable to drought and less hardy in northern regions.
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United States Department of Agricultural
WNU Service
Kansas Agriculural Experiment Station
United States Department of Agriculture
Marquis
Russia
Manhattan
Kaw
Kansas
Oklahoma
Texas
Colorado
Nebraska
Turkey
Methods For Removing Tree Stumps By Fire And Saltpeter
Pathfinder Magazine notes stumps can be removed economically over weeks using fire aided by saltpeter. Drill vertical holes in the stump top, fill with saltpeter, then hot water. Refill holes as they empty and repeat for four weeks so the chemical reaches deep roots and enables burning.
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Pathfinder Magazine
World Wheat Supplies and Domestic Carryover Outlook
Government survey cited by Wallaces Farmer estimates northern hemisphere wheat production excluding Russia and China at about 925 thousand bushels less than last year and southern hemisphere output down about 105 million bushels. U S carryover is put at 200 million. with projected production around 491 million bushels domestic supply reaches about 781 million and July carryover near 150 million bushels if no net imports or exports occur.
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Russia
China
Wallaces
United States
Plan Crop Rotations To Halt Chinch Bug Damage
Plan 19535 crop rotations with care to avoid chinch bug damage. Isolate grass crops like wheat oats and rye from corn fields by placing clover soybeans potatoes or sugar beets between them to reduce bug migration, prairie farmer notes.
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L'Rairie
Clover varieties listed at Ontario Agricultural College
The Montreal Herald notes 236 strains of clover at the Ontario Agricultural College including early red, perennial red, sweet clover, white clover and al-sike.
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Ontario Agricultural College
Montreal Herald
Reuse torn lace or net curtains into dish cloths
The Housewife suggests converting torn lace or net curtains into square cloths. Layer three or four pieces, stitch across corners to make sturdy dish cloths that last as long as store bought knitted versions.
Egypt's Historic Temples Attract Mediterranean Cruisers
The article notes that the tole of Kinz Tat Ankh Amen and the temple of Karnak draw nearly all Mediterranean cruise ships. It highlights grand columns and relief work as appealing to feminists and recalls Queen Hatshepsut's role in temple building and later erasure of her inscriptions and obelisks, with masonry crumbling over time revealing the obelisk.
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Kinz Tat-Ankh-Amen
Karnak
Egypt
Hatshepsut
Simple Words Best for Great Thinkers
A reflection on how great minds express ideas in clear language, noting that plain speech reveals insights ordinary minds overlook. It emphasizes the value of simplicity in communicating profound thoughts.
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Francesivs
Isere
Paris-Lrons- Mediterranean
T. W. Burgess
Norah
Bel Syndicate
WNU
ED Wynn
Mr. Winn
Yours Truly
I. Vory
M/A. ROOR
Dada Krows
Bell Syndicate
By Anne Campbell
Western Newspaper Union
World Wheat Supplies
Ontario
the Housewife
Pattie Lidrer
Pyle
Marine Ca. Doc
Chicago
Yverdrag
Garfield
Doan
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