Danny Meadow Mouse vs Billy Mink Standoff
Danny Meadow Mouse hides in a hollow log while Billy Mink waits outside the single doorway. The mouse trembles and laments past choices, convinced he will be found, as Mink promises to stay put and wait for the trapped rodent to surrender or starve.
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Anny Meadow Mouse
Billy Mink
Billy
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Danny Meadow Mouse
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Question Box answers from Ed Wynn style column
A reader asks about a single spur on a horseback rider and an angry ocean described by a sea captain. Other letters request advice for an intoxicated husband and weight loss, with humorous medical and injury anecdotes from a newspaper service.
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Mr. Wynn
Mother's Cook Book: Roux and French Dressing Tips
A compact guide from a Western Newspaper Union feature detailing how to prepare white and brown roux for gravies soups and sauces, with storage advice and proportions. It also provides a French dressing recipe with onion peppers celery parsley and oil and vinegar, plus serving tips for hard boiled eggs.
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Western Newspaper Union
Umbrella described in early dictionaries as portable shelter
The text notes the umbrella once defined as a hand carried portable shelter for rain or sun, cites its medieval view as a mark of rank in ceremonial processions, and mentions its first US use in Baltimore around 1772 per McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
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Baltimore i
McClure
Newcpsper Syndicate
Love's Lamps By M. Love In A Poem Of Enduring Fire
A poem by M. Love reflects a single flame that grows into many lamps over twenty years. The speaker notes how love warms families, draws friends with warning signals, and remains constant as stars shine above, while children bless the union.
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Black and White Frock by Vionnet Described
A black and white frock fashioned by Vionnet features a belt and cape in emerald green velvet. The cape has a high standing collar and the ensemble presents a charming youthful silhouette.
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Vionnet
Make-ups by V. V. in Public Ledger edition
The Public Ledger features makeup items by V. V. under WIN Service branding. The column highlights cosmetic techniques and beauty tips for readers.
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Public Ledger, Inc
WIN Service
Farmers to Plant More in 1935 Across All Regions
Reports from 46 000 farmers nationwide show plans to plant 17 percent more crop acres excluding cotton than last year’s harvest. Corn, spring wheat, oats rise while hay declines due to seed shortages and livestock liquidation. barley and tobacco near previous levels.
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Ohio State
University Agricultural Extension Service
WNU Service
Guy W. Miller
Department of Rural Economics
Ohio State University
Grouth
Ohio
Ventilated Silos Change Hay Making Across Fields
A Wisconsin Agricultural writer touts ventilated silos for hay making noting that curing can progress with ventilation, reducing fire risk and spoilage. The method allows ensiling from the field with less barn space and ensures fresh succulent balanced rations for animals.
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Wisconsin Agriculturist
Bees by the Pound Worth For New Bee Colonies
The article discusses bee package sizes. It notes about 5,000 bees per pound and that two and three pound packages are common. A apiarist says two pound packages build up as quickly and store honey as well as three pound ones, provided bees are young and transit loss is not high.
Pasture Seeding Tips From Prairie Farmer
Temporary pastures use winter wheat sown at two bushels per acre for early summer pasture. Oats seeded heavily provide June to August feed if rainfall is sufficient. Sudan grass offers reliable midsummer pasture. seeded after corn planting, it ripens for pasture by July and seeds until frost. Alfalfa and clover with grasses or wheat yield better when grain crops are pastured rather than cut. reduce grain seed when mixing with grasses and legumes.
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Sudan
Minnesota restricts planting gooseberry and currant bushes
Curb berry bushes Minnesota aims to curb white pine blister rust by limiting gooseberry and currant plantings. The rust, harbored by these bushes, endangers white pines with serious effects and can spread spores up to ten miles from a single plant.
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Minnesota
Attractive in Its Simplicity Pattern 2201
A sewing pattern promotes an easy to make frock ideal for home chores and laundering, suited to cottons in stripes plaids checks or florals. It offers sizes 12 through 42 with step by step instructions and costs fifteen cents plus mailed order to Sewing Circle Pattern Department New York City.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Department
West Seventeenth Street
New York City
Sweet Remembrances Inspiration During Explorer's Farewell Dinner
An explorer spoke at a dinner in his honor before departing for a lengthy African journey. In his closing remarks he thanked well wishers for their support and said he would think of them even when surrounded by savages far away at sea.
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Africa
His Night Off
A stray Stories Magazine line notes a man enjoys time off while accusing a farmer of being a woman hater, implying the farmer is alone and the woman is absent during the night.
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Old Farmer
Stray Stories Magazine
Rent Deferred A Quip Between Mrs Smith And Mrs Jones
A light exchange turns on rent in a brief dialogue. Mrs Smith asks about payment, Mrs Jones replies she does not pay, and when pressed on what it would be if paid she calls it a miracle.
First Try At Cooking Ends With Long Pie
A wife presents a very long pie for her husband, explaining she could not make it shorter. The line from London Tit-Bits hints at a play on words about rhubarb and length.
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London
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