Ye Olde Tyme Thanksgiving Then and Now
A humorous contrast outlines Thanksgiving through eras from Puritan days to modern times. It recalls Peleg and Prudence sharing a turkey feast with Indians and gunpowder antics, then shifts to jazz restaurants, Volstead era excess, and football crowds.
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
Roy Ex. Moulton
New York Evening Mail
Jaza
Makepeace Wharburton
Prudence
Peleg
Hudnutt
Charity
Faith
Cromwell
Whetstone
Pelew
Redman
Mr. Shinnecock
Veley
Best of Friends Must Part Adieux Draw Some Calm
Two members of the group show little distress as they bid farewell. The scene suggests a quiet, orderly break with friends maintaining composure amid departure.
Thanksgiving Meaning Pointed as Hopeful Holiday
Day's reflection frames Thanksgiving as a time of aspiration and anticipation rather than mere fruition and favor, stressing grateful hope over immediate reward.
Grasshopper War Saves Huge Total in Montana
Montana faced a costly grasshopper outbreak in 1922. Ten thousand six hundred eleven farmers across twenty two counties used poisoned bait, averaging significant crop savings per dollar spent. County agents led mixing and spreading efforts, training 147 local leaders and 3,556 farmers to extend impact statewide.
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Montana
Montana Extension Service
Bozeman
Montana Experiment Station
Winter Reading Plan from Montana Experiment Station
A list of free circulars and bulletins for winter reading from Montana Experiment Station Bozeman. Includes No. 97 How to Candle Eggs No. 95 Control of Poultry Lice and Mites No. 91 Principles of Poultry Feeding No. 84 Some Stock Ranch Accessories No. 71 Cause and Prevention of estan Pigs No. 59 Ice Houses Bulletin 142 Fallow Experiments in South Central Montana No. 138 Fallow Experiments in the Judith Basin No. 187 The Septic Tank A Method of Sewage Disposal for the Isolated Home.
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Montana
Bozeman
Judith Basin
State College trains stock judging quintet
Montana State College has formed its first livestock judging team in years. The six agriculture students trained by Prof. R. C. McChord attended the Pacific International Livestock Exposition at Portland in early November. Team members include Fergus Mitchell of Great Falls Charles Lyndon of Lyndon Alberta Frank Beckley of Bozeman Frank Barnum of Columbia Falls Kenneth Fitzgerald of Sioux City Iowa and E P Oreuts of Corwin Springs.
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Montana State College
Porthind
R. C. McChord
Fergus ‘Mitchell
Great Falls
Charles Lyndon
Lyndon
Alta
Frank Beckley
Bozeman
Frank Barnwm
Columbia Falls
Kenneth Fitzgerald
Heeling in Native Montana Shrubs Before Ground Freezes
Ground in Montana not yet frozen allows native shrubs such as choke cherry hawthorn wild roses mock orange dogwood snowberry elderberry and wild currant to be heeled in for spring planting. J R Campbell of Montana State College Extension Service notes this saves fall time and avoids late spring transplant stress. Prepare a well drained slight rise trench dig roots into it and cover level with earth then fan tops together and cover with straw or litter.
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Montana
J. R. Campbell
Montana State College Extension Service
Seed corn tests must be made now for best stand
Seed corn should be tested before spring planting. Each ear should be tested separately to discard weak or dead ears. A simple method uses a sawdust box or rag doll, with instructions in Circular 54 from Montana Experiment Station, Bozeman, available free by request.
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Montana Experiment Station
Bozeman
Farmers Week at Montana State College Bozeman
An important program for Montana farmers and stockmen runs January 8 to 13 at Montana State College Bozeman. National speakers will headline a stronger overall program. Homemakers Week features Dr Caroline Hedcer of Chicago as a principal speaker. The week also hosts the state extension service workers convention and the Montana Farm Bureau annual meeting.
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Montana
Montana State College
Bozeman
College Council
Caroline Hedcer
Chicago
Montana Farm Bureau
Horses Favor Early Cut Timothy Hay In Trials
Experiments show horses prefer early cut timothy hay and consume more of it than late cut hay. In Montana, successful farming groups credit especially capable managers for their cooperative effort and achievements.
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Montana
Deft Fingers Help Santa To Screen the Phone
Household crafts add festive touches with a cretone screened phone display and a ribbon bound picture frame. A glass front with a cardboard buck and gold braid binding holds a telephone record book and Christmas decor.
This Year's Camisoles Trend for Christmas Gifts
This year's camisoles are described as the daintiest ever with net and lace styles like the model pictured. Others feature crepe de Chine satin georgette and wide ribbons with baby ribbons at the bust and elastic waist. They are easy to make and presented as lovely gifts from woman to woman.
Slippers for the Season Include Ribbon Bedroom Styles
The article notes Santa brings a generous supply of house slippers in his pack this year. It highlights beautiful bedroom slippers made of ribbons and adorned with small ribbon flowers as part of the assortment.
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Santa Claus
Christmas Candles Decked with Wax Flowers Make Fine Gifts
For men or women Christmas brings pretty candles decorated with seal ing wax flowers or painted and gilded. They make lovely gifts for men or women and add a festive touch to any home.
Thrift Foe of Idleness in Civic Discipline
A quotation extols thrift as a foe of idleness. It notes that ten dollar bills are typically earned rather than found and that those who earn them spend little time idly on the street, instead staying busy elsewhere.
Nighties and Surplices Stir Church Crowd
A Boston Transcript note recalls a child whispering about attire as surpliced clergy entered a church service. The lighthearted remark highlights local church wardrobe humor and parish ambiance.
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Boston Transcript
Pin Tree Christmas Gift Craft for Women and Girls
A how to description shows making a pin tree from two corks and a florist pin. A green painted large cork serves as the tree trunk with a gilded smaller cork as the top. A long pin forms the trunk and many pin heads create the tree canopy while a ribbon band and safety pins finish the craft.
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Prana
Smart Nanette Fans From France Charm Fashion
Small palm leaf and plaited ber fans began in France and evolved into stylish accessories. Painted flowers, organdie ribbons, and millinery flowers enhance the handles and bindings, with green ribbon bindings, loops, and organdie roses finishing the look.
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France
Folding cretonne shopping bag for gifts
A description explains a capacious cretonne bag with a small envelope, bound with braid, sewn to one side. Snap fasteners allow it to be folded into a pretty shopping bag suitable for Christmas time gifts.
Automatic Lighthouse Erected on Swansea Coast
A new automatic light house stands on the Swansea coast. The beacon lights at evening as daylight fades and extinguishes at dawn by chemical action, enabling continuous illumination without human keeper.
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Swansea
Wales
Peer Pardoned: Bailiff Forced to Ask Forgiveness
An English court ordered a bailiff to apologize to a peer for arresting him on a civil debt. The bailiff mistook the peer for a commoner and faced a formal reprimand, revealing a curious historic case.
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England
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