Two Minute Talks Odd Facts about Bread and Muffins
Miss Aubyn Chinn presents a National Dairy Council nutrition feature tracing bread through history from ancient Greek records to Elizabethan preferences. The piece lists hot bread, drop biscuits, corn meal muffins, sour milk muffins, and blueberry muffins with practical no frills recipes and baking tips.
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Miss Aubyn Chinn
National Dairy Council
Athanasius
Elizabeth
England
Southey
Sally Lonne
France
Orwell Signs 1929 Contract With Athletics
Ossie Orwell signed and returned his 1929 contract with the Philadelphia Athletics to Connie Mack. He received notice he will be the starting first baseman this season, with the job his if he performs well. He plans to join spring training in the sunny south next month.
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Ossie Orwell
Philadelphia Athetics
Connie Mack
Ossie
South
Athletics
Mountain Crest Peak Described in Fragmentary Text
Fragmentary note describes a high crest on a mountain as the top point from which a trail or pass might be seen or traversed, mentioning military crest and highest point. The passage is incomplete and lacks clear locations or dates.
Bethel Men Build Own Snow Plow
Nate Tibbitts, Jack Rueber and Frank Schott in Richfield district built a snow plow by bolting two planks into a V with a staggered end. They reinforced the frame with braces, and with four or six horses and crew, their device shovels aside deep snowbanks effectively, per the Beacon.
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Nate Tibbitts
Jack Rueber
Frank Schott
Richfield
Old belief shattered by UC experiments on bull color perception
Experiments at the University of California show bulls react to red no differently than to other colors. Steers tested appeared unable to distinguish red from green or white from blue, and it may be that the animals have no real color recognition at all.
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University of California
Preparing soils for alfalfa yields big field task in Ohio
Earl Jones of Ohio State University urges months of prep for alfalfa. Key steps include good drainage and acidity, tile drainage if needed, and abundant lime. Recommend three to four tons per acre depending on soil color, with recent lime years subtracted. Also advise prior manure and 400 to 500 pounds of fertilizer per acre at seeding.
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Earl Jones
Ohio State Uni’veralty
Prat
Cod Liver Oil Boosts Poultry Production
Agrarian notes suggest cod liver oil as a helpful additive when sunshine and green feed are scarce. A daily one percent addition to wet mash can improve growth and egg production, aiding mineral assimilation, with minimal cost unless parasites or health issues exist.
Poultry House Straw Use Urged for Cleanliness and Health
A 19th century poultry note advocates liberal straw bedding in poultry houses to keep floors clean, prevent manure packing, and aid sanitation. Straw stimulates exercise, keeping hens active to improve egg production and reduce habits like egg eating. It also protects feet from cold floors and supports overall health.
Cutting Back Pear and Apple to Medium Degree
The guide details pruning pears and apples to a medium degree. Side branches are reduced by one-half to three-fourths, the central stem shortened to 10 to 16 inches above surrounding branches, and after the first year a permanent framework formed by 3–5 outward spreading limbs. Transplanting may allow earlier permanent limbs. for a one year whip, shorten to about 2% feet with a good branching age below the cut.
Better Chicks Through Vitamins in Feed
A historical note advises poultry growers that hatching eggs benefit from vitamin rich diets. Vitamins A and D come from yellow corn, alfalfa leaves, and exposure to sunshine. When cloudy spells persist, cod liver oil can supplement grain at 1 pint per 100 pounds to maintain vitamin D intake.
No Bounty on Fox in Winneshiek County 1929 Action
Winneshiek County supervisors canceled the $1.60 fox bounty at their first 1929 meeting, aligning with surrounding counties that discontinued fox bounties. Howard County also ordered discontinuation of fox bounties, while bounties on all other animals in Winneshiek remain unchanged.
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Winneshiek County
Board of Supervisors
Howard County
Winneshiek
Union
Tragic Infant Smothered While Sleeping At Home
Mr and Mrs Theo Crago of Post ville awoke last Monday to find two months old daughter Virginia Mae dead. The baby, found lifeless at 6 45 am, had been sleeping with her parents and became smothered during the night as she was tightly covered.
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Mrs
Theo, Crago
Postville
Virginia Mae
Ray Spinner Pleaded Guilty in Beulah Pearce Case
Ray Spinner of Sumner, father of four, pleaded guilty to drunkenness and molesting Hawkeye High School student Beulah Pearce on January 9 before Justice L. C. Berkay in West Union. He was sentenced to 80 days in the county jail Beacon. A separate note mentions a robbery scare and a lost diamonds incident at a prayer gathering.
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Ray Spinner
Sumner
L. C
Berkay
West Union
Beulah Pearce
Hawkeye
Beacon
Local Girl Kathleen Hempel Featured in Foreign Publication
Fragmentary text notes Kathleen Hempel from Erie as a local writer whose work appears in a publication titled Our Feathered Friends. The article references translation into French for a Lassanne Switzerland edition and mentions a silent night reference, with garbled surrounding details about her authority and life and an unidentified magazine print.
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Kathleen Hempel
Erie
Fe forgets a friend and loses her way in Chinatown
A fragment from the Syaskington Star reports a line about someone who forgets a friend and a hid release from trouble in Chinatown. The text is garbled but implies a lost path or mislaid moral direction affecting a person’s standing.
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Chinatown
Poiecks
Syaskington Star
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Orwoll
Weibel Mill Company
Bethel
Fox
John Grimm
Elgin, Iowa
Mr. Aay
Mary
Ra Bent
Guy Berg
Priya
Paris
Rock
Hunsberger & Schori
West Elgin
Tye
Brisiais
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