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Spring Returns Amid Garden Dreams and Old-Fashioned Farming
In a reflective piece on spring's arrival readers are invited to notice robins and meadow lilies, budding trees along the Estherville river botter and Fost Defiance Park, and early garden work. The column celebrates new crops, fruit blossoms, and the promise of a large harvest, while noting weather, pests, and advancing farm machinery. An obituary for Rev. James P. Christensen, 96, a retired Lutheran minister, follows with his Denmark birth, Brush ministry since 1916, service in multiple states, survivors, and funeral details.
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