Quirky Sips and Sensible Snips from Portland to New Orleans
A fragmented column from NEA Service wryly surveys life in towns from Portland to New Orleans. It mocks Prohibition, comments on schools and girls education, notes odd sayings about bachelors and dogs, and punctuates with playful observations on weather, trains, and everyday flaws.
Puzzle a Day GRC-CRT Riddle Reveals Island Nation
A word puzzle asks to insert one letter into the sequence GRC to yield a country name, and insert the same letter into CRT to yield an island belonging to that country. The puzzle notes yesterday's solution involved two crosses in the same row in any direction across up down or diagonally.
Threshermen to Gather for Minnesota Brotherhood Convention
Gaylord Minnesota reports threshermen plan a large turnout for the Minnesota Brotherhood of Threshermen annual convention in Minneapolis as prosperity returns to Gopher farms. January Nevada?
Threshing Safety Push Highlights 1925 Revisions
The report notes a shift from the 1924 to 1925 legal aim with H. T. Gens of Gaylord serving as secretary and treasurer. Emphasis is on safety devices to cut threshing rig accidents, which have fallen from earlier years but remain a concern. Rural magistrate exchanges underscore enforcement and cautionary tone about fines.
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