Finnish Christmas Bathing Traditions and Mistletoe Fire Study
The piece recalls a three room Finnish bath tradition on Christmas Eve with steaming rooms and birch rubdowns, then shifts to North Carolina cotton output figures for 1950, and notes Australian use of flame-throwers to combat mistletoe as a tree parasite, followed by a quip from the Department of Motor Vehicles equating fast driving to danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Finland
As & Auick
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
Cows Bred Artificially Predicted To Reach Record Count
Dairy specialists at State College estimate that North Carolina will breed over 35 000 cows artificially in 1950, more than double the 1948 total of 17 000. Counties such as Robeson and Richmond join the program, with Craven Pamlico Carteret and Jones expanding as the Southeastern Artificial Breeding Association ships semen to regional studs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State College
North
Caroline Durig
Robeson
Richmond
Craven
Pamlico
Carteret
Jones
December 21 1950 farm sales review notes decline in volume
A 1950 year‑to‑date report shows farmers earned about 25 billion dollars from January through November, roughly 2 percent below the prior year. Prices averaged higher, but overall sales volume declined about 60 percent from the same period last year.
Also Mentioned on This Page
North Carolina
Department of Motor Vehicles
Raleigh
Southeastern Artificial Breeding Association
Asheville
SA Solerowenta
Try Herald
Ewance Ber
Hes Vance
Teaaitomene
Young Hans
Carolina
Vous Tom
Long Island
Libby
Dixie-Home
Fox
Livy
Philadelphia
Seonomeal Say
Urmeere Owens Aipper
Waverly
Wecablan Weise Ksi Bony
Washington State
Al _na Libby
Nore
Cemon Paper Shell Stuart Pecans
Tad
Bessemer City
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!