Peter Seeks Rattles Home in Ground Hole Hunt
Peter the Rabbit pursues the tale of Rattles the Kingfisher by searching many holes in the Green Meadows and Green Forest. He learns from Grandfather Frog and Jimmy Skunk that Rattles stays near water, prompting Peter to rethink his approach while continuing his curiosity driven quest.
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Eter Rabbit
Rattles the Kingfisher
Rattles
Peter
Grandfather Frog
Smiling Pool
Laughing Brook
Green Meadows
Green Forest
Jimmy Skunk
Jimmy
T. W. Burgess
WNU Service
Fragmented Verse and Trivia From An Old Syndicate Page
A dated, playful list mixes misheard names and quirky facts. It includes lines about a song title Tell me where is fancy bread and playful notes on exams. The piece references plays and historical figures with whimsical, non factual reinterpretations.
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Bassanio
Postage Stamp Costs Across Production Per Thousand
The article notes the approximate cost of producing ordinary postage stamps per 1 000 is about 6 percent of a cent.
Ancient Ostrich Head Burying Myth Debunked
The old belief that ostriches bury their heads in sand is ancient and widespread among unfamiliar races, but it is a myth not supported by ostrich behavior.
The Call of Kind
A nostalgic poem about Chicago drawing the speaker with a magnetic urban lure. The city’s streets and crowds are depicted as a communal force binding roamers to the urban heartbeat. The verse contrasts freedom with confinement inside city walls and suggests the call of humanity within metropolitan life.
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Chicago
Demos
Douglas Malloch
WNU
A Dainty Dish For Invalids and Standing Custard
A dainty dish to serve an invalid and a nurse is described. Peel and cure an apple cut into eighths stew in water with salt and sugar. Gelatin dissolved with water and fruit juice poured over apples, chilled with whipped cream. Standing custard uses gelatin milk egg and sugar, set in a mold and served with fruit sauce.
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Western Newspaper Union
The lad who steals a kiss told gently
The romantic Romaine defends the young man who steals a kiss urging mercy and a second chance as a fair response to romance in 1932. The remark appears in a Bell Syndicate piece distributed by WNU Service.
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Bell Syndicate
Wwnu
Romaine
WNU Service
Obeying and Commanding Quote by Solon
A terse maxim notes that those who learn to obey will know how to command. The saying emphasizes discipline and leadership linked to early obedience.
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Solon
False Economy in Use of Cheap Seeds
An agricultural expert warns against buying cheap alfalfa and clover seed. Improve seed bed prep to reduce seeding rates by 10 to 20 percent. Mix seeds at home for mixed sowings and ensure local adaptation and northern-grown certified red clover seed.
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B. L. Worthen
New Yorktate College of Agriculture
WNY
New York
Grimm
Ontario
Work Horse Care and Harness Fitting Guidelines
The Nebraska College of Agriculture explains proper harness fit to prevent sore shoulders and daily shoulder cleaning to protect the horse. Details cover collar fit, hame tightness, and draft height, with notes on typical yearly feed and grain needs for hard work.
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Nebraska College of Agriculture
Nebraska
Dosing Wormy Lambs and Pasture Practices
Farmers face stomach worm losses in lambs and may reduce risk by rotating pasture to avoid exposure to worm eggs. Vermifuge dosing ranges from one to four ounces of 1 percent copper sulphate solution per animal, with ewes getting two to four ounces and lambs one to two ounces. Use a syringe or funnel, and avoid lifting the sheep’s head to prevent choking.
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Wallace
Clean Ground for Pigs
Axel Bergsten of Riley County Kansas tests a clean ground hog-raising system in Successful Farming. He separated brood sows into two groups and moved one to an alfalfa field with an improvised waterer. Pigs on clean ground gained 50 to 75 pounds by five months, convincing him to farrow all sows there next year.
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Axel Bergsten
Riley County
Kansas
Introducing New Hive Queens Aligns with Honey Flow
Beekeeping guidance advises accepting new queens during the honey flow to ensure smooth adoption by old colonies. Do not remove the old queen until near the flow's end or when bees are no longer useful. Introduce the new queen and allow eight weeks of lay before frost to rear winter bees. replace failing queens with vigorous, well bred stock.
Inoculated Dirt Sparks Clover Growth on Farm
In Brown county Kansas T J Sands farm pastur e saw sweet clover fail on thin spots until dirt from roadside was spread as inoculum. Plants sprouted where inoculated soil was thrown and quickly the entire area grew clover, according to Capper's Farmer.
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T. J. Sands
Brown County
Kansas
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