Roadside Markets The Right Way to Attract Customers
Farmers eye roadside markets to draw in drivers by location and presentation. Studies show right side placement on highways boosts sales, with parking and view aiding linger time. Signs should attract without using STOP red, and flowers or views draw buyers to buy produce and decor.
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Ohio
Chicago
Massachusetts
Western Newspaper Union
Cheese Cookery for Summer Meals and Dishes
Summer meals rely on cheese to enrich cold plates and hot dishes alike. The piece covers Welsh rarebit, blending cheese with beer and starch to avoid separation, and advises pressing fresh cheese through a strainer for smoother results. It also suggests timbales, fondues, souffles, and hot cheese sandwiches, plus kidney beans with cheese, a cheese pie crust, and serving ideas that pair crackers and jelly or fruit salad with cheese for a complete meal.
Latter Wins Bet Over Stock Buying Riddle
A playful wager centers on two ways to buy stocks with phrases about outright purchase versus a misstep. The odd exchange plays on timing and method, framing a humorous financial quip.
Ferret hunting phrase origins and a playful note
A light piece explains how hunters train a ferret to flush rabbits and introduces the term to ferret out. It cheekily suggests a black foot ferret to hunt rats in a garret, illustrating the animal’s rodent focus.
Kitchen tips and household hacks from the 1930s
The column shares practical advice on cooking greens with a sugar addition for flavor and serving, plus home hacks. It suggests window-drapery tricks to widen a small window, using a magnet to retrieve small items, and ironing collars on a folded Turkish towel for smoother results.
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Byte Associated Newspapers
NU Service
Lights of New York 2 Invesos Curious and the Hotel Check Rooms
A Gazette column recalls Manhattan hotel check rooms with odd relics left by guests at the Hotel New Yorker. A champagne bottle bearing a mystery number stands for its owner while a faded orchid, a crate of chickens and a trio of ferrets show quirky guest habits. Other items include a window screen gun radio set antique chair and a motorcycle windshield. A winter hat and straw hat are swapped seasonally. A shoe salesman plans to start his own business using returned stock credits. Squirrel lovers write to the Times about dog owners and less mindful pet walks.
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Manhattan
New Yorker
Antiquated Inventory of Unclaimed Items From A Long Past
The record lists various unclaimed items with dates of storage including a straw helmet from a South American explorer, a year and a half shelf time on a straw helmet, a two and a half year basket of china from the Orient, plus grips suitcases and a tent stored up to three years. A pair of riding boots and faded satin slippers also appear in the long dormant inventory.
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China
Orient
Echoes of Great Men in Everyday Speech
A reflection on how few achieve lasting fame through language, noting that many who live and die leave no mark while some words endure as part of daily speech. The passage credits the Athenian lawgiver and a renowned sage among the origins of enduring terms.
Farm horses regain favor in Montana ranches
Bozeman Montana surveys by Montana State College Extension Service show farm horses regaining favor on state ranches. Data from 24 of 56 counties reveal increases in horse numbers from 2 to 50 percent, signaling renewed use on farms.
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Bozeman, Mont
Montana
Montana State College Extension Service
It's a wonder she wouldn't give someone else a chance
A clipped item notes a 1933 Bell Syndicate WNU summary. No further readable details.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU
Man's Job Snap Turns Off Lights
Clarence P. Craig a 54 year old downtown store window light turner offers a nightly routine that has spanned 16 years. He switches off about 300 store lights each night totaling roughly 1.7 million light twists and has walked an estimated 350,400 miles around Oklahoma City with shoe soles worn down every two months.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Clarence P. Craig
Craig
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