Compost Pit Mystery in Farmer Brown's Garden
In a summer scene, Farmer Brown's Boy digs a deep six foot compost pit in a sandy garden corner to age leaves sods and barnyard dressing for next year. Sammy Jay suspects a trap and watches quietly while Farmer Brown guards the pit.
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Farmer Brown
Green Meadows
Green Forest
Sammy Jay
Sammy
T. W. Burgess
Age’s Place by Douglas Malloch
A compact verse reflecting on aging and place in a youth dominated world. The poem contrasts old age’s retained vitality with the vigor of youth, noting how aging wisdom competes with youth’s immediacy and pace. The speaker acknowledges the difficulty of staying relevant on the evolving stage of life.
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WNU Services
Dishes and Seasonal Staples Guide from 1933
A wartime era food feature reviews seasonal staples and simple recipes. Tasettes use apples with sugar flour butter eggs milk and raisins steamed in cups with custard. Veal heart is battered fried and simmered in stock with bacon and pimiento, bay leaf and jelly served as a casserole dish.
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Western Newspaper Union
Ouimet Discovers Iron Swing Fix In England
Francis Ouimet solved his iron swing fault by adopting Hilton’s grip with the right thumb on top of the shaft. While in England in 1914 he observed Hilton’s brisk strokes and copied the grip, which prevented overswing and produced a crisper iron shot. This tip came from a 1933 Bell Syndicate Winston Service excerpt.
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Francis Ouimet
England
Hilton
Ouimet
Bell Syndicate
Defray Meaning in a Collegeer’s View
A witty 1933 Bell Syndicate quip recalls the question defray and answers with a father’s duty to a son in college, reflecting contemporary slang and social expectations in a brief syndicated panel line.
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Bell Syndica
Boners and oddities from exam papers and jokes
A compilation of humorous terms and misused phrases found in student work and teaching handouts. The notes include references to Boners in war stories, a playful misnaming of hydrophobia as an airplane, and light quips about apostrophes and the Middle Ages.
Debutante Displays Spring Fashions at NYC Convention
A debutante models a spring suit from the National Retail Dry Goods Association show in New York. The outfit features puffed sleeves at the top, wide revers, and a scarf tied blouse in sharp blue to contrast with the neutral gray suit.
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National Retail Dry Goods Association
New York
Name Mixup Misspelled Desk Title Governor Winthrop
A Boston furniture maker Charak Furniture used the trade name Governor Hancock desk for a slant top desk but a New York Sun printer labeled it Governor Winthrop by mistake, and the erroneous name stuck.
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Governor Winthrop
New York Sun
Charak Furniture Company
Boston
Governor Hancock
Straw Sheds for Cattle in Winter
Agricultural Engineer W A Foster describes affordable straw shed designs for cattle to protect feed during a hard winter. He outlines materials costs and construction details for 12 by 40 foot shelters, configurations with fencing and straw packed walls, roof support, and ventilation features to guard against wind and moisture.
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W. A. Foster
College of Agriculture
University of
Thrifty work stock care for winter to spring
Wallaces' Farmer urges keeping work horses in thrifty condition year round. Pasture from stalk fields can suffice late fall and early winter, but diminishing feed quality requires supplemental legume hay and small daily grain. Shelter, water, and salt are essential for health.
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Wallaces
Imported seed shows disease risk across southern states
Tests across 21 stations in 15 states found imported wheat seed vulnerable to anthracnose or scorch in several southern states. Seed from regions with anthracnose performed better there, while cold-hardy seed was not consistently disease resistant. Canadian seed did well in areas with severe winters. 480 lots were tested in Indiana to Wisconsin.
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North Dakota
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Virginia
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Dairyman Recommends Rye For Early Pasture
Dr C H Eckles chief of the Minnesota dairy division says rye provides early spring and fall pasturage for dairy cows. It is not first class for pasture but offers more grazing. Some claim of tainted milk exists. it can be avoided by moderate rye grazing with partial grain feed. If rye is sole feed, remove cows from pasture before milking to avert trouble.
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C. H. Eckles
Minnesota Dairy Division
Roughages processing boosts intake and dairy gains
Tests at Wisconsin show grinding chopping or steaming roughages helps cattle eat coarser parts. Soybean hay improved about 20 percent for dairy cows, while alfalfa hay showed no improvement for dairy, beef cows, or calves. Commercial advantage hinges on on hand supplies and herd size.
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Wisconsin
Hungry Sweetheart in Bild Caption Mock Warning
A sharp caption from Die Woche im Bild mocks a lazy sweetheart, noting the only cleaned area is the larder as a callout to a domestic scene in Alten Switzerland. The brief teases a familiar quarrel with a humorous edge.
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Mary
Alten
Switzerland
California Syrup of Figs Advised for Child Appetite
The advertisement urges mothers to treat poor child appetite by correcting sluggish bowel with California syrup of figs. It claims fig syrup acts as a gentle laxative, improves appetite, energy, color, weight, and spirits, and warns to choose genuine CALIFORNIA product and avoid substitutes.
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California
Law's Purposes: guiding justice and regulating law
An exposition states that law exists to guide justice, regulate conduct, and systematize legal order, outlining roles of rule creation, enforcement, and societal governance in a concise moral framework.
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