French Pastries and Elegant Spring Jacket Fashion
The article outlines several French pastry bases and techniques for Almond Slices Neapolitan Squares and Fruit Pastries with jelly, coconut, maraschino cherry and citrus custard ideas. It also notes an upcoming spring fashion trend featuring a black taffeta jacket with double capes.
Bees Save Honey From Bear in Burgess Tale
In Thornton W Burgess story Busy Bee and workers trap Buster Bear after he raids their honey. Farmer Brown's Boy gets stung and flees as the bear drops from a tree. The bees relocate the honey to a new storehouse, leaving the bear with only half a feast.
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Busy Bee
Buster Bear
Buster
Farmer Brown
Jack Robinson
Man
Nick
Sammy Jay
Drummer the Woodpecker
T. W. Burgess
WNU
On Being a Bore by Douglas Malloch
A humorous verse about a self confident speaker who overestimates wit yet discovers social silence at a dull dinner. The speaker laments needing erudition, notes polite laughter, and ends with a quiet, awkward dining experience.
Kitty McKay by Nina Wilcox Putnam
A short comedy sketch about Kitty McKay, noting Nina Wilcox Putnam as author and Bell Syndicate credit from 1932. references to dogs and social flirtation in a playful tone. The fragment emphasizes Kitty's social circle and light wit surrounding dogs and dating.
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Kitty McKay
Nina Wilcox Putnam
Small illustrated almanac gifted to Oshkosh museum
The 2Tpage illustrated Schloss English Almanac was presented to the public museum in Oshkosh Wisconsin by Mrs. W. W. Waterhouse. The tiny book measures half an inch by seven eighths inch by one eighth inch and was printed in 1842.
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Oshkosh
Wis
W. W. Waterhouse
Walter Betts Joins Boston Braves Pitching Staff
Walter Huck Betts, a former St Paul American Association standout who won 22 games and lost 13 last season, joins the Boston Braves pitching corps this year. His .629 winning percentage marks him a notable addition to the rotation from the St Paul club.
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Gauoy
Boston Braves
Walter “Huck” Betts
St. Paul
American Association
Fertilizer's Role in Smart Farm Management
Fertilizer serves as a soil supplement and crop production tool best used where profits justify it. Most farmers combining fertilizer with good practices see reduced costs and higher labor efficiency. Benefits include yield gains and related improvements in quality, maturity, and disease resistance across crops.
Birds curb crop pests say US survey finds strong bird enemies
The United States biological survey notes birds play a major pest control role on farms. In Utah alfalfa weevil outbreaks, 45 bird species attacked the pest, with a killdeer stomach containing 383 weevils and a brewer's blackbird stomach with 442 weevils.
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United States Biological Survey
Farmers
W. L. McAtee
Bureau
Utah
Inoculating Legumes For Better Germination And Yield
Prairie Farmer advises farmers to inoculate legume seeds to improve stand and results. It suggests using commercial inoculants per manufacturer directions or using soil from well-inoculated fields mixed with water to cream consistency, applied to seeds, then dried and sown, with seed kept out of sunlight after inoculation.
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Prairia
Salt Box for Sheep and Tar Nose Coating
An Indiana Farmer's Guide description details a four inch deep by six inch wide by four foot long salt box for sheep. A rear board supports tarred sheepskin strip to tar noses as sheep reach through a two and a half inch gap. A pitched roof makes the box weatherproof.
Agricultural Squibs and Farm Planning in Orchard and Field
Guidance covers bee disease alert American foul brood and planning rows for horse drawn cultivator. It outlines nitrogen needs for apple trees per growth year, dual vegetable production for summer and winter, soil prep for sweet peas, early planting, and idle acres suitable for trees. It also notes silage as insurance against scarce feed depending on rainfall and pasture growth.
Approach-Forcing Principle in Modern Contract Bridge
Hattersley explains the approach principle, favoring opening suit bids over no trump to enlarge takeout options and enable game possibilities. It describes three absolute forcing bids: forcing two bid, forcing takeout, and forcing over call, with examples showing how suit openings can avoid blocking major-suit paths and sustain contract potential.
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South
North
West
Lelia Hattersley
CWN
Harvest Moon and Its Seasonal Timing
The Harvest moon occurs in March with nights rising later by about an hour and twenty minutes each evening. In autumn it rises near sunset for four or five nights, a phenomenon noted for decades and more visible in northern Europe and Canada than in the United States where it is seen as a lantern in the sky aiding farmers.
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Europe
Canada
United States
Ancient doggerel verses linked to bugle calls
The practice began in Germany with verses sung to bugle signals and spread to other armies. Some rhymes were adapted from enemies like the French, while England also created calls for various signals. The United States army has adopted this tradition as well.
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Germany
England
United States
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By Douglas Malloch
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