Gargantua and Toto Imaginary Dialogues
An excerpt shows Gargantua the circus gorilla and Toto the Cuban mate exchanging jabs about marriage and fame. The banter reveals rival egos and a plan for circus co starring, ending with a comic jab about Gobbling pride amid a playful feud.
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Gargantua
Toto
Revenge At The Veranda Prompts Quiet Confrontation
Jones and his wife hide near a hotel veranda where a young man speaks to a girl and praises her. Mrs. Jones signals her husband to warn him, but he ignores the hint and remains seated. The scene ends with a tense, unspoken confrontation.
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Jones
Pasture Rest Aids Profits Through Planned Forage
Extension agronomist urges farmers to rotate pastures and improve permanent holdings. Replenish soil with lime phosphate and potash, feed nitrogen or use drought resistant legumes, and establish fencing to regulate grazing and establish legumes.
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Drouth
Protein supplement helps beef cattle gain finish
Sam L Williams of North Carolina State College says beef can be produced without protein supplement but is neither practical nor profitable. He notes cottonseed meal soybean meal linseed meal and corn gluten meal as common options and explains protein supplements improve feed efficiency gains finish and selling price.
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Sam L. Williams
N. C. State College
Williams
Insurance on Wheat Reaches New High
A record 420,077 crop insurance contracts have been written for the 1941 wheat crop across 36 states, surpassing last year by 41,917. They guarantee growers 110,591,202 bushels from 10,946,284 insured acres, marking the third straight year of gains for the federal crop insurance program.
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Leroy K. Smith
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
Care for Parasites: Phenothiazine Aids Farm Animals
Dr. Carrol E. Howell of the Kellogg Institute reports phenothiazine can eliminate stomach worms in horses cattle and swine. Trials show 37 animals fully cured and 78 to 95 percent effectiveness in the remaining eight.
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Carrol E. Howell
University of California
W. K. Kellogg Institute of Animal Husbandry
Flowery Slip Cover Transforms a Worn Sofa
A 32 page booklet shows how to make a bright new slip cover for an old sofa and offers patterns for chairs. It details cutting sewing fabric selection and trimming tips with diagrams and aims to help readers craft stylish home furnishings.
How To Make Slip Covers Cataloged by Reader Home Service
Reader Home Service at 635 Sixth Avenue New York offers a copy of How To Make Slip Covers for 10 cents. The notice invites readers to mail in a coin to receive the item.
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New Rochelle
N. Y
Elmer Twitchell
New York
Sixth Avenue
New York City
Fragmented OCR Humor Laments Garden Labels
The readable lines show a quirky exchange about garden plots and labels like Wait and See. An elderly man jokes about forgetting what he planted, while another reader comments on a garden scene with odd inscriptions.
Jim Weds Miss Flighty in Multitalented Match
Jim plans marriage to Miss Flighty noted for riding swimming singing dancing driving racing cars and piloting airplanes. Friends say the couple will do well as Jim is also adept at cooking and shared household skills.
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Jim
Comic Exchange Highlights Hair Etiquette Across Cultures
An audience dialogue satirizes social norms as speakers joke about memory and marriage indications in Japan versus the audience. The witty exchange hints at cultural quirks and gendered assumptions in a humorous tone.
Taking No Chance Remarries After Long Cohabitation
A couple who lived together for years marry after a protective gesture over a ring. The bride says she could not risk losing the keepsake, while the groom notes their long companionship prompted a formal union.
U S Rail mileage dwarfs world totals in new metrics
The Association of American Railroads reports U S railway mileage is about tenfold Britain and sixfold France and Germany and Russia and India fivefold, Japan twelvefold, Italy twentyonefold, and China thirty sevenfold. U S mileage exceeds totals in all South America Asia Africa and Australia combined.
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Association of American Railroads
United States
Great Britain
France
Germany
Russia
India
Japan
Italy
China
U.S
South America
Asia
Africa
Australia
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