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Newspaper
Mount Dora Topic
Location
Mount Dora, Florida, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1934
Page
3
Peter Rabbit and Honker the Goose discuss Dippy the Loon as he trips along the Big River. Honker extols Dippy’s aquatic prowess and peculiar anatomy while noting his awkward land gait and the loon’s unlikely balance. Peter looks forward to meeting but settles for the loon’s distinctive voice.
A Hawaiian lei traditionally uses flowers and shells but sometimes incorporates unusual items like pods corks vegetables match boxes and candy in creative adaptations.
A nostalgic verse recalling former happy days and tranquil mornings near a cottage. The speaker cherishes dawns, fragrant dew, and a simple home, noting the lingering beauty that binds the present to bygone springs. Copyright WNU Service.
Dear Mr Wynn. A friend who married looks shorter. Answer: he settled down. Convicted for twenty years, choose to be a sailor. Giraffe neck joke: head far from body. Insomnia remedy: drink corn whisky in Virginia. Cafe owner life hack: waffles and alphabet soup for customers.
A Western Newspaper Union recipe excerpt describes hicken and shrimp dishes. It outlines baking chicken pieces in a pan with water and butter, then adding onion salt and pepper, and basting. It suggests serving with hominy and croquettes, and includes a shrimp and rice dish with cream, butter, onion, Worcestershire, and tomato catsup baked briefly.
A column explores aging in actors and actresses, noting men and women adapt to time differently. It cites Mary Pickford and Judith Anderson as examples of shifting from ingénue to mature roles, arguing real world and stage demand acceptance of aging.
A caustic observation on vanity and aging public figures. The text notes how Vanity is gendered as a woman and suggests men adopting to common sense. The snippet borrows Bell Syndicate WNU Service phrasing.
HM Brannon of North Carolina State College outlines methods to kill grain insects using carbon disulfide or carbon tetrachloride in airtight storage. For heavy infestations, a full cup of the chemical is used, with two days between checks. stored seed remains airtight until planting. Large quantities can be treated by pouring the chemical in the bin and covering with sacks, with lime air slaked to assist treatment.
Dr. Robert Graham of the University of Illinois reports drought damaged cornstalks pose little danger to farm livestock. He notes numerous inquiries about poisonous sorghum and Sudan grass, but laboratory tests have shown no poisonous samples among drought corn. Sudden diet changes, not feed toxicity, often cause illnesses.
Canada reports 1934 wheat production at 277.804 million bushels, up about 7 million from 1933 but well under the long term average. Output fell due to drought in western provinces, with 11.6 bushels per acre versus a 17.1 long term average. Other grains show gains: oats up 37 million, barley up 4.44 million, rye up 0.2 million, flaxseed up 0.46 million bushels.
A dairy article stresses that a single cow can excrete one to two gallons of water daily. In a barn with 20 or more cows this creates heavy moisture requiring proper ventilation and insulation to prevent damp, unhealthy air that lowers production and disease resistance.
Farmers increasingly see benefits of temperature and humidity control in barns and outbuildings. Insulating board placed over interior walls preserves animal heat, aiding dairy barns, tables, and broader houses, and also serves as insulation in ice and milk houses and other uses.
A housewife suggests using a pastry bag to fill cream puffs with whipped cream or thick custard. The method is described as more efficient than using a spoon for even, neat filling.
The Hartford Courant reports that French naval policy will change to use feminine articles for ships with feminine names. Previously ships bore masculine forms like le bateau and le vaisseau. The change aims to correct long standing grammatical irregularities in maritime naming.
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