Harvest display reflects Urbana farmer’s home garden bounty
Roger Geisber, former Montevue County Home superintendent, showcased on a News-Post page his farm harvest near Urbana. He displayed ears of corn from seed dating back four decades, including blood butcher and open-pelled varieties, plus large sweet potatoes and sizable carrots. He noted expected yields and praised his patch as a family heritage. Charles L. Sawoer Sr. of Frederick earned graduation as an airman apprentice after training at the Naval Air Technical Training Center in Memphis.
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Roger Geisber
Montevue County
News-Post
Urbana
Gersbert
Memphis, Tenn
Charles L. Sawoer Sr
Charles
Frederick, Md
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Memphis
Tenn
Boyle Column 27 Hal Boyle New York AP
New York AP column notes reader questions on life prospects and cultural spending. It jokes about mortality odds, coin operable juke boxes, and wonders how much music culture could grow if funds shifted to symphonies. The piece humorously cites odd readers and a quirky food fact.
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Mareel Prowst
Quotable lines and curious notes from history
A curio of quotations and facts spans Walpole on life as comedy, motherhood timelines for animals and humans, and presidents who avoided smoking. It recalls Washington’s disdain for tobacco and hints at memory tricks for lines, stitching a miscellany of oddities.
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Horace Walpole
U.S
Harry S. Truman
Thomas Oking
George Washington
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