Secrets Are Bad Secrets Are Bad
A narrator recalls a winter hookup with Sheila and a circle including Gill and Bette. Sheila exposes the narrator has long harbored romantic feelings for Bette while Gill loves his wife. Sheila chooses to step away, and the narrator contemplates marriage. The piece ends with a witty line about secrets and consequences.
The Plain People of Lancaster Amish Ways and News
A field report describes Amish life in Lancaster County including courting, Sunday night sings, avoidance of radio and movies, circus visits, timekeeping quirks, prefabrication, and a 1939 Maryland barn raising. It notes 100 Old Order Amish churches nationwide and 1800 in Lancaster with diverse trades and a wandering press correspondent.
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Maryland
Lancaster
Switzerland
United States
Lancaster County
Apostle Paul
Archie Robertson
Value of Fathers
A brief exchange contrasts a doctor father who can be sick for nothing with a minister father who can be good for nothing, highlighting parental influence in a humorous toast or cartoon caption style. The lines play on roles and the child’s clever twist.
Artificial insemination cited to curb cattle herd diseases
Veterinary expert Dr. John B. Herrick notes artificial insemination reduces spread of venereal and other diseases compared with natural service. Proper bull screening, sterile equipment, and deep cervical insemination limit infections, while community bulls raise risks. sanitation and disease control are emphasized alongside swine sanitation tips.
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John B. Herrick
United States
Natural Services
Growing coniferous evergreens from seed in a nursery
Growing coniferous evergreens from seed is a rewarding use of a nursery space. Seedlings need a shaded nursery, proper soil and moisture, burlap cover for germination, and careful timing before transplanting to permanent quarters.
Octogenarian Finds Third Set Of Teeth In Watertown
In Watertown New York an octogenarian visited a dentist after feeling something strange in his mouth. The dentist said he was growing a third set of teeth indicating a rare dental condition.
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Queen's
William Archibald Mackintosh
C.M.G
F.R.S.C
Queen's University
J. M. Maccdonnell
University Board of Trustees
Mackintosh
Harvard
Manitoba University
Royal Society of Canada
Faculty of Arts
School of Commerce and Administration
Watertown
N.Y
Transplanting Evergreens From Seed to Seedling Stages
The article explains moving small evergreens with care from bare roots or with ball of soil, watering requirements, and mulching to reduce watering. It covers conifers including arborvitae hemlock fir pine spruce cedar and larch and notes seed planting in spring with yes true to species only, plus nursery-grown seedlings as alternatives.
Dining confusion at city restaurant with unwinding scene
A man and two children entered a restaurant and ordered meals and water. They began eating when the manager shouted about the orchestra not playing, prompting the diner to ask who he was and reveal he planned to summon the manager.
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Uel
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Chum
Alfred Furniss
Helen McLean
Sunnybrook Veterans’ Hospital
Arthritis and Rheumatism Society
Holland
Gordon Sini
By Arthur Pointer
McCoy Boy
Ae Li
Winnie
Winston Churchill
Gosling
London
Above Board
King George