Notable Exchange At Poker Partea
Jinks jokes about attendance to poker parties while Brinks asks a playful question. The exchange uses wartime slang tones and implies a humorous rapport amid casual banter.
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Newspaper
Osceola Record
Location
Osceola, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 21, 1929
Page
7
Patient seeks help as insomnia lingers after weeklong tablets
A patient discusses persistent sleeplessness with a doctor and asks how to persuade his partner's father to take the prescribed tablets nightly for seven days. The exchange hints at family dynamics affecting treatment adherence.
Humor of Ye Olden Days Two Knaves Gallows Joke
Two knaves stroll near a gallows. The first asks Pedro where he would be if the gallows had its due. The second quips about Adolphus walking alone, capturing a playful era voice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pedro
Transcendental Meaning Searched By Student
A student asks a professor about the meaning of transcendental. The professor hints at a link to teeth, prompting curiosity about how abstract terms connect to everyday objects. The exchange blends humor with a linguistic puzzle.
Neighborly Chat Sparks Humorous Marital Banter
A comic exchange unfolds as a woman laments her spouse’s constant singing while a neighbor jokes about his own annual serenade. The lighthearted dialogue captures a neighborhood moment of wit and everyday humor.
Passageway of Mole Is Popular
The United States Department of Agriculture notes moles damage gardens by tearing roots and aerating soil, while also aiding other pests. Poisons rarely work due to moles’ keen smell. trapping is best, with loop traps favored for effectiveness and pelts. Winter tunneling reduces damage. three trap types are common.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau of the Biological Survey
Ways of Manufacturing Commercial Sour Cream
The Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station at State College conducts experiments on commercial sour cream production. The product, also called Jewish sour cream, is favored by Hebrew and Slavic communities and valued as a vegetable dressing and in cold mixtures. Key challenge is achieving a thick smooth body to meet customer needs. The State College work aims to aid milk dealers in delivering higher quality sour cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station
State College
F. J. Dean
Dairy Manufacturing Department
Artificial Manure From Farm Grown Crops
University of Missouri soils department reports a method to produce artificial manure from straw and a chemical mix. Straw is treated with 45 percent ammonium sulfate 40 percent agricultural limestone and 15 percent superphosphate at threshing time and formed into shallow piles to absorb rain. Production costs range 6.35 to 8.35 cents per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soils Department
University of Missouri
Eradication of Rodents on Western Range Land
At a Western range conference in Miles City Montana results from a three year rodent eradication campaign show 4300 acres once infested by prairie dogs and pocket gophers now have abundant grasses. The forester estimates vegetation value is nine to ten times higher across the region after using oats and poison methods advised by the US Department of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Range
Miles City
Mont
Bureau of Biological Survey
United States Department of Agriculture
Farm Woods A Savings Bank says Forest Officer
Timber is a farm savings bank to be drawn upon in times of extra need states W R Mattoon of the forest service. The trees are the capital with new growth the interest and the cashier cannot run away. Timber conservation is an economic necessity for farmers and the woods can lift mortgage or balance the farm. A leaflet No 29 from the Agriculture Department explains using farm timber wisely and marketing it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
W. R. Mattoon
Forest Service
Mattoon
Woods Bank
Mar
Keting
Department of Agriculture
Farm Woods—A_ Savings Bank
Washington
Modified Rag-Doll Seed Corn Tester
Purdue University describes a spring 1928 seed corn tester using a rag doll method. Plans are available from La Fayette Indiana. The tester uses a wet cloth or towels on a waterproof sheet to hold twenty ears in rows for seven days at 80 degrees for reading results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Purdue University
University At Lafayette
Ind
Deep rooted legumes better for soil building than soy beans
Experiments at Ames show annual legumes like gay beans lack deep root systems to add fertility. Alfalfa red clover and sweet clover outperform soybeans for soil building. Further results will be released soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ames
Agricultural Hints for Seed and Storage Practices
The note urges buying good seed while prices rise this spring. It stresses cool dry ventilated storage for seed and a warmed tool house to organize farm tasks. Sweet clover enriches soil but may crowd others, winter work should include cleaning grading seed oats corn and sorghum and germination tests are advised for all planting seed.
Thrush in Horses and Home Treatment Guide
Advice on treating thrush in horses using corn meal feciform boracic acid mix. Clean the frog cleft, apply powder into the cleft, pack with cotton, and keep hooves dry.
Speed Records Rise as Auto Pace Surges in 1920s
Louisville Courier notes experts in Paris foresee humans traveling at 750 miles per hour soon. They cite a rapid climb in auto speed records from 107 mph in 1921 to nearly 215 mph by 1928, signaling accelerating innovation and bold forecasts for transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Girl at the Top in Health Test
A health-focused advert touts California Fig Syrup as a trusted vegetable laxative for children. It cites a Kansas mother praising her daughter Bonnie B now thriving, attributing health to the syrup used since infancy and during illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
California
Kansas
Dana Allgire
Monroe St
Topeka
Bonnie B
New Standard Named What is the shortest distance be tween two points
The Life magazine item notes a new standard termed by Lindbergh and questions about the minimal distance between two points. It reflects a brief discussion or caption style without full context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindbergh
Seeds for Sale in Sioux City Ad
Advertisement for alfalfa seeds priced at 8 dollars and clover at 3.90 dollars from J. Mulhall in Sioux City Iowa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Mulhall
Sioux City
Iowa
A Sport Model and a Car's Odd Stop
A brief quip notes a sport model claiming the car runs a bit then stops, prompting a witty exchange about performance and engineering. The line hints at credibility questions and automotive humor.
From Youth To Old Age Lydia E Pinkham's Remedy
A women’s health ad highlights three life stages from girl to mother to middle age and promotes Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound as restoring health and vigor with thousands of testimonials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Adolphus
Bath
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BAYER
Wombat
Louisville Courier
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Pateed
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Germany
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