Jack Frost Visits the Green Forest in a Morning Frost
A Thornton Burgess tale from Northland describes Jack Frost quietly covering the Green Meadows with frost and painting tree leaves white while woodland creatures like Peter Rabbit and Johnny Chuck wake to the first signs of winter. Johnny Chuck decides to fatten for winter as Frost inspires the season’s arrival.
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Northland
Cam- Jack Frost
Ile
Jolly
Mr. Sun
Peter Rabbit
Reddy ‘Fox
Old Man Coyote
Lightfeed
Deer
Tilly Afink
Little Joe Otter
Jerry Bluskrat
Waddy
Leaver
Buster Bear
Hooty the Owl
Jack Frost
Fat Johnny Chuck
E Happy
Jack Squirrel
Johnny Chuck
Johnny Cluck
Sammy Jay
Jerry Muskrat
Paddy the
Mistress Spring
Eli
Johnny
Mr. Sup
Johonny Chuck
Teter
T. W. Gorgess
Inca Tombs Yield Gold Nuggets at Alamos Ranch
Excavation in Ecuadorian Inca tombs at Alamos ranch uncovers 130 gold nuggets along with gold armor necklets and other valuables as archaeologists report.
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Ecuador
Alamos Ranch
Sardine Recipes From Maine Tone Up Dinner Table
A Western Newspaper Unico feature extols sardines from Maine and offers multiple recipes. Sardine rarebit uses melted butter cheese cream paprika salt and tabasco with broiled sardines on toast. Other ideas include curry cream sauce sardines with lemon juice and apple toast and sardines on toast for Sunday or any day.
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Unico
Boners and Blunders From a Test Paper
A quirky collection of misprints and student errors about religion history and orthography. It notes lines about Pilgrims Aztecs Cults Morons and a misquoted Deluge remark. The piece parodies exam humor with satirical misses and odd attributions.
Our Glasses By Douglas Malloch
The poem speaks of glasses we wear on life to judge with care and restraint. Some lenses breed hate and blindness while the best glass reveals blossoms past and ahead, softening flaws and guiding a clearer path toward a world aligned with divine intention.
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Douglas Halloch
Wnt
Miss Mackay Wins Second Year Prize for Sculpture
Miss Mackay, a young London sculptor, is awarded the $500 prize for the second consecutive year for best sculpture submitted by a woman. Her work depicts the recumbent Christ supported by the Virgin Mary.
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Elen
MacKay
London
Miss Mackay
Christ
New Lespedeza Strain Aids Northern Pastures
A drought resistant Korean lespedeza strain from Manchuria, trialed by the U S Department of Agriculture, promises to fill a forage gap in New England pastures and expand the lespedeza belt. It mature in Middlebury Indiana and Augusta Michigan and grows on sour soils. The department also promotes fall and winter pasture plants for Gulf coast regions and notes promising cluster clover from Hungary and woolly finger grass from South Africa, though not yet widely available.
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States Department of Agriculture
Serrica
Manchuria
Department
New England
Michigan
Middlebury
Vic
Augusta
Mich
Gulf Coast
Tiungary
South Africa
Alabama
Georgia
Florida
Hog Population Trends Show Increases in 1931
Prairie Farmer reports from the Illinois and United States Departments of Agriculture indicate the fall pig crop rose 18 percent in Illinois and 20 percent nationwide from 1930 to 1931. The corn belt saw a 21 percent rise, with total pigs saved up 20 percent. Spring and fall crops combined show Illinois up 10 percent and the corn belt 9 percent, adding about 4 million hogs to the region. December 1, 1931 hogs over six months old rose 4 percent in the corn belt versus 1930.
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Illinois
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Corm Belt
Bees Favor Different Clovers for Nectar Pollination
Beekeeping notes describe bees preferring white and alsike clover when abundant, then shifting to sweet clover as those blooms fade. Ted clover is used only when others fail, with red clover pollination tied to the simultaneous yield of competing clovers. The overall pollination value for red clover depends on other blossoms’ timing and availability.
Soybeans and Pork Hurt Hogs Quality Slackening Prices
The Indiana Farmer's Guide reports that feeding raw soybeans to hogs tends to produce soft pork, lowering hog prices. While no method fully prevents soft pork, feeding soybeans for growth and using corn and tankage for fattening may avoid the issue. A packing firm notes sixfold rise in soft hog arrivals this year compared with three years ago.
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Indiana Fermer
Portugal wheat crop sets record in last year
Agricultural notes report Portugal's wheat crop reached record levels last year. Cane fodder is a palatable roughage for fattening lambs while proso millet underperforms compared with corn. Fruit pruning can begin after harvest. bees need 46 pounds honey to sustain winter and brood until spring.
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Portugal
Rally Wishes to Thank Local Patrons for Support
Sally Sez rally organizers thank local patrons for patronage to Inter Mountain Industries during 1912. The note expresses gratitude and notes the community backing helped the enterprise.
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Intermountain Industries
From Scrolls to Shelves The Rise of Vertical Book Storage
The passage notes how Romans stored scrolls on shelves or in boxes and religious books laid sidewise due to bulk. With smaller books, stronger bindings, and titles on backs, a vertical habit of storage developed.
This Week's Prize Story Promises Resolutions
A reflective note on New Year resolutions praising practical aims. The speaker commits to buying Intermountain goods for the year, stressing quality value and overall satisfaction. The piece underscores the value of steady, useful goals over grand promises.
Greatest thing in all the world is love
Quote attributed to Charles Haiman declares love as the finest possession beyond riches. It states that with love a poor man is rich and a rich man is poor, and that beggars may possess it though it cannot be bought by kings.
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Charles Haiman
Childs remark on egg laying bunny surprise
A kindergarten pupil points out animals in a picture that lay eggs and adds a playful wish for a bunny that lays eggs, noting the unusual idea with humor.
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Sally
Great Difference Between Contentment and Dead Ambition
A quoted remark contrasts contentment with a dead aim in a reflective stance. The line emphasizes the tension between satisfaction and futile drive, urging focus on meaningful goals.
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William Hioward Taft
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Lespedeza
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