Paper doll kit inspires toy face painting idea
A poem by E. D. Garner imagines children using paint to decorate a paper doll for a lifelike look. It suggests browns for hair and pink, green, blue, or red for clothing to brighten the dolls with simple washes.
Picnic Adventure of Twin Girls Through Imagined Lands
Two sisters on a spontaneous picnic imagine a journey from a meadow near the western Scottish coast to France Italy and beyond. Their day blends playful geography with a misadventure when one twin injures a foot and is carried to safety by a farmer and mother.
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The Noimp Rabbit Plague And The Great Plains
Farmers in the sendhill region of the Great Plains nearly exterminated the noimp or bob-eared rabbit, once so plentiful crops were wiped out repeatedly and a new political party emerged. The creature burrows fast, undermines sandhills, and can be fatal to crops when crushed. Ears resemble popcorn, feet like split peanut kernels, and a filbert head adorns the front.
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Punishing the Children versus the Wrong Spirit of Punishment
A reader argues punishment can be good when used to teach cause and effect after constructive efforts. The author counters that punitive anger harms the child and fuels conflict, urging punishment only after all positive methods fail. The piece defends a measured use focused on character, not anger.
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Miss Newton
Heaven
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Valor Defined Valor
A compact quotation notes valor as self recovery and resilience. It proclaims that true strength endures any position or challenge, with Emerson asserting a steady, invincible inner power. The line emphasizes steadfastness and perseverance in the face of circumstance.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Analysis of how actions reveal character more than speech. The article argues conduct proves virtue, noting tongues can mislead and people distrust grand talk. It contrasts past praise of piety by discourse with modern preference for visible deeds and reliable actions.
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Emerson
McClure Newspiper Syndicate
Some Fifty Years From Now By Douglas Malloch
Poem from 1930 reflecting on kin legacy and how future generations may remember us. It ponders whether kindness or money defines us, noting time sweeps life’s sand while great deeds endure, asking what the world will recall fifty years hence.
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Douglas Malloch
Ripe Cucumber Relishes And Winter Pickles
A 1920 Western Newspaper Union recipe notes making ripe cucumber relishes with grated cucumber onion red pepper and spices bottled cold for months. It also outlines preparing ripe cucumber pickles with syrup herbs spices and a winter preservation method. The instructions include trimming seeds, salting soaking, boiling syrup and pouring over ready cucumbers to seal for storage.
Superstitious Sue Finds Street Coal as Lucky Mascot
A quirky note from the column urges picking up a piece of street coal as a lucky charm. Image of a playful rural gossip tone with light humor attributed to BMcClure syndicated column. Local readers are teased with whimsical superstition.
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Bmcclure Howspopur Syndicate
Poultry notes on artificial hatching and flock management
Artificial hatching is common where large scale turkey farming exists. Maintain sanitation to keep chick mortality low and manage cockerels by selling after hatching. Plan for next year by evaluating new cockerels and ensuring pullets are mature before production. Preserve eggs in water glass while cheap for future price shifts. Clean broader houses weekly and feed a liberal grain amount to build flesh.
Green feed crucial for growing chickens says NC State expert
North Carolina State College extension poultry specialist C F Parrish urges daily green feed for growing chicks, especially when confined. He notes 1–1.5 pounds of lawn clippings or alfalfa per 10 chicks for 8–10 weeks, with higher amounts as they age, and emphasizes clean quarters, water, shade, and cleanliness. The NC poultry industry is expanding with 20 percent of farms involved and plans for substantial blood testing of hens next fall and winter.
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C F. Parrish
North Carolina State College
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Early Roosting Practices for Chick Rearing
Short pamphlet advises teaching chicks early roosting to ease poultryman troubles. It describes placement of roosts on two sides and rear of a larger house, elevating roosts one foot off the floor, hinging roosts at the rear, using two by two inch material with rounded edges, spacing roosts ten inches apart, and placing half inch mesh netting beneath to push chicks onto roosts and prevent crowding under them.
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Trousta
Table Scraps Benefit Poultry Flocks Inbalanced Ration
Table scraps and waste foods can form a balanced ration for small farm flocks when mixed with scratch grain. Avoid spoiled canned goods or moldy feed as they may cause losses blamed on disease. Use a laying mash to ensure a steady balance when scraps run short.
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