Homer Croy and the Farm Life That Shaped Him
Amos Croy’s family farm life in rural origins influences Homer Croy, born in Omata area, who after junior high and college moved to New York. His first novel Boone Stop followed as his father’s health declined. the farm was later, sadly, left without his return to the funeral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Croy
Homer
Sumiay
Croys
New York City
Jemite Heath
New York
Tome
Hin
Croy
The Farm, The Barn, And A Hollywood Dream
A narrator returns to a worn family farm to face a looming $8,500 mortgage as betters, a rebuilt barn, and a strained life intersect with a film connection to Will Rogers. He recalls past prosperity, the mortgage’s weight, and the lure of writing and advertising work while a banking crisis and Salvation Army scenes unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wne
Standish Road
Will Rogers
Joving Trust Company
Mysterious advertising case tests a writer's skill
A narrator recalls a strange assignment from Chicago ad men asking for a screenplay or scenarios. He ponders telegrams, a cluttered attic, and a stalled explanation as days pass with phone calls about training firms and a possible Tenn dy no. He ends unsure what the task truly is.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aera
Tye
Chicago
Indiena Shay
Chile
Sewing Circle Patterns Three Piece Sunsuit Set for Tots
Sewing Circle offers a three piece sunsuit pattern for toddlers including a gay checked sunsuit with white ruffles a jaunty bonnet and panties all suitable for hot weather. Pattern IM418 fits sizes and yardage listed with trims and order details from Sewing Circle Patterns Department 144 New Montgomery Street San Francisco.
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Paturin Dept
New
Montgomery St
San Francisco
Allt
Brown Sugar Clumping Tips From Pantry Note
A brief kitchen tip explains that brown sugar becomes lumpy and advises placing a damp cloth in the jar with the sugar and keeping it tightly sealed to restore texture. The note emphasizes moisture as the key to resoftening.
Cleaning and maintenance tips from a vintage home guide
Step by step advice covers repairing a cracked dish with milk heating, polishing a soap brush setup, anchoring a food chopper, and using sandpaper and towels to remove dust. It also suggests methods to keep a surface tidy and debris from upholstery.
Moslem Nations Do Not Use Red Cross Emblem
Moslem nations largely avoid the Red Cross symbol, with eight countries maintaining a long prejudice against the emblem. Collier's notes Iran uses the Lion and Sun emblem, while seven others including Egypt, Iraq, and Turkey use the crescent. The Crescent Society claims the crescent as its own symbol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
International Red Grass Society
Collier's
Tran
Bevpt
Iraq
Turkey
Tishh
Crescent
Re Crescent
Child Discovered Secret Of Putting World Together
A father tore a world map from a newspaper and hid it in pieces. His daughter Joan quickly laid the map out, then revealed the trick: flipping the pieces to reveal a man on the back, she fit the man together first, and the world followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spide Logan
Tmet
Spide
Cet
40 Universal
Spider
Harges
Thantehilly
Jim
Chad
Avason
Meriting Eterna
Coene
Daddy
Joan
Faer
Insects in the United States and Global Species Counts
Collier's notes 495000 known insect species worldwide, with 81,000 found in the United States. Of these, over 60,000 are neutral. About 10,000 are injurious by spreading disease or harming crops, while another 10,000 are beneficial, aiding pest control, pollination, or producing useful substances.
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United States
Collier's
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Nellie Logan
Nellie
Homer Cray Farm
J. Theodore Logan
Owen Davis
Hollywood
Bill Cole Leetorn
Ther
Mr. Fox
Ms. Boerner
Huenon Cature
Thad
Salvation Armcy
Kuoee
Taciners
Billy Suidey
Bankarnert
McCann-Erickson
Aim T
Madison Avenue
Add- Chicago
Ing
Ustepee
Sikes Lds LS
Sten
Shawn
Yuir
U.S
Pitti
Mighty
Cory Flakes
Mor W.s.war Bonds
Firestone
Carver
Cutter Laboratories
Berkeley
California
Cutter Vaccines & Serums
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