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Newspaper
Polk Progress
Location
Polk, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Feb 15, 1951
Page
3
A 209 pattern offers a full dozen shelf types in various sizes and shapes. Interlocking joints cut from tracing designs allow quick easy assembly. Pattern price is 25 cents from WORKSHOP PATTERN SERVICE Drawer 10 Bedford Hills New York.
The article notes Paul Bunyan as a legendary lumberjack figure alongside other tall folktales. It describes Bunyan as so huge that as a baby his mother used the wheels from a wheelbarrow as buttons for his jacket, illustrating the exaggerated size common to such folklore.
The Suez Canal owed its creation to wheat. The route from India to England was shortened to speed bread supply, per the American Bakers Association.
Quaker poet John Greenleaf Whittier trained as a shoemaker apprentice in youth. He paid his way through school by crafting shoes and slippers for affluent New England ladies.
The baking industry directly employs more than 450000 people, the largest workforce among all food sectors.
In rural Greece, communities gather to knead bread for engagement celebrations. Friends and relatives toss coins into the dough to help the couple fund a large wedding, a public rite reflecting shared support and tradition.
The average American derives about 28 to 30 percent of both food energy and protein from direct cereal product consumption, indicating cereals are a primary dietary source.
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