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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1930
Page
9
Nellie Maxwell counsels richer winter fare and long simmered dishes. She details baked Indian pudding and suet pudding with brown sugar and corn meal, plus Chestnut Croquettes, Winter Conserve, Chestnut Puree, and Oyster sandwiches as hearty options for cold months.
A humorous cutaway drawing description by Joe Archibald features a boy character built from everyday food items and craft pieces. The text notes a large paper-shell pecan head with split bean ears and a clove nose, a peanut body, split almond feet, toothpick legs and tail, and a star macaroni tassel.
In Copenhagen snuff factories a row of small cages holds creatures used to test product uniformity. Young specimens are trained by exposure to red pepper and lutefish to toughen sneezing. Clever cages dump snuff into containers on a sneeze.
Frederick S. Dellenpaugh finds an 1857 Beale expedition report in Salt Lake City archives showing camels swimming the 290 yard Colorado River crossing. Beale leads a camel into the water then it swims with ease, while others are sent in groups. The account contrasts Buck’s China crossing claim that camels cannot swim.
In two weeks in a small town a city man can fall into neighborly ways that prevail there. A friendless man learns to play a cornet, and love of self never grows less. Fault is often found where it is not, and a fan overestimates how others view him.
Weet Gum a large 30 to 70 foot tree with furrowed bark corky twigs and star shaped leaves offers street planting value. It forms a graceful symmetrical crown with red yellow autumn foliage though roots are tender and prone to drying. Resinous sap used in chewing gum and has medicinal use for catarrhal troubles. 1930 Western Union. The electric refrigerator remark by Olivia notes innovation in the ice business.
A nine year old prince Michael rejects royal life after being crowned king. He prefers play with other children over long trousers and a stiff hat. The piece argues that worldly glory lacks the child’s clear sense of values. Trade depends on wants and economic activity driven by desire for fine goods.
Poem contrasts frugal living with debt avoidance. Narrator urges thrift and saving for hard times, claiming true wealth lies with the poor who manage money wisely. Emphasizes duty to provide for family and resist unnecessary spending.
The California mountain beaver, about 12 inches long, climbs low trees or shrubs, cuts small twigs, and carries them on its back to its burrow in a moist meadow or along a stream bank.
A quotation from the Grand Rapids Press notes that people with an hour to spare often spend it with someone who lacks one. The saying highlights social sharing and empathy in daily life.
A garbled syndicated note attributes a Caribbean curse to a left-handed highball gesture by a man, with Sister Sue narrating Brother Bill’s belief that southpaw maneuvers bring misfortune.
The Ohio State University extension expert BR Cray offers five methods to boost winter feed intake in hens. Use artificial lights, feed most grain at night, place grain in hoppers, provide ample hopper space, and feed fresh wet mash daily at a consistent time to raise both feed consumption and egg production.
The article argues exercise is not the sole cause of trouble in wintering breeding geese. It notes that feeding relies on farm grains like corn, wheat, oats, and barley with little else. When ground is bare, geese supplement with grass and hay, and will eat tender corn fodder. geese are foraging fowl, gaining mostly from green feed.
Vintage poultry guidance covers egg hatching quality eggs age limits for use, lighting to boost winter production, and forming good breeding stock. It warns against promiscuous breeding, notes oats as feed when green forage is scarce, and stresses vigor and selecting productive hens for long term flock performance. Egg age limits and uniformity are emphasized for hatch success.
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