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Newspaper
Rock Valley Bee
Location
Rock Valley, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1930
Page
22
An astrologer warns against harsh upbringings for a strong willed child urging gentle discipline. The piece emphasizes appealing to affection and reason to channel willfulness rather than clashing, and notes warnings echoed by a marine opossum anecdote from a banana shipment.
A brief syndicated note suggests that hinting for a bridal quilt from mamma leads to joy and happiness and a long life for the bride, reflecting a lighthearted superstition report from the McClure Newspaper Syndicate.
The text recalls King Henry IV of Germany forced to endure three days of penance standing in the snow while seeking absolution and reinstatement after excommunication by Pope Gregory VII in 1076. It notes his later excommunications and multiple reconciliations involving his son Henry VI.
The black willow is a small tree 15 to 30 feet tall with rough black bark and slender brittle branches. Leaves are narrow and dark green above, pale beneath, with defoliation possible from leaf diseases and rusts. Borer damage affects trunks. bark distinguishes it on streams and lakes. It has limited value beyond soil conservation and some fuel or charcoal use.
A compact collection of aphorisms on pride, work, money, and happiness. It contrasts personal effort with luck, notes rivalry among women, and warns against shaming thrift while citing Phaedrus Livy and Saint Augustine.
A 1930 Western Newspaper Union piece offers child friendly recipes and home meal ideas. It includes playful treats like a turtle cake decoration and practical guidance on making tasty bites such as Tiny Tim Apples banana pancakes cup cakes and Chicken a la King with a rich cream sauce.
A playful coastal anecdote describes hunters using a cheese baited trap to catch a whiffletick. In a lake setting two men in a duck boat drop cheese into a ten foot deep hole and drown the creature as it pursues the scent, then net the surface find. The figure features a pine cone body and a peanut head.
A compact 1930s humor piece by Douglas Manloch contrasts a world seen as funny with the lack of humor others feel. It includes lines on a “funny world” and a closing anecdote about an old circus trouper who stays home for family, highlighting wit and bittersweet sentiment.
The United States Department of Agriculture reports rising interest in improved livestock through the pure bred sire campaign conducted with states. Records show no scrub animals in herds headed by pure bred sires and only one scrub to seventy in listings prior to July 1, 1920. Enrollment grants a bronze sign and a framing certificate, with blanks available from USDA, Washington DC.
Iowa State College expert G. C. Culbertson outlines three keys to raising fall pigs: warmth and dryness, a balanced corn based ration with minerals, and sanitary housing. He urges roomy, well ventilated quarters bedded with clean straw, hog oilers, automatic feeders, windbreaks, and water tanks with heaters to ensure ample water and steady growth.
The McLean system of swine sanitation rests on keeping animals away from parasites. It requires four steps: wash sows and scrub farrowing houses, confine stock in clean spaces, haul rather than drive to a parasite-free pasture, and keep pigs in the clean pasture until four months old with fences intact.
If a newborn lamb is thoroughly chilled or seemingly lifeless it can be placed in warm water as hot as a shepherd can endure. The lamb must have its nose and head kept above water to preserve scent. Within 15 to 20 minutes the animal may revive and bleat for its mother, who recognizes it by smell.
Jerusa lem artichokes have historically served as stock feed, mainly for sheep and cattle in France and hogs in the United States. While highly recommended, they have not surpassed corn where corn thrives. Leaves, branches, and stalks provide additional feed, with stalks usable like corn stover.
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