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Newspaper
Roland Record
Location
Roland, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1930
Page
4
Zoo animals chatter about freedom and family as the Rocky Mountain bear boasts of a successful escape. Muff and Ruff react while Mr. Gray Fox vows to try climbing out, noting keepers watch all entrances and his self centered mood.
Harving King notes a New England belief that a raised thumb signals an honest man while a hidden thumb marks thieves. He traces echoes to Roman gladiator customs the pollicies ver to and vermo and links legends to ancient Caesars and the long influence of Rome on Britain and today.
A traditional warning about the banshee uses motherly cautions to frighten children. The article notes the banshee as a death omen in Ireland, where the creature is rooted in Gaelic lore as Beau sidhe meaning woman fairy.
In a humorous reminiscence the writer recalls reading Diamond Dick as a boy and argues such dime novels harmed morals and digestion. He jokes that modern heroes would be hygiene minded and suggests reprinting old stories with health tips for babies.
L A Barrett discusses Lamb Coleridge and silence as mental sanctuary. The piece extols climbing the mountain top of faith to observe storms from above, achieving self mastery, self control, and peaceful resilience. It cites Emerson and Longfellow on inward stillness and retreat.
Dr. W A Billings explains snuffles in sheep is a common cold from stress and dust. Provide clean shelter, deep dry bedding, and repeated eye baths and nasal washes with boric acid solution to cure. weak animals may receive coffee as a stimulant and proceed with careful nursing.
Iowa State College report shows farms using abundant pasture and roughages reduced feed bills for work horses to as low as 33 dollars, while grain-heavy feeding raised costs to around 96 dollars. Lowest-cost farms used three quarters corn and one quarter oats, with grass, straw, and pasture as main feeds, while higher-cost farms relied on oats and barn confinement.
High quality ensilage for sheep especially breeding ewes. Vaccinate pigs before cholera, use serum freely. Sows bred in November for March farrowing. gestation 112 to 114 days. Dark shaded sheep pens reduce grubges. Dip flock after shearing to kill ticks. Alfalfa hay aids lamb fattening, start with prairie hay or fodder. Finish yearling steers with 700 to 1000 pounds by selecting calves of good breed.
The essay argues dreams reflect physiological sleep processes and cortex function. It contrasts sleepers hearing noises with actual threats, notes dream content mixes waking experiences, and explains how memory, fatigue, and unresolved problems shape dream imagery and behavior.
An old advertisement promotes Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a perfect anti acid remedy for sour stomach and digestive discomfort after hearty meals. It claims medical endorsement, widespread use by millions, and emphasizes the Phillips name as the genuine trademark since 1875.
The author jokes that photographs of fashions from 1925 to 1929 will look ridiculous in future years. A separate remark notes never hitting a man when he has you down.
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