One Good Yarn Deserves Another
A grandson recalls his entertaining father in law who spun rue anecdotes at family gatherings. He vividly recounts a favorite tale of canned food, fermented fruit and drunk chickens, ending with a warm memory of the storyteller’s laugh and pipe.
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Platte
Dan
Inlaw
Ernest
Bedroom Walls Get Fresh Look With Paneling and Wood
Aimed at updating tired bedrooms, the article promotes paneling with western pine or hemlock, natural or finished, and adds molding to create depth. It highlights bath dressing rooms, garden rooms, and built in features as affordable upgrades, noting a 16 page Western Wood Products booklet available for 25 cents from Portland.
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Western Wood Products Assn
Dept
Yeon Bldg
Portland
Patio Screens Blunt Breezes on Deck Areas
Wood screens built from 4x4 western pine fir or cedar frames with 2x2 slats provide a cooling breeze on decks while blocking strong winds. Slight gaps improve air circulation and privacy, allowing yard areas to be divided for different uses without appearing inhospitable.
Dry Storage for Fire Wood Off House
Readers learn simple wood storage options to keep logs dry and accessible. A garage wall can hold racks, while a lean to shelter with matching siding offers exterior storage. Ground clearance is achieved with spaced 2x4 floors and sloped-roof shelters on posts for moisture control.
July Weather Inspires Summer Menu Recipes and Tips
The page features a variety of salad and meat dish preparations. It includes a Saladic with greens, sliced meat and cheese arranged in spokes, a bean and meat salad served in tomato cups, and a Round Steak Italienne braised in tomato sauce with mushrooms and peppers. It covers ingredients, quantities, and cooking steps for four to six servings.
Strawberry Jam Sandwich Squares From Old Fashioned Cookie Crust
A simple bake and slice recipe for Strawberry Jamwich Squares with lard sugar and walnuts. Mix creamed lard and sugar add eggs then flour fold in nuts press base, spread jam, top with remaining dough bake until lightly browned yield about three dozen cookies.
Pioneers wintering cattle on the Plains and early testing
The piece traces who first discovered that cattle could winter on rich Plains grasses and spring in good condition. It credits Seth E Ward of Nebraska City with early wintering in 1852 along the Chugwater in Wyoming and notes Alexander Majors later tested the practice in 1854, recounting his long success and minimal losses, as documented by letters and local Wyoming histories.
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Clark Fuller
Plains
Seth E Ward
Nebraska City
Wyoming Territory
Wyoming Stockgrowers Association
Ward
Alexander Majors
The
Pony Express
Majors
Wyoming Sun
Wyoming
H Swan
Fort Laramie
Missouri
Seth Ward
M. Russell
Pumpkin Creek
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Panhandle
Berry Knicely
Reba Staggs
National Live Stock and Meat Board
the “Pioneers
By Clark Fuller
Sidney
James L. Brumfield
Sidney National Bank
Nese
the Vault OF Horror
Otales Faerie
Farmers Mutual
Faney
Arlo Jones
Agency
Jones Center
American National Bank
H. W. Statler
Forrest St
Sidney, Nebraska
Sunbeam
Singer
Hamilton Beach
Procter
Westinghouse
Adeline Wunenberg
George Frickey