Peter and the Mulberry Tree in a Christmas Dream
A nostalgic tale recalls Peter the dog and a mulberry tree, then children build a Christus tree with gifts. They bump holes and pegs for lessons, gather treasures, and greet Santa Claus delivering stockings and toys, ending with charity and cheer.
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Peter
Harry
Frank
Chauncey
Ruth
Maury
Mary
Sarah
Syoman
Lucy
Santa Claus
Western Newspaper Union
A Christmas Day Menu of Charity and Cheer
An old Christmas menu praises gifts of hospitality and brotherly kindness. It contrasts lavish dining with simple service for the lonely, poor, widowed, and childless, ending with gratitude, faith, and good cheer as the true dessert.
Digger and Filler Unveils Self-Forwarding Trencher
A new trench digging machine travels along tracks excavating the front and filling behind as it advances, showing a compact autonomous earthworking method.
Gifts From The Farm Christmas Treats For Kin And Friends
A farmer’s wife recalls gifting simple country presents to family and neighbors. Homemade cookies, a fir tree, vegetables, a goose, honey jars, duck eggs, preserves, and nut baskets showcase thrifty, heartfelt items from a rural community. The story highlights practical, edible gifts made at home for relatives and a doctor friend who sought the country air.
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Tuth
Ruth Preston
Wiggin
Ruth
Express
Marton Aldrich
Oregon State College dairy and home economics notes
Farm reminders outline eight week dairy factory and cheese plant facilities for Oregon dairy factory short course students starting January 3. High school girls served 395 lunches at the teacher’s institute and home demonstration agents aided Corvallis PTA in weighing children and planning diets to raise underweights. Oregon farmers assess contract terms like standard pack and first class canning cherries amid price risk.
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Oregon Dairy Factory
Benton County
Parent Teacher Association of
Corvallis
Oregon
State Experiment station—Entomology
O. A. C. Oregon
Eradicating Animal Pests Under U S Agriculture Effort
The Biological Survey and cooperating agencies report last fiscal year’s work to eradicate destructive animals in the United States. Savings are estimated at 16 million dollars with 50,000 predators shot or trapped and 34 million acres poisoned. Farmers cooperating number 132,000. Annual damages from wolves and coyotes reach 20 million dollars while native rodents plus pests total hundreds of millions in losses.
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United States
United States Department of Agriculture
Value Of Oregon Coal Explored By State Bureau Of Mines
Experiments in 13 Oregon counties test sub bituminous and lignite coal uses. Distillation reduces weight by 50 percent with 20 percent recovered as liquid rich in hydrocarbons. Potential coke markets and home heating demand noted. fields in Baker, Clackamas, Clatsop, Columbia, Coos, Douglas, Grant, Jackson, Lane, Lincoln, Tillamook, Washington, and Wheeler counties.
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Oregon
Oregon Bureau of Mines and Geology
Bureau of Mines and Geology
Baker
Clackamas
Clatsop
Columbia
Coos
Douglas
Grant
Jackson
Lane
Lincoln
Tillamook
Washington
Wheeler
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Caspar
Barker
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Tom
Bureau of Mines
Little Dick
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