Evolution of Table Manners and Seating Across Cultures
A survey traces how dining evolved from raw eating with bare hands to formal meals, noting Greek and Roman customs of reclining, early table shapes, and the shift to chairs in various cultures. It also discusses table cloths, napkin use, and how furniture materials and clawed legs reflected status and function.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Bath
Jesa
Lineham
Jong
Ito
L. Kichler
To All Farmers Disc Sharpener Ad
A terse farmer notice urges bringing in discs for sharpening in a cold railer sharpener method. Local contact Peters notes availability from 9 to 10 A.M. and stresses not to let the disc cut away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peters
Christian Science Lesson Sermon Proclaimed Sunday Service
The service centers on the Lesson Sermon from Isaiah 26:18 and Luke 13:11 14 with quotations from the Bible and Science and Health. It highlights that deformity is illusion and cites divine law, with Mary Baker Eddy’s text referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Baker Eddy
Jesus
BN Ray
Surplus Acreage and Farm Incomes After the War
The article discusses restoring farm incomes to pay debts and to again buy non agricultural goods prewar levels. It argues inflation can raise the farm dollar value to cover debts while a longer duration adjusts the debt value. It notes the farm dollar now buys less than half of prewar goods and inflation may not equally affect all commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
Federal Reserve Bank
Henry Wallace
Wallace
Mtonka
Panahee
Wallace Farmer
Vaccination for Hogs in Iowa Townships Debate
In a discussion on a livestock cholera bill, opponents warn of careless farmers and misdiagnosis, but 26 000 vaccinated cases show only 131 complications. The policy aims to reduce farmer costs and boost vaccination, arguing failure invites an epidemic. Wallace's Farmer supports farmer administered double treatment against cholera.
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Lowa
Wallace
Birds Arrive as Spring Feathers Return to Iowa
The article notes many waterfowl and shorebirds migrating up from the south from late March into early April, including Pintail Mallard and Baldpate ducks. It highlights a broader bird influx across Iowa with diverse species, and references a comparison of bird lists from Polk County and Sioux City, noting White-winged Scoter and Trumpeter Swan among notable records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iowa
Juna
Iowa Bird Life
Paul DuMont
Iowa University
Walter W. Bennett
Siou City
Sioux City
Stoon
Polk County
Polk
Sioux ‘City
Honest Dollar Fight Hallelujah Inflation Stance
A Wallace's Farmer summary argues for continued inflation to reach a 1926 price level, urging federal action to stabilize the price level and establish an Honest Dollar policy. It criticizes deflation and favors a compensated dollar similar to the Fisher plan, calling for congressional and regulatory steps to hold prices steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malton
Ilha
Wallace
Bill to Let Farmers Vaccinate Hog Pigs in Iowa
A bill to reduce hog cholera losses by allowing farmers to vaccinate their own hogs has not yet been acted on by the Iowa assembly. With current hog prices, many hog raisers may vaccinate privately rather than endure the yard vaccination system. Nebraska Missouri Hawaii Indiana and South Dakota allow farmers to vaccinate their own hogs, showing other states’ tolerance for farmer administered vaccination.
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Iowa Assembly
Nebraska
Missouri
Hawaii
Indiana
South Dakota
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Titonkalfopic
Postoffice
Thobka
Wolfe
Ublahar
Canada Post
Christian Science Churches
Churches of Christ
Neville
Algona
The
Stars
Ellon
Northern
National Auction Co
Algona, Iowa
Mr. and
Mya
Jake Meyer
Belmond
Mid-Continent Petroleum Corporation
Tulsa
Okla
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