Prairie Flower social notes honor WAC service and visits
Prairie Flower reports E. L. Smith family news and community events. Cpl EB Be Smith updates from Des Moines to California. Local visits include Mrs Carrie Dill and Mrs Mae Smith with Set Wayne Weaver of Camp McCoy. Descriptions of social gatherings, canning, travel by plane, and Czech pastry praised among neighbors.
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A.P.O
San Francisco
Calif
Cpl. Smith
W.A.C
Des Moines
Fort Leonard Wood
Fort Oglethorpe
California
Carrie Dill
Mae Smith
Set
Wayne Weaver
Camp McCoy
Wisc
Amos Weaver
Cpl. Weaver
Dill
Late Oats Average 35 By. an Acre for Ralph Beauchamp
Ralph Beauchamp threshed fifty acres of very late oats last Tuesday and they averaged 35 bushels to the acre. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Krantz and children spent Friday evening at the Frank Sands home. Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Marshal and children visited relatives in Mt. Pleasant. Mr. and Mrs. Harley Rhea were dinner guests at the Will Wooley home. Wilma Wooley attended a 4 H club meeting at Ruth Atkinson's. Kenneth Long on furlough with family in California.
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Frank Sands
South Hill
Ralph Beauchamp
Virgil Krantz
Wilma Jean
Wanda Lou
Donald Dean
Phillip Marshal
Mt. Pleasant
Harley Rhea
Will Wooley
Wilma Wooley
Ruth Atkinsons
Kenneth Long
California
Charlie Long
Apple varieties shrink from historic diversity to few today
The article notes over 7,000 named apple varieties in history with about 340 on the recommended list circa 1900 and nurseries offering at least 1,400 kinds. Today roughly 30 varieties remain commercially important, reflecting a substantial reduction in diversity.
Penthouses and Siege Wagons Shielded Attackers Through History
The text notes ancient besiegers used movable sheds or penthouses with iron plates to guard against projectiles while battering walls. It then mentions the later medieval development of protected siege wagons to improve defense during assaults.
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