Heat Drives Grasshoppers and People Toward Desperation
In a drought scarred district, Roddy Willard and neighbors spread poison bran to curb a locust swarm threatening crops. Silver, Sophronia, Corinne, and others endure heat, tension, and conflict as famine looms and emigration questions arise, with Corinne challenging relationships and Silver reassessing selling plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fjelstad
Roddy Willard
Sven Erickson
John Michener
Sven
Manitoba
Roddy
Joe Fisher
Brookings
Michener
Joe
Eder
Willard Hill
Silver
Sophronia
Benjamin Hubbard
Chicago
Steve
Old Roderick
Phronic
Corinne
Gerald
Phronie
Mental stimulation urged over pensions for the aged
Dr. Lillien J. Martin, 84, a psychologist and author, argues that mental stimulation and active engagement are the prime needs of the elderly, not pensions. She notes pensions may foster passivity while urging older adults to pursue useful activities and organize study groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Lillien J. Martin
Stanford University
Farm Loan Act Declared Unconstitutional by US Judge
Federal Judge A Lee Wyman ruled the amended Frazier-Lemke Farm Moratorium Act unconstitutional, denying rights to a mortgage holder. The decision favored a life insurance company seeking foreclosure on a 500 acre Brown County farm mortgaged by Elsie Buntrock of Columbia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sioux Falls
S. D
A. Lee Wyman
Wyman
Brown County
Elsie Buntrock
Columbia
Buntro
12,000 Year Old Corn Won’t Sprout At Hermosillo
Kernels of corn at least 12,000 years old found with giant mummies in the Sierra Madre of Sonora failed to germinate at the Hermosillo Agricultural and Industrial Exposition. Experts say age or preservative may hinder sprouting. Ethnologist Paxton C. Hayes will take specimens to the University of California for further study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roddy
Steve
Roderick
Silver
Old Roderick
Flaithe
Corinne
Corrie
Gerald Lucas
Gerald
Hermosillo
Sonora
Mexico
Sierra Madres
University of California
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United States
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Whitewright
The
First National Bank
Member
Scull, Swain & Wallace Co. the Hardware Department Store—Sherman
O. L
Pig) Jones the
Dyer & Childress Drug Co
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