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...young farmer who must make his way should select a "Type I" wife. She should be "sound of wind and limb," should not have more than a high-school education, and "should not be disturbed by muddy boots in her kitchen, nor by the dogs sleeping under the stove . . . nor the continuous parade of newborn pigs and lambs in bushel baskets by the kitchen stove. She should be farm-reared . . . It takes a woman a long time to learn how to get her weight properly under a bale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AGRICULTURE: The Best Strain of Wife | 3/21/1955 | See Source »

Inside the Taejon clinic one morning last week the homemade kerosene stove was a center of warmth and hope for a little huddJe of maimed men. One sat with his stump tucked under him, an armless boy held his Bible in two hooks. Torrey slipped an elastic from around his Bible, parked it on his arm-hook, and then began reading the 36th Psalm...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: One-Armed Mission | 2/14/1955 | See Source »

Miller scored first for the varsity after his escape in the last seven seconds of his bout with 147 pound John Hellwege. Sophomore Miko Murray followed Miller's victory by losing a well-wrestled 5-0 decision to Stove Froidberg, Penn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Varsity Wrestlers Tie Pennsylvania | 1/10/1955 | See Source »

...floor (for all the furniture had been sold), scrounging food from local citizens who themselves were too poor to spare much. In the winter, the dwarf kept warm by getting drunk on harsh red wine, some of which he shared with Sweikof, and by burning dried grapevines in his stove...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPAIN: The Midget & the Elephants | 12/20/1954 | See Source »

Burner Control. The Florence Stove Co., Chicago, Ill., has incorporated in its new models the first thermostat control for a top-of-the-stove burner. A thermostat automatically controls the gas flame, gives a constant temperature (200° to 400°) to cooking dishes. Price: from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Nov. 29, 1954 | 11/29/1954 | See Source »

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