Past Columns

Read it Again: Week off Sept. 27, 2001.

Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.

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Read it Again: Week of Sept. 20, 2001.

Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.

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Collectors seek rare Indian carvings

Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about historic and contemporary collectors of Native American art forms.

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Read it Again: Week of Sept. 13, 2001.

Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.

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Remembering wooden planes

Antique columnist Roy Booth remembers the use and uses of wooden carpenter’s planes, a block of beech with a blade.

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Read it Again: Week of Sept. 6, 2001

Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.

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Forts used for protection from hostiles

Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about the numerous rebuilt evidences and records of forts in Ohio and western Pennsylvania that tell a story of the settlers who sought protection from hostiles a century and a half ago.

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Pens, inks and dyes were homemade

Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about making quill pens and ink out of saw filings and vinegar for school back in the days when little was store bought.

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Read it Again: Week of Aug.31, 2001

Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.

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Larding needles weren’t for sewing

Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about what some of the terms included in old cookbooks mean in terms of fireplace cooking.

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Read it Again: Week of Aug. 23, 2001.

Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.

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Corn remains as a stable crop

Antique columnist Roy Booth writes on the debt that American history owes to corn and to the native Americans who shared their knowledge.

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Read it Again: Week of Aug 16, 2001.

Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.

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Read it Again: Week of Aug. 9, 2001

Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.

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A collector of vegetables

Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about the joys of gardening, a delightful hobby and occupation.

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East Liverpool: Pottery queen

Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about East Liverpool and the yellow ware and Rockingham finish wares produced by migrant journeyman that made it famous in the 19th century.

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Read it Again: Week of Aug. 2, 2001.

Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.

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History of Victorian furniture

Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about what happened to the chair between in the first half of the 19th century.

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Read it Again: Week of July 26, 2001

Each week Farm and Diary takes a look at what was making news in years gone by.

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Be wary when collecting native items

Antique columnist Roy Booth writes about the hazards of collecting artifacts relating to the American natives, especially when they are too perfect and too clean.

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