Modern farming advised with profit and soil care
The article urges long term crop rotation to preserve soil fertility and maximize profits, noting corn exhausts nitrogen and alfalfa uses minerals. It promotes cost sheets to compare buying versus producing corn and best livestock levels. It highlights abundant agri knowledge from the USDA and state stations. It also critiques divorce law divergence, urban amusements, Mars, and odd anecdotes about cats and a Boston will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Star
United States Department of Agriculture
Nickel's five cent piece faces strong persistence in U S coinage
The article argues the nickel remains essential to daily life, with its price influence on bread, rides, fares, goods, and services. It notes scarce likelihood of eliminating the five cent piece, detailing its omnipresence in transit, markets, telephones, entertainment, and consumer purchases across the nation. It also mentions London fashion where engagement bangles accompany rings, reflecting social trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Treasury Department
Department
Congress
Biology Peril to Grammar in Bronx School Board Debate
New York printed a satirical clash as John J. Fox chair of Bronx local school board No. 26 proposed a resolution criticizing the teaching of grammar being supplanted by natural history topics like tadpoles grasshoppers caterpillars and other pests. The board killed the measure amid a mock alarm over linguistic decline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John J. Fox
Bronx
Fox
Board . of Education
Old Custom Kept in London City Hangs On
Six historic horseshoes over 600 years old were tendered to the crown by the City of London as quit rent for a medieval Strand smithy. A bundle of twigs bore attestation as the hatchet and blunt hook were renewed while 61 nails were deemed a good number by the king's remembrancer. The ritual objects are returned to the city yearly and new pieces presented as keepsakes to the mayor and lady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
City of London Corporation
Strand
King’s Remembrancer
Justica
Cat Came Back in Glaghorey Postmaster Tale
A fragmented local item from Glaghorey New Jersey recounts a home incident involving the postmaster and a stray cat. Readable bits hint at a humane or humorous note as residents recall the animal’s return and its impact on the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glaghorey
N.J
Appeals for census truth urged to clergy doctors and teachers
The United States Census Bureau issued an appeal to clergymen physicians school teachers and employers to aid in gathering census statistics. Beginning April 16 enumerators will ask questions and recipients should answer. The bulletin notes fears of tax increases prosecutions or business exposure are unfounded and all statistics are confidential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States Census ‘Bureau
Bureau
Bulletin
A Corner in Ancestors by Eleanor Lexington
The Saunders family traces origins through old spellings and nicknames with roots in Essex and other English counties. The line extends to Scotland Wales Ireland and a founder in Ireland linked to Cromwell era migrations and a Robert lord of Innspack.
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Eleanor Lexington
Saunders
Sanders
Sandy
Alexander Sandy
Sanderson
Alexander
Allix
Alley
Aiken
Essex
Kent
Buckingham
Lincoln
Northampton
Warwick
Oxford
London
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
Cromwell
Robert
Innspack
Rudolph
Hapsburg
Saunders Grove
County
Saunders Family Armorial Lineage Across Colonies and Armory
Banders Wicklow details the Saunders lineage from pilgrims Thomas Sanders of Surrey in 1636 to various colonial branches in New York Virginia North Carolina South Carolina and Massachusetts. It notes intermarriages with Harpers Tarners Whites Kents Garretts Shackleforts Jones and Bass and connects the Glen Sanders home Scotia near Schenectady to the family. The piece lists coats of arms with crests and dates 1615 1761 and 1610, and mentions mottos Invidere Sperno Nil Conserire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wicklow
Martha
Earl of
Aldborough
Thomas Sanders
Surrey
New York
Edward Saunders
Northumberland County
Virginia
Saunders
Harpers
Tarners
Kents
Garretts
Shackleforts
Jones
Bass
Betsy
James Wider
Presley
Robert Hyde Saunders
Joseph
North Carolina
William
Jesse
South Carolina
Roger
Massachusetts
James Saunders
Sanders
Ten Eucks
van Reneselaers
Glens
America
Scotia
Schenectady
Glen-Sanders
Glen
Deborah Glen
John Sanders
Deborah
John
Thomas
Down House
Ealing
Hants
Wales
Henry II
Morley Saunders
Qeen Anne
Charles’ Saunders
Parker name roots and notable Parkers history
This piece traces the Parker surname from Celtic roots via Parcus and de Parco to modern forms such as Parker, Parkinson, Parkhurst and Parkham. It cites Doomsday evidence, early bearers like Johannes le Parcere, Reginald te Parkere, and Henry Parker, Lord Morley, plus notable Parkers including Admiral Sir Hyde Parker and the Parker family’s role in Marblehead and Lexington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pare
Parchoar
le Parkere
Parkerre
Parkre
Parkar
Parkerhill
Parkerhouse
Parkinson
Parkhurst
Parkis
Parkham
Parcus
de Parco
Anchitil' Parcker
Somerset
Pares
Alencon
Normandy
Johannes le Parcere
Wilam the Conqueror
Reginald Te Parkere
Holy Land
William Te Parker
Norfolk
Thomas le Parker
Ear of Macclesfield
Henry
Henry’ Parker
Morley
Boleyn
Matthew
Parker
Canterbury
Hyde Parker
William Parker
Margaret
Matthen
London
Marblehead
Mass
Parkers
Lexington
Lees
Pant. Parker
South
Benjamin Parker
Bradford
United States
Jamie Parker
William
Parker Family Heraldry Across Burke’s Peerage Records
Parker distinction in the hall of English parliament and American congress noted by Burke’s Peerage. Heraldic charges list lion, elephant, gray, leopard, and horse with mottoes about justice and steadfastness. Multiple coat-of-arms variants described including buck charges, crests, and blazoned shields in different versions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burke
John
Parker
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Algona Courier
ION & Finnell, Publishers
Algona
the Modern Farmer
Alva Willing Astor
John Jacob Astor
Col. Astor
New Jersey
Hudson
Jersey City
Hoboken
Philadelphia Inquirer
Boston
Solomon
Mars
Uncle San
Panama
Anticrudlty Society
Windy City
Johany
Kansas City
Port Ox
Ansas City
Missouri River
Third Street
Clay County
England
Banders
New York Gazette
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