Good Old Days Notion Faces Modern Convenience
A Toledo Blade columnist dismisses nostalgia for the past and touts modern progress from kerosene lamps to automatic heating, self starters to better foods and clothing, arguing improved physical and mental well being render old ways obsolete and calling the idea baloney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo Blade
Seven Languages Heard in Old City of Tallinn
Tallinn features Toompea castle and steep walls with a tree planted moat. The city bears centuries of conquest under Denmark Sweden Russia and Germany. By 1848 Estonia becomes its own domain and locals speak Russian German English French Swedish or Danish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old City
Tallinn
Baltic
Denmark
Sweden
Peter the Great
Istonia
Toompea
Ancient English Oak of Cowthorpe Heraldring Age and Size
The Montreal Family Herald notes the Cowthorpe oak near the Toman road three miles from Wetherby as England’s oldest. It is said to be about 1600 years old with a trunk 60 feet in girth and 43 feet tall, once spreading over half an acre. Workers strive to keep the giant alive for a few more years despite declining limbs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Montreal Family Herald
Great Toman Road
Wetherby
Horseflesh term origins in English and French usage
A historical note explains that horse meat is commonly called horseflesh while beef veal pork and mutton derive from French terms. The French word for horse Sebeval was not adopted into English as bargefiesh due to a lack of need.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sebeval
Also Mentioned on This Page
Donald’s
W. F. Donald Brookshire
Texas
Walter Paley
Mr.Muskes Furnitur Store
Jno. Harrison
Capitol
Brookshire
Highrabedian Truck Line
Houston
Truck Terminal Co. Inc
Walnut Street
Houston, Texas
Joe. Smith
Victor
Atwater
A. H. Muske
Farmers State Bank
Brookshire, Texas
Will Graest
Julius Pfiffed
D-F. Ghevrolet Company
FORD
J. C. Day
Fred Freitag
F. A. Lange
TIMES
Mineral Welles
Crazy Water Hotel
Mineral Wells
America
Crazy Water