Life with the Croys A quiet Missouri farm tale
Amos Croy and family near Marysville Missouri recall farm life from a Civil War veteran’s memory. The narrative paints Sunday dinners with fried chicken pies and corn roasting ears, stock weighings, neighbor gatherings, jokes, and the ritual of shared chores, news, and Bible reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amos Croy
Ohio
Marysville
Missouri
Susan Sewell
Homer
Croys
Brooklyn Bridge
Amos
Newt
Susan
Mrs. Kennedy
Minnie
Phebe
American Engineer Plans Great Dams for Asia
John Lucian Savage chief designing engineer for the bureau of reclamation discusses ambitious dam projects in the Far East. He outlines Yangtze river dam sites with 24 generators totaling 110000 kilowatts each, plus irrigation for 100 million acres, and notes plans in India and Afghanistan. The piece praises Savage as a public servant and notes honors from American institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Grande Coulee
Boulder
Shasta
Norris
Tennessee Valley
Asia
John Lucian Savage
Bureau of Reclamation
Department of the Interior
Far East
Chiang Kai-shek
China
India
Palestine
Dr. Savage
U. S
State Department
Uncle Sam
Yangtze
Chungking
Potomac
Savage
Yangtze Gorge
Boulder Dam
Colorado
United States
Punjab
Ganges
Afghanistan
Congress
New South Wales
University of Wisconsin
American Society of Civil Engineers
Barbs and rumors amid wartime policy chatter
The column parodies wartime policy leadership, noting General Arnold directing German industry and mocking Morgenthau. It jokes about cherry trees in Washington as Korean, mentions Berlin refugees predicting radical shifts, and reports obituaries of prominent Nazis appearing in German papers with talk of figures going underground.
An OldTime Spice Chest for Today’s Kitchen
Pickling time and all through the year we use herbs and spices in old and new ways. Grandmother’s herb and spice chest with labeled drawers suits modern kitchens. Easy to make from scrap lumber with plywood back and simple curved fronts.
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Jim Vert
Jim
Jack
Hughes Township
Mr. Trullinger
Lawson Scott
Wallaces
Washington Digest
U. S. Dept. of Interior
Baukhage
WNU Service
Union Trust Building
Washington, D. C
Australia
London
Burrinjuck
Department of Interior
Arnold
Army Air Force
RAF
Russia
Peter I
Berlin
Moscow
Bankhag
Air Force
Treasury
Morgenthau
Washington
By Ruth Wyeth Spears
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
Kellogg's
Frontier Raw Fur Corp
Frontier
Post Office
West 27Th Street
Wcharger
Cath
Wincharger Corporation
Sioux City
P. Q
County
Savege
Plong A Rong
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