Hoover ancestry and Swiss origins in early American line
The article cites Herbert Hoover as likely of Swiss origin, tracing the Hoover lineage from Andreas Huber who arrived in America in the 18th century. It notes name changes, Quaker migration to Ohio, and Hoover family ties leading to the president, alongside reflections on crow use in farming and early aviation developments in Latin America.
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Hoover
Richard W. Staudt
National Genealogical Society
Staudt
Herbert Hoover
White House
Swiss-American Historical Society
Huber
Andreas Huber
America
Philadelphia
Andreas
Jonas
Johann Heinrich Huber
Oberkulm
Aargau
Bern
North Carolina
Andrew Hoover
John Hoover
Andrew
Ohio
Eli
Jesse Clark Hoover
Herbert
Rain Distribution Varies Across Beaverhead County
Local weather notes uneven rainfall with some areas receiving heavy precipitation while others stayed dry. Regions like the upper Blacktail country Centennial valley Red Rock valley part of Horse Prairie and Big Hole basin saw moisture while overall Beaverhead fared better than many areas. Old Mother Nature is described as erratic this season and the irrigation supply generally held up.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blacktail Country
Centennial Valley
Red Rock Valley
Horse Prairie
Big Hole Basin
Beaverhead
Land O Lakes Creameries Lead Dairy Co op
Land O Lakes creameries of Minneapolis operate as a cooperative with 92 000 members. They market butter, cream and poultry, posting about 50 million dollars annual sales and an estimated 1 million dollars weekly revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Land O’ Lakes Creameries
Minneapolis
Minn
United States
Sugar Trade Offer Rebuffed Spurs U S Tariff Move
Cuba and the Philippines rely on the United States as the world’s top sugar buyer. In 1928 U S exports of sugar were valued at 155 383 000 dollars. A proposed preferential trade union with the United States was rejected, prompting the U S to raise tariffs on sugar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Cuba
Philippines
Wheat market guidance from Federal Farm Board to Texas growers
The Federal Farm Board urged Texas wheat farmers to avoid oversupply as facilities lag, warning that pushing wheat to market too quickly depresses cash prices below futures contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Farm Board
Texas
Turned Tables in a Hong Kong Camp Tale
A white gambler in a icy Bannack camp loses a sack of gold after a Christmas night and is bound for Hong Kong by ship. A feared Chinese rogue known as Chong endures betrayal and violence as he plots revenge, painting rice paper characters and moving unseen through the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Express Office
Express
Chong
Hong Kong
Silk to Plastic: New Process at Imperial Research Institute
Osaka researchers report a method to convert discarded silk through a chemical change into a jelly and then a plastic material capable of being spun into threads for weaving. The process promises reuse of waste silk in textile production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial Research Institute
Osaka
Japan
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Dillon Postoffice
Hoover Family
Department of Agriculture
Congress
Chile
Central America
Airways
Latin America
Americas
Pan-American Airways
Mexico
Canal
Haiti
Santos Domingo
Porto Rico
West Indies
Panama
South America
Dutch Guiana
Republic of Colombia
Wilmer Stulz
Rad
Hatter
Times
WO Chong
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