Origins of OK Expressed as Slang and Heroic Choctaw Leader
Language expert traces OK to varied theories from Olga Neviskoff to Choctaw chief Pushmataha. The essay recounts historical anecdotes from Andrew Jackson campaigns to late 18th century court records and colonial coinages, noting the Choctaw origin “o keh” meaning it is so.
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Olga M. Neviskoff
William E. Gladstone
Gladstone
Santo Domingo
Aux Cayes
Keokuk
Iowa
Ole Keokuk
O. K
Orrin Kendall
Board of Trade
Chicago
William Henry Harrison
Arbafia
Ohio
Andrew Jackson
Court of Records
Sumner County
Tennessee
Hugh McGary
Gasper Mansker
Hugh
High
Jackson
Harrison
Seba Smith
Maine
Jack Downing
Cas
Andgas Pushmataha
O'Kay
Byington
Pushmataha
John Randolph
Roanoke
United States Senate
Apushmathtaha
Handbook of American Indians
Bureau of American Ethnology
Noxubee County
Mississippi
Oklattamall
Tecumseh
United States
Washington
Pensacola
Cain
Cow's future seen in her heifer days at New York dairy
The New York State College of Agriculture cites Tidy the cow as proof that well grown heifers reach higher milking yields. Tidy, bought as a four-year-old, rose from 50 pounds to 90 pounds daily milk as a nine-year-old, illustrating the need to properly develop heifers early for profitable dairy herds.
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New York State College of Agriculture
Tidy
Work
Occasional Stirring of Milk in a Can Advisable
The top milk layer in a cooling can stays warmer and richer in bacteria than the bottom. As warmer milk and water rise, a 2 inch top layer forms 10 to 15 degrees warmer in thirty minutes, making stirring necessary for faster cooling and reduced bacterial load.
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Wallaces
Palatable Shock Fodder Improves Cattle Feeding
Research from the South Dakota experiment station shows ground corn stover fed with grain or ground hay eliminates waste in dairy cows and aids fattening steers. Early season shock fodder in fields can be turned into valuable feed by grinding and mixing with rations.
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South Dakota
Chicago bigamist Charles Totaro tied to eight marriages
Betty Murdock, seventh wife in Chicago, accuses Charles Totaro of serial desertions and bigamy. Betty lists seven other wives and ex-wives, detailing cada marriage dates, divorces, and profits from the alleged scheme, plus a cache of photographs including a wife named Daisy Totaro.
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Chicago
Charles V.totaro
Betty Murdock
Charley
Sergi
Tim Dwyer
Bettty
Chimes
Betty
Charles Luis
Betty Tless
Frieda Polegster
St. Louis
Eva Turkis
North Side
Tie
Datghter
Caroline Ziezler
Holy Name Cathedral
Addle Grande
Lake Park Avenue
Addle
Josephine Satkis
Emerald Avenue
Charles
Murdock
Crown Point
Ind
Charlies
Lee Riether
Washington Boulevard
Lee
Rach
Daisy Totaro
Bernadine PI
Peggy
Dorado, Hil
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Ake
Pearl I.smith
Dillon
Montana
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