Lee Birthplace to Become National Shrine in Virginia
Stratford Hall the 1222 acre Virginia estate where Gen Robert E Lee spent his boyhood is sold for 240000 dollars to the William Alexander chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy of Connecticut. The site will be a national educational memorial and research center with restoration and scholarships planned.
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Richmond
Robert KE. Lee
Stratford Hall
Westmoreland County
Virginia
William Alexander
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Connecticut
Lee
Potomac River
Washington
William Alexander Chapter
The
Daughters of the Confederacy
Ethel Armes
Sald
General Lee
Greenwich
Conn
Charles D. Lanier
Sidney Lanier
Lanier
Macon
Facous
Stratford
Potonae
Armes Eaid
Stanfelie
Edward A. Doun
Connecticut United Daughters of the Confederacy
Caroline
George I
Richard Henry
Francis Lightfoot Lee
French Workers Use Warm Dogs in Winter
In Thiers France workers in one of the oldest cutleries keep warm by dogs. Tilers require heat as they grind knives on water powered stones. Generations ago grinders trained dogs to warm them, a custom dating back three and a half centuries.
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Tilers
France
Dors
Thiers
Farm and Firealde Proverb Quotation Headline
A terse adage notes it is wiser to bow than to invite others to topple you, reflecting a cautionary moral from Farm and Firealde. The line urges restraint in the face of danger and social pressure, urging self-preservation over confrontation.
Europe calls dollar chasers trigger cautious borrowing
Analysis notes that investors in Europe chase U S dollars while access to loans remains constrained, forcing a subset of borrowers to pursue dollar liquidity. The situation underscores tighter financing conditions and currency demand in global markets.
Rhubarb Winter Growing Idea From Mishap
Detroit farmer Jacob Schwartz discovered rhubarb kept warm by decaying fertilizer grew through winter. Red stalks with yellow-tinted leaves surprised him and his wife, leading to pies and a box-covering method. The Detroit News notes winter rhubarb has become an industry.
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Jacob Schwartz
Detroit
Detroit News
Tuskless Indian elephants domineer in fights says Durma lore
The males of Indian elephants vary. some tusked and some tuskless reach peak form. In Durma and India the tuskless males called hines or mukna are said to defeat tusked rivals by trunk leverage under tusks, throwing or smashing them, though no solid evidence supports this.
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Elephants
India
Tiskless
Wy Smith
Nine Year Old Hides From Mother Until Found
A young boy named Joe hides during a game of hide and seek at his grandmother's country home. His mother counts by fives and searches every room, tree, and shrub but cannot find him until he reveals his hiding place. The boy claims he climbed the windmill.
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Joe
Recipe for a Perfect Day By Helen Christine fennnett
A 1910s fitness column outlines a daily plan for balance and wellbeing. It urges waking with energy, maintaining a cheerful mood, avoiding cold-water beverages, ten minutes of light exercise, showering, moderate meals, taking breaks, walking partway, keeping calm at work, and resting before dinner.
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Helen Christine Fennnett
Joan
Yeur Afiee
Churches Plan Sunday Services And Activities
Local church notices list gathering times for CHYESHES Methodist Episcopal, Presbyterian, St. Matthew's Lutheran, Congregational, Castle Grove Lutheran and St. John's Lutheran. Items include Sunday schools at 10, morning worships around 11, German services, youth events, and confirmations.
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Methodist Episcopal Church
Epworth League
R. J. Langer
Presbyterian Church
Jerusalem
Christian Endeavor
Leonard Duckett
St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church
Congregational Church
George W. McNary
Castle Grove Lutheran Church
The
Luther League
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Trinity
St. John's
Names Drawn From Hat for Punney Event
A humorous scene where celebritiy names are drawn from a hat while one name, Gene Punney, reappears from the firepiece after a comical mix up. The piece hints at a staged selection with playful intrigue and local color.
Street of All Nations in Cardiff Shows World Ties
Cardiff readers tour a lively stretch dubbed Street of All Nations in Great Britain. From Durmese to Swedes to Germans, the district hosts diverse personalities as cafes line the block under immigrant signs such as Oslo Cafe Canadian Cafe and Cafe Paris. By day quiet, at night sailors newly paid off at the docks fill the venues.
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Great Britain
Cardiff
Wales
Durmese
Germany
Bute Street
Paris
FOR SALE Items: canning, eggs, hens, and livestock
A mixed sale notice lists a 18 ton capacity canner by LeRay Parner Canning Co Hodson 90-2 TOR SAL, a hand powered can sepa rated for 11 pounds hourly, and a near new five month old equipment. Also offering hatching eggs and chicks from pure Tom Barron White Leghorn at 3 per hundred with tiered chick prices. Registered Hereford cattle and Poland China boars for sale from J L Weber & Sons near Monticello Cascade Iowa with farm location details.
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Barron
John Jacobs
Pleasant Knoll Hatchery
Tom Barron
England
F. J. Gestel
Hopkinton
Iowa
John Null
Monticello
Paying
J. L. Weber & Sons
Cascade
Towa
Also Mentioned on This Page
Daughters of Confederacy
Old Virginia
Europe
Kansas City Star
Chyeshes
Pittsburgh
Gene Tunney Odato
Stitsy Odato
Brentwood
Gene ‘Punney
Calmar
Cedar Rap
A.m
Farley
North
PB. m. m
Delaware
Dubuque
Oxford Junction
Chicago
Marion
Omaha
Ursula Hein
N.C. Deischer
Ben H. Otten
R. H. Kibebeck
Center Junction
H. E. Stingley
J. C. Balster
Scotch Grove
Thomas Shover
Emil Riedel
Scotch Grove Nursery
Ray George
Io Gold
Ames
C. K. Greer
Thomas Stimpson
Anamosa
Adolph Kernen
Violet Meyer
A.G. Bohlken
C. A. Coxsee
Thomas J. Shaffer
R. H. Kleineck
Saskatchewan
Canada
Matt Faber
H. J. Faber
Mary Coxsee
Fuller Brush Company
A. O. Lambert
H. H. Seehusen
Town
F. EB. Collins
District Court
Jones County
State of
Patrick William Mulvahill
A. D
Cascade State Bank
Edward D. Hogan
Timothy Hay
Marcus J. Kehoe
Harm J. Dirks
Rhode Island
A. M. Maurice
Evert Prult
Langworthy
Fair Grounds
Harry Stuhler
John Krause
Fred Kellum
L. E. Hoag
S. C. Rhode Island
Herman H. Herren
O. E. Torrence
J. Renk
Ray Adams
of All Nations
Johnson
Dougherty City Transfer
Minnesota
Farmers Grain Company
Cedar Rapids
John Gawald
LeRay Parner Canning Co
Hodson
New
Oakland
Oaklands
Pontiac
Mich
General Motors
R. H. Balster
McNeilly & Son
M. J. McNeilly
Onslow
Holsten
John Deere Corn Planter
C. A. Burmeister
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