Mothers of Men Who Won a Wilderness
A tribute to pioneer women who toiled on the prairie and plains. The piece recalls their harsh homes and heroic care while bearing, nursing, and supporting frontier families. It highlights memorial efforts by Daughters of the American Revolution and city statues honoring these “pioneer mothers.”
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Uch
Herbert Kaufman
Minnesota
Dakotas
New Northwest
Mississippi
Great Plains
trans-Mississippi
America
Daughters of the American Revolution
Atlantic
Pacific
St. Louis
A. Leimbach
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
New Mexico
Arizona
Caroline Cook
Plains
B. W. Marland
Cherokee Strip
Bryant Baker
Ponca City
Okla
Real Homesteading under Dark and Light in the Wilderness
A speaker recalls quick steps up a coulee trail to a cabin amid asp and pines. She describes surviving darkness while facing wildlife and the fear of stray cattle, then finds a lamp near Tiger Butte and smiles at the thought of another soul sharing homesteading life and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coulee
Tiger Butte
Lillian T. Leonard
Scribner’s Magazine
Pioneer Woman and Westward Expansion Our Nashville Settlement
A vivid reflection on pioneer mothers and wives aiding westward expansion. It celebrates their role in building homes, defending families, and enduring floods, fires, and hunger as emblematic of the American frontier spirit. The passage segues into the settlement of Nashville, Tennessee.
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Nashville
Tenn
Feeding plan for a 50 hen poultry flock
Dr. B F Kaupp outlines a year long feeding plan for a starter group of 100 chicks and a final 50 hen flock. The program requires 450 pounds of feed for chicks up to week nine and 4250 pounds for the hens annually including grain and mash components. It includes home-grown corn oats and wheat to supply most of the needs and notes the feasibility of mixing feed at home for best results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. F. Kaupp
North Carolina State College
Kaupp
Doctor Kaupp
Delouse Methods for Laying Hens Before Hatching Eggs
Instructions advise treating a setting hen for lice before chicks hatch. Use nicotine sulphate on the nest bottom to kill living lice, then apply blue ointment around the vent to prevent nits. If the hen is near hatching, warm a box, expose her for an hour, and cover eggs with warm flannel to promote fumes, plus apply blue ointment to nits.
Poultry Feeding and Breeding Tips From Experienced Foreman
Poultry guidance covers milk as a chick supplement, buckwheat fiber, and avoiding musty wheat screenings. Trap nesting yields exact flock records and selective breeding raises average. Advice warns against overcrowding pullets, notes space needs, and outlines egg handling post mating for hatch success.
Fender Bent by Woman Driver Story
A woman ran into an embankment bending a fender and sought a garage for help. The mechanic refused to lie but offered a plan to repair enough that she could mislead her husband about how it happened.
Teeth Counts Among Animals Show Varied Dentition
The text notes that elephants have ten teeth including their two tusks, while anteaters possess no teeth at all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillcrest Gardens
Takoma Park
D.C
Tully Woman Credits Vegetable Compound For Soothing Pain
Mrs. CuHirtes Morgan of Tully New York says she felt sick weak and unable to walk or sit without help. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Sanative Wash she is now on her fourth bottle and plans to take two more. Her mother in law recommended the remedies and she endorses their value.
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Tully
N.Y
Inlaw
Lydia E. Pinkham
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Great Northwest
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Oklahoma
Elmwood
Lorado Taft
Park Square
Tennessee
Emerson Hough
James Robertson
Watauga
North Carolina
Holston
Kentucky
Rachel Donelson
Andrew Jackson
Afteen
Sally Buchanan
Court of Law
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Delouse
Dr. Pierce
Dallas
Zexel CO
Rood Products
N. 4Th St
Camden
N. J
P. O. Box 310
Birmingham
Ala
le Girls
Kerox Co
Indianapolis
Ind
Dame Fashion Hosiery
Forrest Avenue
Kansas City
Nature
Southern Root & Seed Co
St. Charles
New Orleans
Jazzbird
John Lamon
Yorkvilla
N. Y
Collins
Western Kennels
Phoenix
Nancy Hall
Porto Rico
Key West
Seal Co
Hardway & Cathey
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Houston, Tex
jamaSini
California
Tnoline Co
Carthage
Pinkham
Hanford
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