Firestone’s farming life blends city ranch and rural roots
Rubber magnate Firestone keeps two farms near Akron and Columbiana Ohio. The Akron estate Harbel Manor hosts 100 head cattle and high quality milk for West Hill families, while the Columbiana tract includes the Old Homestead, preserving Jefferson-era land and family memories.
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Akron
Harbel Manor
Portage Country Club
Firestone
Side Hill Ormsby Segris
United States
West Hill District
Columbiana
Nicholas Firestone
Mr. Firestone
Thomas Jefferson
First Arkansas Settlement To be Preserved as Park
Dispatches recount Fayetteville news of preserving Arkansas Post site as park. The piece traces 17th century exploration led by Chevalier Henri de Tonti with La Salle, Marquette and Joliet, noting the fort and cross on the Arkansas River and the founding of the first settlement in the Arkansas country.
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Arkansas
Fayetteville
State of
Mississippi River
Arkansas Territory
United States
Arkansas Post
Mississippi Valley
Henri de Tonti
Louis
Mississippi
la Salle
Versailles
Marquetté
Joliet
de Soto
Gulf of Mexico
Marquette
France
Tonti
la Rochelle
Canada
Lakes
Missouri
Ohio
Acording
Arkansas River
Quebec
the Rock
Troquois
Nee
Beaujeu
Gulf Coast
Rock
Jean Cavelier
Presidents as Fathers: Tyler and Harrison with large families
John Tyler fathered 14 children from two marriages including three sons and four daughters in his second marriage. William Henry Harrison followed with six sons and four daughters making him another prolific president parent.
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John Tyler
William Henry Harrison
New Style Blacksmithing On the Move
Wisconsin blacksmith Louis Wanasek adapts to motor age by traveling to farms to shoe horses. He notes farmers still have horses but refuse to drive to a smithy, sending orders by telephone and loading tools into his car for on-site work.
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Louis Wanasek
Wisconsin
Wanasek
Girl at the Top in Health Tests
A health advertisement touts California Fig Syrup as a vegetable laxative endorsed for over 50 years. It claims to restore children to health, improve appetite, digestion, and bowel function, with a Kansas mother praising her daughter Bonnie B. for top health in tests.
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West
California
Kansas
Dana Allgire
Monroe St
Topeka
Bonnie B
Geologists State Rain Has Fallen on Earth for Billions of Years
Dr. William Bowie of the United States coast and geodetic survey says rainfall must have occurred for at least 1.5 billion years to form the oldest sedimentary rocks. He notes running water washed sediments from land surfaces, supporting long geological history reported in the Indianapolis News.
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William Bowie
United States Coast and Geodetic Survey
Indianapolis News
Birth rate for cats causes alarm in the club world
An odd editorial notes a sharp drop in feline birth rates, with Kensington Kitten club show manager Bustede calling the decline unexplained. The piece contrasts this with historical remarks on Webster and other maxims about weather and truth.
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England
Bustede
Kensington
Mountain Visitors and Village Characters
A reflective note contrasts summer mountain travelers with seasickness prone people and imagines village residents as actors ready to fill any movie role. The piece suggests seasonal habits and local character as entertaining parallels.
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Arvey
Frestone Farm
America
BAYER
Webster
Daniel Webster
Taylor
Target
Virginia
Burley
The
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp
Louisville, KY
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