Notice of Referee sale in Polk County Nebraska
A Polk County Nebraska district court order directs A F Inquist sole referee to sell at public auction multiple tracts in Osceola including sections 7 8 16 township 14 north range 3 west and a tractor parcel. Sale set for August 7 1929 at 2 pm at the south front door court house Osceola with 15 percent cash due day of sale and balance on confirmation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eldora Kershaw
Township 14
Smith
Osceola
Polk County
Nebraska
A. F. Inquist
Notice of Probate for Estate of Joseph Swanson
In Polk County Nebraska a petition to appoint LeRoy Smith as Administrator of the estate of Joseph Swanson has been filed. Hearing set for July 20, 1929 at 10 a.m. Dated June 24, 1929. County Judge W W Norton seal. Public notice dates June 27 and July 4 and 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Nebraska
Joseph Swanson
LeRoy Smith
W. W. Norton
Notice of Final Report in Estate of Raymond Croissant
In the Polk County Nebraska county court the administrator filed a final account and petition for final settlement and distribution. A hearing is set for July 19, 1929 at 10 a.m. to determine heirship and discharge. Dated June 22, 1929. W. W. Norton, County Judge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Nebraska
Raymond Croissant
W. W. Norton
Notice to Creditors in Vollbrecht Estate Nebraska
Creditors of the Carl Vollbrecht estate must file claims by October 26 1929 and debts paid by July 26 1930. County Judge W W Norton will receive claims at the County Court Room on July 26 1928 August 26 1929 and October 26 1929 at 10 A M to examine hear allow or adjust filings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County
Nebraska
Carl Vollbrecht
State of
Said County
W. W. Norton
Mary Ett Benson
Mary Ett Benson Death Claims Hearing Schedule
Notice lists hearings on August 26 and October 26 1929 at 10 A M to receive examine hear allow or adjust all claims and objections for Mary Ett Benson with date June 26 1929 from County Judge seal PPM e EP and dates July 4 11 18.
Hymn Writer Bane Watts Also Wrote Two Knowledge Works
All Forgotten but Hymn Bane Watts born 1674 died 1748 wrote Logick or the Right Use of Reason in the Enquiry for Truth and The Knowledge of the Earth Made Easy or the Principles of Geography and Astronomy Explained. The hymn with its music by William Croft remains his notable legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bane Watts
William Croft
Exercise Extremes Risk to Heart Warns Doctor
Dr James O Nall cautions in Hygeia that exercise is valuable but dangerous when the heart is diseased. If the heart is healthy no danger, but after illnesses like diphtheria rheumatism or scarlet fever abnormal exertion should be avoided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James O. Nall
American Medical Association
Vegetables and Mushrooms in Ancient Cuisine Through Ages
The article traces how ancient Greeks favored beets and lettuce for their cooling and sleep-inducing qualities, notes Roman use of cooked lettuce, and recalls mushrooms as a rare but ancient luxury. Pliny mentions mushrooms sharpening appetites, while they later waned in reputation after the Claudian era due to a poisoning scandal involving Agrippina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greece
England
Pliny
Tiberius Claudius
Agrippina
Notable eighteenth century marriage broker in Mayfair
Rev Alexander Keith ran a busy marriage trade in Mayfair celebrating up to 6000 ceremonies a year charging a guinea each. He was excommunicated and excommunicated the bishop of London after trials by Judge Andrews. The 1753 Marriage Act ended his fast weddings and he retired to private life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Keith
Here's a Southeast Wind Poem Of Faith And Patience
A 1929 Douglas Malloch poem frames the southeast wind as life’s rains and cares. It urges facing hardship with brave, sweet hearts while awaiting the west wind of better times from God. The piece blends weather imagery with a spiritual message of perseverance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Malloch
How Poppy Became Symbol
The article traces poppy charity origins in America with Mme Guerin’s pre armistice sale of poppies by French orphans. It notes early drives by Veterans of Foreign Wars and later a national Legion sale, then parallel poppy efforts by both groups near Memorial Day to aid needy veterans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mme. Guerin
Legion
Red Cross
Tit for Tat Education in Our Line of Business
An elderly tramp boasts that education helps their trade. A younger road walker asks the value of schooling. The tramp recalls a Beverly visit at a bungalow where a lady quoted Shakespeare and was met with a bite of bacon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverly
Makers of the Flag Speech at Interior Day 1914
Franklin K. Lane, then secretary of the interior, addressed Department of the Interior employees on Flag Day 1914. He praised workers as the makers of the flag, saying their dreams and labors brighten the stars and stripes with cheer courage and faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
Franklin K. Lane
Secretary of the Interior
Memory Masters Learn Four Steps to Strong Recall
A McClure Newspaper Syndicate piece outlines four memory processes learning retention recall and recognition. It argues memory improves through strong associations linking new facts to existing knowledge with examples like breaking phone numbers into meaningful parts and linking day night opposites and A B sequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McClure Newspaper Syndicate
Disease Germs Cannot Live in Mother's Milk
Scientists report that nursing mothers milk can kill disease germs. Dr. Friedrich Schlaeppi of Bernes实验 shows milk retains bacteriolastic power when kept at moderate temperatures for over sixty hours. Boiled milk loses this property and a filtered clear liquid still destroys added germs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fieusi
Friedrich Schlaeppi
Berne
Switzerland
Schlaeppi Tas
Juvenile Love at Last Has Legal Definition
A Los Angeles couple eloped to Santa Ana to wed but could not due to being minors. The girl's father sued the young man, and the defense sought dismissal arguing no harm and mutual fault. The attorney quipped that puppy love is too young to need a license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Stanta Ana
Los Angeles Times
Vermicelli Worms Burst From Coral Reefs
Prof J Arthur Thomson notes that during the third quarter moon before sunrise palolo worms emerge from coral crevices. The wriggling green bodies release eggs and sperm, die, while the heads survive to grow new bodies for next year, a remarkable asexual renewal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prof
J. Arthur Thomson
John O
London
Land ownership in early Washington shaped capital site
The Nationals Capital history notes Virginia and Maryland ceded sovereignty for a federal seat yet ownership stayed with individual landowners. Nineteen original proprietors included four main holders Daniel Carroll David Burnes Samuel Davison and Notley Young. Carroll's lands included present Capitol Hill and Burnes owned much of the area later hosting the White House and Treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Virginia
Maryland
Daniel Carroll
David Burnes
Samuel Davison
Notley Young
Carroll
Capitol Hill
Burnes
White House
Treasury Building
Real brain capacity does not depend on age or weight
Sir Arthur Weiths of the Royal College of Surgeons examined a Purley Surrey skeleton and a child skull found during house foundations work. He said the man was a real Roman with a skull markedly different from ancient Roman British skulls, and noted the father's likeness in the child. The skeleton will go to the Croydon museum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Weiths
Royal College of Surgeons
Purley
Surrey
Croydon Museum
E. R&r. Campbell
Vancouver Province
King Edward and the Bridge Game Night at Egypt House
Princess Daisy of Press recounts in the Kansas City Times a night on Cowes when King Edward, with one equerry, visited the duchess of Manchester at Egypt House to play bridge. A mistaken cab ride led to a dark doorway where two outraged ladies accused him of drunkenness and threatened to call the police if he did not leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward
Daisy of
Press
Kansas City Times
Cowes
Duchess of Manchester
Egypt House
Bridge
Not Really Chinese Dish Chop Suey Origin
An old account claims chop suey has no native Chinese origin. It allegedly began at a New York dinner for Prince Li Hung Chang, whose chef created a mixed hash dish called chop suey. News of the dish allegedly spread via the guest’s wife and Asian restaurants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
United States
Prince Li Hung Chang
New York
Prince Li
Left Handedness Linked to Hair Whorl Direction
Two eastern scientists report a link between handedness and hair whorl direction after studying identical twins. When hair whorls on the crown formed clockwise spirals subjects tended toward right-handedness. when whorls curved left the person tended toward left-handedness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Cabbage's Place as Medicine Through History
A tale recalls cabbage as a health booster from ancient times to later ages. An early Danish setting frightened a doctor who saw cabbage fields and doubted Denmark’s market. An English writer a half century ago noted cabbage people viewed difficult to digest and nourishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denmark
Duty of the strong to support the weak quote
An Indiana businessman angry at his wife disturbs her by placing his coffee cup on a platter of butter. She asks why he would do such a trick and he replies that he is carrying out an injunction of humanity, stating the duty of the strong is to aid the weak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Indianapolis Star
Deduction by Jud Tunkins on Psychological Theory
The Washington Star reports humorist Jud Tunkins claims a psychoanalysis theory can reveal what a person is thinking about. He says people commonly ponder rent taxes grocery bills and related everyday concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jud Tunkins
Washington Star
Keep Windows Clean Says National Society Official
Lewin Carris of the National Society for the Prevention of Blindness warns many shops dim their interiors by a quarter as windows go unwashed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewin Carris
The
National Society For the Prevention of Blindness
Unearthed Materials Highlight Earths Water Minerals
A fragment references materials from Mother Earth and the valuable chemicals, water and minerals, implying significance of natural resources and copyright note attached to the text.
Half Full or Half Empty Crowd Jokes in Ireland
Talbot Farrell recounts a bull about Irish audiences in a remote town. A touring company asks a local how crowds measure up and hears the wagging reply that the theater is sometimes half full and sometimes half empty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Talbot Farrell
Pearson’s Weekly
Salt in History and Its Role in Diet
Salt has been valued for its culinary effect more than its direct food value. History shows people endured effort and expense to obtain it, yet dietary elements already present in foods suffice. Excessive salt may affect food assimilation in some individuals.
Desert plant protection laws span California and Nevada
California and Nevada recently enacted laws making it a misdemeanor to dig up destroy or pick flowers of desert plants including Joshua trees and desert holly. The desert region between Tonopah and Las Vegas is described as the Wests largest natural flower garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Nevada
Tonopah
Las Vegas
West
L’opular Mechanies Magazine
Two Old Friends Brighten Sun and Water Charm
An American Magazine reflection on sun and water, praising their enduring charm and good nature as sources of simple joy. The piece notes how sun and water attract and please people, suggesting a timeless, cheerful bond.
Quote by Montaigne on rivers and knowledge
A fragment studying perception and knowledge. It notes that someone who never saw a river might think the first one they meet is the sea and reflects on how humans define nature by extremes. The reflection ties to how limited experience shapes understanding of vast concepts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montaigne
Its All Wrong to Him A Modern Intellectual
A New Castile Newa item notes a critic claiming a modern intellectual is someone who agrees with nobody on anything even if he cannot explain why, reflecting on intellectual independence and dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Castile
Newa
The Lost Chord Poem by Adelaide A Proctor
The famous poem The Lost Chord by Adelaide A Proctor appeared in Household Words and later in Legends and Lyrics 1858. Sir Arthur Sullivan later set the verses to music and his mood matched the poet’s, giving both words and music a grand, interpretative quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adelaide A. Proctor
Household Words
Arthur Sullivan
Weather shifts tied to winds and global circulation
The weather bureau explains day to day changes from cold to warm to cold are driven by wind direction and air distribution over the earth. These shifts stem from circulation between equatorial and polar regions, shaped by tropical heating, polar cooling, and Earth's rotation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Weather Bureau
Earth
Toronto’s Rise From Meeting Place to Major City
The article traces Toronto’s naming from Indian roots meaning place of meeting. It notes its growth from a small trade settlement to a leading Canadian city and railway hub with a population near 700,000 due to modern transportation.
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America
Toronto
Lake Ontario
Canada
Interior Department Head Joke Stirs Classroom Laughs
A school class explored government departments when a student answered the Interior department question with the stomach as the head. The light moment came as the teacher asked for the Cabinet’s top office and the pupil offered a humorous misdirection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James
Interior Department
Electricity growth and urban electrification in America
The United States has grown rapidly in electricity use and wiring. Over 15 years population rose 24 percent while electrically wired homes surged 520 percent. Electricity generated climbed 626 percent and total customers increased 465 percent, outpacing global trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
The Heifer's Long Summer Adventure Home
A young heifer wanders far from her farm seeking adventure and companionship. She finds welcome at a distant farm, stays two months, and returns home with new experiences while appreciating the care she received. The tale reflects companionship and belonging on a rural farm.
Simple cream cooler for farm creamery setup
A low cost cream coating plant can be built on the farm to cool cream during July and August. A water tight barrel with two cans sunk in the ground uses fresh cold water circulated around to keep temperatures low. Can 1 holds warm cream until cooled, then added to can 2. never mix warm and cold cream.
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Rise Valley Creamary Institute
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Lawrence Swanson
Mills & Mills, Attorneys
Poppy
Che
H. Irving King
Barbara Bourjaily
America Farm Lead
Heifer
L.’ Asher
Glue Valley Creamery
Dr. Miles
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