Beersheba Was Jewish Ag Colony In Kansas
In the 1800s and early 1900s Jewish immigrants considered farming as a path to American integration. The Hebrew Union Agricultural Society and Rabbi Isaac Wise promoted Jewish agricultural settlements while contrasting views on assimilation and community identity emerged among new arrivals in the United States.
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America
Plains of Kansas
New World
New York
Hebrew Union Agricultural Society
Isaac Meyer Wise
Reform Jewish Movement
American Israelite
Cincinnati
Ohio
Wise
Beersheba Colony in Kansas Draws Immigrants
In 1882 the American Israelite described a Kansas Beersheba colony near Dodge City as part of eight settlement attempts. The group faced harsh travel and high costs in Kansas City before moving to Cimarron and Beersheba. Pushed by heat and dust, Charles K Davis noted a 110 degree day and a simple supper that felt deeply satisfying after hardship.
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American Israelite
Kansas
Beersheba
Dodge City
Charles K. Davis
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Cimarron
Davis
Vintage Needlecraft Catalog Ad Promotes Crochet Cardigan Pattern
An Ottawa Herald Needlecraft ad offers pattern 7263 for a double knitting acrylic cardigan sized 8 to 14, with 170 crochet items and free patter ne inside. Readers are urged to mail $7 per pattern plus special handling to Alice Brooks in New York, including name address and ZIP.
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Ne Roche
Hirat-clagg Mall
Alice Brooks
Ottawa Herald
Needlecraft Dept
Old Chelsea Station
New York
N.Y
Beersheba Colony in Kansas Fades by 1886
In western Kansas, 24 Russian Jewish families began Beersheba colony near Cimarron in 1882. The Emigrant Aid Committee supplied livestock and gear, wells were drilled, sod houses built on 160 acres each, and progress was noted by a Cincinnati rabbi. By 1886 the settlement had disappeared.
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Kansas
Ford
Barber
Comanche
Beersheba
Pawnee Creek
Cimarron
Kalvesta
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Emigrant Aid Committee of
Leo Wise
Food Safety Poster Contest Opens Nationwide
Elementary students nationwide are invited to design posters showing how to pack brown bag and box lunches safely. The USDA contest runs January to March 14 with three grade categories and prizes of 100, 50, and 50 dollar savings bonds.
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Washington
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Donald L. Houston
USDA
Food Safety and Inspection Service
Houston
U.S
Welfare and Recreation Association
Marketing System A Giant Before You Can Figure Out Costs
A USDA official explains the agricultural marketing system as a giant turning $130 billion of raw farm products into over $400 billion in consumer goods and $40.5 billion for foreign markets in 1980. The cost rise, farm-retail spreads, and major marketing expenses driven by labor and packaging are outlined, with notes on inflation and systemic inefficiencies to be tackled in the 1980s.
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Department of Agriculture
Mildred Thymian
USDA
Agricultural Marketing Service
Thymian
Club Forecast and Meeting List for Tuesday and Wednesday
A community notice lists events and meetings for Tuesday and Wednesday including Club Forecast at L and M Buffet at 2 30 p m and several organizational gatherings at Elm Highland Avenue and 404 W 4th Avenue These include American Association of University Women Xi Omicron Exemplar Beta Omicron Chapter Beta Sigma Phi Beta Omega and other groups with times ranging from 1 15 p m to 7 30 p m at various churchs and venues detailing officers installations and social luncheons
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L & M Buffet Rem Club
NEW Venture
Elisa Waymire
Elm Highland Avenue Club
Doris Krueger
American Association of University Women
Mary Lynn Gollier
4Th Xi
Omicron
Carolyn Kimbrel
Beta Omicron
Beta Sigma Phi
UPW
Westminster
United Presbyterian Church
First Baptist Church
UMW
FIRST
United Methodist Church
Legal Secretaries Association Union
Order of Eastern Star
Sequal Club
Madge Calliham
Orchard Drive
OU Women's Club
Betty Anderson Association For
Helen Good
Maple
Foreign Study Group To Meet Ottawa High School
Students at Ottawa High School interested in foreign study will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday in Janet Ford's classroom with parents to hear a program about the American Institute of Foreign Study A film will be shown and trip coordinator Bob Evans will discuss travel and life abroad Ronald Lee DePriest born November 29 at St Luke s Hospital Kansas City Mo joins siblings Jonathan and Sean Babb with grandparents Curtis Forcade Skidmore Mo and Lee DePriest 917 N Cherry Stillwater Okla Suede care tips urge brushing and dry cleaning to remove dust and stains with air drying away from heat.
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Ottawa High School
Janet Ford
American Institute of Foreign Study
Bob Evans
Ronald DePriest
Clathe
Ronald Lee
St. Lukes Hospital
Kansas City
Ronald
Jonathan
Sean Babb
Curtis Forcade
Skidmore
Lee DePriest
N. Cherry
Stillwater
Okla
Sharon Hinchey
Oklahoma State University
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Nelson Bibles Office Supply § Printing CO
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Weds
Hallmark Cards, Inc
Mullen’s Hallmark Shop
Dad
Sutton’s
American Gem Society
Ottawa
National Committee For Prevention of Child Abuse
Chicago
Ill
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