Amos Croy and Homer: A Missouri Farm Pioneer Family
Amos Croy former Civil War sergeant left Ohio for Missouri near Marysville where he married Susan Sewell and had a son Homer. Homer recalls a cyclone that razed a sod barn and orchard. Sunday weighings at the farm were a local ritual with Amos often winning. Amos aimed to mold Homer into a skilled farmer, cherishing the farm as the worthy life.
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Amos Croy
Ohio
Marysville
Missouri
Susan Sewell
Homer
Croy
Amos
A Day on the Farm Mesmerizes with Calves and Chores
A farmer recounts a Tuesday filled with chores turning calves, dehorning at Jim Vert’s chute, and a family dinner. Neighbors Harve and Jim share parish news while Pa and Ma bless the meal and reflect on life lessons learned from farm routines and a mother’s chicken philosophy.
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Jim
Homer
Harve
Letters From Frontline Soldiers Highlight Homefront Struggles
Kathleen Norris reflects on Private Tom Willoughby's Northern England posting. He recalls harsh wartime living, the emotional toll of long wards, and how homesick letters from family shape morale. Readers urged to plan welcoming homecomings and support soldiers with practical aid.
Letters From Home Undermine Morale At Front
The piece argues soldiers need letters to sustain morale but complains that letters full of shortages and travel woes burden the troops. It suggests servicemen would be better off without chronic complaints and calls for more uplifting communications from home.
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Jim
ChinaStyle bathtub to hit market soon
Plumbing industry unveils a china like bathtub made from non critical ceramic material. It resists hot to cold shocks, acids, and scratches, is easy to clean and shallow with a flat bottom after extensive research.
It's the Cat's Whiskers as Toothpicks
Chinese epicures claim tiger side whiskers make ideal toothpicks. They say whiskers are not too hard on gums nor too soft to fail and were once valued at several tails of silver in old days.
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Jim
Amos
Susan
Sierras
Brown
Dean Davis
Georgie
Phillipines
Coventry Patmore
Millay
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Jim Vert
Huey
Kathleen Norris
Hin
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Tom Willoughby
England
Roger
Bat
Dad
Tom
China
Montana Cereal CO
Billings, Montana
Fleischmann
Standard Brands Incorporated
Ideral Annex
Box
New York
Ben-Gay Fe
Emer Corny
Ae Ema
Childrer
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