Prairie voyage leads to wedding in a settler cabin
Warry and Bim Kelso travel the Grand Prairie in September 1841. They wed at a river cabin after crossing a flooded creek with minister Stephen Nuckles presiding. The scene blends rustic hospitality with a quiet commitment as their future unfolds amid frontier progress and political memory.
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Prairies
Bim
Chicago
Ohio
Biggs
Alton
Davis
Henry Brimstead
Gio
Warry
Plain’s End
Everglades
Stephen Nucckles
Stephen Nuckles
Steve
Matthew
Mrs. Needles
Peter Lukins
Harry
To Get Rid of Red Ants
A U S Department of Agriculture remedy uses a sugar syrup with up to three quarters of 1 percent sodium arsenate. Small quantities saturated on bait are fed to ants, carried to nests, and ingested by young and queens, destroying the colony.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Fathers discuss college football colors rivalry
In a light exchange, three fathers with sons in different colleges debate football loyalties. They predict athletic season chatter and rivalries between Orange and Blue, Blue and Gray, and finally Black and Orange, followed by a quip that all teams may end up in Black and Blue.
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Princeton
Philadelphia Ledger
What would you suggest for our literary club to read
Mrs Flubdub asks for a book suggestion and her brutal husband replies with a blunt idea proposing a cook book as a read for the literary club.
Frances Willard Museum Opens In Wisconsin Schoolhouse
The Frances B. Willard museum is housed in a small country school near Janesville Wisconsin. The dedication drew former Wesleyan and Northwestern pupils and National Officers of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. Miss Willard once called the building a big ground nut but it marks her rise from pioneer beginnings to Hall of Fame recognition in Washington.
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Frances B. Willard
Janesville
Wis
Miss Willard
Wesleyan Seminary
Northwestern University
Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
Miss
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Brooklyn
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Frances E. Willard Museum
Janesville, Wis
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