Community Visit and Dinner Socials Across Nearby Towns
Local residents report visits and Sunday dinners as families from Loup City Stromsburg Britt Britt Iowa Topeka Kansas and North Platte gather at various homes. Notable names include Arthur Root Elinor Karl Detloff Faye Beardsley Charles Carlson Minerva Rudson John Smith Ernest Hahn Elmer Hanquist Rob Lindburg Maurice Lindburg Melba Branting Ralph Branting Roy Church and Mabel.
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Arthur Root
Elinor
Downers Grove
Ill
Charles Carlson
Karl Detlofff
Myra Cox
Stromsburg
Cliff Cramer
Faye Beardsley
Hordville
Charles Rudson
Minerva
Britt, Iowa
Ed Johnson
John Smith
Loup City
Ernest Hahn
Marjorie Hahn
Lloyd Nordstedt
Lloyd Hahn
Elmer Hanquist
Robert Lindburg
Topeka
Kansas
P. A. Hanquist
Mabel
York
Maurice Lindburg
Melba Branting
North Platte
Ralph Branting
Roy Church
Clarks
Thomas Sheraton and his furniture legacy in Georgian era London
A portrait of Thomas Sheraton as a restless figure of late 18th century London. He critiqued rivals in pamphlets while turning to furniture design, championing mahogany and publishing guides. His work bridged England and America, influencing George Washington's postwar furnishings.
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London
Thomas Sheraton
Washington Post
Sheraton
Robert Adam
England
America
George Washington
Sheraton School
Girl Kidnaped Long Ago by Indians Wed to Chief
A Philadelphia Record account recounts Frances Slocum who was abducted from Wyoming Valley in 1778 by Delaware Indians. She lived 57 years with the Miami tribe, married a Miami chief, bore four children, learned their ways, and chose to remain Indian, never returning to white society.
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Philadelphia Record
Frances Slocum
Wyoming Valley
Reserve
Ind
Slocum
Susquehanna
Tramway definition and origins in Britannica
Britannica defines tramway as rails on public streets for wheeled vehicles with tram as the British term for street railway. It notes Scandinavian origin for the word, usage in American cities like Denver, and historical Scottish and mining meanings including a beam of wood and coal transporting carts.
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Denver
England
Live Stock Prices at South Omaha June 21 1938
Receipts of cattle at Omaha Monday were 8 000 head with strictly good to choice cattle in active demand and firm. Best kinds brought 10.20 to 10.25. Cornfed steers ranged 9.50 to 10.50 for good to choice, with heavy feeders steady. Feeder lambs and aged sheep firm with light to moderate trade.
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Union Stock Yards
Omaha
Hog prices steady to higher as hog receipts reach Omaha
Receipts of hogs at Omaha totaled 5 000 head with demand broad and prices steady to a nickel higher on desirable light weights. Heavy grades were slow to sell. Best light weights brought 8.85 to 8.90 per head while heavy packers sold as low as 8.00 to 8.15. Lows sold from 7.75 to 8.00.
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Omaha
Fat Lambs Steady as Omaha Receipts Hit 3500
Receipts of sheep and lambs at Omaha Monday totaled 3,500. Trading was slow but fat lamb prices held near steady with natives and westerns at 9.25 dollars. Feeder lambs stayed firm from 7.65 down. aged sheep steady, fat lambs at 300 dollars.
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Omaha
Louisiana Parishes: From Counties to Parishes in History
Louisiana is unique in having parishes instead of counties while DC has precincts but no counties. Originally 12 cantons formed after the 1807 redivision, later becoming 19 parishes based on Spanish ecclesiastical districts, a naming kept for later subdivisions.
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Louisiana
District of Columbia
France
Claiborne
Legislative Council
Platinum the Third Heaviest Element and Its Uses
The piece notes platinum as the third heaviest element and highly valued for laboratory crucibles and vessels due to its rust resistance and electrical conductivity. It describes jewelry use, past adulteration of Russian coins, and historic mining in the Ural mountains for stove pipes and cookware.
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Ural Mountains
Washington Post
Habits of Squirrels and Nut Theft
Squirrels cache nuts in clever places but suffer memory lapses leading to hunger. Pigeons dig up acorns to steal them while mice also rob stores. The squirrel hibernates in a tree-top nest and may venture out with companions on sunny winter days despite frost.
Notable Matthews Through History and Their Legacies
The article traces figures named Matthew from the Hebrew meaning gift of God. It notes Matthew the tax collector and apostle, disputed authorship of the Gospel, and lists historical Matthews such as Sir Matthew Hale, Matthew Thornton, Matthew Arnold, Flinders, Perry, Baldwin, Brady, and Vassar founder Bot.
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Matthew
Florence A. Cowles
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Matthew Hale
King’s Bench
England
Blackstone
Matthew Thornton
New Hampshire Supreme Court
Matthew Arnold
Oxford
Matthews
Flinders
Australia
Perry
Japan
Baldwin
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Brady
America
Lincoln
Vassar
Vassar College
Panda Sits on Haunches to Fight
The panda a raccoon like mammal of the Himalayas sits on its haunches to fight and drinks by dipping its nose in water. It weighs about 300 pounds at maturity and lives at 7000 to 12000 feet. It is herbivorous but will eat eggs and dairy and is easily tamed though needs warmth.
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Fulgens
Himalayas
Indianapolis News
World’s Smallest Republic San Marino
San Marino, perched high in the Apennines, covers 22 square miles with about 13 000 residents. The ancient republic, enclosed by Italy, has functioned independently since the 4th century, issues its own money, and maintains diplomats abroad. Its 60 member senate is elected for life, while two regents govern for six months.
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San Marino
Republic
Early reference to the compass in medieval travel lore
Nikola Tesla cites a medieval French poem as an early reference to the magnetic compass and disputes Berlin geographer Winter's claim that Norse navigators first used it. He argues the instrument likely originated with the Chinese or Arabs rather than Norse explorers.
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America
Nikola Tesla
Guyot de Provins
Tesla
Berlin
Beinrich Winter
Herbal Medicines in Ancient Practice
The great herbal emetic comes from ipecac a tropical plant. Morphine a pain killer is from the opium poppy not grown in the United States. Quinine from the cinchona tree fights fever, growing in Brazil and Asia. The United States has few truly medically valuable plants, cassava sagrada bark from the Pacific toast and mayapple used for laxatives.
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United States
Brazil
Asia
Unite States
Nebraska road contracts seek bids for Shelby and York OSCEOLA projects
The Nebraska Department of Roads invites sealed bids by June 30 1938 for Shelby Rising City Proj 29 Unit 2 and York Osceola Patrol 21002 State Road work. Bids cover stabilized soil base course prime coat armor coat and sand gravel road surfacing with specified material quantities and labor wage rates. Bonds and certified funds required. plans available from county clerks and Lincoln office.
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Department of Roads and Irrigation
State House
Lincoln
Nebraska
Shelby Rising City
Osceola
David City
A. C. Tilley
Jonn I. Anderson
Polk County
Jos
J. Dworak
Butler County
York - Osceola
York Nebraska
A.C. Tilley
L. C. Moul
York County
John I. Anderson
State
Ogscoola
Central City
Grand Island
L. R. Jones
Herbert Lock
Merrick County
Ohn S. Anderson
Polk County Primary Election Notice 1938
Notice of a Polk County Nebraska primary to nominate candidates for Congress State offices and county posts. Polls open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on August 9 1938 at usual local voting places. County Clerk John I Anderson signed the notice in Osceola on June 20 1938.
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Polk County
Nebraska
Congress
Fourth
The
Supreme Court
Twenty-fifth
Polk
Hamilton
Clay Counties
Board of
Loup River
Hackberry
Canada
Clear Creek
Island
Osceola
Valley
Platte
John I
Anderson County
Harold L Lundquist Sun day school lesson note
Harold L Lundquist of the Moody Bible Institute prepares the popular Sunday school lesson published in over two thousand American papers. Mrs Donnell Springer and Rogena travel to Lincoln to visit Cenith and Gladys McCoy before returning to St Paul Minnesota on Tuesday.
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Harold L. Lundquist
United States
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago
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