Memorial Day Ceremony Honors Unknown Soldiers in Howelton
In Howelton Memorial Day program General Bowers and Captain Graham oversee a touching scene at the cemetery. A boy decorates his father Calvin Hunter’s grave, though unburied, and the ceremony honors unknown soldiers with wreaths laid before the central monument. The crowd salutes as the two wreaths are placed, honoring the fallen from the Wilderness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howelton
Graham
Dixie
Phil Sheridan
Yander
Calvin Hunter
Company B
One Hundred and Eighty-seventh Regiment
New York Volunteers
Hunter
General Bowers
Calvin Slunter
One Hundred and Eightyseventh Regiment
Howeston
General Lowers
Thirteenth
Ol’ Ben Martin’s
Southland
Gray
Bowers
Virginia
Harry Hunter
Jasper Bowers
Eradication of Wild Cucumber Threat to Cucumber Disease
United States Department of Agriculture urges towns and farms to stop planting wild cucumbers as they spread mosaic disease to cultivated cucumbers. Beetles carry the disease season to season, with wild cucumber serving as the primary source. removing it could reduce losses to pickling cannabis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Wisconsin
Middle West
Michigan
Indiana
Ilinois
Department of Agriculture
Virginia
Moon Lore and Arctic Life in Folklore Snippets
Folklore centers on the moon with tales of a lovesick man in the moon and a Sunday worker punished to the moon. The text shifts to Lapland describing vast distances, animal skins for clothing, and a warm summer Arctic climate with perpetual daylight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arctic
Lapland
Lapp Reindeer Herdsmen Prosperity Tied to Motion
The most prosperous Lapps are the reindeer herdsmen whose herds provide swift movement and reliable means of travel, underpinning their livelihoods and daily work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lapp
Quite True and the Marine Artist Kiss
A bantering exchange ends with the artist declaring the portrait will be labeled a "Few Smacks" after a joke about painting the pair kissing and the painter’s marine-art background.
Closely woven fence protects gardens from pests
A neighborhood note states a tightly woven wire fence is the best insurance against chickens dogs and cats destroying gardens. It recounts devices like tagged kernels to deter chickens and cites USDA reports that city gardeners suffer little from humans while poultry and stray animals cause most losses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Machines Boost Potato Yields Through Modern Tools
A farmer using a potato cutter, planter, and digger along with improved farming methods yields 57 bushels per hour, about double the efficiency of today. Half a century ago output was only one third that level, per the report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Setting Hens in One Room for Efficient Brooding
The United States Department of Agriculture notes that several hens can be set in one large room with shared feed water and dust baths. Nests should be spaced apart to prevent interference, and nesting material should be straw or hay rather than chaff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Nebraska
Omaha
O. H. Menold
Omaha National Bank
Silage from Sudan Grass Preserved Easily
Sudan grass stores well in a silo with no special drying needed. Feeding value runs from about two thirds to three quarters that of good corn silage, depending on crop maturity at ensiling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sudan
Factory butter variations reflect milk use for war needs
The article notes that factory butter variations in late years stem largely from using milk to produce other wartime goods. It states that factory butter output has risen about 200 million pounds every ten years since 1880, per the United States Department of Agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Department of Agriculture
Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound Restores Health
A Syracuse woman reports relief from fainting and dizziness after two to three years of symptoms during the Change of Life. She used Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, taking about twelve bottles, and says her health improved and she advised others to try the remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia
Sermon Ends Before Sleepy Listener Could Awake
A brief sermon provokes comic complaint as a listener quips he barely dozed before the talk ended. The exchange highlights a hurried service leaving congregants wanting more time.
Its Likeness Inference From A Gloomy Day
A brief witticism compares a personal play to a somber day. The joke hinges on the pun overcast implying both weather and mood and suggests a self deprecating theatrical observation.
Also Mentioned on This Page
General Hospital
Lincoln Sanitarium
Lincoln
Lincoln Trust Company
North 11Th Street
Lincoln, Neb
Forest Lawn Cemetery
Brandeis Theatre
S. S. Shean Optician
O Street
Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Company
Neb
C. P
Russell, Secy
Telephone Bldg
Lincoln Tent & Awning Co
St. Lincoln, Neb
Randall & Noll Electric Starter Specialists
St. Lincoln
L. Stine.& Sons
South Std
Nebr
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!