States names decoded by experts challenge poetic myths
A Smithsonian backed briefing debunks popular state name meanings. Arizona is places of springs, Ohio a beautiful river, Texas friends or alias, Minnesota land of sky blue water, Oklahoma red people, Nebraska flat water, Wyoming on the plain, Connecticut on the long tidal river, Iowa sleepy ones. Arkansas and Tennessee derivations remain uncertain.
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Washington
Stion
Smithsonians
Arizona
Ohio
Institutan Linguistic Sys
Texas
Iechas
Dakota
Missouri
Binot
Minnesota
Sota
Oklahoma
Nebraska
Wyoming
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Big Hill
Massa
Connecticut
Arkansas
Tennessee
Alvie Dague Wins National Model Airplane Trophies
Alvie Dague of Tulsa Oklahoma tops the National Cheroman ship Model Airplane meet in Detroit with over 500 enthusiasts attending. The 17 year old won the Mulvinus bronze trophy in the outdoor stick model event with a 33 minute 2 second finish and captured the Bloomingdale indoor cabin trophy in 15 minutes 41 seconds.
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Alvie Dague
Tulsa
Okla
Detroit
Practical household tips from a 19th century column
A reader shares advice on flavoring scrambled eggs with bread crumbs, protecting floors with waxed furniture legs, preventing jam burning with pan prep, seed germination and future yields, fur cleaning methods, and painting iron beds with specific prep and paint steps.
Our National Heritage and the Call of Liberty
Leonard A. Barrett argues liberty and the pursuit of happiness are the nation's true heritage, not wealth or status. He warns against treason, contrasts Lincoln with Douglas, and urges readers to guard freedom with life, embracing a new patriotism and world brotherhood. Western Newspaper Union.
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Russia
Germany
Aaron Burr
Mexico
Browning
Wordsworth
Stephen Douglas
United States
Douglas
Lincoln
Jose
Dwig
Western Newspaper Union
Lady Take Your Bow in Housekeeping Wisdom
Betty Wells discusses household elegance and discipline in a portrait of a well run home. She praises a wife who manages a busy household smoothly with planning, mirrors for security, and a radio in the kitchen for comfort, noting how such details project both beauty and order. The piece blends anecdote with advice on creating a humane, efficient domestic life.
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Henry
E. E.c. Henry
Marietta
Hother
Smmk
Enea
Lfe
Betty Wells
Virginia City Without Taxes Keeps Costs Down
Bedford, a 4 000 population town, recently marking its eightieth birthday, has earned a reputation as a city without taxes. Since 1935 residents have paid no local tax assessments. Municipal light and water plants cover government costs and fund bond retirements, with expenses flat for a decade. Governed by a mayor and eight councilmen, mostly local factory workers, a city manager reports to the mayor.
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Virginia
Bedford
Home Building Costs Rise Slowing U.S. Builders
A Northwestern National Life survey shows rising residential construction costs from New York to Seattle delay or cancel home plans. Costs have surged about 35 percent since 1939, with small homes hardest hit, forcing many contractors to limit activity and some builders to abandon new projects.
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Minneapolis
New York
Seattle
Northwestern National Life Insurance Company
Minnneapolis
Marigeze Loan Com Ss
Sye
Nemeiz
Cincinnati
Cleveland
San Francisco
Bany Residential
Rat-Catcher Warns Females Hard to Trap
Rat-catcher Strawsourg says female rats are too smart for traps and that ninety percent of captured rats are males. He claims poisoning is the only effective method to deal with the female rat based on years of experience.
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Denae G
Strawsourg
Picnickers Battle Sign Vandalism at Fairport Water Works
Local picnickers report vandalism at Fairport municipal water works where the phrase Keen of the grass was altered on the public sign. Authorities investigate the incident as mischief and seek witnesses who saw the act near the park.
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Painesville
Fairport Municipal
Park in Rail Station Rayland O Ar abandoned Penn sylvania railroad station
A derelict rail station at Rayland, Ohio near Pennsylvania line has been leased for automobile storage.
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Rayland
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