Old Mail Carrier Finds New Path as Milk Delivery Boy
Cyrus Markham, a retired mail carrier from a small city, dreams of a six acre chicken farm with a white house and garden. After his wife Minnie dies and his daughter Etta marries, the farm fails, and aging Cyrus retreats from family life. He finally accepts a dairy delivery job, rekindling the sense of purpose he once felt on the route.
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Cyrus Markham
Cyrus
Minnie Brown
Minnie
Etta
Wita
Etta Markham
Joe Cook
Qyrus
Markham
Inlaw
Joe
Pottery
Tita
Johnnie
Perfect Attendance Noted Across Grades In Burg
The Burg school notes perfect attendance in all grades from first to eighth with numerous named students such as Helen Ansheim Florence Burnett Raymond Ansheim Velma Fink and Betty Jorstad. Activities include Santa letter writing art book covers Christmas pageants and the county declamatory contest with winners listed across oratorical dramatic and humorous divisions.
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Helen Ansheim
Dicky Bakke
Norma Britson
Joel Chelsing
Roy Conley
Burton Daniels
Bernice Dillin
Paul Egenes
Richard Hovick
Inez Knudson
Florence Burnett
Arthur Daniels
Marcella Egenes
Jeanette Hauptly
Duane Helland
Shirliemae Hill
Alwin Johnson
Donald Jorgenson
George Knaphus
Dorothy, Marshall
Maxine Mein
Billy Morton
Patricia Louise Norman
Warren Olson
Odale Ose
Wilma Osheim
Arnold Wierson
Raymond Ansheim
Dwight Baumgardner
William Brekke
Viola Britson
Herbert Conley
Loren Elliott
Genevieve Gjerde
Iver Knutson
Eugene Mehlow
Archie Menzel
Wendell Merland
Burda
Faye Norman
Marjorie Olson
Laverne Os
Dorothy Burnett
George Burnett
Robert Burnett
Eugene Coffman
Oneta Cowan
Winifred Dillin
Clarice Ellingson
Marie Hauskins
Thomas Johnson
Lawrence Knaphus
Carmelia Malmin
Isabelle Maulding
Gene Morris
David Nelson
Marjorie Osmundson
Ardis Ose
Raymond Rasmussen
Ernest Sampson
Ronald Severeide
Arlene Skartvedt
Milo Sampson
James Thompson
Samuel Nelson
Walter Hill
Alta Sevde
Cora Osheim
Bernice Chance
Maurine Hauskins
Everett Maulding
Birdelle Gjerde
Santa Claus
Bobbsy Twins
Velma Ringgenberg
Edna Faye Mulanix
Edna Bergland
Hazel Britson
Raymond Hovick
Marie Merland
Lorene Opstvedt
Ione Osheim
Oma Wierson
Mabel Bergland
Geneva Holland
Birdella Larson
Bobby
Margaret Thomas
Scarecrow
Wendell Christensen
Sammy
Comparatively Few Men of Wealth Big Givers
Abraham Epstein argues that despite numerous foundations and wealthy donors, most Americans are not big givers. He notes over 500 millionaires in 1928 with combined incomes exceeding one billion dollars, and says a few individuals like Carnegie and Rockefeller account for most charitable funds, shaping the perception of American generosity.
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United States
Carnegie
Rockefellers
Harkness
Rosenwald
Andrew Carnegie
Abraham Epstein
American Mercury
Emblem of Freedom and the Liberty Cap History
The Liberty cap traces to the Ihrygian cap used in ancient Greece and Rome. It was worn by galley slaves who gained their freedom, linking the emblem to liberation and ancient origins.
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Greece
Rome
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By Fannie Hurst
Meduce Newspaper Syndicate
WIN Service
Iburg
Charlotte Rutland
Arlotte Hill
Emma Caltvedt
Theron Thomas
Rachel
Lawrence Osheim
Reuben
Gladys
Mattie Britson
Gladys Britson
Gerald Wallem
Mr. Tisdale
Harold
Jonathan Swift
Swift
Roland School
McCallsburg
Wendell Christiansen
Horace
Tisdale
Fern
Burg
Fernald
McCallsburg Cagers
Maltin Olson
Skartvedt
Adkins
Schuler
Riddlesbarger
Hilburn
Hoge
McCallsbury
Serrit
Shearer
Osheim
Mills
Duca
Robert Olson
Johnson
R. Olson
Thomas Shearer
F Osheim
C¢ Duea
Vallem Fernald
Lows Johnson
Ft Porter
Arnold
Vail
C . Skartvedt
Thompson
G M. Olson
Tett
Gaylord Strum
Fernald Gift
Hubbard
Waffie Iron
Caserole
Shellane Range
Radio
Razor
Use Hardware Co
Roland, Iowa
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