Sacagawea’s remarkable journey with Lewis and Clark
The Shoshone woman Sacagawea guided the Lewis and Clark expedition during its 1804-1806 journey. She aided in fording rivers bearing instruments and maps and helped negotiate with tribes. Sacagawea died at Wind River Wyoming in 1804, soon after guiding the party home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lari
Poussaint
Charbonneau
Lewis
Clark
Sacapawea
Bon
Baptiste
Tiny Papoose
Sacagawea
Sacagawen
Pacific
Wind River Reservation
Wyoming
Wedding rings for men spark debate on marriage rate
Fr. Walker discusses men wearing wedding rings as a social trend and its possible impact on divorce, noting soaring divorce figures from 60 000 to 138 000 annually in twenty years and Nevada and Oregon discrepancies. He warns against trivializing marriage and urges corrective measures while affirming marriage as vital to civilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Hagle
Nevada
Oregon
Sophia the name and its royal reach through history
The article traces the name Sophia from its religious origins in St. Sophia to its adoption by European royalty. It details its spread through Greece Germany Denmark England France Italy and Russia via princesses and queens, noting variants Sophy Sophie Sofia Sofija and the talisman malachite stone and a lucky associations with Saturdays and the number five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophy
Sophia
Justinian
Solomon
God
Greece
Germany
Geysa
Magnus of
Saxony
Denmark
England
Sophia Dorothea of
Yette
British Isles
House of Hanover
France
Sophie
Italy
Sofia
Fieka
Russia
The Furrier Switches From Square Inch to Hair Pricing
A dialogue notes a fur shop changing pricing method from per square inch to per hair, signaling a postwar economic adjustment. The exchange contrasts prewar scales with the new system, reflecting market shifts in the fur trade.
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W. W. Beam
T. R.' Campbell
DRS
Beam & Campbell Physicians and Surgeons
First National Bank Bldg
Rolfe
E. L. Hollis
T.D. Jones
First National Bank
Iowa
L. M. Graham
Pocahontas Loan & Trust Company (Incorporated
Capital
Pocahontas
Jos. McEwen
W. S. McEwen McEwen
Brothers
Real of State Savings Bank
Robt. Klein Sr
Robt. Klein Jr
Robert ‘Klein
Col
H. H. Grove
Plover
Joseph Zimmerman
Gilmore City
R.F. D
FR. Walker
jAnd Isses
Corinne Griffith
Miss Griffith
Mildred Marshall
Boston
Wots Street
Plase
Windsor
Esee Eee AB
V.cheeseere
Wee Bop Amoskeag
Scseessee
Gates Girls
Gates Dry Goods Company
Fort Dodge, Iowa
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