Aaron Burr’s Unmarked Grave Monument Mystery
Aaron Burr died in 1836 at Port Richmond Staten Island and was buried at Princeton, New Jersey. His remains lay at the feet of his father and grandfather, both Princeton presidents, until a nocturnal granite monument appeared without witnesses or known stonecutter. The inscription reads Aaron Burr Born February 6 1754 Died September 14 1836.
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Aaron Burr
Port Richmond
Staten Island
Princeton
N. J
Princeton College
Balkan Characteristics in John Reed’s View
A brief quotation portrays ethnic stereotypes from John Reed describing Romanians as gay and graceful, Bulgars genial, Serbs witty brave and charming, with Greeks labeled unfriendly and flavorless in a Metropolitan Magazine excerpt.
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John Reed
Metropolitan Magazine
Remembrance of a Lost Love by George Linley
Poem fragment recalling a lost beloved Minhourh memory and past walks in a shaded dell. The speaker longs for reunion under night stars and cherishes the tune and bells from earlier days.
Senator Norris reintroduces rural credits bill in Congress
A broad review of 1916 era political moves includes Senator Norris reintroducing rural credit legislation, Lord Burnham of the London Daily Telegraph is dead, and J Bryan agrees to join a peace commission. Other items note labor, strikes, wage hikes at Cambria Steel, and calls for relief funds for European Jews.
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Norris
Lord Burnham
London Daily Telegraph
J Bryan
Peace Commission
Wilson
East Youngstown
State Illitia
Cambria Steel Company
Chicago
Cort Theater
Christina Mayes
Ada Rehan
New York
United States
Hitchcock
Europe
Frank Moran
Pittsburgh
Jim Cottey
Dublin
Madison Square Garden
Seattle
Albert Houchin
Beaumont Tex
ER. H. Wammond
Madame Dolores
Las Palomas
N. M
McAdoo
St Paul
W. C. Gorgas
Wlo
Panama
The
Geographic Society of Chicago
Flumble
Tex
J. Ferguson
Houston
du Pont Powder Plant
Carney’s Point
Hagley Yard
Wilmington
Pruning Orchard Trees Warns of Winter Timing
The College of Agriculture urges winter pruning to remove dead wood and cross branches, thin tops for sun exposure, and disinfect tools to prevent disease. Do not remove fruit spurs, avoid stubs to prevent fungus rot, and consult Extension Bulletins 29 and 30 for guidance. Nebraska Corn Improvers Association program January 18 to 19 features talks on seed selection and fertility with experts C. J. Thorne and Ohio Agriculture Experiment Station director.
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College of Agriculture
Nebraska Corn Improvers’ Association
Nebraska
C. J. Thorne
Ohio Agriculture Experiment Station
What Rotations Should Contain
A crop rotation should include a legume a feeding crop a cash crop a cultivated crop and an uncultivated crop per College of Agriculture guidance. Two or more categories may be combined such as alfalfa as legume and feeding crop or wheat as uncultivated and cash crop.
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The
College of Agriculture
Noted Men to Speak at Nebraska Breeders Meeting
Prominent speakers on live stock problems will join farmers at the Nebraska Improved Live Stock Breeders Association during organized agriculture week January 17 to 21. Out of state participants include C. F. Curtiss Iowa State College dean J H Skinner Indiana College of Agriculture George McKerrow Pewaukee Wis and H R Smith St Paul Minn formerly of Nebraska College of Agriculture. Secretaries of several national breeders associations and Nebraska College of Agriculture members also on the program.
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Nebraska
Middle West
Out of the State
C. F. Curtiss
Iowa State College of Agriculture
J. H. Skinner
Indiana College of Agriculture
George McKerrow
Pewaukee
Wis
H. R Smith
Nebraska Home Economics Sessions Invite Lincoln Farm Women
The Nebraska Home Economics Association invites wives of husbands attending Organized Agriculture sessions to join home economics meetings at the College of Agriculture in Lincoln from January 17 to 21. Programs are tailored for farm women with information available from Mrs Emma Reed Davisson at University Farm Lincoln.
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Nebraska Home Economics Association
College of Agriculture
Lincoln
Emma Reed Davisson
University Farm
Labor per Acre Tied to Rainfall and Season Length
Across Nebraska, farm labor scales with rainfall and growing season. Despite farm size differences, the average farm uses about 1.6 men per farm per year, per College of Agriculture farm-management surveys, indicating labor intensity is constant across regions.
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Nebraska
College’ of Agriculture
Vin
Ventilation Problems in Battleship Construction
A Pearson's Weekly article explains that ventilating large warships, especially boiler and engine rooms, is critical. It details the complex steel structure, air circulation systems, and dangers from coal gases, noting large electric fans, ventilation trunks, and careful placement of supply and exhaust pipes to prevent accidents.
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Symill
Pearson's Weekly
His Plan Ties One of Our Most Successful Business Wen
Detroit free press notes a remark on business strategy praising purposeful effort over talent. The quote questions the clerk’s role and implies customers are swayed by clerks selling what they have.
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Sidney’s Department Store
P. W. Barker
Mgr
Minhough
George Linley
C.M. Wright
NEW Harper Building
Chichester’s Pills
Lamond Brand
Utah
M. K Sniffen
Emily Broaberg
Rose Rea
San Francisco
Washington
Woman's Peace Party
Elizabeth Baruda
Iowa
White Cloud
Man
Elizabeth Roubidoux
Joseph Roubidoux
St Joseph
Sioux City
Wyoming
Cape Henry
Navy Department
San Diego
Guaymas Mexico
Samuel Hokenson
Minneapolis
John Deere
Union Pacific Depot
Case
Flower City
Sidney Lumber Company
U. P. Hotel
Sidney, Nebraska
Extension News Service
Department of Horticulture
Bulwer Lytton
E. Harper
Mr. Wright
Phome
Sidney
Lloyd-Mann
Phese
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