Memories of the Past Recalls Lincoln Visit and Local Life
A compilation of notes from twenty five and forty to fifty years ago recounts Mrs Frank Grabber visiting her sister in Lincoln and weddings in Omaha, neighbors selling land in Diller, elevator operations, school district moves, and social details like visits, sickness, and band serenades reflecting life in the era.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Grabber
Lincoln
Lulu Bausch
Mrs L Bausch
Savanah, Mo
Wm Garrels
Cully
Diller
Thos. P. Price
J. T. Carmichael
Reo
Otto Willems
Fitzgerald
R_H Edgington
Iowa
Early Cutting Reduces Alfalfa Yield 30 Percent
Wisconsin alfalfa expert L J Graber warns that cutting the first crop too early can greatly lower annual yields. He notes a 12 day earlier cut cuts first crop by 30 percent and second by 50 percent, largely due to leaf hopper damage and delayed egg development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L.J . Graber
University of Wisconsin
Graber
Wisconsin Agronomist
Democratic Bahamas Holds Self Governing Parliament
A Bahamas colony article outlines its self governed system with a governor general and eight member executive council. It notes two legislative chambers, a nine member legislative council and a 28 member house, plus public boards and a mix of English common law and imperial acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bahama Island
Duke of Windsor
Bahama, Islands
Legislative Council
House of Assembly
Bahamas
Customs
Post Office
Telephone and Telegraph
Medical
Earth Gaining Weight and Accent Shifts in Language
A column discusses pronunciation shifts in English stressing the first syllable and notes Mary Mary Quite Contrary as an example. It then cites Dr Kittley F of Harvard claiming Earth gains about 21 million tons yearly from meteors, estimating a 100 foot cosmic dust layer over 2 billion years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mother Goose
Earth
Kittley ‘F
Harvard
Lucerne Named From A Light Guiding Travelers
A fragment reports that the Swiss city of Lucerne allegedly derives its name from a light or lucerna set up to guide travelers, tying local legend to early travel routes and landmarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucerne
Switzerland
Aspiration Pneumonia Following Operations Warned
Medical experts Ernest E Irons and Wesley Apfelbach report in the Journal of the American Medical Association that aspiration pneumonia arises when regurgitated stomach contents are breathed into the windpipe during or after surgery. They note prevention via careful suction and airway management reduces fatal cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest E
Irons
Ice Tod Lay
Wesley Apfelbach
Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Perique Tobacco Named for Pierre Chenety in St James Parish
Fragmentary text indicates Perique tobacco tied to St James Parish and a figure named Pierre Chenety linked to arts cultivation. The source is garbled and lacks clear event details or dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perique
ETON
St. James, Parish
Bay
Pierre Chenety
Dtrodiaer
Silverware Makers Lead U.S. Production Centers
Provident, R. L. and Newark New Jersey are noted as elite centers of silverware manufacture in the United States, highlighting regional industry prominence and production concentration during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providertte
Newark
N. J
United States
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Edith Bixby
O N Smith
Omaha
Nebraska
W. C. Line
AL Tristman
Central Granaries Co
Odell
Dan Gretzinger
Hastings College
F L Spear
Elizabeth
P L Rusch
A H Coleman
Acre
Bur
Ballard
Fairbury
Methodist Ladies’ Sewing Society
Hartzell's
Walter Copeland
Oklahoma
SHT
Tomemaker
JR Kelley
Albert Redden
Grip
Alf Waggoner
Mr. Remley
F. McNew
Lamb's Pump and Windmill
Shively
Ely DR Kelley
Ollie Reitzel
Wynore
J C McClay
Berty Ballard
Alex. Ballard
Eddlemen
A. Priday
Veaure
Pearce
M A
Olive Ballard
Wymore
Matilda Fletcher
The
A’ Green
Misa Mary Hudson
Beatrice
J B Wright
Green
Mr. Wright
Allens Store
Sauerkraut
Sunkist
Democratic Bahama
Wiers’ $Store
eReval
McCall's Magazine
Woman's Home Companion
Arents’ Magazine
Athfinder
Modern Romances
Silver Screen Sports Afield
Science and Discovery Christian Herald
Woman's World
Household Magazine
Home Arts
Needlecraft
Xars
Apps
Woman’s World
Pathfinder
Poultry Tribune
American Fruit Growery Capper's Farmer
Comfort
Farm Journal
Farmer’s Wife
Plymouth Rock
Leghorn World American Poultry
Breeder's Gazette
Rhode Island Red Journal
Dyker
St. Or R.F.D
Town & State
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