Names Behind Nebraska Counties From Early Territory History
Francis M. Dischner traces how Nebraska counties acquired names during the 1860s territorial era. He notes Burt and Dodge on the North Platte, Pierce and Cass on the South, and the later choices honoring governors, military figures, and pioneers such as Sarpy, Thayer, Furnas, Custer, Platte, Boyd, Dawes, Sheridan, and Gage, among others, with anecdotes on Jones County and Nuckolls.
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Platte River
Cuming
North Platte
South Platte
Burt
Douglas
Stephen A. Douglas
Senate
Nebraska Territory
Congress
Dodge
A. C. Dodge
Iowa
Nebraska
Washington
Snamd Pierce
Richardson
QO. D. Richardson
Cass
Forney
Lincoln
Grant
Platte
Sioux
Garfield
Peter A. Sarpy
Bellevue
Brigham Young
Salt Lake
Sarpy
John M. Thayer
Thayer
Shiloh
Fort Donelso
Barkless Dog Bred in Olympia Through Siberian Crossing
A Olympia Washington breeder claims to have produced a barkless dog via interbreeding with Siberian sled dogs. Popular Mechanics notes huskies with wolf ancestry lack bark, but crossing the wolf line with typical pets is unusual.
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Olympia, Wash
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Alaska Huskies
English Mills Sell Woolen Cloth to China Tops Sales
Last year English mills sold to the Chinese a greater value of woolen cloth than to any other nation. The quantity exceeded 1,500,000 square yards.
Women as Liars More Proficient Than Men
Ruth Ridemour, writing in Liberty, posits that women are better liars than men. She claims men cannot lie and should not try, while women use subtle prevarication with humor and deftness. The piece emphasizes indirect lies and careful avoidance of traces.
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Ruth’ Ridemour
Liberty
Irvington Parents Visit Gas City With Proud Daughter
The Irvington couple, proud of their bright-eyed girl, visited Gas City where they once lived. In a playful moment the child, center of attention, answered questions about her parentage by dotting her head for mamma and saying daddy’s girl is at his office.
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Mia
Irvington
Gas City
Mamma
Daddy
Cyclone Strikes Clapboard Springs in Crossroads Store
The Kansas City Star recounts a cyclone hitting Clapboard Springs where eight people crowded a single room at the Crossroads store. They hid under a bed made for six, and four people sustained broken false teeth. Some escaped unharmed as neighbors notified authorities.
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Kansas City Star
What is the burning question of the day
The fragment presents a quizzical exchange asking whether to eat or gasoline in a humorous or philosophical tone. It hints at a satire of daily choices. No concrete events, people, or places are identifiable in the readable text.
Masquerade Fire Ends in Royal Near Tragedy at Paris
An 1308 Paris festival featured a bold masquerade at the royal palace. Four nobles dressed in tight resin and tow costumes ignited when a glow from a lantern neared them. The king Charles VI was saved by a woman's train, but the incident left him gravely shaken and never fully recovered.
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Charles VI
Paris
Charles
Orleans
Bell-Ans Indigestion Relief Ad
An old advertisement touts Bell-Ans as a harmless pleasant relief for gas belching heartburn and other digestive issues. It claims over 30 years of testing and offers 25 cent and 7 1/2 cent packages with free samples from Bell & Co Inc Orangeburg NY.
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Bell-Ans
Bell & Co., Inc
Orangeburg
N. Y
Adyv
Unusual Double Egg Found by Maine Market Clerk
A South Portland market clerk weighed an egg that measured 5.5 ounces and broke it to reveal a second shell inside. The inner egg was slightly smaller than a standard hen egg and was not broken.
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South
Portland
Maine
Vaudeville Bids Up A Class Act Dance
A Los Angeles Times theatre quip notes a vaudeville act miscast as acrobats prompting a punchy line about billing their routine as a class dance.
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Los Angeles Times
Also Mentioned on This Page
BY Francis M. Dischner
Minnesota
Rockies
Kansas
Canadian
Franklin Pierce
Francis Burt
Thomas Cuming
Missouri
Plains
Jones County
Missouri River
Richardson County
Rocky Mountains
Embryo
Lowe
Toearness
Jesse Lowe
Nuckolls County
S. F. Nuckolls
Nebraska City
Eliza
United States
Nuckolls
Chicago
Canada
Iown
Col. Sarpy
Furnas
Robert W. Furnas
Advertiser
Brownville
Custer County
George A. Custer
Custer
Reno
L. W. Platte
Platte County
Loup
Genoa
Senator Platte
Boyd
Boyd County
James Boyd
Sheridan County
Lite
Phil” Sheridan
Winchester
Sheridan
Five Forks
Kansas-Nebraska Line
Sheridan” Reservation
Gage County
William D. Gage
Daniel Freeman
Freeman
Nemaha
J. L. Mitchell
Mitchell County
Mitchell
Iowa Infantry
Judge Dundy
Dundy
I Dian
Oklahoma
Standing Bear
Niobrara
Garden County
Ash Hallow
Astorians
Postum Company, Inc
Post
Postum Company
Battla Creek, Mich
Allen
LeRoy
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