Christmas Dinners Shared by Neighbors and Friends
A neighborhood recounts Christmas gatherings as Mr. and Mrs. Homer Birney host guests incl. James Birney and family. Kathryn Herim enn and Ambrose Hermann family celebrate with relatives. Des Walker home hosts Bill Brown family and Alice Walker. Cal family travel plans and letters from Florida highlight holiday warmth and connection across towns.
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Homer Birney
James Birney
David
Maud and
Ethel McCreedy
Glenn Hayes
Kathryn and
Ambrose Herimenn
Mrs
Fred Hermann
Des Walker
Bill Brown
Des Moines
Alice Walker
Gordon Carstensen
Hittle
Kim Allan
Mary
Kenneth Kellerstrass
Calif
E. L. Stewart
Cali
Helen
Kathryn
John Stewart
Fla
Bradenton
Catherine
Rennie
Nan
Kate Gallagher
Mill Valley
Vince Marek
Wm. Tellin
Joe Marek
Farewell Party For Linley Children At Living Lake School
Living Lake School hosted a luncheon farewell for the Linley children as they move from the Charles Friese farm to Bloomfield Illinois. Pupils formed committees for favors centerpieces and seating while Elena Linley spoke of leaving and the class expressed regret yet noted gains in learning.
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Rennie Dawson
Living Lake
Edna Willing
Fred Linley
Linleys
Charles Friese
Bloomfield
Ill
Linley
Elena
Mny
Community and Farm Sales Schedule Across Iowa
Weekly sales listings include Friday at Whittaker sale barn and livestock sales at Midway Sales Columbus Junction Kalona Ollie and other venues. Public and closing out sales dated January with times 11 12 and locations around Washington Kalona Keota Packwood and surrounding towns.
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Whittaker
Midway Sales Company
Columbus Junction
Iowa
Kalona Sales
Kalona
Ollie Livestock Exchange
Ollie
Old Marses Home
Hospital
Crawfordsville
Washington
Howard M. Stewart
Packwood
Fairfield
Dale Sasseen
Bush Corner
Frankshebeek
Prairie Flower Church
Carl Jarrard
Keota
Black Top
Peter J. Hammen
Homer Jarrard
Rock Road
N.e. Wayland
Noble
Ernest Baker
John Shalla, Jr
Bush's Corner
Mules Replace Oxen in Postwar Farming Shift
Farmers switch from oxen to mules as foot and mouth disease devastates oxen herds. Officials report thousands destroyed and estimate a need for about 54,000 mules to replace those lost, with mules around fourteen to fifteen hands high deemed most suitable for work.
Beavers Reshape Minnesota Forests With Flooding Populations
In the spruce bog of north central Minnesota beavers occupy drainage ditches and flood stands of black spruce, harming pulpwood and Christmas tree areas. Before drainage, few beavers existed due to lack of waterways and food.
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Big Spruce
Minnesota
Fastest Pony Express Run Sets Historic Record
The fastest trip from St. Joseph Missouri to the Pacific Coast was 7 days and 17 hours carrying Lincoln's first inaugural address per Britannica. Regular schedule ran 10 days shorter than Butterfield's Overland stage line on the Southern route, about 24 days.
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Pony Express
St. Joseph
Pacific Coast
Lincoln
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Butterfield
Evolution of writing from scripts to sentences
In early writing letters ran together without spaces and punctuation. Over time words were separated by spacing and sentences by punctuation, with divisions developing gradually.
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Encyclopaedia Britannica
Knickerbockers Pioneer New York Baseball Club History
The Knickerbockers of New York formed in 1845 as America’s first baseball team. In 1849 they adopted the first uniform, wearing white shirts blue trousers and straw hats.
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The
Knickerbockers of
New York
America
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