Why nicknames for states like Pukes and Cornhuskers endure
This piece traces the origins of state nicknames such as Missourians as Pukes and Nebraskans as Cornhuskers, noting disputed roots for Hoosier and Cracker. It cites Houck’s Missouri history, Indiana lore from 1827, and local legends about crackers in Georgia and Tar Heel pride in North Carolina. It ends urging a smile when using such labels.
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Missouri
Mlinois
Oklahoma
Georgia
North Carolina
Iowa
Ohio
Houck
Louisiana
Illinois
Indiana
Crawfordsville
Land Office
Cumberland
England
Los Angeles
Second Chance Poem by Edgar A. Guest
A short verse in praise of a second earthly life asking for friends, helpful hands, useful skill, courage, broad heart and mind, fair dealing, faith in grief, pity for the weak, and measured speech. The speaker requests gifts to perform a second earthly task with honesty and kindness toward enemies and all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar A. Guest
Experiments Improve Hog Strains at Ames Iowa Lab
Experiments by the regional swine breeding laboratory in Ames Iowa, run with the USDA and 13 agricultural stations, use planned matings with inbreeding to fix desirable traits. Over 500 boars have been released to farmers for field testing, representing five breeds and three crossbred lines. Inbreeding levels reach 25 to 50 percent, equivalent to 1 to 3 generations of close mating. Data indicate litters sired by inbred boars yield about 100 pounds more weight at six months than litters from non inbred boars.
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Ames
Iowa
Department of Agriculture
Develop Many Uses For Cheap Helium
Helium, once a rare curiosity costing 2000 dollars per cubic foot before World War I, is now cheap and regulated at about one cent per cubic foot. Extraction cools natural gas to 300 degrees below zero. helium is drawn off and compressed. The Weather Bureau uses millions of feet annually to probe the upper air. inert helium blankets metal work and aids food preservation. A helium oxygen mix doubles divers endurance, eases pressure changes, and helps doctors treat asthma and other respiratory conditions.
New Hydraulic Farm Machinery Cuts Labour Needs
Modern field equipment uses hydraulic controls to lift tools and adjust penetration, enabling one man operation. Innovations include a field ensilage harvester with wagon to place corn in the silo, a hay chopper to cut standing hay for silage, and an automatic pick up hay baler that replaces a three to four man crew. A new hay dryer allows greener hay to be stored in the mow.
Faulty Light Children Learn to Compensate for Eye Muscle Imbalance
The Better Vision institute explains that children with eye muscle imbalances often suppress the image from one eye, especially when squinting is severe. Early signs are subtle, as the brain fails to fuse two retinal images, causing initial blurry double vision but may lead to partial blindness from disuse. Millions in the United States are effectively one-eyed.
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Better Vision Institute
United States
Expanding Industry Redefines Deep South Economy
The region, once a two crop agricultural area, has grown industrially as world commodity prices fell in the 1930s. By 1940 factory payrolls rose 12 percent above 1929, while the national payroll fell 7 percent. From 1940 to 1944 southeastern states saw incomes rise faster during rearmament and war years.
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Deep South
United States
Fat Less Live Longer: Calorie Reduction Extends Lifespan
At a meeting of the American Public Health Association in Cleveland two nutrition experts discussed caloric restriction in diet. Dr. McCay reported rats born on energy-limited but nutrient-rich diets lived longer with slower development of chronic disease and fewer tumors. Dr. State urged public warning against overeating, calling obesity an preventable disease. The report frames caloric restriction as a potential path to longer life and reduced cancer risk.
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Cleveland
American Public Health Association
C. M. McCay
Cornell University
United States
Frederick J. State
Harvard
Texas Citation for Divorce in Grayson County
Citation issues Jeff McDaniel to appear by 10 A M on Monday after 42 days from issuance, in Grayson County District Court Sherman Texas. Plaintiff Virgie Lee McDaniel seeks divorce on grounds of three years abandonment. filed October 7, 1946. Issued November 5, 1946 by Clerk S V Earnest. Deputy Nancy Drake.
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State of Texas
Jeff McDaniel
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Virgie Lee McDaniel
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
Divorce Petition Filed Between Juanita Poe and Louis Poe
The petition lists Juanita Poe as plaintiff and Louis Poe as defendant. Filed November 5, 1946, the suit seeks divorce on grounds of cruel treatment.
Grayson Sheriff’s Sale No 54899 in Denison area
The State of Texas Grayson County by order of sale issued from the 15th District Court orders the sale of property to satisfy a judgment of 470.98 dollars plus six percent interest and costs. The sale is set for the first Tuesday in December 1946 at the Grayson County Courthouse Sherman between 2 and 4 PM.
Property Sale Notice in Denison Texas 1946
The highest bidder may receive all right title and interest of defendants in Lot 10 Block 5 Munson and Parintons Addition Denison Grayson County Texas. Sale to satisfy judgment with two year redemption period and rights for taxes and other claims. Dated Sherman Texas November 4 1946. G P Gafford Sheriff Grayson County Texas M G Dicken Deputy. 4N28
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Grayson
State of
Texas
Munson and Parintons
Denison
Sherman
G. P. Gafford
Grayson County
M. G. Dicken
Citations in Grayson County Texas 1946 land suits and notices
A OCR derived record lists multiple 1946 Grayson County Texas notices and citations. It includes Citation No 55178 to Paul Martin and heirs concerning Lots 13 and 14 Block 6 West End Denison and related parties, plus Citation No 55160 to J E Simmons and wife Nora H Simmons detailing delinquent taxes on W portions of Lot 11 Block 2 Stoneman's Addition Denison. Also Citation No 55156 to Wm M Peck unknown heirs and Ida Mae Maughs heirs outlining a land description along Iron Ore Creek in Grayson County.
Adverse Possession Claim Notice in Texas
Plaintiffs allege unlawful entry by defendants and ejectment from premises. They claim peaceable continuous adverse possession of the described lots for over three years, issued November 13 in Texas, asserting their title against defendants.
Land dispute over 1650 100 acre tract in Grayson County Texas
Plaintiffs claim title and possession to a 1650 100 acre land parcel in Grayson County. They state the defendant unlawfully entered and withholds the land, asserting continuous possession for over forty years and payment of all taxes. Case filed in Grayson County with deputy Gene Martin noted.
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J. A. Tapscott
Tapscott
Denison Starr
Robert Walker
Grayson County
Texas
T. J. Shannon
Walter Stanberry
W. M. Peck
Sherman
A. D
S. V. Earnest
Gene Martin
Notice of Tax Foreclosure Denison Land Lot 4 Block 19
Citation No 55192 to Thelma Dawson whose residence is unknown is deceased unknown heirs of Thelma Dawson delinquent to the State of Texas and Being Lot 4 Block 19 Munson and Purinton Addition to Denison Texas taxes for 70.71 state taxes and 78.54 county taxes including all district taxes. Sherman Texas on the 5th Monday the 30th day of December 1946 show cause why judgment shall not be rendered condemning said land or lots and ordering sale and foreclosure thereof for said taxes and costs of suit notice of and plead and answer to all claims and pleadings now on file and hereafter filed in said cause by all other parties therein Texas this 15th day of November 1946 Nancy Drake Deputy Issued this the 15th day of Novem Court Grayson County Texas 305.
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State of Texas
Louis Poe
A. D
District Court of
Grayson County
Court House
Sherman
Texas
Juanita Poe
S. V. Earnest
Nancy Drake
State of
Paul Martin
Ruby Martin
Ada Torbert
Susan Nix
F. L. Nix
B. E. Lovelady
M. E. Torbert
James Lovelady
Claud Allen Propeck
Dorothy Lee Torbert
Daisy Alma Propeck
Dorothy Alma Propeck
Nola Alma Propeck
Katherine Propeck
West End
Denison
Grayson
J. E. Simmons
Nora H. Simmons
Stoneman
Commissioners Court
District Court
Gene Martin
Wm. M. Peck
Ida Mae Maughs
Walter Stanberry
Et Ux
Towit
Iron Ore
R. B. Sigler
Thelma Dawson
Munson and
Purinton
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Childress Pharmacy
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15Th District Court
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Lone Star Gas Service
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Lone Star Gas Company
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