Britons Explain Wedding Legends in Medical Booklet
London reports the British Medical Association explores marriage customs in a booklet titled Getting Married. It links rings to capture era fetters and best men to protectors, bridesmaids to rescuers, and the honeymoon to a hiding period. It also notes the wedding cake origin, rice symbolism, and trousseau meanings.
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London
British Medical Association
Medical Association
Harvey Flack
Tiny Bearings, Big Business From Keene's Miniature Plant
In Keene New Hampshire 400 workers at Miniature Precision Bearings Inc produce microscopic precision bearings used in radar gear dental drills and clarinet keys. Each 1/10 inch bearing costs 6 dollars initially and about 1.75 dollars on average with annual output exceeding one million. The story argues that smaller can mean bigger in industry.
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United States
Keene
Mt. Monadnock
Miniature Precision Bearings, Inc
Kindhearted Father Doubts Daughter’s Charity Request
A father reacts with hesitation when his daughter asks for money. She explains the funds are not for herself but to help others by purchasing items from people she wants to support. The exchange highlights family generosity and communal care.
Little old lady who loved America and Savings Bonds
Lorain Ohio remembers Helen Kolesz who helped raise over 5 million dollars in United States Savings Bonds during World War II. On Citizenship Day, her patriotism is cited as a model for investing in Series H Bonds paying 3 percent current income.
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Helen Kolesz
Lorain
Ohio
Kolesz
America
United States
United States Government
Treasury
Texas County Names and County Seat Origins
A compact survey of Texas county names and seats. It explains how counties like Collin, Jones, and Collinsworth derive from figures such as Collin McKinney and Anson Jones, notes misnamings and vetoes, and points out that town names often do not align with counties, finishing with Deaf Smith County named for Sam Houston's scout Erastus Smith.
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Texas
Jones County
Anson Jones
Republic of Texas
Collin County
McKinney
Collin McKinney
New
Massachusetts
Texas Congress
Colon
Sam Houston
Buckner
Taylor County
Collingsworth County
Collinsworth
James Collinsworth
Tennessee
Supreme Court of the Republic of Texas
Pecos
Pecos County
Terrell
Houston
Cameron
Caldwell
Deaf Smith County
Deef” Smith
San Jacinto
Erastus Smith
Duchess County
New York
Paris News
Michigan Ranked Seventh in U S Population Figures
Michigan with 6 371 766 residents ranks seventh among U S states in population, reflecting statewide demographic standings and recent census counts.
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Michigan
U. S
Witty party quip on women and fashion choices
A humorous observation contrasts a man enjoying a party with his wife’s expression and questions why women wear back-button blouses. The remark uses light irony to imply social norms and gendered fashion.
Citation Notice in Grayson County Real Estate Case
The STATE OF TEXAS issues a citation to numerous named heirs and representatives in a land suit filed by INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION seeking title and possession to multiple Grayson County tracts. The writ requires a written answer by December 17, 1966, before Judge of the 15th District Court in Sherman with the case filed October 1986.
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Henry Roberts
Roberts
Rachael E. Roberts
Rachael E Roberts
W. W. Warren
Bell Warren
Benl Warren
Thomas Duffield
Quintilla Duffield
William Ritter
R. C. Owens
J. T. Francis
B. L. Francis
J. Francis
P. J. Francis
J. T. Neal
J. T. Eeneg
Mary E. Neal
Katie V. Neal Simmons
Katie V. — Simmons
J. Curtys Simmons
Effie Neal
Joseph Stone
John Shields
Ruth Stone
Hugh W. Jones
Nancy Jones Davis
Nancy A. Jones Davis
J. G. Davis
Mary J. Jones
Daniel V. Jones
Daniel W. Jones
John W. Carmack
George T. Hunter
Amanda Hunter
John M. Hunter
Martha A. Hunter
John Farris
Susannah Farris
1. B. Allen
I. B. Allen
W. H Chisholm
W. H. Chisholm
C. Witten
S. C. Witten
Mary J.en
Mary J. Allen
James H Hall
James H. Hall
Fannie E Hall
Nannie E. Hall
M. E Chisholm
M. E. Chisholm
Nannie L. Arnold
Nannie
International Business Machines Corporation
Roy G. Dutton
A. D
Grayson County
Sumerman
Texas
Sherrod Dunman, Et al
Grayson
Lee Simmons
Ernest E. Akers
J. A Akers
J. A. Akers
State of
Sherrod Dunman
C. C. Swindle
John B. Swindle
W. W. Farlow
D. A. Harrell
St. Louis & San Francisco Railway
U. S
J. A. Ladd
Sherrod
Leon Bloomer
Broomer
Simmons Bay
Said Ladd
Lee Simons
J L. Ladd
Myrtle C. Hammock
J. L. Ladd
Zegna Cochran Cook
Mee A
St. Lows & San Framisco Ral
Sani Akers
Corr
J. S Highway N
Simmons
St. Lows & San Francisco Railway
Sherman
Gladys Hamilton
Wainsight Sun
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Pearl Harbor
Helen
Sherrod Dunmore
Amy Dunman
Amy Dunmore
William McFarland
P. M. Graham
Alonzo Larkin
Gustavus A. Everts
Abagail Everts
William W. Bomar
Wiliam W. Bomar
James R. Bomar
David T. Bomar
David L. Bomar
Spencer E. Bomar
John L. Spencer
Joseph Bolton
J A. Bolton
J. A. Bolton
S. A. Lary Bolton
O'Neal
George M. Gas
Emily C. Amason
Amy Amason
Henry F. O'Neal
William Arnold
John Levi Arnold
Harriet A. Lary
Georgie Lary
Ann Lary
Wuy Arnold
Wily Arnold
Don Hardy
Susan Arnold Hardy
Caroline A. Lary
Wiley Arnold
James Lary
Mary Lary
Saran Arnold
Sarah Arnold
John Arnold
Martha Lary
William Biggs Lary
George Simmons
W. W. Taylor
Joseph Bledsoe
H. O. Head
Artemisia Bolton
Artemissa Bolton
Mollhe E. Spencer
Mollie E. Spencer
C. C Swindle
M. L. Swindle
D Swindle
E. Smith
W. H
Jay H Davis
B.G Gowdy
B. G. Gowdy
G. M. Etter
G. M Etter
W. P. Guan
W. P. Gunn Devased
D. A Harrell
Carrie Ha 1
Carrie Harrell
Ettar Swindle
Ettar Swind
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