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The Oregon Recruit Expedition, Albert Watkins

Mid-West Quarterly (1913–1918)

The object of early travel from the Missouri River to the region beyond the Rocky Mountains was, first, exploration, as in the example of the expeditions of Lewis and Clark and Fremont; second, trapping and trading; third, the colonization of Oregon; fourth, the reaching of the California and intra-montane gold mines; fifth, the transportation of soldiers and military supplies for the protection of these enterprises from hostile Indians. Prior to the period of transcontinental railroad-building there were several rival experimental routes to the northerly part of those regions and more particularly to Oregon; but the Platte River route, known as …

Magnacum Confusione, Philo M. Buck, Jr.

Mid-West Quarterly (1913–1918)

"--And I carried away from college a suit case of clothes and a packing case of notebooks. These were all I had left after paying my commencement bills, for the notebooks had no commercial value, nor any other, so far as my use of them has shown, as I have never looked in them since. And isn't that a fair allegory of your college education?"

Jones was speaking, a little bitterly for him, for usually he was the most sunny of high-school principals. We had been exchanging reminiscences during the last courses of an excellent luncheon served by a domestic …

Press Bulletin 39, Pasteurization Of Milk And Cream In The Home, 1913

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Press Bulletin 39, Pasteurization of Milk and Cream in the Home, 1913

Press Bulletin 41, Evils Of Premature Creameries, 1913

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Press Bulletin 41, Evils of Premature Creameries, 1913

Press Bulletin 43, Distribution And Use Of Hog Cholera Serum, 1913

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Press Bulletin 43, Distribution and Use of Hog Cholera Serum, 1913

Two Lincoln (Nebraska) Typhoid Fever Epidemics Of 1911 And 1912., Herbert H. Waite

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

On August 29, 1912, I was requested by the Board of Health of the city of Lincoln to make an investigation to determine if possible the origin and cause of an outbreak of a disease reported as typhoid fever which was then prevailing. This outbreak was said to be most prevalent in one particular portion of the city and consequently attention was turned to that portion. Of the cases reported an investigation was made of over 60 individuals and after considering all the probable causes for the majority of those affected the conclusion was reached that all could be logically …

Present Methods Of Teaching Entomology At The University Of Nebraska, Lawrence Bruner

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

'When our Secretary sent out his preliminary notification of this meeting and asked me to take part in a discussion of "present methods of teaching Entomology," the matter at first seemed of little importance so far, at least, as the speaker was concerned. However, after giving the subject some thought I have decided that it might be well at least to take the time and trouble to attempt to explain briefly a few of the methods by which the student in Nebraska is enabled to absorb some entomological information. In order to do this with an unbiased feeling it might …

New Elementary Agriculture, Charles E. Bessey, Lawrence Bruner, Goodwin D. Swezey

School of Biological Sciences: Faculty Publications

This is an agricultural nation. The products of the soil are the basis of her industries and her prosperity. The children of our great Commonwealths should be familiar with our crops, our grains and grasses, our flowers and fruits, our trees and shrubs and weeds, our domestic animals and birds and insects. Our children should have a practical knowledge of the management of a farm, of the composition of the soil, and of the adaptability of the farm and its soil for the cultivation of certain plants and the counter effect of such plant growth upon the soil. They should …

Wonder-Working Providence Of Sions Saviour In New England 1628-1651, Edward Johnson, J. Franklin Jameson

Electronic Texts in American Studies

Late in the year 1653, but under date of 1654, Nathaniel Brooke, a London publisher, "at the Angel in Cornhill," brought out a small octavo book of two hundred and thirty-six pages, entitled A History of New-England, from the English planting in the Yeere 1628 untill the Yeere 1652, etc. The title, inexact in any case, for the book is rather a history of Massachusetts than of all New England, was evidently affixed by the publisher. His advertisements show that at one time he thought of giving the book the title Historicall Relation of the First Planting of the English …

The History Of The German-Russian Colony In Lincoln, Hattie Plum Williams

Department of History: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research

Standing at the corner of Tenth and O streets in the city of Lincoln, Nebraska, any week-day morning between 7:30 and 8 o'clock, you may see pass by you from ten to twenty women with little black woolen shawls on their heads. Ask any citizen who they are, and ninety-nine times in one hundred he will tell you they are "Russians" who live down on the bottoms, that they are going out into the offices and homes to wash and scrub and clean house, and that their husbands are street laborers or work for the railroad. He may then grow …

Boundary Waters Treaty, The United States Of America, His Majesty The King Of The United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland And Of The British Dominions Beyond The Seas, Emperor Of India, Elihu Root, James Bryce

Water Law Documents

The treaty provides the principles and mechanisms to help resolve disputes and to prevent future ones, primarily those concerning water quantity and water quality along the boundary between Canada and the United States.

Letters On The Baluch-Afghan Boundary Commission Of 1896 (1909) , A. H. Mcmahon, Baluch-Afghan Boundary Commission

Digitized Afghanistan Materials in English from the Arthur Paul Afghanistan Collection

Written to the English (Calcutta) and Times of India (Bombay) by their special correspondent with the Mission.

The House Fly (Musca Domestica) And Allies, Lawrence Bruner

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

"Of what use are flies, anyway?" This and similar questions have frequently been asked of the writer by persons who seem to think that each and every living thing has been created solely for some special benefit to man.

Primarily the common house fly (Musca domestica), together with several of its allies which habitually frequent human habitations, are scavengers. In this role they assist in the removal of filth and litter of various sorts that too often are permitted to accumulate in the vicinity of our homes, schools, offices, and ' places of business or pleasure. These flies …

Bulletin 108, Milking Machines, 1908

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Bulletin 108, Milking Machines, 1908

Forage Crops For Hogs In Kansas And Oklahoma., C. E. Quinn

United States Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service / University of Nebraska-Lincoln: Faculty Publications

Farmers are more and more realizing that pasture is necessary for the most economical production of pork. Those who are raising hogs and putting them on the market with the least ·cost have their entire farms fenced" hog-tight." This enables them to give the hogs the range of the meadows and fields when the crops have been harvested. Much that would otherwise be lost is thus saved by the hogs, for they are among the best gleaners of waste grain, weed seeds, and insects in the fields.

Bulletin 103, Mite Accompanying The Bud-Rot Of Carnations, 1907

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Bulletin 103, Mite Accompanying the Bud-rot of Carnations, 1907

Press Bulletin 24, Bleaching Of Wheat Flour, 1907

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Press Bulletin 24, Bleaching of Wheat Flour, 1907

Bulletin 102, Effect Of Bleaching Upon The Quality Of Wheat Flour, 1907

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Bulletin 102, Effect of Bleaching upon the Quality of Wheat Flour, 1907

Report Of The Tenth Geological Expedition Of Hon. Charles H. Morrill, Season Of 1905, Erwin Hinckley Barbour

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

The season of 1905 marked a renewal of paleontological activity in the University of Nebraska, since it so happened that for the first time in several years funds became available again for the prosecution of such work.

By virtue of the liberal support and patronage of Hon. Charles H. Morrill, of Lincoln, annual geological expeditions, essentially paleontological in character, had been maintained in connection with the state university since 1892. In 1901, though his interest in the work AS well as his good will continued, his patronage ceased. This was wholly due to the overcrowded condition of the state museum, …

Report Of The Tenth Geological Expedition Of Hon. Charles H. Morrill, Season Of 1905, Erwin Hinckley Barbour

Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences: Faculty Publications

The season of 1905 marked a renewal of paleontological activity in the University of Nebraska, since it so happened that for the first time in several years funds became available again for the prosecution of such work.
By virtue of the liberal support and patronage of Hon. Charles H. Morrill, of Lincoln, annual geological expeditions, essentially paleontological in character, had been maintained in connection with the state university since 1892. In 1901, though his interest in the work AS well as his good will continued, his patronage ceased. This was wholly due to the overcrowded condition of the state museum, …

Geography Of Nebraska, George Evert Condra

George E. Condra Publications

No abstract provided.

Studies On Human Parasites In North America: I. Filaria Loa, Henry B. Ward

University Studies (University of Nebraska) (1888–1984)

Introduction. Origin and scope of paper. Data on new cases in North America. Cases of Filaria loa on record. List of genuine cases. Cases wrongly assigned to Filaria loa. Morphology of Filaria loa. Structure of the parasite. Life history. Taxonomy. Geographical distribution. Pathology of Filaria loa. Seat of the parasite. Effects on the host. Calabar swellings. Clinical data. Case of Milroy. Case of Lota. Critical bibliography of Filaria loa. Annotated list of references.

In February, 1902, Dr. W. F. Milroy, of Omaha, brought me a specimen in alcohol which he had just removed from the eye …

Annual Report Nebraska State Board Of Agriculture For The Year 1904., Robert W. Furnas, Robert Bolin , Depositor

Nebraskiana Publications: Resources and Materials on the 37th State

This report contains detailed information about the activities of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture including information about meeting and activities, reports, and expenditures. The report is illustrated with pictures of the board members, Nebraska exhibits at the World’s Fair in St Louis, agricultural research facilities, the results of scientific experiments, prize winning horses, pigs, and other farm animals, maps, and bucolic scenes.

In addition, the volume contains reports from various state agencies and officials as well as miscellaneous agriculture related documents. The volume contains a detailed index, pages 393 – 400.

The assorted documents contained in this document include. …

Some Foreign Botanical Gardens And Parks, Charles E. Bessey

Landscape Architecture Program: Faculty Scholarly and Creative Activity

Last summer I had the privilege of visiting a number of botanical gardens and parks in different parts of Europe. The American visitor abroad is constantly reminded of the abundance of parks and botanical gardens in not only the larger cities but even in the small cities and towns. Hyde Park, Regent's Park, St. James Park and Green Park, London; Kew Gardens; Thiergarten, Berlin; Prater Park, Vienna; Moscow; Kislovodsk; Vladikavkaz, Tiflis; Erivan; Batum; Odessa.

Coming now to our own city of Lincoln, a city which has many things about it which are very attractive, one'is made to drop his head …

Press Bulletin 18, Pig Feeding Experiment At The Nebraska Experiment Station, 1903

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Press Bulletin 18, Pig Feeding Experiment at the Nebraska Experiment Station, 1903

Bulletin 81, Experiments In The Culture Of The Sugar Beet In Nebraska, Article Ii, 1903

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Bulletin 81, Experiments in the Culture of the Sugar Beet in Nebraska, Article II, 1903

Bulletin 78, Macaroni Wheats, 1903

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Bulletin 78, Macaroni Wheats, 1903

New Elementary Agriculture For Rural And Graded Schools, Charles E. Bessey, Lawrence Bruner, G. D. Swezey

Department of Entomology: Faculty Publications

Nebraska is an agricultural state. The products of her soil are the basis of her industries and her prosperity. The children of our great state of Nebraska should be familiar with our crops, our grains and grasses, our flowers and fruits, our trees and shrubs and weeds, our domestic animals and birds and insects. Our children should have a practical knowledge of the management of a farm, of the composition of the soil, and of the adaptability of the farm and its soil for the cultivation of certain plants and the counter effect of such plant growth upon the soil. …

Bulletin 73, Experiments In Culture Of The Sugar Beet In Nebraska, Volume Xiv, Article Iii, 1902

University of Nebraska Historical Extension: Bulletin

Bulletin 73, Experiments in Culture of the Sugar Beet in Nebraska, Volume XIV, Article III, 1902

The Wedding Night, Ida C. Craddock, Paul Royster , Editor

Zea E-Books in American Studies

Ida Craddock took her own life in October 1902, rather than face the 5-year federal prison term she seemed certain to receive following her conviction for distributing this work through the U.S. Mail. It is a short (24-page) pamphlet addressed to young women and men about to embark on a sexual relationship and an honest and frank effort to alleviate the ignorance which both sexes often brought to the marriage union. Craddock's discussion of the "sexual act" stressed that empathy and consideration for one's partner were the vital elements for an enduring marriage. Craddock neither shrank from the description of …