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Test 069: Port Huron 12-25, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

All tractors tested at the Nebraska Tractor Test Laboratory were certified by their manufacturers as being stock model machines, conforming to specifications filed with the application for test. No special or high-test fuels were used except as recommended by the manufacturer as necessary.

All results within the official tractor test report were actually attained in tests and are without correction or allowances for friction, temperature, altitude, etc. The results were initially accomplished with the tractor in charge of skilled operators employed by the University.

Unless otherwise noted, each tractor was apparently in good condition at the end of the testing …

Rules For Official Tractor Tests, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab, Agicultural Experiment Station

Nebraska Tractor Tests

The Nebraska Tractor Law known as House Roll 85, 37th session, which became effective July 15, 1919, was enacted to encourage the manufacture and sale of imporved types of tractors and to contribute to a more successful use of the tractor for farming.

It was thought that the best method of accomplishing these objects would be to require a tractor of each model sold in the State to be tested at the State University and to have the results of these tests made public. These tests will give reliable information on the power capacity and fuel consumtion of each tractor …

1918-07-01, Robert To Mother, Robert Lindstadt

Lindstadt Brothers First World War correspondence

No abstract provided.

1919 Commencement For Jefferson Medical College

Sidney Kimmel Medical College Commencements

No abstract provided.

1919 Clinic Yearbook

Sidney Kimmel Medical College Yearbooks

The Clinic is the yearbook of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College (formerly Jefferson Medical College) at Thomas Jefferson University.

Rules For Tractor Demonstrations, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

The object of these rules, instructions and data is to make all tractor demonstrations of this kind comparable and of the greatest educational value. Anyone who has conducted tractor demonstrations in the past has realized the necessity of some standard rules to follow and those who afterwards have referred to the results, deplore the lack of uniformity in the demonstrations and the data. For those who have not had this experience will find that it is a great help to have satisfactory rules to follow.

The value of these demonstrations depends largely upon the accuracy of the data reported on …

Father Of Test Law Explains It, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

Nebraska State Representative Wilmot F. Crozier of Osceola, Nebraska, who fathered and pushed the tractor bill through the Nebraska State Legislature. On September 19th, 1919, he tells why he formulated the law and his story to Implement & Trade Journal.

1918-11-12, Frenzers First Cruise, Charles J. Frenzer

Charles J. Frenzer First World War poem

This poem, titled "Frenzers First Cruise," was written by Charles J. Frenzer during the First World War. Frenzer was stationed at the U.S. Naval Air Station Queenstown, Ireland. In this poem, Frenzer writes about his various feelings about being shipped out to Queenstown, wanting to serve in the military, wanting to fight in the frontlines, and regretting joining the U.S. Navy.

1918-08-16, Laun To Carl, Laun Bee

Laun Bee First World War correspondence

No abstract provided.

1918 Commencement For Jefferson Medical College

Sidney Kimmel Medical College Commencements

No abstract provided.

Southwestern Osteopathic Sanitarium, Blackwell, Okla., Southwestern Osteopathic Sanitarium

Historical Postcards (1908-2007)

Sepia postcard from 1918 with image of the Southwestern Osteopathic Sanitarium in Blackwell, Oklahoma. The Sanitarium was established in 1912 and moved to the building pictured in 1915.

George J. Conley was President of the Board of Control and Surgeon-in-Chief from 1914-1924. Dr. Conley would later be one of the founders and the first President of the Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery (now Kansas City University). In 1924 the institution moved to Wichita, Kansas.

1918 Clinic Yearbook

Sidney Kimmel Medical College Yearbooks

The Clinic is the yearbook of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College (formerly Jefferson Medical College) at Thomas Jefferson University.

1917 Commencement For Jefferson Medical College

Sidney Kimmel Medical College Commencements

No abstract provided.

Letter, March 21, 1917, Katharine Wright To Florence, Katharine Wright Haskell

Katharine Wright Letters to Florence Guthrie (SC-117)

Katharine Wright writes to her friend Florence Guthrie about an Oberlin Class of 1898 meeting and other aspects of her daily life.

Wesley Hospital, Kansas City, Mo., Wesley Hospital

Historical Postcards (1908-2007)

Postcard shows a 1917 color rendering of Wesley Hospital at 11th and Harrison Streets in Kansas City, Missouri. Built in 1915 by Dr. Archie Robertson, it was taken over by the United States War Department in 1943.

In 1944 the Kansas City College of Osteopathy and Surgery (now Kansas City University) purchased the hospital and renamed it Osteopathic Hospital. It was used as a teaching hospital until its closing in 1972 when the University opened the Center for Health Sciences, later known as University Hospital.

1917 Clinic Yearbook

Sidney Kimmel Medical College Yearbooks

The Clinic is the yearbook of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College (formerly Jefferson Medical College) at Thomas Jefferson University.

Osteopathy For Children, R.H. Williams

Early Osteopathic Literature (1910-1929)

16 page pamphlet.

Operator's Instruction Manual: Case Va, Nebraska Tractor Test Lab

Nebraska Tractor Tests

No abstract provided.

1916 Commencement For Jefferson Medical College

Sidney Kimmel Medical College Commencements

No abstract provided.

Letter, May 9, 1916, Katharine Wright To Ivonette Wright, Katharine Wright Haskell

Ivonette Wright Miller Letters (MS-216)

Katharine Wright writes to her niece expressing her excitement at Ivonette performing in a musical, asking her who she would like to invite.

History Of The Confederate General Hospital Located At Farmville Va. 1862-65, James L. White

Prince Edward Histories

The History of the Confederate General Hospital Located at Farmville, VA 1862-65 was published by the Farmville Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy (UDC) on April 7, 1916 by the Martin Printing Company in Farmville. The information found within the fifteen-page book was provided from an 1897 letter addressed to the UDC from James L. White, M. D., who was a surgeon stationed at the hospital during the American Civil War and a citizen of Farmville until his death in 1909. White gives an overview regarding his personal history during the war, others involved with the hospital and …

1916 Clinic Yearbook

Sidney Kimmel Medical College Yearbooks

The Clinic is the yearbook of the Sidney Kimmel Medical College (formerly Jefferson Medical College) at Thomas Jefferson University.

1915 Commencement For Jefferson Medical College

Sidney Kimmel Medical College Commencements

No abstract provided.

1915 Clinician Yearbook

Sidney Kimmel Medical College Yearbooks

The Clinician was the yearbook for Jefferson Medical College in 1915.

Ic058: Yen, Moore, Texas State Board Of Medical Examiners

Texas State Board of Medical Examiners Records

This folder has been partially digitized and made available online. Additional materials are available in the archives. See more at Texas State Board of Medical Examiners Records and its finding aid.

1915, Picture Of Grant, Grant Hanford Joslin

Joslin Family First World War correspondence

The Joslin Family First World War Correspondence contains letters from brothers Lincoln and Grant Joslin to their mother. The Joslin brothers wrote the letters while stationed in France. Also included are photographs of Grant and their mother, Marcia Ruth Joslin.

Letter, December 8, 1914, Katharine Wright To Mrs. Guthrie, Katharine Wright Haskell

Katharine Wright Letters to Florence Guthrie (SC-117)

Katharine Wright writes to her friend Florence Guthrie about Christmas gifting, choosing a new dog, and other aspects of her daily life.

William Osler’S 1914 Introductory Address To The Jefferson Medical College, William Osler

Historical Addresses

In 1914 Professor Thomas McCrae asked Sir William Osler to deliver the introductory address to the 90^th annual session of the Jefferson Medical College of Philadelphia. However, Osler was unable to come because of war conditions in England. He sent this typed letter with handwritten corrections to be read in his place. Because it arrived a day letter, the students published it in The Jeffersonian. This manuscript was presented to the Jefferson archives by Mrs. McCrae on May 21, 1926 after her husband’s death.

1914 Commencement For Jefferson Medical College

Sidney Kimmel Medical College Commencements

No abstract provided.

Philadelphia Journal Of Osteopathy Volume 12, Number 4, Philadelphia College And Infirmary Of Osteopathy

Philadelphia Journal of Osteopathy

Articles in this issue include:

• The Osteopathic Lesion by Earle S. Willard
• The Cause and Treatment of Constipation by Lawrence J. Kelly
• Osteopathy for the Infections of Childhood by Edward J. Drew