Paulina Pudwill Magstadt was born in 1888 in a sod house on a farm, which was Dakota Territory at that time and now is Bon Homme County between the towns of Tripp and Avon. She was a pioneer and one of the Germans from Russia children.
"Everything that can be invented has been invented." If Charles Duell, in 1888 the Commissioner for the U.S. patent office, actually said that, then he would, of course, have been wrong; but I think the claim may have some applicability to the business PC in 2008.
In 1888, the Bostonian Edward Bellamy published Looking Backward , a novel that imagined America in the year 2000. He foresaw a "nation organized as one great business corporation the one capitalist the sole employer."
At 75, Joyce Stipple of Englishtown still recalls the days when borough children had their own school system, and five ice cream shops dotted a thriving Main Street where people came from miles around for goods and supplies.
May 14: Way of the Cross Church of God will start revival with Bro. Kevin White Sunday morning at 10, Sunday night at 5 and Monday through Wednesday at 7 p.m. nightly. We are holding services in the old Chestnut Creek Church building in Cooper. Don't miss a single night.
The 2008 CABA 18-and-under aluminum bat world series will be at the Cene Park baseball complex in Struthers, Ohio. Teams can register at www.cababaseball.com or www.youngstownclassb.com . For more information, call Ken Quinn at 330-755-5676. BASKETBALL June 10 | Jay Wolf's Star Shooter Camp will be held on June 10 at Carvers Bay High School. The camp will be divided into two 3½
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