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Newspapers Archives - February 2009

Don't Do It Girls

Published February 9, 2009 Submitted by: Renee

L. C. Stone

An 1860 era etiquette lesson from a Virginia newspaper reminding girls and ladies who should and, more importantly, who should not be the recipients of their photographic likenesses.

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A Texas County Missouri Love Story

Published February 3, 2009 Submitted by: Renee

Springfield Missouri Leader , November 24, 1925, page 1.
Names of Towns in Texas County Suggest Romance.  An enterprising newspaper reporter used many of the unusual town names in Texas County to create a rather odd romance. More

The ice storm of 1924 and the big sleet of 1848.

Published February 3, 2009 Submitted by: Renee

from USAsearch.govThe ice storms of 1924 and 1848 are reminiscent of the 2007 and 2009 ice storms.  Newspaper microfilm, available at the Library Center, and The History of Greene County Missouri, available online, give insight to how our ancestors dealt with severe weather.

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