This is an interesting tombstone inscription. It is a rebus puzzle, a word picture puzzle. The word rebus is derived from Latin phrase non verbis, sed rebus, meaning “not by words, but by things.” Can you figure it out?
2023 archive
May 12
1911 Patterson Exams in Mercer and Van Wert Counties
As the school year draws to a close, students and teachers look forward to summer vacation. But before wrapping up the school year there are those end-of-the-school-year tests, to determine how much information the students retained during the year. I remember those dreaded tests very well.
May 09
Tombstone Tuesday-Carl P. Bollenbacher
This is the tombstone of Carl P. Bollenbacher, located in row 3 of St. Paul’s County Church Cemetery, formerly known as St. Paul’s UCC Cemetery, Liberty Township, Mercer County, Ohio. The marker is inscribed:
CARL P.
BOLLENBACHER
Died May 8, 1906
Age 15y, 3m, 2d
May 05
It’s a Long Way From Shipshewana
You may have heard the old British song from WWI, It’s a Long Way to Tipperary. It begins like this: “It’s a long way to Tipperary, it’s a long way to go…” If you know the melody, substitute these words: It a long way from Shipshewana, it’s a long way to Holmes… Those words went through our minds last weekend.
May 02
Tombstone Tuesday-Walther League Symbol
This is the symbol for the Walther League, a youth society for the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS).
Karen Miller Bennett, CG®, Retired 2024
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