August 2024 archive

Church Cookbook Recipes

A shout-out to Jean Giesige, who mentioned my Aunt Kate last week in her weekly column, Calamity Kitchen. Her lighthearted, often touching and inspirational articles are featured in the Daily Standard. We look forward to reading them and having a little chuckle.  

Tombstone Tuesday-Knights of Pythias Flag Staff

This is a Knights of Pythias flag staff, located at the Feasel monument, Willshire Cemetery Van Wert County, Ohio.

Headlines from the Past (1926 & 1930)

My abstracts of some news stories from one of my favorite local newspapers, The Willshire Herald (1926 & 1930)…

Tombstone Tuesday-Caroline Linn

This is the tombstone of Caroline Linn, located in Riverside Cemetery, Rockford, Mercer County, Ohio. Her marker is inscribed…

Improved Order of Red Men Area Tribes

Earlier this week I wrote about the Improved Order of Red Men and their unique emblem, and I learned about them myself. I learn a lot when I write blog posts and that post was no exception…