We do not know whether anyone has ever died from this particular cause in England and Wales as we do not hold that level of detail for earlier mortality data.”
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Whitaker Family Brood
Edith Eugenia (Whitaker) Meeker was born in 1900 and attended school in the Manito/Forest City area. She married Sam Meeker October 6, 1920. She supported her husband in his farming endeavor and was a loving and devoted wife and mother.
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Salt Creek Biographical Sketches
next week: Forest City Township SALT CREEK TOWNSHIP WILLIAM F. AUXIER, farmer and stock-raiser; P. O. Mason City ; was born in Floyd Co., Ky., Jan. 26, 1834 ; from the age of 14 to 18 years, he followed boating on the Big Sandy and Ohio Rivers ; all the schooling he received, he got…
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Best Baseball Books
UPDATE: All Book Reviews have been moved to our site, KnupSports HERE. It is my hope to read each of these books this year along with some new ones from 2018. I am fortunate enough to have two publishers that are sending me copies of books about to be released. I will add them…
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The Worst Team in Major League History
It started with the Cleveland Spiders in the 1890’s. They had been a decent team until their owners purchased a second team which was the St. Louis Perfectos in 1899. The owners decided they wanted to excite the fan base in the new city so they dumped their roster from Cleveland to St. Louis. The…
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June book Reviews (part 1)
I have had the good fortune to hook up with three publishing companies, Sports Publishing, University of Nebraska Press, and Triumph Books, to search their catalogs and request books to read. In exchange, I give their publicist a fair and honest review of each book. To date, I have completed nearly 50 book reviews in…
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Looking for a New Baseball Book to Read in 2018?
There are many new baseball books for your reading pleasure that are coming out in 2018. Here is a list (likely not a complete one) of the books that come out (some are out) January 1 to June 30, 2018. I will be reviewing several of them after they come out at KnupSports. Tom…
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College Baseball Today- Big Ten, Missouri Valley and Top 25 Scores
(2/26/18) Big Ten Conference Standings Indiana 6-1-0 Purdue 6-1-0 Iowa 5-1-0 Minnesota 5-2-0 Nebraska 5-3-0 Ohio State 5-3-0 Illinois 3-3-0 Penn State 3-3-0 Maryland 3-4-0 Northwestern 2-3-0 Rutgers 2-4-0 Michigan State 2-5-0 Missouri Valley Standings Bradley 5-1 Indiana State 5-2 Missouri State 4-2 Dallas Baptist 3-3 Illinois State 3-3 Valparaiso 2-4 Southern Illinois 2-5…
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College Baseball Today- Weekend #2 Top 25 Games
(2/23/18) This is the 2nd weekend of college baseball. There have not been too many surprises among the results but there has already been one coaching firing and that was at Mississippi State. The first match-up to pay attention to is #1 Florida taking on #9 Miami. The LSU #16 faces #21 Texas at home….
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College Baseball Today- Scores from Opening Weekend
(2/19/18) Here are the scores for the Top 25 teams in College Baseball from the Opening Weekend. Not that Mississippi State lost all 3 games as did Cal State Fullerton. Vanderbilt won two of three from Duke as both teams were ranked. Many will tell you not to put too much stock into the first bunch…
