April 23, 1919, Menasha Record
Let's end the week on an optimistic note, sharing the aspirations of recent (okay, maybe NOT so recent) high school grads. Not many planned to go on to college but many aspired to do office work locally. And a bonus activity (for all you housebound readers out there), your chance to research the ad that follows the article and learn what "catarrh" really is. Impress your friends, astound your co-workers! And while we're at it, Happy Easter!
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Also, here's an activity I recently learned about from the Wisconsin Historical Society and which might appeal to the historian in all of you. It's called the COVID-19 Journal Project. In 1861, the society gave journals for soldiers to keep who were going off to the Civil War from Camp Randall. After the war, they mailed back the journals to the society and as a result, we now have a detailed record of how life was for those soldiers during that war. The society is now asking us to keep a journal of how our lives have been impacted by another impactful event- the corona virus pandemic. It needn't be a long and detailed affair and there are various ways to do it- narratives, photos, videos, etc. The web site even gives tips for what to write about. Future generations can learn about our lives during this tumultuous time. You can learn all about it at: http://wisconsinhistory.org/records/Article/CS16333. The society's slogan for this project is "Collecting history as it happens." I can't think of a better thing for a history lover to do when the books become boring and the Netflix account doesn't respond. Check it out.
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Also, here's an activity I recently learned about from the Wisconsin Historical Society and which might appeal to the historian in all of you. It's called the COVID-19 Journal Project. In 1861, the society gave journals for soldiers to keep who were going off to the Civil War from Camp Randall. After the war, they mailed back the journals to the society and as a result, we now have a detailed record of how life was for those soldiers during that war. The society is now asking us to keep a journal of how our lives have been impacted by another impactful event- the corona virus pandemic. It needn't be a long and detailed affair and there are various ways to do it- narratives, photos, videos, etc. The web site even gives tips for what to write about. Future generations can learn about our lives during this tumultuous time. You can learn all about it at: http://wisconsinhistory.org/records/Article/CS16333. The society's slogan for this project is "Collecting history as it happens." I can't think of a better thing for a history lover to do when the books become boring and the Netflix account doesn't respond. Check it out.
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