by Cindy Entriken | Jan 5, 2024 | Eddie and Julie Flores, Lincoln Kansas, old houses, rehabbing old houses, Saving Lincoln (Kansas) One House at a Time
Lincoln, Kansas intersection of West lincoln avenue and south 4th street a new direction I’m starting the New Year by taking my blog in a new direction. If you’ve read earlier blog entries, you know I’ve focused on America’s wars. But...
by Cindy Entriken | Dec 7, 2021 | 81st Anniversary of Pearl Harbor, Ira's Lunch, Lincoln Kansas, Pearl Harbor, WWII
View of Pearl Harbor looking southwesterly from the hills to the northward. Taken during the Japanese raid, with anti-aircraft shell bursts overhead. Large column of smoke in lower center is from USS Arizona (BB-39). Smaller smoke columns further to the left are from...
by Cindy Entriken | Oct 31, 2020 | Ila's War, Jamaica Ginger, Lincoln Kansas
One ounce bottle of Tincture of Jamaica Ginger, made for Rexall. This bottle is similar to the one that Ira and four of his friends purchased from the Rexall Drug Store in Lincoln, Kansas, in 1930. 1930 was a memorable year for many reasons Over 1,300 banks failed...
by Cindy Entriken | Mar 29, 2015 | Casa Materna Orphanage, Lincoln Kansas, Methodist Church, war orphans, war orphans of WWII, WWII
Estimates of War Orphans of WWII Approximately 13,000,000 European children became war orphans at the end of WWII.* This is the story of one Italian orphan whom my grandmother supported financially for a time after the end of the war. Grammy and the Methodist Church...
by Cindy Entriken | Dec 9, 2014 | Kansas, Lincoln Kansas, Pearl Harbor, World War II Artifacts, WWII
This is the third of a four part series about Pearl Harbor and the impact the bombing had on the lives of some of my family members and other residents of Lincoln, Kansas, my home town. This blog was first published on December 9, 2013. Pearl Harbor – two days...
by Cindy Entriken | Dec 8, 2014 | Kansas, Lincoln Kansas, Pearl Harbor, World War II Artifacts, WWII
This is part two of a four-part series about Pearl Harbor and the impact the bombing had on the lives of some of my family members and other residents of Lincoln, Kansas, my home town. This blog was first published on December 8, 2013. I’ve added a couple of...
