Abbreviations in newspaper abstracts
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# | pounds |
#2 | #2 hospital in St Joseph, Missouri was the Mental Health Institute |
+2 | plus (+) and a number indicates number of children born to a couple |
abt | about |
acci | accident |
admr | administrator |
admx | administrix |
ae | age |
An | anniversary |
AOF | account of farm |
Atch | Atchison |
Ath | Athelstan, Taylor County, Iowa |
Barn | Barnard, Nodaway County, Missouri |
Bfd | Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa |
BJct | Burlington Junction, Nodaway County, Missouri |
Bkt | Blockton, Taylor County, Iowa |
Blan | Blanchard, Page County, Iowa |
blksm | blacksmith |
BR | birthday |
Brady | Braddyville, Page County, Iowa |
bro | brother |
bro-i-l, b-i-l | brother-in-law |
Buchanan, Ia | Siam, Taylor County, Iowa |
bur | buried |
c | see |
c12yr | about 12 years (or whatever number) |
Can | Canada |
carpt | carpenter |
CBlu | Council Bluffs, Pottawattamie County, Iowa |
Ccpt | Conception, Nodaway County, Missouri |
cem | cemetery |
Cfd | Clearfield, Taylor County, Iowa |
ch | child or children |
Ch | church |
CJct | Conception Junction, Nodaway County, Missouri |
Clar | Clarinda, Page County, Iowa |
Clearmt | Clearmont, Nodaway County, Missouri |
co | county |
ColoSprs | Colorado Springs, Colorado |
ColSprs | College Springs, Page County, Iowa |
Covntr | Covenanter Cemetery, Page County, Iowa |
cur | curator |
Cwy | Conway, Taylor County, Iowa |
d | died |
DalCntr | Dallas Center Cemetery, Dallas Twp, Taylor County, Iowa |
dau | daughter |
dec'd | deceased |
df | daughter of |
dis | disease |
div | divorce |
dlr | dealer |
DMes | Des Moines, Polk County, Iowa |
DN | Denmark |
e | east |
EFLenox | East Fairview Lenox Cemetery, Lenox, Taylor County, Iowa |
en | engaged |
En | England |
Ex | Essex, Page County, Iowa |
excr | executor |
excx | executrix |
f | father |
fam | family |
far | farmer |
Fargt | Farragut, Fremont County, Iowa |
FBfd | Fairview Cemetery, Bedford, Taylor County, Iowa |
FGrove | Forest Grove Cemetery, Taylor County, Iowa |
f-i-l | father-in-law |
fr | friend or friends |
Fx | Fairfax, Atchison County, Missouri |
Ger | Germany |
Glfd | Guilford, Nodaway County, Mo |
Grape | Grape Hospital, Hamburg, Fremont County, Iowa |
Grav | Gravity, Taylor County, Iowa |
grfa | grandfather |
grmo | grandmother |
grpar | grandparent |
Gwood | Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa |
Hand | Hand Hospital, Shenandoah, Page County, Iowa |
Hepb | Hepburn, Page County, Iowa |
Hopk | Hopkins, Nodaway County, Missouri |
ht attk | heart attack |
husb | husband |
i | interred |
IA | interest article |
Imml | Immanuel Church and cemetery, Page County, Iowa |
implmt dir | implement dealer |
Inde | Independence township, Nodaway County, Missouri |
Jack | Jackson township, Taylor County, Iowa |
Jeff | Jefferson township, Taylor County, Iowa |
lic | license |
Linc | Lincoln township, Nodaway County, Missouri |
Lx | Lenox, Taylor County, Iowa |
Lxtn | Lexington Cemetery, Taylor County, Iowa |
m | mother |
M& | Mr and Mrs |
marr | marriage |
Me | Methodist |
merch | merchant |
MHI | Mental Health Institute, Clarinda, Page County, Iowa |
mi | mile |
m-i-l | mother-in-law |
Mir | Miriam Cemetery, Nodaway County, Missouri |
mo, mos | month, months |
MR | Maryville Republican newspaper, Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri |
Ms | Miss |
muni | Clarinda Municipal Hospital, Clarinda, Page County, Iowa |
Mvle | Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri |
n | north |
Nboro | Northboro, Page County, Iowa |
NC | Nodaway County, Missouri Courthouse |
ND | Nodaway Democrat newspaper, Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri |
ne | northeast |
nee | born |
EFLenox | East Fairview Lenox Cemetery, Lenox, Taylor County, Iowa |
New Market | New Market, Missouri |
NGrove | North Grove Cemetery, Page County, Iowa |
Nkt | New Market, Taylor County, Iowa |
Noda | Nodaway County, Missouri |
nr | near |
nw | northwest |
Oma | Omaha, Nebraska |
P.C. | Probate Court |
par | parents |
pic | picture |
Pick | Pickering, Nodaway County, Missouri |
pneu | pneumonia |
PO | post office |
prob | probably |
Quit | Quitman, Nodaway County, Missouri |
rec'd | received |
rel | relative, relatives |
resi | resident |
ret by | returned by |
Roak | Red Oak, Montgomery County, Iowa |
Rport | Rock Port, Atchison County, Missouri |
Rton | Riverton, Fremont County, Iowa |
Rwood | Ravenwood, Nodaway County, Missouri |
s | south |
se | southeast |
sf | son of |
Sham | Shambaugh, Page County, Iowa |
Sharps | Sharpsburg, Taylor County, Iowa |
Shen | Shenandoah, Page County, Iowa |
s-i-l | son-in-law |
sis | sister |
sis-i-l | sister-in-law |
Skid | Skidmore, Nodaway County, Missouri |
Stan | Stanberry, Gentry County, Missouri |
Stanton | Stanton, Mongtomery County, Iowa |
StFran | Saint Francis Hospital, Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri |
StJo | Saint Joseph, Buchanan County, Missouri |
StMary's | St Mary's Cemetery, Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri |
StPat's | St Patrick Irish Catholic Church, Maryville, Nodaway County, Missouri |
Svnh | Savannah, Andrew County, Missouri |
sw | southwest |
terr | territory |
twp | township |
vic | vicinity |
Vil | Villisca, Montgomery Co, Iowa |
vis | visit, visits, visiting |
w | west or wed; which ever makes sense |
w/o | without |
Wash | Washington township |
Wboro | Westboro, Atchison County, Missouri |
WC | White Cloud township, Nodaway County, Missouri |
wf | wife of |
WFLenox | West Fairview Lenox Cemetery, Lenox, Taylor County, Iowa |
wks | weeks |
Ykt | Yorktown, Page County, Iowa |
yrs | years |
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