Quilt of the Cloth of Gold Passes to Pioneer Room
Grandmother Streeter’s golden silk quilt, a village marvel, is kept in a cedar chest until Miss Cynthia Streeter faces a choice. The heirloom stirs family quarrels over who inherits and ends up being donated to a Pioneer Women’s room after a moths scare and a rummage sale. Miss Cynthia contemplates the quilt’s fate as it moves from attic to public display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randfather Streeter
Grandmother Streeter
China
Mrs. Elder
Drusilla
Rosetta Powell
Rosetta
Grandmother
Grandmother Streeters
Enoch Streeter
Cynthia
Cynthia Streeter
Sibilla
Jim Streeter
Jim
Bill
Miles Oyn
Lucy’ Streeter
Tom
Miss Cynthia
Gibilla
Sally
Stree
Fsbor
Sally Spate
Lucy
Den
Eli
Mrs. Jones
Bibilla
Mrs. James
Pioneer Women
No Stopping Place Warns Against Resting On Laurels
The piece urges young people to view achievement as ongoing effort not a final stop. It argues hard thinking and consistent work sustain a good reputation. one questionable act can undo years of integrity. It echoes Macaulay on pride in ancestors and lasting accomplishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geaple
Macaulay
Buckley’s Cough Remedy Promises Quick Relief
Buckley’s advertises a potent cough remedy that can be diluted with water without losing effectiveness. It claims rapid relief with few doses and positions itself as a safe, non syrupy option sold widely.
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Buckley’s
Buckley's
Parents Personal Service at Sick Kids Hospital
The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto began a Parents Personal Service with a graduate nurse and a stenographer to answer questions and provide news from home to parents. The service aims to comfort anxious families by offering direct updates on a child’s condition and daily life, highlighting the hospital as a place of healing and sympathy. Public donations are needed to cover the program beyond patient care costs.
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Hospital For
Toronto
Pioneer Hospital
Canada
Onser
Ontario
Herby
Thistletown
Selenium and Tellurium Recovery in Canada
Canadian industry reports selenium produced as a by product of copper refining at Copper Cliff in 1933 with 8600 pounds valued at 17200 dollars. Selenium improves chromium steel and is used as a glass decolorizer and in ruby glass, with rubber abrasion resistance gains. Tellurium discussed as a by product, not yet commercially recovered in Canada. used in silverware finishing dips and sold in cakes and powder. Forgiving without forgetting ends with proverb.
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Canada
Copper ‘Cliff
Ontario
Did You Ever Stop to Think
A magazine style reflection on the reach of newspapers as the nationwide channel for news and advertising. It argues the press informs readers about the NRA and other movements, acting as messenger for government programs, commerce, and social progress.
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the Free Press
Anne McQueen
Lucy Streeter
Cyntha
Lacy
Hospital For Sick Children
Edson R. Waite
Shawnee, Oklahoma
E. D. Lambright
NRA
United States
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