Dear Abby Letters on Death Notices and Family Realities
A collection of Dear Abby exchanges discusses notifying friends when someone dies, privacy of address books, and reactions to marriage with children. A Florida couple defends their family happiness, while a 35-year-old bachelor critiques relationships with mothers of teens, noting built-in challenges.
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Abby
ST. Augustine
Fla
Saint
Midwest
Cairo Civil War Gunboat Faces Dwindling Funds For Restoration
The Cairo, the last Union ironclad raised from the Yazoo River, sits at Litton Ingalls Shipyard in Pascagoula kept alive by $3,000 monthly water spray. Mississippi may withdraw support as restoration costs rise to 2.5 million dollars. the National Park Service has placed the vessel in a low priority category and funding remains uncertain.
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Pascagoula
Miss
Mississippi
Cairo
Vicksburg
Yazoo River
Litton- Ingalls
Gulf Coast
Mid-State
Agricultural and Industrial Board
National Park Service
The
Park Service
Union
Interior Navy
George R. Yost
Ironclad Cairo Raised. artifacts recovered at Vicksburg
Historian Edwin Bearss and colleagues found the Civil War ironclad Cairo after a long search. Raised in 1964, the vessel yielded over 4,000 artifacts including pistols uniforms and a glass negative showing a woman and child. The items are protected, displayed at the battlefield museum in Vicksburg.
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Cairo
Battlefield Museum
Vicksburg
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