Mount Vernon Furnishings At Paris Exhibition Unearthed
Paris reports that George Washington, not Martha, planned the interior of Mount Vernon as shown at the French Colonial Exposition. Miss Frances Wolfe says Britain supplied most furnishings while Detroit provided mantle pieces and electric lamps. New York furnished fabrics.
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George Washington
Martha
America
Mount Vernon
Frances Wolfe
Bois de Vincennes
England
George
Miss Wolfe
Grand Rapids
Detroit
New York
Wolfe
Mount Vernon Furniture Sourced by George Washington
In discussions about Mount Vernon the speaker notes that while Martha spoke on origins, George Washington ordered and arranged most of the furniture arriving from England. Research through old records shows he led much of the furnishing process.
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Martha
Mount Vernon
George
England
Series of accidents marweds wedding day in Waterboro
In Waterboro Maine on April 20 Mr and Mrs Mark T Johnson started their married life with a string of accidents. After the ceremony the bride tripped and both she and Mrs Richard Carpenter fell down stairs and Carpenter broke her wrist. The lamp the bride carried then toppled onto a rug causing a fire. Bailey fell on the lamp and cut his wrist while Peters burned his hands on the rug.
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Waterboro
O.R
Mark T. Johnson
Richard Carpenter
Seed tests to set record at Wisconsin seed lab
More than 1500 seed tests are expected to set a new record at the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture seed laboratory in Madison.
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Madison
Wis
University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture
Methodists Exhibit San Jacinto Class Records as Model Books
Rev. Leo Rippy, head of adult work in Southern Methodism, asked to display San Jacinto Church class records as model books for conference use. The district meeting at Pampa featured the books on evangelism and publicity praised as exemplars, with speakers McDowell Hill and others discussing Bible study and adult Christian education programs.
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Leo Rippy
Southern Methodism
San Jacinto
Rippy
Rev
F. Hicks
Southern Methodist Unversity
J. W. Watson
Lubbock
Conference
J. R. McDowell
Marion Hill
Wesley
Amarillo
Ohio Trappers Net Over Sixty Five Thousand
Ottawa trappers earned more than $65,000 in Ottawa County port Clinton area proceeds. Details indicate robust trading and strong market activity boosting local incomes and freshwater fishing related commerce. Local officials reported the successful harvest and distribution of proceeds among participants.
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Ohio
Port Clinton
Ottawa
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