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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 25, 1932

Page

5

Nebraskans form whisker club to mock hard times

In Norfolk Nebraska a beard club grows across northeastern towns. Three thousand men wear mustaches while ten thousand friends cheer. The harvest festival funds will be raised by the whisker parade and fines for gossip, laughter, or noncompliance.

Ray the Beard Raisers

Arizona cattle queen Isabella Greenway hosts F D Roosevelt visit

Ex society girl Isabella Greenway of Williams Arizona widow of World War hero John C Greenway and mother of three governs 130000 acre ranch near Williams and chairs Arizona Democrats She met Franklin D Roosevelt through friendship with his wife Eleanor and was touted as a potential vice presidential candidate Greenway funds a veterans furniture factory and hosts a spring track meet in her memory while maintaining multiple homes and a private plane

Washington Arizona Roosevelt Chicago Greenway Theodore Roosevelt Isabella Selmes Longworth John C. Greenway Rough Riders Teddy San Juan Hill Franklin D. Roosevelts Isabella Greenway New York Ajo Ariz France Gutzom Borglum Virginia George Washington Phoenix General Greenway Tucson New Mexico Santa Barbara Calif Williams Williama Robert Ferguson Martha Ferguson Jack Greenway

G. A. R. Sees Farewell Lincoln Visit in Springfield

In Springfield Illinois on September 18 to 23 the Grand Army of the Republic held its encampment with veterans paying tribute at Lincoln's tomb Oak Ridge Cemetery. Commander-in-Chief Samuel P Town and Governor Louis L Emmerson spoke as Major Benjamin F Stephenson's resting place was honored followed by a ceremony.

Springfield Ill Grand Army of the Republic Abraham Lincoln Lincoln Oak Ridge Samuel P. Town Philadelphia Louis L. Emmerson Illnois Benjamin F. Stephenson Stephenson Mth Iilinois Infantry G A. R Decatur Til Indianapolis

Lighthouse Keeper's Daughter Weds at Sea Side Station

Myrtle Gould Whitford, daughter of Charles Whitford the Lighthouse keeper at Cabin Point beacon in Narragansett Bay, marries George Corbishley of Riverside. The wedding in the Whitford home features a light house cake, balcony breakfast, and ships signaling as the couple depart by launch.

Whitford Sabia Point Hiverside George Corbishley Charles Whitford Providence A. 1 Myrtle Gould Whitford Corbishiey Riverside Myrtle Cabin Point Upper Narragansett Bay George Corbishley Whitford’ House Atorm Gale Miniater

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