Boy Scout Seat Etiquette on Washington Bus
A Boy Scout on a crowded Washington bus gives up his seat to a lady, explaining his promise to his scoutmaster to offer seats to women or children when none are available. The incident inspires all aboard, ending with eight men still standing as all women and girls are seated.
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Washington Rapid Transit Company
Sixteenth Street
Pennsylvania Avenue
Thirteenth Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Scout Harry Tompkins Earns 15 Merit Badges in Honor Case
Rochester NY report details Scout Harry Tompkins of Roosevelt Troop who earned 15 merit badges during a troop advancement drive last spring. The Court of Honor chairman cross examined him on badges including electricity and automobile, with Tompkins answering by citing work on his father’s house and a design for a vehicle. The chairman concluded with a verdict: you win. Next.
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Court of Honor Records
Rochester
Harry Tompkins
Roosevelt
Court of Honor
Tompkins
Pass Book Notice from Industrial Trust Co Bristol
Pass Book No 17589 issued by Industrial Trust Co Bristol in Participation Department. Return to bank. Payment has been stopped and application made for issue of duplicate book in the manner provided by law.
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The
Industrial Trust Co
Bristol
One Great Good Turn by Scout Rudolph Steinfeld saves mother
Scout Rudolph Steinfeld of Troop 4% Hoboken New Jersey used his training to save his mother from a gas stove fire. He removed his coat and wrapped it around her flaming dress, quelling the blaze and treating her burns.
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Rudolph Steinfeld
Hoboken
N. J
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