Miss Ederle Reminisces On Channel Feat And Struggles
Gertrude Ederle, famed as the first woman to swim the English Channel, reflects on her triumphs and years of nerve spasms after a disabling fall. A recent face injury from a heater explosion left part of her hair burned, yet she remains buoyant and teases a return to public life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Gertrude Ederle
Sne
Faleson
Heaton
Fai
New York City
Miss Ederle
Tee
The Amazing Diary of Miss Ederle and the Channel
A jumble of memories recounting Miss Ederle’s 1926 Channel swim and its impact. Her deafness began after touring and swimming bouts, yet she earned fame, endorsements, and a ticker tape parade. The piece blends recipes and personal narrative with historic feats and later life teaching swimming.
Streamliner or UTE care and wartime floor tips mix
The fragment mentions applying mouldings with flat paint and a light coat of floor wax to keep mouldings clean during floor mopping in wartime. It also references a Hollywood TV movie about Gertrude Keerie and notes a public interest in her whereabouts with a defiant quote about being forgotten.
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Hollywood
Ates
Gertrude Keerie
Life Store
Woman Discovers Suede Cleaning Breakthrough
Mrs. Lehmann, a former leather worker in Cedar Rapids, developed a new suede cleaning method after years of study with tanners and chemists. Her process, kept as a company secret, cleans and re-dyes suede items and now serves many manufacturers who send leathers or buy special sponges for home use.
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Merjuene Lein
Lehmann
Elger
Leethererett
Touthers
Adv Ff
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Phyliss Battelle
Ederlon
Iself
Baltelle
Evia
Idivantase
Naomi Doebrl
Bexington School For the Deaf
Eisenhower
Aliss Ederle
Broadway
Gay Pauley
EW York
Koert
Eid
Lehman Ater
Egypt
Reives
Cedar Rapids
Aatonal
Steretares Wey Aol
Tisesavangsfondss
Carl E. Myrmo
Cédar Rapids
Slimline
Dows Bldg
K-Pig
Philco
Philco Refrigerator
Seatone
Shoreline Sportswear
Whitey Blag
Sportswear
Martin's
Phincs &S
Griggs & Stratten
EMC
Alia Ata
Cenis
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