Public opening on Jekyll Island cottages and chapel
The Jekyll Island Club House and Faith Chapel once used by the famed one hundred millionaires remain intact as the resort opens to the public. Fifteen cottages and four major buildings are on show, with the Jekyll Island Authority now managing access.
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UPI
Cleveland Amory
Golden Isles
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Jekyll Island Club House
Faith Chapel
Jekyll Island
William Rockefeller
Jekyll Island once the Millionaires Village of the Edwardian Era
Travel a eto plans to turn Jekyll Island into a Williamsburg style Edwardian era beacon. The island’s club era ended after fires, demolitions and a 1942 evacuation following a torpedo strike. Notable owners and guests included Morgan Astor Pulitzer and Rockefeller. The state bought the island in 1947 for 650000 and now promotes motels camps and a large convention center.
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Best Fall Foliage Trips Across the United States
The American Automobile Association notes that fall color peaks at different times across regions, with mid October often the height in many areas. Warm summers delay color while early frosts speed it, and travelers should watch weather and calendars for optimal viewing.
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For Better Health Sarcoidosis
Readers learn that sarcoidosis is a global, multi organ disease marked by scar like granulomas and varied symptoms. Causes debated between environmental exposure and a tuberculosis like bacterium. diagnosis often uses the Kveim test. Treatment relies on steroids with limited success.
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United States
Senior Citizens Heritage Days planned at Villa Louis
Two day event September 12 and 13 at Villa Louis Prairie du Chien Wisconsin features contests with cash prizes craft demonstrations and exhibits. free admission for seniors. Activities include corn shelling crosscut sawing spike driving horseshoe pitching rosemaling spinning weaving candle making quilting plus antique clothing hats quilts and handwork displays. Brisbois house near the river will open for visits this year.
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Villa Louis
Don Munson
State Historical Society
Villa Lawn
Bank of the Mississippi
Astor Fur Warehouse
Brisbois House
Wisconsin Territory
Small Fry Has Grown Up
Rosalie Marie Allison, born two months premature and weighing 2 pounds 14 ounces, is now just over a year old at 15 pounds 12% ounces. The first child of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Allison, she faced respiratory and other medical problems in an incubator for two months. The charge of several thousand dollars was offset by $380 in donations and half the $7,000 hospital bill covered by the Idaho Department of Health and Welfare, with the Allisons paying $10 monthly for the balance and $5 for the doctor.
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Lewiston, Idaho
Rosalie Marie Allison
Robert Allison
Rosalie
Allisons
Idaho Department of Health
Allison
Tour of Galena Historic Homes Planned for Sept 27 28
Twenty six years after the Guild of the First Presbyterian church began the event five Galena houses will be opened to visitors on September 27 and 28 from 9 am to 5 pm. The list includes the Aratus Kent House Cornish Miner's House Norris House Belvedere and a pre Civil War General Grant home. Guides point to early American architecture and period furnishings.
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Galena
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Northwest Territory
Aratus Kent
North High Street
Rockford College
Beloit College
Kent
Division Street
Horatio Newhall
Norris
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Barney Norris
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Alexander Hamilton
Col
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Belvedere
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J. Russel Jones
U.S. Grant
South High Street
Julia Dent Grant
Dents
St. Louis
Test Tube Corn Aims To Grow Better Varieties
Four Cornell scientists work to create new corn varieties by combining plant cells in a test tube. They aim to transfer genes and breed corn in the laboratory to develop multiple insect and disease resistances under controlled conditions. The Rockefeller Foundation funds total $235,000 for the project.
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Cornell University
Rockefeller Foundation
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