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25 Dec 1988
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Cedar Rapids Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1988
Page
1
Waukon man recalls orphan train era memories
Eadie Gilbert, 86, a Waukon farmer, recalls childhood joining the orphan train system from New York City and being raised by Dan Kelly and Nettie Kelly in Iowa. He remembers both hardship and care, noting a family estate left after Kelly’s death in 1937. Walter, his brother, later returned to New York and died there.
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Eadie
Walter
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Children’s Aid Society
East Coast
Midwest
Helen Steinman
CAS
Eadier
Dan Kelly
Nettie
Gilbert
Kelly
Lou Gehrig
Gilbert Eadie
Gladys
Today’s Chuckle Exchange Day Insight
Today’s line notes a playful paradox about trading what you need for what you want expressing a humorous swap. The brief hints at everyday wishful thinking and the quirks of desire in a lighthearted tone.
Bush names Elizabeth Dole as labor secretary
President-elect George Bush picks Elizabeth Dole to head the labor department saying she has the experience and stature to tackle workforce changes. Dole, 52, widow of Bob Dole ally, would be first woman in a full Cabinet post in the new administration.
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Elizabeth Dole
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Carla Hills
U.S
Reverie of a Christmas Morning in Miles Iowa
Grandfather John R. Adney recalls a bygone Christmas in Miles Iowa with family trips to the farm, a morning of stockings and cedar tree memories, and a church gathering of bobsleds and carol singing. The vignette blends recollection and fiction as he reflects on holiday rituals from years past.
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John R. Adney
Miles
Iowa
Chauncey Jerome
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