Dover Day Exhibit Opens in Historic Dover May 1 1948
Dover Colonial Homes And Gardens opens Saturday May 1 1948 from eleven to five featuring furniture silver china glass and miniatures. Dover Hall of Records will display state documents and many historic sites around The Green including Christ Church and Belmont Hall linked to Penn era history.
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Dover
Delaware
Hall of Records
William Penn
Court House
State House
America
Union
County Court House
King George Tavern
Thomas Parke
French Battell
Parke
Ridgely
Charles Ridgely
James Sykes
James M. Satterfield
N. Maxson Terry
Joshua Fishers
Richard Bassett
Caesar Rodney
Bank Lane
Green
Miller
William K. Paton
Town
King’s Highway
Woodburn
Charles Hillyard
Frank Sullivan Hall
Pearman
Henry Pearman
Thomas Collins
United States
Speakman
Cummins E. Speakman
King’s Road
State Street
Penn
Church of England
Lecme
Christ Church
Society For the Propagation of the Gospel
London
John Dickinson
Penman
Dover Garden Club
Women See Rising Numbers in Public Office Stateswide
A Women’s National Institute study from over 30 states shows women gaining in public offices across social welfare health education and labor. California Connecticut Illinois Oregon New Jersey and New York led with bold increases while laws expand equal pay jury access and property rights. New York now employs women in every state department and a woman deputy commissioner heads the commerce department. California reports 80 women appointed to public posts in three years.
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Women’s National Institute
The
Civil Service Assembly
California
Connecticut
Illinois
Oregon
New Jersey
New York
New
Corn credited with saving colonists from starvation
The article traces corn from Indian maize to its pivotal role in American history. It credits Capt John Smith with urging colonists to plant corn to avert starvation in Virginia, then notes diverse scientists and sectors improving corn production. It highlights corn's economic dominance, noting 1946 values surpassed coal and oil.
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Virginia
John Smith
America
Pennycress seeds eyed for valuable oil source
The Department of Agriculture notes pennycress a European weed grown in the midwest and west could yield about a third of its weight in oil. The meal has high protein, potentially surpassing undecorticated cottonseed meal. Pennycress oil may resemble rape and mustard oils used in lubricants and some foods, with edible refinement possible.
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Middlewestern
Department of Agriculture
Fire losses soar to 700 million in 1949 records
The 1949 direct fire toll reaches 700 million dollars, up 23 percent from 1946. If 1947 losses were divided among 60 million workers, each would pay 11.60. Fire protection costs about 3.69 per person, totaling 14.76 per four-person family. Combined direct costs total 26.42 per family. Indirect costs, including business losses and medical expenses, are estimated at two to three times the direct loss.
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U. S
America
United States
New Uses for Corn Promise Broad Future Prospects
Industrial uses for corn and by products expand beyond grain. Stalks and leaves serve silage packing materials and paper boards while cobs yield furfural for syntheses and selective solvent in refining. Additional roles include metal burnishing sweeping compounds and lightweight ceramics. The comparison to starch positions corn for a bright future.
Circuit Court Meets for April Term
The April term of the circuit court reviewed unemployment abuse and urged more public and employer cooperation to curb it. The Grand Jury praised the new rest rooms in the Grand Jury Room and thanked State’s Attorney James A Wise for efficient case presentations.
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Floyd J. Kintner
Second Judicial Circuit of
Maryland
Calvin D. Lynch
Caroline County
Grand Jury
James A. Wise
Gems of Thought Persecution Fear of Tyrants Cast by Love
The saying notes that persecution stems from tyrants fear and that love can expel it. It urges steadfastness in love and good works, reflecting a moral maxim attributed to Mary Gaker Eddy.
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Mary Gaker Eddy
Also Mentioned on This Page
W. Johnson Bonner
Jesse W. Porter
Andrews
Idan. Unger
Louise L. Arnie Hilda L. Wilkinson
County Farm Committee
Harvey Harris
Houme
D. Ralph Horsey
Petit Jucors
Clifford Hughes
Wright E. Robinson
William J. Murphy
A. Irvin Brumbaugh
J. Leonard Hutchins
Linwood O. Jarrell
Bessie B. Small
Oron F. Smith
M. Ethel Stevens
E. Landon Walston
H. Leon Cox
Howard M. Harris
William N. Pusey
Everett Muttle
Reuben D. Segars
Henry Kern
Myra Parker Kline
N. J. Cade
Helen M. Dixon
Rose Lynch Gaitley
Ross Simons
Walter T. Boyerngam
Alvin H. Meredith
William W. Prattis
Bessie Fountain Doerr
Circuit Court
P. B
Earl M.crouse
C. Jerome Brown
Elmer T. Orme
A. Fletcher Sisk
Earl Bennett
Democratic State Central Committee
George W. Clendaniel
Paul A. Croll
Max Chambers
Beverly L. Goldsborough
William Finn
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