Hymn of Freedom Lifts Finnish Singer to Fame in Chicago
In 1940 Vanesville crowd witnesses Bella Taine, a Finnish soprano, sing the “Hymn to Freedom” as Finland fights Russia. Ellis Duryea frets over funds while Taine plans aid for Finland, and a letter from Jean Paanenen hints at a reunions.
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Vanesville
N. C
Bella Taine
Jean Paanenen
Jean Sibelius
Karelian
Terijoki
Chicago
Ellis Duryea
Brunnhilde
Middle West
Italy
Germany
North
Valhalla
Denmark
Norway
Holland
Belgium
France
Flanders
Finlander musician renounces music after war and exile
Bella Taine visits Jean Paanenen at his New Jersey cottage and finds him changed. He speaks of wounds from Saarela and a belief that freedom is vanishing, then insists music no longer has a place in his life while she vows to nurse him back to health.
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Lake Talahokie
America
Saarela
Finland
OGPU
United States
Russia
Jean
Jean Paanenen
Hotel
Finlandia
Ramapo Mountains
Bella Taine
Bella
Terljoki
Catlin’s Montana Visit and Indian Portraits Shaped History
The article recalls George Catlin’s eight years among North American tribes, his Montana summers in 1832, and his sketches of Indians before civilization altered their way of life. It notes his later influence, friendships with Webster, Clay, and Seward, and his Smithsonian collection preserving a vanished frontier.
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Montana
George Catlin
North America
Catlin
Fort Yellowstone
Missouri
Forty Fort
Frances Slocum
Logansport
Ind
Mayne Reid
Chicago
Webster Catlin
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
William H. Seward
West
James Kipp
Joe Kipp
Browning
American Fur Co
Fort Union
Yellowstone
St. Louis
Yellowstone River
Assinniboines
Sea Lions Face Carping Crisis in California Lakes
Runaway carp ravaged lakes in northern California prompting the state fish and game division to place 10 sea lions to feed on the carp. When the sea lions cleared the carp too quickly muskellunge from the Great Lakes were imported to assist, only to be eaten by the sea lions, creating a circular food chain twist.
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California
California Division of Fish and Game
Great Lakes
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United
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New Jersey
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Virginia Dwyer
Columbia Network
Joyce Gordon
Amelia Earhart
Northwest Frontier
Wilkesbarre
Jersey City
N. J
Putnam Catlin
Polly Sutton
Penny
Blondie
Singleton
Dee Gee
Kentucky
Ah Venturkhur
Schenley Distilllers Corporation
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