Quebec Cities Marked by Fathered American History
American visitors traveling through highways to Montreal and Quebec will encounter plaques at town entrances explaining a historical link to the United States. The narrative describes towns on major routes through Maine New Hampshire Vermont New York and the Midwest where such markers greet travelers.
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Quebec
Montreal
Maine
New Hampshire
Vermont
New York
Middle West
Olet
Qut
Utah
Ogden
Peter Skene
Canada
Hudson’s Bay Company
Great West
Quebec markers honor native sons in American cities
Quebec has erected commemorative plaques in over twenty cities and towns to honor native sons who flourished in the United States. Notable figures include La Salle, Marquette, Joliet, Nicolet, Menard, Cadillac, and Dubuque, with plaques marking their birthplaces and early exploits from Montreal and Quebec to Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and beyond.
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Quebec
Union
United States
New York
California
Minnesota
Louisiana
Cavelier de la Salle
Niagara
N. Y
Joliet
Ill
Memphis
Tenn
Samuel de Champlain
Father Marquette
Louis Joliet
Montreal
Mississippi Valley
Pierre le Moyne
Sieur D’iberville
Mobile
Ala
Jean Baptiste le Moyne
Sieur Bienville
New Orleans
Biloxi
Miss
Bienville
Jacques Perrier
Green Bay
Wis
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
France
Detroit
Mich
Cadillac
Texas
Lone Star Republic
Galveston
Milwaukee
Superior
Ogdensburg
Sault Ste. Marie
Dubuque
Iowa
St. Paul
St. Michel
Noel le Vasseur
Rocheblave
Illinois
John’ Jacob Astor
Bourbonnais, Ll
Francois Bourbonnais
Beauharnais
le Vasseur
William Penn
L’asumption
Shere
Salomon Juneau
Stunning Barbara Bell Summer Frock Pattern No 1889 B
Silk and novelty fabrics inspire a chic frock with wider shoulders and a panel to hem. Unusual bodice lines kick pleats and a turn down collar offer versatile styling. Sizes 14 to 42 priced by fabric yardage. send 15 cents for pattern and 100 pattern book.
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Barbara Bell
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Adams St
Chicago
Ill
Bell Syndicate
WNU
King Kong Statue Described as Miniature Prop
The article explains King Kong was a 20 inch miniature with a steel skeleton that allowed jointed movement. Its mouth opened and closed eyes blinked and rubber flesh was covered with rabbits fur for realism.
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King Kong
Watch Your Manners And Society Decay Warned
Opinion notes debate politeness slipping and crime punishment, urging restraint and reform. The piece claims people must be thoroughly exasperated before punishing crime and reflects on public figures and authority, warning against unrest and arrogance.
Secret of giving wit and grace quoted from Corneille
The excerpt discusses affable giving as a skill requiring tact to avoid burdening recipients. It contrasts lavish gifts given without obligation with insincere presents meant to conceal intent and notes a generous fool who pretends to give alms to a mistress.
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Corneille
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Elmo Scott Watson
Jean Nicolet
Lake Michigan
Michigan
Wisconsin
John McLoughlin
Fort Vancouver
Columbia
Oregon
Riviere-du-Loup
Fort Michilimackinac
Mackinac Island
Bouagnat
Mount Desert
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Mme. Gregoire
Mount Desert Island
Daniel Greysolon du Lhut
Coureurs du Bois
Upper
Mississippi
Duluth
Minn
la Verendrye
Wyoming
Big Horn Mountains
Trois- Riviere
Three Rivers
Nicolas Perrot
Becancour
Contrecoeur
Captain Contrecoeur
Pittsburgh
Fort Duquesne
Braddock
Beau, Foont
Vincennes
St. Antoine
Richelieu
Pierre Menard
Francisco Vigo
George Rogers Clark
Vigo
Carlisle
George Washington
Menard
Kaskaskia
St. Pierre-les-Becquets
Great River
Julien
Ican Fur Company
St. Pierre de Montagny
Norbert Blanchet
St. Henri-de-Lauzon
Louis Blanchette
St. Charles
Ste. Anne-des- Plaines
Prudent Beaudry
Los Angeles
Calif
Louiseville
Benjamin Gervais
Maskinonge
Francois Xavier Aubry
Aubry
Santa Fe
N.M
Independence
Aubry City
Ariz
Colo
Sieur D’ Iberville
Salomon
Juneau
Quaker State
Quaker State Oil Refining Co
Oil City
Eta
Cee
Cutiticura
Malden
Mass
UMMER
Ash
Bires
Oo Ita Ua
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