Jefferson Memorial funds and Monticello relics highlighted
An article details the Jefferson Memorial commission and Monticello restoration, listing donated Jefferson relics, chairs, a writing desk, and a painting. It notes gifts from Mrs. Victor Kauffman and Miss Fanny Burke, plus a Virginia flag and a rare unpublished Jefferson letter to Columbia Library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander B. Randall
Waterbury
Conn
Burton
H.R. ‘Randall
Jefferson
George Wythe
Virginia
America
France
Monticello
Jane Randolph Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson
Hii
Little Derk
Fanny M. Burke
Alexandria
Victor Kauffman
The
Washington Star
Rose Gouverneur Hoes
Washington
Jefferson Committee
James Monroe
Martin W. Littleton
New York City
Jefferson House
High Street
Philadelphia
Mise
Caroline Sinkler
Agnes Morison
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia
U University
Italy
Messrs. de Bures Freres
Rue Serpente
Paris
Conjuror Tales Highlight Farm Bill Fame at State Ag Conference
In Saint Paul, Gilbert N. Haugen of MecNory-Haugen farm bill fame spoke at an agricultural conference. The tale contrasts real policy figures with city tricksters, recalling how local merchants like Mr. Sands allegedly manipulate butter pricing with different but identical tubs to draw customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gilbert N. Haugen
MecNory-Haugen
Mehcon
Rt. Paul
Ilke
Willie
Wille
One at the Door Scare Crashes San Francisco Home
Mrs Maude Scofield of San Francisco recalls a strange intruder at her door a massive steam roller barreled down a hill smashing the front and splintering a partition as it failed to find the door open the host kept safe, a startling reminder that home was once a safe haven before heavy machines roamed streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Scofield
San Francisco
Scofield
Sea Monster Panic at Toulon Beach Turned Torpedo
Bathers at Toulon, France, were thrown into a panic when what looked like a sea monster emerged from the waves. The creature proved to be a torpedo launched during submarine target practice in the outer harbor, injuring two bathers as they scrambled to reach shore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toulon
France
Not Acknowledged Payment Sparks Street Fare Dispute
A motorist offers only five dollars while promising more later to a man who resists being paid on an installment plan. The exchange shows rising tension as the victim questions the fairness of the arrangement and the driver asserts limits.
Turkish Prisons Require Literacy Before Release
Inmates must learn to read and write as a condition for parole. Officials state all prisoners will stay until they demonstrate basic alphabet knowledge, reflecting strict literacy requirements in Turkish detention facilities.
Paradise nut tale and missing grandfather clue
A colonial era note describes the paradise nut from South America, noting its round pod seed and a legend about gas expelling a cap and attracting monkeys. It also recounts a boy, William Blodgett, 10, offering a reward for clues to his missing grandfather and a downtown shop window notice about paintings restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
South America
William Blodgett
Portrait of Blodgett Ancestor Lost in Move
A Blodgett family portrait, belonging to an ancestor, disappeared during relocation. Despite searching both the old home and the new, no trace was found. The case remains unresolved as efforts continue to locate the missing artwork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blodgett
Mystery Masked Robbers Hit Rumpus Ridge House
Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge recalls a night assault by a masked group, a board slipped, escape planned, and dawn discovery of seven attackers with the rest remaining. The tale appears in the Whansaa City Star.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gap Johnson
Whansaa City Star
On the Road to Health with Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription
Mrs Hoshaw of Fort Wayne credits Dr Pierce’s Favorite Prescription with restoring her health after severe weakness nervous exhaustion and insomnia. She reports improved sleep reduced pain and renewed energy after four bottles and urges others to try the treatment available in tablets or liquid from dealers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Ind
Dr. Pierce
Lazell St
No Solution in the Louisville Courier Journal
The Louisville Courier Journal notes a series of home decoration mishaps and outdated remedies, joking that baths invite phone calls and that plans to use the bathroom to avoid interruptions backfire as television looms as a new threat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville Courier-Journal
Kitchen Tyranny and a Cooks Rule of Guests
A Boston Transcript item notes Mrs A-Two in company and Mrs B saying their cook forbids inviting more than a small number. It implies a shift in a woman's life as the text observes the woman who has ceased to weep is no longer young.
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Congress
Thomas Jefferson Centennial Commission
Institute of Public Affairs
University of Virginia
Charlottesville
Jefferson
Monticello
Washington
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation
Thomas Jefferson
United States
Lincoln
Mount Vernon
Springfield
Coolidge
Dawes
Nicholas L.ongworth
House
George P. McLean
Connecticut
Joseph T. Robinson
Arkansas
Simeon D. Fess
Ohio
Royal 8. Copeland
New York
Finis J. Garrett
Tennessee
John Q. Til Gon
Walton Moore
Virginia
Robert L. Bacon
Edwin A. Aldema
Claude G. Bowers
Anthony Wayne Cook
Henry Ford
Stuart G. Gibbony
Thomas F. Styan
Felix M. Warburg
Montiello Tg
Boston Transcript
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John Vaughan
Dellara
Germany
Dionin
Ceansis Historia Romana
Sturts
Lelps
Tiscous Presse
Jane Randolph Harrison Randall
Monsra
de Bure Freres
Doctor Butler
John Dri Lloyd
Lloyd Library
Cincinnati
Paria
F. Andre Michaux
Ndith Wycoff
M. Michaux
Esgport
Atlantia
MM. Tenelet
England
TH. Jefferson
Atonticel
Rapt
Sillimans
Wells Ih Richards Co. Inc
Barlington, Vermont
Ida Bailey Allen
Corn Products Refining CO
Illinois Street
Chicago, Ill
Popular Science Monthly
NY —Natorzs
Ike Night Reno
Winslow
Parcotica
Safaand
ArAll
Bragai
Ine
Walann
Auuulisdance
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Ja Nttol Og
Whoover
Beck
Ed. A. Vandivier
Carter
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