Hughenden Manor Opens as Public Museum
Hughenden Manor, once home of Benjamin Disraeli the Earl of Beaconsfield and prime minister during Queen Victoria’s era, is now opened to the public as a museum. The historic house invites visitors to explore the rooms, gardens, and period furnishings associated with Disraeli’s life and 19th century politics.
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Hughenden Manor
Bonjamin Disraeli
Earl of
Beacons Sc
Britain
Victoria
Rose Thorpe Dies in San Diego Poetess of The Curfew Must Nothing Tonight
Rose Hartwick Thorpe, renowned poetess of The Curfew Must Nothing Tonight, died in San Diego Calif on July 21 shortly after her 89th birthday from a heart attack. The internationally famous poem earned a modest annual subscript payment.
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San Diego
Calif
Rose
Hartwick Thorpe
Thorpe
Poem Inspires Global Ballad Rush in Detroit News
An English magazine piece recounts Mrs. The orpa’s inspiration for a poem titled Love Loyalty. She reportedly wrote it one evening while supposed to be doing school arithmetic. Although never visiting England, she depicted scenes that resonated with ballad lovers worldwide as the poem circulated in major languages a decade later.
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Peterson
England
Source Of Influenza Epidemics Linked To Hogs And Earthworms
Chicago reports that Science may near a breakthrough in tracing the origin of influenza epidemics. Dr. R. E Shope of Rockefeller Institute presents observations suggesting hogs and earthworms could seed future outbreaks. The Journal cautions about rewriting medical texts if confirmed.
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Rockefeller
Chicago
American Medical ‘Association
Association
R. E Shope
Rockefeller Institute
Shope
Poet Rose Hartwick Thorpe Poised Between Fame and Poverty
Acclaimed in schools and oratorical societies, the author lived in direct poverty. Her works include Fred's Dark Days and The Yule Log, with titles such as The Fenton Family Station Agent's Story Nina Bruce Temperance Poems Ringing Ballads and Poetical Works of Rose Hartwick Thorpe. From California (1914) among her latest volumes.
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Fred
Yule Log
Fenton
Nina — Bruce
Temperance
Rose Hartwick Thorpe
California
Kidnaping Former Wife Suspect Pleads Innocent in Mass
James J. Kehoe, 24, a former convict, pleaded innocent in Northampton district court to kidnapping his divorced wife and was held on 11200 bail for a July 28 hearing. He also faced charges of armed robbery, larceny, and carrying a dangerous weapon and was committed to Hampshire County jail. The alleged abductor was arrested in a tourist cabin 20 miles from the kidnaping scene. Mrs. Bernice Beckwith, 27, who divorced Kehoe six years earlier, accompanied police and appeared unharmed. Cyril Beckwith, her current husband, attacked Kehoe at state police barracks until restrained.
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Northampton
Mass
James J. Kehoe
Kehoe
Hampshire County
Bernice Beckwith
Cyril Beckwith
Beckwith
George J
Sapiro Relates Bridges Boast At Deportation Hearing
In San Francisco on July 20, defense lawyers pressed a renewed attack on Aaron Sapiro, a government witness, who testified that Harry Bridges boasted of running the communist party. Sapiro quoted Earl Browder describing Bridges as one of the hardest to handle and said Bridges provided jobs for communists to support half the party on the Pacific Coast. The testimony tied Bridges to leadership of the longshoremen and to maritime affairs on the Pacific Coast amid sailors union differences.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Aaron Sapiro
Bridges
Communist Party
Sapiro
Department of Labor
Earl Browder
United States
Browder
Los Angeles
Pacific Coast
Fey Maade
Pacific
Dickinson Recalls Prompted Drinking Debate by Prominent Lady
In Lansing on July 20 Gov Loren D Dickinson tied a rumored liquor formula to a New York high life party and a statement attributed to a prominent lady of our nation, later identifying the wife of the President. He cited a radio address and claimed many who drank were not intoxicated, suggesting the formula advised women to drink in moderation.
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Dickinson
Roosevelt
Lansing
Mich
Loren‘d
New York
Eleanor Rosevelt
National Conference of Governors
Northampton man cites Bernier remark amid abduction claim
A Northampton resident recounts remarks by Bernier as police pursue a case involving Mrs. Beckwith, whose alleged abductor remains at large. Investigators declined to release further details while urging witnesses to come forward.
Flight of three men ends with escape after abduction
A fragment describes Thé, a woman, her husband, and Leroy Langdon at a plumbing shop where Langdon worked. They took $9 from the men and forced the group into his car. The trio was driven to an isolated spot and Beck managed to escape. Bernier is mentioned in connection to the escape.
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Leroy Langdon
X ‘Plumbing-Shop
Landon
Beckwith
Bernier
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