Roofs and Garish Days Through Time and Memory
A reflective essay traces roof designs from hip to lean to flat, noting materials and a contractor’s failure with a pancake flat roof. It moves to poetry on moonlit roofs, smoke from chimneys, and family memories, then muses on the word garish through John Henry Newman, youth, and a scarred life tale from a nameless city resident.
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Webster
John Henry Newman
Church of England
Roman Catholi
Seventh grade teacher reminder to enjoy life wisely
A voice from a former seventh grade teacher offers guidance to young readers. He emphasizes living life fully and healthily while warning against garishness that promises joy but delivers grief and pain.
Thanksgiving Proclamations Illuminate American History Pageant
From Washington to Roosevelt, proclamations trace U S growth from 13 colonies to a world power. The article notes gaps, wars, and shifts in date practice while highlighting key sentiments and presidents shaping Thanksgiving during crises and prosperity.
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Samuel A. Tower
Washington
Monroe
Lincoln
Europe
John Adams
England
Germany
Bay Street School Fifth and Sixth Graders Donate New Flag
Five Bay Street School students from fifth and sixth grades presented a new school flag yesterday. Principal Mrs. R. F. L. J. Johnson said the gift surprised the faculty. Messrs Bill McGuinn Hayward Wash iburn Clark Albert Addickes and Max Thurman spoke as the presenters.
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Bay Street School
R. FL J. Johnson
Bill McGuinn
Hayward Washiburn
Clark
Albert Addickes
Max Thurman
Virginia Tuberculosis Death Rates 1939 and 1938
Virginia recorded a tuberculosis death rate of 59.0 per 100000 population in 1939, down from 66.2 in 1938, illustrating a decline in mortality between the two years.
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Virginia
Thanksgiving Proclaimed Solemn Day of Prayer in 1942
President Franklin D. Roosevelt declares 1942 Thanksgiving a day of solemnity and prayer rather than exultation. The proclamation signals a turning point in the war effort as the nation seeks spiritual reflection amid the world conflict.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
United States
Two Local Sailors to Receive Short Navy Furloughs
Harvey H. Stout aged 30 of 2322 Edgewood Avenue and Florold Odell Cecil aged 24 of 903 E Lexington Avenue will be home for a short leave around December 2 after completing basic training at the Naval Training Station in Great Lakes Illinois. They enlisted in the Navy about five weeks ago.
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Harvey H. Stout
Edgewood Avenue
Florold Odell Cecil
E. Lexington Avenue
Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Navy
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Hitler
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