113-Year-Old Hannah Davidson Returns Home for City Birthday
Paducah in Kentucky marks its 100th birth day as Hannah Davidson, born a slave in Ballard County, declares an Ohio pension affidavit cites March 4, 1843. She recalls Civil War escape, later work with neighbors, widow since 1918, quilting for seven children, and faith in God.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paducah, Ky
Hannah Davidson
Toledo
Ohio
Ballard County
Ohio State Old-Age Pension System
Harriman Attacks Adlai Moderation as Defeat Path
Gov Averell Harriman denounces Adlai Stevenson's moderation as defeatism, urging a hard line for Democrats in the 1956 race. He criticizes Eisenhower’s record and backs Stevenson’s rival positions, while Stassen presses for Herter as Nixon’s running mate. Nationwide AP polls show Stevenson leading Harriman in first ballots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriman
Adlai
Averell Harriman
Adlai EB
Stevenson
New York
Eisenhower
Harold E. Stassen
GOP
Christian A. Herter
Massachusetts
Stassen
Herter
Nixon
IGOP
White House
Albany
Lus
the Times
Associated Press
Utah
J. Bracken Lee
Salt Lake City
Lee
United Nations
Local Weekly Newspaper Notice In Lone Beach
Public notice from a daily newspaper printed at Sixth Street and Pine Avenue Lone Beach. Mentions postal registration, audit bureau of circulation, single copy price and second class matter with a March 16 888 date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daly
Sixth Street
Pine Avenue
Lone Beach
Queen approves British Isle Federation act in Caribbean unification
Queen Elizabeth II approved an act creating a British West Indian federation spanning a 12 000 mile Caribbean arc. The federation, to be elected by March 1958, grants administrative judicial and economic powers to a West Indian parliament while Britain retains defense foreign affairs and some financial policy control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Queen Elizabeth JE
Caribbean
North
South America
Alan Lennox-Boyd
Barbados
Jamaica
Antigua
Montserrat
St. Christopher
Nevis
Anguilla
Trinidad, Tobago
Dominica
Grenada
St. Lucia
St. Vincent
Britain
Red Scientist Graduates Outpace U S Reports
Washington NSF notes Russia graduated 126000 science students last year double the 59000 graduates from American universities. The figures highlight a stark gap in science education between the two nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Science Foundation
Russia
Order Drug Firm to Halt Pain Ads
Washington report states Werner Jental Manufacturing Co Inc of Jersey City N J must stop advertising Sentrol as a new kind of pain reliever more effective than aspirin. The Federal Trade Commission announced the firm agreed to an order barring such claims for the headache pill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Werner Jental Manufacturing Co., Inc
Jersey City
N. J
Federal Trade Commission
Also Mentioned on This Page
Holly Lee Wilson
Saddles
S.D
San Diego P
William A. Glen
The
Humane Society
Municipal Balboa Stadium
Mexico
Shawnee, Okla
PIA
Haven Taylor
David Flynn
Flynn
Omaha
Robert Nelson
Bobby Thompson
Thompson
Nelson
Montgomery
Ala
Howard Vines
Capitol Memorial Church of God
Allstate
Wiliam Lehnertz
Aurora
Illinois
Allstate Insurance
Sears, Roebugk & CO
Atlantic Ave
Long Beach
American Ave
Faculty Ave
Lekawood
Callf
Smars Assotz
Saark
Skotle
Stata
Arniing Orlans
Boston
San Francisco
Dick Nixon
Roosevelt
Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York Times
Hyde Park
Chicago
Ilinois
Press
Eleoram
Mezaring Aid Center
Pine Ave
Long Buach
Baker’s
Usters
Philco
Baker's
Westinghouse
Motorola
Packard-Bell
Zenith
Harbor Area
Anaheim
Wilm
Orange County
Center
Queen Okis
Arthur Baer
Bugs
Verley
Mountain View
Buttermilk
Mount-Lac
Dobyns
Mansfield
E.T. Wright
Dobyns Footwear
Downtown
L. B
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!