Remember Stephen Foster With New Gothic Shrine
Washington the new Gothic memorial to Stephen Foster honors the southern minstrel in his northern birthplace Pittsburgh. The University of Pittsburgh shrine houses manuscripts editions portraits relics and recordings, linking Foster to river traffic and Ohio Mississippi routes while tracing his songs and travels.
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Washington, D. C
Stephen Foster
Pittsburgh
Foster
University of Pittsburgh
Ohio
Mississippi
New Orleans
Glendy Burk
Glenn D. Burk
Protective Batting Gear Prompted by Cochrane Injury
The piece notes Wally Moses wearing a polo helmet as a suggested adaptation to protect batters after Mickey Cochrane's skull fracture. It weaves in quotes about the South and Foster songs, and mentions memorials in Fargo Georgia and Lawrenceville Pittsburgh, with references to Suwannee River and Allegheny Cemetery monuments.
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Wally Moses
Philadelphia Athletics
Mickey Cochrane
Detroit Tigers
New York Yankees
Swanee River
Foster
Georgia
Florida
Suwannee
Fargo
Suwannee River
Pittsburgh
Lawrenceville
Allegheny Cemetery
Highland Pare
Pennsylvania
Triplets Born in Federal Prison in West Virginia
In a first for a federal institution, triplets were born at the Federal Women's Prison in Alderson West Virginia. Attorney General Homer S Cummings acts as legal guardian. Director James Bennett of the Bureau of Prisons confirms all three babies are healthy with a combined weight just over 12 pounds. The mother is described as twenty three years old and unwed.
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Washington
Homer S. Cummings
Federal Women’s
Alderson
W. Va
James Bennett
Federal Bureau of Prisons
Bennett
Favorite Food of Snakes Gets Federal Attention
Washington report on the first snake food habits study in over twenty years by the biological survey. CCC enrollees contributed 260 snakes from Virginia's George Washington National Forest, preserved in formaldehyde for a forthcoming Virginia natural history volume slated for 1940. Francis Uhler will request more specimens in early spring to assess impact on nesting birds.
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Pennsylvania
Virginia Forest
Francis Uhler
Survey
Centenarian on Tour Heads to Pittsburgh Era Home
Miss Elizabeth McKilwain of Santa Monica Calif plans a cross country train trip to her girlhood home at Salzburg Pa near Pittsburgh. She will be one hundred years old on September 12 and a niece Mrs R McKilwain is preparing a grand celebration for the milestone.
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Elizabeth McKilwain
Santa Monica
Calif
Salzburg
Pittsburgh
R. McIilwain
Youth Collects Ancient Toy Banks In Minneapolis
Twelve year old Grant Huey from Minneapolis builds a large collection of mechanical banks. Beginning with a grandfather gift, his display draws enthusiasts as coins trigger actions, notably the William Tell bank where a coin fires a gun and pops an apple from the head.
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Tell
Grant
Distinctive Crochet Lace Spread Pattern 1443
Pattern 1443 provides directions for an open work lace motif and simple single crochet stitches to create a decorative medal lion motif. Instructions cover use in bed accessories like a lace spread, dresser scarf, or cloth, with color options and finishing joins. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. in New York for details.
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Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
N. Y
Quotes and reflections on mind spirit and society
A collection of quotations on change inner strength justice and self discipline from figures including Owen D Young Peter Kyne Edouard Her riot Lady Reading and Havelock Ellis. The remarks span daily openness post Gethsemane justice without force and the salt of intellect.
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Owen D. Young
Gethsemane
Peter B. Kyne
Edouard Herriot
Reading
Havelock Ellis
Giving and Asking in Courtesy Fostering Mutual Forbearance
This passage notes that offering help builds friendship, while asking for help pleases by showing confidence. It argues the practice leads to a steady habit of mutual forbearance and a fear of being disobliging in more important matters.
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F. R. McDonnell
Harold Savage
Claude Bryan
Kansas
Naval Training Station
San Diego
New Gothic Shrine
America
Kentucky
Dolcy Jones
Tennessee
Louisiana
Black Joe
Nelly
Ned
South
Jane
Bardstown
Louisville
Federal Hill
Rowans
Massa
Underground Railway
Susanna
Alabama
Cairo
Cincinnati
Dixie
National Geographic Society
Old
Southland
Federal
Centenarian
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eleanor Ruth Armstrong
Ruth Bryan Owen
U. S
Norway
Robert Furman Armstrong
Robert Armstrong, Jr
John Nance Garner
Armstrongs
HaaTay TH
Quaker State
Quaker State Oil Refining Corporation
Oil City
Quaker SL Motor Oil Co
Mikdabe Cr Gat
Postum
General Foods
Battle Creek
Michigan
Canada
General Foods, Limited
Cobourg
Ontario
King Festures Syndicate
G. F. Corp
Betty
Bett
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