Memorial for La Salle proposed at Niagara gorge site
A state commission endorsed a $250,000 memorial to Rene-Robert Cavelier Sieur de La Salle and other Niagara district explorers. Plans include a 25 foot La Salle statue atop a park overlooking Whirlpool Rapids with a relic museum, floodlit at night, and a prominent historical tribute to the “Undespairing Norman” explorer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Parl
N. Y
Chevallier
Robert de la Salle
Niagara District
State of New York
de Veaux School
Niagara State Reservation
Lower Gorge
Queenstown Heights
la Salle
Niagara Falla
New France
Yale University Press
William Bennett Munro
Rene-Robert Cavelier
Sieur de la Salle
Rouen
Montreal
St. Sulpice
Lachine
Fort Niagara Restoration Moves Forward at Historic Site
The War Department directs Maj. Gen. James H. McRae to supervise the Fort Niagara restoration, repairing the 1726 French built Castle within the old masonry fort. Fort Niagara on Lake Ontario has a long colonial and military history with multiple changes of control and notable sieges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort
Niagara
War Department
James H. McRae
Second Corps
Governors Island
Congress
Lake Ontario
Niagara River
Twenty-eighth Infantry
Cantigny
Fort Niagara
Castle
New York
Pennsylvania
Wyoming
Cherry Valley
Schoharie
Great Britain
Castile
Empire Loyalist Club
St. George
New York Times
Watch Girls Gain in Two Weeks Time with Fig Syrup
Growing children benefit from California fig syrup which aids digestion and boosts appetite. A daily quart of fruit is impractical, so the syrup offers a convenient alternative claimed to improve bowel action, liver function, and overall health in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Spitz Dog A Border Guard Of Baltic Sheep
The Pomeranian Spitz dog is a house pet in most places but serves as a local sheep tender on Baltic shores. It has a fox like face and very long hair, ranges from black to white with an average weight near eight pounds, and endures cold weather better than warmth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Marquette
Joliet
la Salle
Quebec
Epirit
Henri de Tonti
Tonti
Fort Frontenac
Hennepin
Niagara
Ilinois
Griffin
Wisconsin
St. Joseph
Kankakee
Illinois
Peoria
Indiana
Crewe Coever
Broken Heart
Fort
Michigan
Detroit River
Lake Erie
Eastertide
Montreal
Ottawa
Frontenac
Tontt
Creve Coeuer
Leutenant
Green Bay
Mississippi
Fort Miami
Lake Michigan
Michilimackinac
Wil
Baltic
Sidelights on Shaw and G B in England
A brief exchange notes Shaw's habit of lecturing and scolding while acknowledging G B Shaw for remaining in England to work. The remark contrasts public speaking with staying put for his craft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shaw
G. B
England
Blind student uses memory to call class roll in Atlanta
A blind student in Atlanta funds law school by calling a 200 member class roll from memory each day, identifying voices by inflection and noting absentees. He reports an accurate daily attendance and also sells papers before work, recognizing most customers by name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Be Cheerful Tom-I've waited fifteen minutes
The brief exchange shows a diner awaiting service as a waiter responds that the order will soon be taken without further delay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom
What a Doctor Knows Constipation Cure
A doctor explains a natural method to overcome constipation using cascara. Avoid strong laxatives, use cascara tablets like cascarets from drugstores, which promote regularity over several days and can reduce future dependence. The piece cites cascara bark as the active ingredient and notes its historic use by Indigenous peoples.
Also Mentioned on This Page
By Elmo Scott Wayson
Seminary of
St. Lawrence
Ironvequoit Bay
Sulpicians
Sault St. Marie
Ohio
Canada
Cataraqui
Kingston
Frontense
France
Colbert
Missouri
Thio
Father of Waters
Gulf
Starved Rock
Utica
Yonti
St. Louis
Matagorda Bay
la Sala
Tont
ROCHE
Spitz
Haarlem
U. Ks
K-R-O
Huey
Sardinia
Springheld
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!