Anniversaries and Birthdays Highlight Historical Figures
Know America Today's Anniversaries lists Nathaniel Rochester born in Virginia, Ebenezer Hoar of Massachusetts, Charles Scribner of New York, and others with birth and death notes. It also recounts Today in History events from 1842 to 1953 and notes notable birthdays including Louis Gottschalk and Fairfax Cone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel Rochester
Maryland
Rochester
Virginia
Ebenezer RK. Hoar
Massachusetts
Grant
Concord
Mass
Charles Scribner
New York
the Name
Angela
Eliza M. Gillespie
The
Sisters of the Holy Cross
Brownsville
Brander
Jannie
Columbia University
New Orleans
Alice Freeman Fain
University of Chicago
Colesville, Wiaine
John J Greenough
Washington
Cumberland
New Haven (Conn) Telephone Company
Washington Monument
Washington, D. C
United States Sleep Company Incorporated
Walter C. Baker
Hampton
U. S. Army
Korea
Stevens
McCarthy
Louis Gottschalk
Fairfax M. Cone
Chicago
San Francisco
Malcolm Adem
Penn Mutual
Life Insurance
Philadelphia
Ben Ray Redman
Los Angeles
Q Movie
Obituary notes and horoscopic snippet from 1955 edition
The page lists obituaries for Rabbi Jonah B. Wise of New York born in Cincinnati 74 years ago and Harold V. Boyle born in Kansas City 44 years ago, noting Wise as son of Reform Judaism founder. A horoscope predicts calm surface with undercurrents of passion and possible adversity awakening desire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Brooklyn
N. Y
Jonah B. Wise
New York
Reform Judaism In America
Cincinnati
Hal ‘Harold V. Boyle
Kansas City
Why persistence fails to win a date in Doroty Dix style
Dear Miss Dex notes that chasing refusals wears down interest. A 25 year old with a steady job asks multiple women, yet each time receives a no. The answer advises respectful approach, recognizing that perseverance without consent undermines attraction and is not a tactic that appeals to young ladies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
USA
Miss Dex
Manual of dating misreadings from a prior era
A reading on gendered courtship advice notes outdated notions that press men to persist after a woman declines. It suggests interpreting no as perhaps and promoting wooing rather than accepting a firm denial, reflecting social norms aimed at guiding conversations about dating.
Social graces and activities to win a date guide
A reader advises a 25 year old to improve social skills and take up activities like dancing, skiing, horseback riding, and tennis to meet girls. Another query about a 19 year old's manners shows reform must be tactful. romance may end if change fails.
Teen age Etiquette Reading List Proposal
A reader offers a self addressed stamped envelope to receive a reading list on teenage etiquette. The note, released by Vive Bell Syndicate, mentions a bargain and distribution to interested readers. It also references Leo Kuhn and his self built telescope project with a $30 outlay after lacking $700 for a commercial model.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vive Bell Syndicate
Linden
Leo Kuhn
Kuhn
Jett
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America
Dorothy Dixso Nnparrey Ome
Peter
Ritchie Finance Corp
Market Street
DURON
South Market St
George
Andy Marko
Jerry Silverman
South Euclid
Ohio
Memorial Junior High
Andy
Leyden Elementary
Footer’s
Carry Footer and Company Cleaners
S. Market St
N. Market St
Internationa
Miss DIX
Vane
Joseph
Otarion
Marlow’s
Asia
Silberts Balto
H. N. Franks
Marlow
Bentz Ad
DIAL
MACY
Noth Market Street
Public Loan Corporation
Sieberling Tires
Philco
Motorola
Sunbeam
Melvin M.englen Carroll
Ukone
H. C. Summers & CO
Halla of Ivy
Ronald Calman
Senita Hume
Cbs-Tv
Ees Batea
Pita
Stendara
Columer Books
Storm & Shipley
W. 2Nd
Homemakers
Cartys
Miss
Bernice Mohlenhoii
E. Patrick Street
Frederick, Maryland
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