Henry Ford II Hosts 225000 Debut Party for Anne Ford
Auto magnate Henry Ford II threw a lavish party at the Grosse Pointe Farms estate to debut his 18 year old daughter Anne. Jacques Frank staged an elaborate 18th century garden with fountains roses and a dance pavilion. Rain sent guests indoors but Henry quipped his wife is mad at him.
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Henry Ford II
Anne Ford
Grosse Pointe Farms
Mich
Paris
Jacques Frank
University of Detroit
Ford
Henry II
Warning Against The Witnesses Gather In New York
About 70 000 Jehovahs Witnesses, many with Bibles, met at Yankee Stadium New York for meetings and door to door work. Americas Jesuit editor warned Catholics to avoid them saying they threaten faith. Nathan H Knorr replied that Catholics lack the truth and could not stop Witnesses.
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Jehovah’s Witnesses
New York
Yankee Stadium
America
Nathan H. Knorr
Brooklyn
Mary Schmidt
Florida
Doilies and Home Crochet Pattern Advertisement
Pattern 582 offers doilies and mats in pinwheel shapes for living areas plus dramatic pinwheel ovals for doilies place mats and TV cover. It invites readers to mail 35 cents plus star note to Laura Wheeler in New Toronto Ontario for the pattern and a Needlecraft Catalog with 128 designs.
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Laura Wheeler
Eighteenth St
New Toron
Ordinary shop keeps supply hidden treasures in village store
A columnist recalls hunting for a simple shower cap and crochet hook, finding none in big chains but discovering a quaint village shop run by an elderly woman selling bone hooks, bodkins, and a mix of small goods. The piece celebrates small, old fashioned stores as charming havens amid modern malls.
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Tamblyn’s
Kresge’s
Weolworth’s
Charles Dickens
Colourful shopkeeper entertains customers with philosophy
In a busy store a proprietor chats with passersby between customers. Colorful characters visit to hear his life philosophy, and the writer notes the weather as almost July level heat with a furnace-like summer forecast.
Ducking Stool For Nagging Women In Lancaster
A Lancaster Pennsylvania court faced a case of a woman charged as a common scold. The magistrates debated building a new ducking stool or imposing fine or imprisonment after an Attorney-General ruling. Historically the birding punishment involved a bucket over a pond to force political change.
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Lancaster
Pennsylvania
Britain
Ann Eliza Webb Young The Prophet’s Last Wife
Ann Eliza Webb Young the twenty seventh wife of Brigham Young fled the Prophet’s harem and sued for divorce. She traveled the nation exposing polygamy and pressed Congress to outlaw it while courting gentile allies and ending her years in mystery.
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Brigham Young
Ann Eliza Webb
Irving Wallace
Ann Eliza
Wallace
Chapman Report
Salt Lake
Young
Lion House
Seraglio
Congress
Utah
Michigan
Modern Etiquette Question on who speaks first
In past times the lady spoke first. Today good friends may have the man speak first without issue.
Ontario Hospital Association cures visiting woes with posters
Humor and horse sense mark the Ontario Hospital Association campaign to improve visiting practices. Four posters, inspired by Fort Wayne hospitals, will be shown to its 200 member Ontario hospitals with a bottom bar for each. If successful, more treatments follow.
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Ontario Hospital Association
Fort Wayne
Ontario
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