Benny Havens and the West Point Cafe Tradition
The piece recalls Benny Havens at West Point, a famed cadet patron who ran a cottage near the post offering ale and food, drawing cadets including Edgar Allan Poe. Custer’s skin records and the Benny Havens song embody a long lived tradition surrounding Alma Mater and Army life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Army
United States Miltary Academy
West Point
N. Y
Benny Angvens
Benny Havens
America
Generis
Academy
Benny
Corps of Cadets
Ike
Armstrong Custer
Ohio
Custer
Euclid
United States Corps of Cadets
Thare
Edgar Allan Poe
Idaho News Notes Report on State Improvements and Agriculture
Moscow Nez Perce County commissioners reviewed Mills grade repairs between Peck and Melrose to widen and improve the highway. Twin Falls reports state game warden R. E. Thomas backed Rock Creek hatchery plans and egg feeding through release. Weather and farming progress noted in Twin Falls and Hailey. Idaho shipments and crops across cities, plus new airport work in Nampa. Coyote farming gains in Lewiston area. Idaho pork industry focuses on ton-litter contests for markets in Boise and western centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Nez Perce
Peck
Melrose
Twin Falls
R. E. Thomas
Rock Creek
Shelley
Idaho
Boise
Northwest
United States Bureau of Agri- Idaho State Chamber of Commerce
Hailey
Sawtooth National Forest
M. S. Benedict
Blackfoot
Roosevelt Highway
Aberdeen
Lost River
Arco
Burley
Portland
Nampa
Namipa
D.y
Lewiston
Borge
Caldwell
Emmett
Filer
Payette
Twin Fells
Homedale Tee
Preess
Parmna
Pocatelio
St. Anthony
Haschke Brothers
Haschkes
Boise-Idaho
California
E. F. Rinehart
Idaho ‘State Swine Growers’ Association
Pasteur the French Chemist and Pathologist Birth And Death
Louis Pasteur, born December 27, 1822 in Dole Jura, studied chemistry at Ecole Normale Paris and taught physics at Dijon. He became professor of chemistry at Strassburg and conducted research at the Institute Pasteur Paris. His notable work included the hydrophobia treatment using bacteria as a cause, and he died near St. Cloud on September 28, 1895.
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Louis Pasteur
Dole
Jura
Ecole Normale
Paris
Dijon
Strassburg
Institute Pasteur
Pasteur
St. Cloud
Reminders of Pledges Special Cards for Husbands and Wives
The Mothers' Union of England issues pocket sized reminder cards for couples to honor marriage vows. Cards print dates and names of the contracting parties and include essential portions of the marriage service on fidelity. Each couple should have two cards, one for the husband and one for the wife.
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Mothers’ Union of England
An Old Lovers' Quarrel in the Suttonstall House
In the Suttonstall West room Sally and Lincoln Bates confront a torn past as Great Aunt Sally recalls a lovers’ quarrel from years ago. A scarf and a pair of slippers become symbols of promises and memory as Sally urges a new joint ending to old feuds. The couple decide to lock away both gifts and end the dispute.
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Ally Saltonstall
Tigan
Lincoln Bates
Suttonstall House
Sally
Jane
Tincoln Bates
Bates
Saltonstall House
Lincoln
Sallya
News Notes Utah Farm Prices and County Updates
Utah farm prices in February rose 6.8 percent from 1928. Richfield begins a $25,000 municipal water system with bonds approved last fall. Ephraim hosts Garfield Pattenghe and Coox of Frank Bond and Sons for 1300 rama. Ogden plans two new crops and dairy testing expands in Cache County.
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Utah
Richfield
Ephriam
Garfield Pattenghe
T. Coox
Frank Bond and Sons
Albuquerque
N. M
Ephraim
Sugar Beet
Utah Agricultural College
Farmers
Logan
Cache County
Robert L. Wriig
Cornish
Lewiston
MANTI
Forest
S. Mierter
Mammoth Ranger Station
Anderson
Lower
Joe’s Vally
Hyrum—Lions Club
Farm Bureau
Fillmore
C. A. Mattson
Olson
Fish Lake Forest Reserve
George Shorten
Utah Canners Association
Weber County
Draper
Draper Construction
ICES
Ashton & Evans
Eco Bingham
Bingham Mines’ Company
Bingham and Tintic
James P. Graves
Victoria
Tintic
Dalton and Lark
Bingham
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Elmo Scott Watson
Nevada
Hoavy
Maine
Poe
Highland Union
West Pointers
Lucius O’brien
Maryland
Eighth Infantry
Riley A. Armold
Hudson
Fellows
Highland
Nyrth
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