Meg at Cox house faces change as war looms
April brings tension in Seattle as Meg debates motherhood and control while war signals loom. Michael and Tim discuss Alaska trails and volunteer moves, with Jenny, Nathan, and Kemp in the backdrop, highlighting tensions, gossip, and personal resolve.
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Meg
Cox House
Matilda
Gretchen
Michael
Dyea
Dyea Canyon
Michael Assu
John R. Rogers
Washington
Tacoma
Tim
Nathan
Jose Gomez
Gomez
Cuba
Seattle
Rosita
David Larkins
Alaska
Firefighters from miles away help battle Shady Grove church blaze
In Ellerson Virginia historic Shady Grove Methodist church burned prompting fast help from Hanover and nearby areas. Residents noted crews arrived quickly and included volunteers from as far as Michigan. A truck was borrowed from a Lansing Michigan manufacturer to aid the response.
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Ellerson
Hanover County
Shady Grove
Michigan
Glenwood Farms
Lansing
Mich
New hosiery touted as world’s sheerest stocking
A 90 gauge 7 1-2 denier stocking from Germany is described as the world’s sheerest. The hose, packed two to a box, is noted as not inexpensive.
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Germany
Altar of Nation Memorial Day Ceremony Linked to White House
In Rindge New Hampshire Memorial Day events include the wreath laying before the Altar of the Nation at the Cathedral of the Pines. President Eisenhower will join governors and national leaders in the tribute as Governor Lane Dwinell presides atop the hill overlooking lakes and pines. The outdoor cathedral honors Sanderson Sloan and his family memory from World War II.
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Rindge
N.H
United States
Sanderson Sloan
Douglas
Sybil Sloane
Germany
Comanche Chief's Widow Pays Memorial Day Tribute
Comanche Chief Quanah Parker’s widow Topay in a wheelchair crafts paper bouquets for his grave in Cache Oklahoma She is a surviving widow of the famed leader born about 1845 in a two room shrine of faith near Anadarko Oklahoma Topay recalls Parker’s battles and surrender at Ft Sill and Roosevelt’s advice about polygamy in the white man’s world He died in 1911 and Parker’s legacy endures in the Wichita Mountains region near the historic homestead
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Cache
Okla
Quanah Parker
Topay
Anadarko
Parker
Theodore Roosevelt
Quanah
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Kim
North
the Klondike
McKinley
Congress
Wholley
National Guard
Uncle Tim
Sheap Camp
Chilkoot Pass
Mag
Charlotte Linden
David
Anna
Kemp
Jason
Patience
Neville St
Aluminum
Wichita Mountain
Oklahoma
Richard Nixon
You and I
Echo Glen
Norge
Pen
Lowe Bros
Johnstown Road
Beckley
Rei
Lei
Maytag
Beckley Maytag
Universal
Tappan
S&h
UNIVE
Caloric
Florence
Norgen Rca Estate
Kenmore Roper
Magic Chef
Amere Gas Utilities
The
Columbia Gas System
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