Miss Berry Honored for Public Service at Georgia School
Miss Martha Berry founder and director of the Berry School of Georgia received the 1925 Roosevelt Medal for distinguished public service. She was cited for promoting welfare of women and children. From a Moon Berry farm on her own land she once cared for five children. now the school serves 650 boys and girls annually on 7000 acres with 95 buildings.
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Martha Berry
Berry School of
Georgia
Moosevelt
Sculptor at work on Beebehar Stowe bust for NYU Hall of Fame
Brenmtia Pato of New York sculpts the bust of Harriet Beecher Stowe, author of Uncle Tom's Cabin, for the New York University Hall of Fame. The dedication and unveiling are planned for May 21.
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Brenmtia Pato
New York
Barriet Beevhar Stowe
Texas Rangers: Long Tradition of Valor and Law
The Texas Rangers, amid past criticism and a temporary idle period, are depicted as a legendary force with a storied lineage from frontier patrols to modern policing. The piece recounts famous rangers and leaders, from Bowie and Hays to Ross and McDonald, highlighting enduring dedication and the force’s evolving methods in enforcing law across Texas.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Vezas
Ranger Huis
Lone Star
Ranger Force
W. 5. Fly
Court of Civil Appeals
Diskrick Court
Texas
Vexas Rangers
Tolay
Rietz
Max Ferguson
Mexcy
United States
Texas Rangers
Mexico
Republic of Texas
San Telipe de Austin
Republic
General Council of the Republic
Geo
Sam Houston
Tater
Richard Cake
Ranger
Seni
Het
James Si Nesin Bowie
Bowie Knife Time
Jack Hays
Kt Ackland
Tom Green
Mustang” Gray
Big Yor
Wallace
Big Pout
Hig Foot
Shapeley G. Tross
Shapeley B. Ross
Sam. Housinn
Raidera
Pet Nocona
the Wanderer
Gomiinches
Big Foot
Rangers
Tor
Ross
Ind
Peta Nocona
Big Kent
Crathky Ann Walker
Parker
Frances Slocum
Wyoming
Quanah
Stoss
Voss
hadAreed Oy
Adobe Waile
Quadah Parker
White Moon
Roosevvelt
Oklahoms
Bill McDonald
McDonald
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
Thill
John KR
Hughes Sod
Saunders
Lone Star State
Rio Grande
Honor for Longfellow and Washington in Westminster Abbey
A fragmentary history notes Henry Wadsworth Longfellow honored in Westminster Abbey as the only American in the Poet’s Corner besides a noted exception. It mentions Major John Andre, his likely execution, and Washington’s symbolic placement in the abbey. The piece touches on early Pennsylvania petroleum drilling and the discovery of oil deep underground in the frontier region near the Alleghenies, with references to regional geology and exploration.
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Henry Wadssworth Longfellow
Westminster Abbey
Maj
John Andre
Major Andre
Midson
Mneril
Washington
Andre
New York
Pennsylvania
Petroleum in America A Letter by Roch dAlhon 1635
A 1635 letter by Franciscan missionary Joseph de Roch d’Alhon discusses petroleum discoveries in the Americas and notes spirits or spirits of oil linked to early colonial observations.
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America
Joseph de Roch
d'AlHon
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Robert, Cruger Gritley
Los Angeles
Lukeman
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Stone Mounitsln
Augustus Dukeman
The
Longfellow
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