Nominees for Hall of Fame Name List and Election Rules
A 1931 feature outlines the eighth quinquennial Hall of Fame election to honor 76 candidates with 23 automatically eligible from prior votes and 53 nominees, dead at least 25 years, to be considered by 108 electors for bronze tablets at New York University.
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Elmo Scott Watson
United States
Hall of Fame
New York University
Samuel Adams
Henry Barnard
Charles Bulfinch
Capitol
Washington
George Rogers Clark
Old Northwest
John Singleton Copley
Royal Academy
John Ericsson
Albert Gallatin
The
Treasury
Ghent
Ethnological Society of America
Gyrus W. Field
Henry George
Nathanael Greene
Closet Conveniences and Seasonal Giving Ideas
The article advocates thoughtful gift dispensation during spring and autumn clutter cleansing. It urges matching unwanted items to suitable receivers, notes challenges in transfer, and suggests channels like churches and benevolent societies. It also highlights closet organization aids such as graded hanger holders to maximize space.
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Bell Syndicate
WNU Service
Cold Beverages and Colonial Era Tales Mix in One Page
A miscellany of recipes for tea coffee iced drinks and chocolate syrups outlines how to prepare cold beverages with citrus mint and cream additions. The piece also recounts historical anecdotes about George Germain Burgoyne Saratoga and Jacob Astor linking an 18th century ice jam to colonial fortunes.
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Burgoyne
Canada
Howel
Lot
Lord Germain
D'Oyly
Howe
Sussex
New York
Hudson
Johnny” Burgoyne
Saratoga
Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic
London
Baltimore
Jacob Astor
America
Astor
Young Astor
New York City
New World
Glitter of Gold His and the dawn of a nation
The piece recalls James Marshall finding gold at Coloma in January 1848 and how the discovery shaped American history. It notes the possible alternatives and frames the event as a trigger for wealth, the Gold Rush, and the ensuing political clashes over slavery and money.
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Joel Chandler Harris
Remus
Walter Hunt
Elizabeth EH
Hutter
Robert Green Ingersoll
James G. Blaine
John Bloomfield Jervis
Elisha Kent Kane
Joseph le Conte
University of California
John Logan
Edward Alexander MacDowell
Columbia University
Robert McCormick
William Holmes McGuffey
McGuffey
Lucretia Coffin Mott
Anti- Slavery Society
Simon Newcomb
United States Naval Observatory
Washington
Frederick Law Olmstead
Central Park
New York City
Capitol Grounds
Chicago
Oliver Hazard Perry
Lake Erie
Henry Hobson Richardson
John Rogers
California
Zachary Taylor
United States
Sylvanus Thayer
United States Military Academy
West Point
John Quincy Adams Ward
Lewis Edson Waterman
James Wilson
United States Supreme Court
Hall of Fame
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Daniel Webster
Benjamin Franklin
Ulysses S. Grant
John Marshall
Thomas Jefferson
Ralph W. Emerson
H. W. Longfellow
Robert Fulton
Horace Mann
Henry W
James Wilson Marshall
John Sutter
Coloma
Marshall
King
New Helvetia
James Marshal
Winter Songsters Among Eastern Wren Species
The passage notes multiple wren species including the house wren marsh wren Carolina wren and winter wren. It highlights that the Carolina wren sings in winter in Eastern states while others, such as the winter wren, occur in winter woods but do not sing there.
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Carolina
Barrel Upholstery Describes Curved Chair Back Uses
The article defines barrel upholstery as sections resembling tubes with bulging padded parts suggesting a barrel. It explains its use for curved chair backs that wrap to form arms, noting its practical reservation for such applications.
New Closet Space in Old Homes for Alcove Beds
To fit new closets during reconditioning in older houses, place closets in two corner alcoves forming a bed alcove in the wall. French style rooms use pastel walls like gray or rose. Another option is space beside a fireplace chimney. Spare the wax when waxing hardwood floors to ease polishing. Let wax sit 24 hours for easier polishing.
When to Paint After Rain Warns Experienced Painter
An experienced paint man says outdoor woodwork must dry after rain before painting, especially if new. Don’t rush the painter if he advises waiting another day and start painting as early as possible in spring to align with favorable weather.
Blue Trim Angles Homes as Devil Avoidance Rituals
In Mexico a superstition links blue window paint to warding off the devil. Across the United States homeowners are adopting the color blue as exterior trim, whether or not they share the superstition.
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Mexico
United States
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South
J. Willard Gibbs
John Hay
Thomas Jonathan Jackson
Stonewall” Jackson
John Jay
Continental Congress
Supreme Court
Sidney Lanier
Cyrus McCormick
Thomas Paine
William Penn
Pennsylvania
Walter Reed
Benjamin Rush
Philadelphia
Theodore Thomas
Henry D. Thoreau
Emerson
Noah Webster
Louisa May Alcott
Susan B. Anthony
Helen Petrovna Blavatsky
Theosophical Society
Alice McLellan Birney
Nathaniel Bowditch
Thor
Borden Parker Browne
Matthew B. Brady
Peter Bulkeley
Concord
Mass
George Catlin
Grover Cleveland
Stephen Crane
Jefferson Davis
Confederacy
Frederick Douglass
Anti-Slavery Society
Haiti
John Witch
Edwin Forrest
Stephen Collins Foster
Kentucky
Suwannee River
John Frazee
Charles Edgar Fritts
Richard Jordan Gatling
Richard Watson Gilder
Century
Charlies Goodyear
Sarah Josepha Buell Hale
Godey’s
Charles Yellen McKim
William R. Mead
Stanford White
Herman Melville
Omoo
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Edgar Allan Poe
James Fenimore Cooper
Phillips Brooks
William Cullen Bryant
Frances
Willard
Andrew Jackson
George Bancroft
John Lothrop Motley
Francis Parkman
Mark Hopkins
Elias Howe
Joseph Henry
Rufus Choate
Daniel Boone
Charlotte Cushman
William H. McGuffey
John Fitch
Sara Josepha Hale
Lyman Spalding
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Lucy Stone
Lucy Stoners
John August Sutter
Samuel L. Clemens
Mark Twain
Augustus Saint Gaudens
James Buchanan Eads
Patrick Henry
William
G. Morton
Roger Williams
Alice Freeman Palmer
Edwin Booth
John Paul Jenes
Walt Whitman
James A. MacNeil
Whistler
Matthew Fontaine Maury
James Monroe
Western Newspaper Union
Oxford University
Alfred the Great
Henry II
Thomas A Becket
Paris
Oxford
School of
WNU
Western Newspaper ‘Union
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