Mothers of the Nation Honor Great American Mothers
The article reflects on Mother's Day and praises the maternal influences on two iconic Americans, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. It contrasts Mary Ball Washington's stern, influential upbringing with Nancy Hanks Lincoln's nurturing, education-focused guidance, and highlights Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln as another pivotal stepmother. It notes monuments in Harrodsburg honoring pioneer mothers and praises the enduring role of frontier mothers in nation building.
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George Washington
Mary Ball Washington
Corporation of
Fredericksburg
Congress
Lincoln
Washington
Mary Karl Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Nancy Hanks Lincoln
Sarah Bush Johnston Lincoln
Mary Ball
Augustine Washington
George
Maj
George Eskridge
Lawrence Washington
Chetauk
George Washington Parke Custis
Rupert Hughes
William Morrow and Company
Mother of Christ
Mary
William E. Barton
Bobbs-Merrill Company
Sarah Bush Johnston
Daniel Johnston
Kentucky
Thomas Lincoln
Tom Lincoln
Barton
Harrodsburg
Woman’s Club of
West
Daniel Boone
Richard Hogan
Hugh McGary
Thomas Denton
Dancing Keeps Old Age Away Dame Says
Mills Valley resident Mme Emrick, born 1850, remains active at eighty dancing daily and teaching in her Mill Valley studio. She has taught for over fifty years, trained many dancers, and dances gratis for Civil Spanish World war veterans. Her daughter Clarissa, granddaughter Georgine, and great grandchildren Harvey and Helen Jean study with her.
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Mills Valley
Calif
Mmne
Harriet Foreman Emrick
Mme. Emrick
American Legion
Mill Valley
Fort Madison
Town
Portland
Ore
Boyhood Friends Reunite as Bank Chiefs in Hardin
In Hardin Montana two long separated boyhood friends renewed their bond. Charles Helmer now leads the First National Bank of Twin Falls Idaho. W. E. Warren heads the Big Horn Bank of Hardin. A distant call sparked a warm reunion after decades apart.
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Hardin
Mont
Charles Helmer
First National Bank of
Twin Falls
Idaho
Wisconsin
W. E. Warren
Big Horn Bank of
Helmer
Warren
Egyptian War On Locusts With Flame Guns
Cairo reports the Egyptian government battling locust swarms with flame guns. Nearly 300 tons killed in the Sinai peninsula, swarms failing to reach the Nile valley after a major Kantara battle where eleven tons perished. Breeding swarms in Sinai threaten hatchings as young insects develop.
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Cairo
Sinai Peninsula
Nile Valley
Kantara
Red Sea
Suez
U S Women Swindled of 700 Million in 1929
Howard E Reed of Pittsburgh outlines Executive club view of women financiers. He claims eighty five percent of national salaries are spent by women and says women invested 700 million dollars in fraudulent securities last year. He blames husbands and male relatives for failing to teach sound finances and notes purchases on installment plans drained savings by 150 million.
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Chicago
Executive Club
Howard E. Reed
Pittsburgh
Volcano Made Charcoal Warms Alaska People
In Kodiak Alaska residents heat homes this winter with charcoal produced from ash buried forests after Mt Katmai eruption in 1912. Large trees turned to charcoal by red hot sand and ash are broken into workable fuel.
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Kodiak
Alaska
Mt. Katmai
Two-Headed Turtle Found By Louis Wiget In New Athens
Louis Wiget of New Athens Illinois preserves a two headed turtle in alcohol. The creature, caught at a local clubhouse, is about the size of a fifty cent piece and is perfect aside from its twin heads.
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New Athens
Ill
Louis Wiget
Here
Heatable shoe with hidden electric heater
A Hungarian shoemaker has invented a heatable shoe. An electric body sits between the inner and outer soles and can be heated by a heel connector plugged into the wall. The heated session lasts about one and a half hours.
Texas Lady's Life Takes New Turn
Mrs Lawen Clooney, manager of the Telephone Exchange Cafe in San Antonio, claims Nature's Remedy NR Tablets cured her chronic headaches. She details prior suffering and cites widespread use, urging sufferers to try the remedy priced at 25 cents per box.
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Indiana
Ohio River
Nancy
Abraham
Sally Bush
Sally Lincoln
Sarah Bush Lincoln
Washington Monument
Nancy Hanks
Lincoln Monument
Underwood & Underwood
Reid Sit
Nether Town
Paniet
K Uy
Dame
Toni
U. S
Sir Walter
Raleigh
Describ
Sir Walter Raleigh
Raleigh Revue
New York
WEAF
Mrs
Lawea Clooney
Houston
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