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Newspaper
Stamford American
Location
Stamford, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1936
Page
10
Mrs Mary Donohue of The Bronx recalls September 10 1934 when her eighteen month old baby fell from a fourth floor window box four stories to the ground. Water from a defective yard drain saved the child as he cried in his sister’s arms.
American visitors traveling to Quebec this summer will encounter plaques at town entrances explaining how Canadian and American histories intersect. The signs point travelers toward Montreal Quebec City and major routes through Maine New Hampshire Vermont New York and the Midwest.
Quebec has erected commemorative markers in over twenty towns to honor native sons who prospered abroad including Cavelier de La Salle. The list spans explorers fur traders and officials who helped found Niagara Joliet Memphis and other cities, linking Quebec to the U S through these figures.
The article recounts the 1896 start of rural free mail delivery in the United States, noting early proposals by James O Donnell and later funding milestones. It then surveys plaques in Quebec and other Canadian towns honoring explorers and settlers such as Joliet, Cadillac, Menard, and Julien Dubuque, linking these sites to the history of early American frontier expansion.
The piece traces the misattribution of Horace Greeley as the source of Go West, young man, go West, noting John L. B. Soule first wrote a version in 1851. It also covers the dog bites man saying wrongly linked to Charles A. Dana, naming John B. Bogart as the real author.
A Boston library block of granite immortals inspired an investigator to reveal an acrostic of McKim Meade and White in the initial letters. The board acted, removing the line and replacing it with a plaque that avoided giving architects free advertising.
The article questions U S constitutional rules on natural born presidency and cites claimed cases from history. It notes allegations that Lincoln briefly acquired San Marino citizenship and mentions Herbert Hoover and a Swiss link, suggesting potential conflicts with eligibility and dual citizenship rules.
A Collier's Weekly writer notes American lakes can grow thick mats of plant matter covered with wind-blown dust. Such surfaces can appear solid enough to bear weight, once even supporting a railroad line that sank after the first train crossed.
In Digby area Nova Scotia the settlement known as Coques derives its name from the French for large clams. Regional clams are described as among the world’s largest and once sustained early winter settlers.
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