Oldest U S Pipe Organ Still in Use From 1791
The organ, built in 1791, is believed to be the oldest instrument of its kind in the United States still in use, following a long-standing local custom noted by the New York Herald.
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Newspaper
Steele City Press
Location
Steele City, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1924
Page
2
The organ, built in 1791, is believed to be the oldest instrument of its kind in the United States still in use, following a long-standing local custom noted by the New York Herald.
The area community reports women in Humphrey organizing a concert band. Otoe County corn show slated for Syracuse December 11 12 along with the Farm Bureau meeting in Weeping Water December 12. Civil notes include a Beatrice fire damages and a general rustle of local civic events.
A troubled French girl Myrtile flees a brutal home and a detested proposed husband. Escaping with English suitors Gerald Dombey and Christopher Bent, she is taken toward Monte Carlo before returning home. Lady Mary, Gerald’s sister, disapproves of guardianship as romance unfolds.
In a tense scene Madame Lenore and Gerald debate Myrtile’s future as she dons a simple blue serge outfit with a plain toque. Christopher and Gerald clash over care and control as Myrtile, once a perceived peasant child, appears poised and self assured under careful guidance.
On a villa terrace Pauline and Madame de Ponlere discuss youth revolt and fate while Gerald, a determined Englishman, pursues Pauline and seeks an introduction to her aunt. The two exchange wary banter as he reveals his family ties to the nearby estate and hints at a potential liaison amid sunlit escapism and spy tensions.
Fragmentary note suggests a cautionary view on wealth and property involving a woman with enough funds to finance a large house, implying a financial decision tied to gender and ownership.
Boschee’s Syrup soothes throat and lung irritation from coughing. It claims to heat and loosen mucus, easing sleep and morning expectoration. Advertises as a fifty eight year household remedy for colds bronchitis and lung troubles, sold wherever medicines are sold. Ad copy ends with a quip about horse sense.
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