Wedding Anniversary By Jim Bishop
A humorous reminiscence of a 28th anniversary, detailing youthful pressures and mismatches. The narrator recalls early career life as a cub reporter, salary contrasts with his wife, their modest wedding gifts, the Kensington Avenue apartment, and comic family moments at St Johns Church and a late hotel complication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Bishop
Wall Street
Daily Mirror
Elinor Dunn
St. John’s School
St. Dominick's’ Academy
Bishop
Jersey City
Morris Plan
Kensington Avenue
Ludwig Bauman
Culture Is for Aim at Foggy Bottom Grand Opera House Plan
In a brisk note from Foggy Bottom residents the area envisions a grand opera house across from a former brewery slated for razing. Senator Wiley touts a national auditorium and civic center to symbolize U S arts progress, with nine acres of land to be provided by the Federal Government once Congress acts, and a yet unnamed commission to seek nationwide contributions for construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Haurich
Othman
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Foggy Bottom Opera Memories and City Changes
The writer recalls Pete's Bar and Grill once serving as Foggy Bottom’s civic hub, notes an insurance firm replacing the gas works with a marble HQ, and shares colorful theatre reminiscences from Sam Insull’s Chicago opera to Wagnerian Munich. He remarks on operatic scenes, a playful elopement, and hopes for a lively national opera while recounting past ballet experiences and local entertainment shifts.
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Foggy Bottom
Pete’s Bar and Grill
Pete
Sam Insull
Chicago
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Feow
Grace
Elinor
Elks Club
Flynn
Fred
Shen Lee
Jersey Journal
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Windsor
John Wayne
Edgar Parmelee
St. John’s Church
Boulevard
Myj
TPR UU Teeeeeeeereners Hotel
South Carolina Avenue
Frederick C.othman
Mary Garden
Munich
Germany
Soprano
National Opera
Hilda
Los Angeles
SEARS
Te Iehn
Big Sears
Harmony House
Stardust
Syracuse
Service For
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Altman
Sabalina
St. J
Weee
Loew
Newburg
Carling
Carling Brewing Company
Cleveland
Ohio
Atlanta, Georgia
Bellaville
Illinois
Frankenmuth, Mich
Natick, Mass
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