Monticello and Jeffersons Legacy as National Shrine
Monticello the home of Thomas Jefferson is being developed as a national shrine with plans underway for over a year. April 13 next year marks the Jefferson birth centennial and University of Virginia President Edwin A. Alderman cites Jefferson as a living national force and a founder shaping liberal democracy and religious freedom.
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Monticello
Thomas Jefferson
the Statesman
Edwin A. Alderman
University of Virginia
New York Times
Jefferson
Alderman
Mr. Jefferson
Charlotteville
Thomas Jeferson
Arthur N. Holcombe
Jethnes
House of Delegates
Virginia
America
Abraham Lincoln
All honor to Jefferson for enduring independence struggle
The passage praises Thomas Jefferson for his role in the American fight for independence and his insight in shaping a revolutionary document. It lauds his coolness foresight and capacity to frame universal truths that resist tyranny now and in the future.
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Jefferson
Anniversaries and notable dates from early America
Read of historical anniversaries from 1683 to 1923 including Edmund Andros’s era, the 1775 Paul Revere ride, 1861 war fund vote, 1912 Titanic survivors, 1923 Florida flogging repeal, plus births of Schwab Darrow and Kilbane. Includes deaths of Byron and Sackville and other events and birthdays.
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Edmund Andros
Luis
England
Georgia
Paul Revere
Charlestown
Concord
Lord Challis
3. C
Cimennatedy Council
General War Fund
Ilandis
Lquor
Carpachia
New York
Florida
Notable Birthdays From 36 to 23 Years Ago In Newspapers
In Cleveland 36 years ago today April 19 Prince Henry husband of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands born Mecklenburgh Schwerin. Dr John Grier Hibben president of Princeton University born 60 years ago today. Samuel Avery chancellor of University of Nebraska born today 60 years ago. William A Ayres representative Kansas born Elizabethtown Illinois 58 years ago today. K D Phil Kaplan pugilist born Sewelltown New Jersey 23 years ago today.
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Cleveland
Prince~Henry
Wihemna
Netherlands
Mecklennurs- Schwerin
John Griar Hibben
Princeton University
Peoria
Samuel Avery
University of Nebraska
Wiliam A. Ayres
Congress
Eighth Kansas Discret
Elzabethtown
Ill
K. D. Phil Kaplan
Sewack
N. J
Fifteenth Anniversary Tide Event in Boston Tonight
Vice President Dawes speaks at a patriotic anniversary in Boston marking Paul Revere’s midnight ride legacy. Also tonight San Francisco hosts the second annual Spring music festival at the Civic Auditorium opening in the evening. Budapest begins a 16 week international industrial fair. Basel hosts the ninth Swiss Industries Fair to promote Swiss goods. Col Moses G Zalinsky becomes U S Army quartermaster general succeeding Brig Gen John T Knight. Chicago opens a Woman's World Fair highlighting women’s progress in arts literature and social status.
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Paul Revere
Dawes
Boston
San Francisco
Cive
Budapest
Basel
Moses G. Zalinski
U. S. Army
John T. Knight
Chicago
Advertisers court golf links amid city boasts
Cities that once boasted great shipping, water, and low death rates now focus on promoting country club golf. A sharp quip notes a woman's odd habit of being out when not down.
Anniversary observations mark pivotal historical events
On Sunday April 19 the nation honors Garden Week observances by the General Federation of Women's Clubs. The day also marks the 150th anniversary of the Concord Bridge Lexington battle, the first armed clash of the American Revolution. In Rome a Jubilee Year series of ceremonies begins.
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General
Federation of Women's Clubs
Benjamn Disraeli
Lexington
Arrow and Song Lost Then Found in a Friend
Poem fragment describes an arrow shot into the air that could not be tracked, and a song released with the same fate until long after, found in an oak and the heart of a friend. The text echoes Henry Wadsworth Longfellow imagery of pursuit, return, and friendship.
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Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Mech Excitement Over Vermilion Robbery Report
A robbery near Vermilion involving J. W. Green who stayed at the Washington hotel and was walking toward Amherst claims a $680 toll taken by an unknown man. The event raised doubts about its credibility. A fire badly damaged the home of J. C. Potter on South Street now Second, contained by volunteers. Six year old Sarah Johnson drank strychnine and died, attorney N. L. Johnson’s daughter. A new bank safe, weighing 3.5 tons, arrived from Detroit Safe Co. and was described as burglar proof.
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J. W. Green
Vermilion
Washington
Here
Amherst
J. C. Potter
South Street
Second Street
Sarah Johnson
N. L. Johnson
Theznew
First National Bank
Detroit Safe Co
Food prices rise 5 percent in year to March 15 1925
Washington April 18 retail food prices jumped five per cent in the year ended March 15, 1925, compared with the previous year, the labor department announced. A slight March dip of three tenths of one percent from February is noted, with a 12 year rise of 56 percent in food prices overall.
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Washington
Department of Labor
John Van Antwerp MacMurray Named New China Minister
Uncle Sam appoints John Van Antwerp MacMurray as minister to China, citing expertise on Far East issues and experience in the Washington conference. Born Schenectady 1881, Princeton graduate, served in Bangkok, Russia, China and Japan, and as Chief of the Far Eastern Division before becoming Assistant Secretary of State in 1924. He succeeds Dr. Jacob Gould Sherman, promoted to ambassador to Berlin.
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John van Antwerp Macmurray
Sam
China
Far East
Washington
Coolidge
Mr. MacMurray
Schenectady
N. Y
Princeton
Bangkok
MacMurray
Russia
Japan
Far Eastern
State Department
Jacob Gould Sherman
U. S
Berlin
Probe girl's story rocks Washington case in Navy circle
Donna Katherine Barr, a 30 year old from Bethlehem Pennsylvania, said she was lured to New York and then to Washington with a marriage promise by the son of a Navy admiral. Police held her as they investigated the episode and its sensational claims.
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Washington
Donna Katherine Barr
Bethlehem
New York
Theodore E Burton to Represent U S at Geneva Arms Conference
Theodore E Burton will be one of two U S representatives at the upcoming International Arms Traffic Conference in Geneva next month. A former senator and current U S Congressman from Ohio, Burton is a noted authority on finance and international affairs and has served on the Debt Commission and as temporary chairman of the last Republican national convention. He studied law after Oberlin College and built banking experience with a major New York bank between Senate terms.
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Theodore E. Burton
United States
Geneva
Congress
Ohio
Burton
Clargyman
Oberlin College
Senate
House of Representatives
House
New York
Holbein Notes on Banknote Imagery and Monastic Retreats
Four Holbein portraits appear on German banknotes to deter forgers. The eyes convey expressive changes when reproduced. Tamie Asiatic fibre is used in paper for durability. Munich reports monks driven from Bamberg monastery by urban life, seeking mountain top retreats in Bavaria with several sites under study.
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Holbein
Germany
Tamie
Antos
Monke
Banz
Munich
Bavaria
Bamberg
German chemists announce cheaper synthetic gasoline process
Chemists in Germany report a new method to produce synthetic gasoline at far lower cost than natural gasoline. The artificial fuel allegedly matches natural gasoline in composition and utility and uses by products from oils and coke that were previously wasted.
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Germany
Virginia State Baseball League marks 20th season
The current campaign commemorates the league as it enters its 20th year of operation, highlighting a long history of regional baseball competition in Virginia.
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Virginia State Baseball League
National Music Week Highlights At Elyria Station
Promoters of Elyria's new broadcasting station showcase a Gulbransen Registering Piano for the studio and radio use. Irving Berlin's No 9 dance folio and two Victor waltzes appear. Tom Waring records and a crop of blues songs draw jazz fans. Amplion loud speakers promise better reception. Italian oak Victrolas and May Vocal Style Player Rolls offered. early orders secure best opera seats.
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Elyria
Oriental pottery and home goods offered at special prices
Day's Hardware Ladies highlight new oriental pottery direct from Japan including vases and bowls priced at 98 cents. They also promote bath tubs at 2.75 and automatic refrigerators, window displays, paint with Dutch Boy white lead, linseed oil and turpentine. Mr. E. J. Merriman joins as salesman to boost service.
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Japan
Seeds that Grow Catalogue Promises Planting Time
The item notes planting time and selecting seeds as important while offering a 1925 seeds catalogue upon request. It emphasizes the slogan Seeds that grow and presents the vendor as a source for garden seeds.
License Law Sets Fishers Aboard With New Fees
Fishing parties report mixed success as the $1 license law, effective July 16, requires any person using a jointed rod or reel to obtain a license. The change affects past week activity and future outings.
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Chronicle-Telegram
Audit Bureau
Higlla
Lorain County Printing & Publishing Company
Ff Burks
Budnutt
Elyria Postoffice
Lorain
Ohin
Clayden, Inc
Dearborn Street
Furth Avenue
Benedict Arnold
Mare Bergdoll
France
Thomas Sackville
Earl of Dorset
London
Lord Byron
Missolonzhi
Greece
Joseah Lane
Oreton
Buncombe County
N. C
USA
U.S Senate
U.S
Chignik
Alaska
Dutch Harbor
Charles M. Schwab
Williamsburg
Clarence 8. Darrow
Kinsman
Edward B. Almon
Alabama
Lawrence County
Ala
Johnny Kilbane
ABE Martin Crmrett Dona Dike Co
Ric
Chronicle- Telegram
Elyria New & Second Hand Furniture Store
West Ave
Broad Street
Henry Heidrich
Cornell Ave
Eastern Heights
J. E. Burgan
Cookston
Denison Ave
Glade
B. Thomas
ED. C. Stores
Hubert Day & Sons
Day’s Music Store
Irving Berlin
Victor
Shadowland
Tom Waring
The
Pennsylvanians
Day's Hardware
E. J. Merriman
Day’s Hardware
Broad St
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