Salt and Shoes Shortages Marked Confederate War Year
Salt, meat, and shoes vanished from Confederate life in 1863 as blockade and war drained supplies. Florida salt works thrived while families boiled sea salt on beaches, and improvised footwear from shucks and knit slippers became common. Medicine was scarce. women used wild plant remedies and opium from poppies for care. Indigo dye and other home remedies filled gaps as civilians endured wartime hardship. A New York World’s Fair pavilion would later showcase Native art.
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Europe
West Indies
North
Florida
Susan Bradford
Tallahassee
Rob
Susan
Richard
Mary Boykin Chesnut
Alabama
Parthenia Antoinette Hague
Plantaton
Scene About Town in Vermont Street Scene
A quirky column notes Rolf Till a sound enthusiast with large foam earphones enjoying selective hearing to block noise and hear music on radio and record players. It recounts a 29 year gap in hearing the left ear and nearby anecdotes about local church youths and civic reporter Charlie Hostetter.
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Llo
Charnie Heestetter
City Hall
Elyria's house ocelot Sammy wins a shy place at home
The James Yearley family at 304 Foster Ave. keeps Sammy the ocelot, a year into domestic life after buying him at the Sportsman Show in Cleveland for 15 dollars. He sleeps by day, climbs tables, dislikes men, and wanders the basement with Buddy the white cat and a chihuahua. Mrs Yearley hopes he will soon roam the house unscared, though he remains wary of strangers and must be leashed during outside rides.
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James Yearley
Foster Ave
Sammy
Yearleys
Cleveland
Samee
Yearley
Buddy
Yearleya
Caldwell Ave
Berlin Not Cramped Says Tourist Office
The Berlin Tourist Office asserts West Berlin is very spacious, comparable in area to Birmingham Liverpool Manchester Southampton Bordeaux Marseille Strasbourg Cologne Dusseldorf Frankfurt and Munich, England and France as well as several German cities.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Birmingham
Liverpool
Manchester
Southampton
England
Bordeaux
Marseille
Stras- Coury
France
Cologne
Duesseldorf
Frankfurt
Munich
Milan band keeps busy year with multiple appearances
The Milan band in blue and grey performed at varsity football games in fall and basketball games, joined the Miss America Parade in Sandusky on November 1, and a Christmas concert on December 15. A standout feature is a dance board group. Two members, George Tigges and Chuck Lindecamp, earned spots in the Ohio All State Boys Band last summer.
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Sandusky
George Tigges
Chuck Lindecamp
Joanne Crecelious
Carol Miller
Elyria Board Defers Teacher Salary Action Again
The Elyria Public Schools salary schedule vote was postponed for a second time at the last board meeting as no member was absent and directors felt full Board consideration was needed. The Lorain County Dairy Sales Association held its annual meeting at Carlisle Grange Hall drawing a large crowd and electing four directors. The Lorain County Women’s Home Council began plans for Achievement Day and projects for 1939 40 focusing on clothing accessories electrical care and lighting and dressmaking. County government meetings and a Chamber of Commerce financials were noted with a cash balance and year receipts.
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Elyria Public Schools
Eleria Board of Iny
Lorain County Dairy Sales Association
Carlisle Grange Hall
Lorain County
Morain County
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Milan High School Marching Band
Confederacy
Susar
Miss Hague
New York
National American Indian Youths Committee
Rolf Till
Vermont St
Finn
Rosa Workwun
Wellington
Church of Christ
Pines Bart
Elyria
Mrs. James
Ley
Milan
Bus Ierces
Dennis Wollem
Marvin Kanpy
OM Simon
Ronald Cull
Linda Huber
Annette Mahl
Dianne Ewell
Dorothy Mahl
H { Mercer
Thoms Strong
Jean Schlessman
David Weisman
David Martin
Lynn Schiessman
David Ewell
Kathy Stower
Kathy Gastier
Beverly Doerver
JoAnn Crecelious
Nancy Rockwell
Emma Lee Howard
Sherril Ranney
Glen Reckwell
Bonnie Romp
Charles Lindecamp Jr
Paul Weilrau
Jean Grose
Willard al
Yesteryear
Court House
Chamber of Commerce
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