Today is the Day Historic calendar notes and a garter tale
The item presents a mix of calendar data and a historical anecdote about the Order of the Garter from Edward III's court, describing a lady losing a stocking-supporter and the king’s reaction. It also notes 1495 slave trades in the West Indies, and a June festival with Melanchthon’s "Confession" read before the Augsburg diet.
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Edward III
Countess of Salisbury
Edward
Order of the Garter
Electoral Saxony
Charles
Augsburg
Philipp Melanchton
Melangk'thon
Notable events and figures in early American and world history
A collage of historical notes and anecdotes from the late 18th to 19th centuries. It covers Virginia’s colonial status and statehood, Captain Josiah Tattnall’s neutrality actions, Custer at Little Big Horn, notable nativities, wind direction logic, and the origins of wedding customs. It also notes Pope Sylvester II as inventor of the first clock.
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Sylvester II
Mae West fad prompts healthier eating at Racine High
Dr. J F Thompson reports Mae West popularity has lifted dieting among Racine High School girls. Previously underweight students are returning to normal, embracing malted milks and banana splits without hesitation as the craze wanes.
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Racine
Wis
J. F. Thompson
West Ridge W C T U Institute Sets June Program
The West Ridge W C T U Institute meets at Evangelical church on Edison Highway Thursday June 28 at 8 pm. Program includes opening song Invoc Rev I H Amore music by Watson and Donovan Beal 1 Act Play Daughters to the Rescue vocal solo by Marian Knittel offertory Oliver Shubert address by Miss Helen Osborne prize awards by Mrs B C Shubert reading 1st prize essay Edna Lottman remarks by County President Mrs Lillie A Hill closing song God Be with You benediction Rev Amore supper served at 7 pm bring dishes and silver. Reverend Barnard of Boston attended conference in Oberlin this week.
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I. H. Amore
Watson
Donovan Beal
Marian Knittel
Oliver Shubert
Helen Osborne
B. C. Shubert
Edna Lottman
Lillie A. Hill
God
Amore
Jolly Quilters Plan All Day Meet at Mrs Sears Home
Litchfield area notes show Omar Hines visiting Earl Hines in Chatham. The Jolly Quilters arrange an all day meeting at Mrs C H Sears home Wednesday. Several local residents traveled, visited kin, or assisted relatives this week. Members of Grange and Eastern Stars attended events and banquets in nearby towns.
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Litchfield
Omar Hines
Earl Hines
Chatham
Jolly Quilters
C. H. Sears
James Megargee
Lodi Hospital
Jay Barlow
Pineville
Don Barlow
Elyria
Barlow
Lou Durke
Erhart
A. O. Frombaugh
Grange
Fixler’s
Wadsworth
F. H. Schott
Clyde Bradley
Medina
Litchfield Chapter
Eastern Stars
Beatrice Deitrich
Donna Rust
Jean Bounds
Jeanette Law
Court Musser, Jr
Merle Law
Dick Grugle
Donald Musser
Betty Wheeler
Georgia Stone
Warland Kopf
Harry Lloyd
Wendell Schott
Glenn Yost
Tad Schott
Margaret Stone
Joan Jenne
Helen Falconer
Belva Buchanan
Mary Leach
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Clark Kinnaird
Central Prean Association
Mercury
Jupiter
Christopherus
New World
Wesr Indies
Haiti
Spain
Sai
Martin Luther
Electoral
Saxony
Virginia
Union
Josiah Tattnall
U.S. Asiatic Feet
U. S
Tattnall
George Armstrong Custer
10Th Cavalry
Gall
Crazy Horse
Little Big Horn River
Montana
Custer
Jesse Isador Straus
France
Charles Tyerkes
Theodore Dreiser
Els
John Horne Tooke
Tooke
Blackguards
London
Arthur
Tracy
Chichibu-no-mura
Prince Royal of
Japan
America
Hemisphere
Earth
al Axon
St.elyria
Ened
West Ridge
W. C. T. U. Institute
Evangelical Church
Edison Highway
A. J. Barnard
Boston
B. O. Pope
Oberlin
Oberlin College
Emma Manns
New Oberlin
Margaret
Mildred Pallas
Edna Pallas
Harold L. Fisher
Doris Mack
Eaton
Charlotte Miller
la Grange Road
Margie Rushin
Cleveland
Hazel Wacker
la Porte
Thelma Manns
Butternut Ridge
Lena Moelk
Evelyn Lehman
Helen Briggs
Marian Pallas
This Place
Jolly Hustlers
Ostrov
Oxfords
Broad Street
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