Reflections on Youth and Growth by Eric Hoffer
Eric Hoffer argues that today’s youth view themselves as unprecedented, resent systems dictating thoughts, and seek instant fulfillment. He notes most adolescent grievances are performative, predicts many will fail without toil, and cites former radicals who later achieve wealth while paradoxically undermining the system.
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Wall Street
Peace and Freedom Party
Eric Hoffer
the Ledger Syndicate, Inc
Black Silk Flag Tells Elyria Johnson Reception Tale
A small piece of black silk with a white thread inscription tied to a 1866 Elyria stop by President Andrew Johnson reveals a local act of defiance. Katharine Moody waved the silk from a parasol during the president’s visit, prompting town alarm and a lasting Lorain County legend.
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Andrew Johnson
Elyria
David Nye Sr
Lorain
United States
Society
Johnson
Ohio
Cleveland & Toledo
East
Middle West
Congress
Cleveland Taunters
Edwin Stanton
Cleveland
Constitution
Union
Cleveland Herald
Wm. H. Seward
Farragut
New Orleans
Gideon Welles
Steedman
Romero
New York
Dent Johnson
Moody
Lincoln
Nelson
Lorain County
Elyria Railroad Depot
Forgotten accounts fund state bonds under Ohio law
An Ohio law effective July 1 1968 transfers dormant bank accounts to the state after ten years of inactivity. Banks pay interest and taxes while awaiting owners. Many small escheated sums accumulate, but owners may reclaim funds by signing a recognition letter. James F Hill notes banks now forward dormant accounts to the state.
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Ohio
Owen S. Workman
Lorain County Savings and Trust Co
Workman
James F. ‘Hill
First National Bank of
Elyria
Smithsonian Mall Comes Alive With Seasonal Attractions
Washington pedestrians find the Mall transformed by a rotating lineup of exhibits including a merry-go round a Plexiglas dinosaur and a tent theater. The annual Festival of American Folk Life arrives July 18 drawing craftsmen musicians from 20 states and expected crowds of over 500000.
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Washington
Uncle Beazley
Dinosaur
Washington, D.C
National Geographic Society
Smithsonian Institution
Washington Monument Grounds
Capitol
Greensward
Smithsonian
Grafton Honor Jaycees highlight unglamorous crime tale
The Grafton Honor Jaycees crime prevention project brings inmates from the Sheffield Lake area to speak to youths about prison life. Speakers Nick Santiago James Ezell Melvin Blue and others describe routine, loss of identity and the high cost of crime to deter juvenile delinquency.
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Grafton
Frafton
The
Grafton Honor Jaycees
Thomas Peters
Lorain
Prison
Ife
Nick Santiago
James Ezell
Melvin Blue
Douglas Patterson
Mel Jeter
Clifford Dawson
Forrest Wade
Santiago
Jeter
Blue
Sheffield Lake Jaycees
Honor Farm Jaycee Chapter
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Per Oecal
Lyndon
New York Herald
Nation
Joshua R. Giddings
Kate
Katharine Garford Thomas
Thomas
Katharine Moody
Massachusetts
Thomas L. Nelson
Washington Avenue
David Baldwin
First Presbyterian Church
Broad Street
D.C
Vondiey Thusec
Washington Monument
Pat Isaai
Aetia
Tak
Jim Lucas
Lucas
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