Ancestors exhibit at Oberlin Allen Art Museum opens
The Allen Art Museum at Oberlin College unveils Ancestors, a 26-portrait show from 1820 to 1880. Curated by Marcia Goldberg and Molly Anderson, the exhibit highlights local and itinerant painters with Oberlin roots, featuring sitters like Charles Grandison Finney and James Harris Fairchild.
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Allen Art Museum
Oberlin College
Oberlin
Youngstown
Mansfield
Norwalk
New England
Washington, D.C
Iowa
Marcia Goldberg
Molly Anderson
Charles Grandison Finney
James Harris Fairchild
Alonzo Pease
Hiram Abiff Pease
Mary Moody Nelson
True ancestry leaves girl with brother not lover
Dear Abby recounts a reader who reunited with a childhood sweetheart, now aged 22 and 23, after years apart and a Reagan rally meeting. She plans marriage but faces a troubling twist as her mother reveals a complex family reveal that could affect the relationship.
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Abby
Peter
California
California Incest Laws and Absolution From Despair
Dear Abby addresses a reader's fear about half siblings and California law, noting incest is illegal in all states unless changed. The column also prints a grateful testimonial from a survivor who credits therapists for choosing life and urges counseling as a helpful route for others.
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California
Abby
Names Change as Women Keep Surnames Divide
A discussion on name equality among married couples, showing how women increasingly keep their own surnames for personal and professional reasons. Hyphenated last names are common, with examples from Susan Afriat, Jessica Burke-Goldberg, Ariel Afriat-Hyman, and Noah Friedman-Rudovsky, among others, illustrating the social shift and practical considerations.
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Susan Afrial
Philadelphia Birth Control Information Service
Susan Hyman
Steve Hyman
Marlene Zigmond
Center For
Barrington
Diane Burke
Philadelphia
Erwin Goldberg
Jessica Burke-Goldberg
Ms. Burke
Jessica
Hyman
Ari
Susan
Noah Friedman-Rudovsky
Muffin Friedman
David Rudovsky
Rudovsky
Burko- Goldberg-Friedman-Rudovsky
Friedman-Rudovsky-Burko-Goldberg
Autograph Session by Ann Sewell at Central Book Store
Authoress Ann M. Sewell will sign copies of How Were You Baptized at Central Book Store 390 Broad St from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday. Her book argues baptism by immersion with scriptural support and cites Cape C. Sewell Jr. as part of her life. Hardback copies are $6.95.
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Thomas
Frances Nelson
Nelson
Mary Louise
Wellesley College
Ann Sewell
Ann M. Sewell
Central Book Store
Broad SL
Elyrian
Sewell
Christ Temple Apostolic Church
Oberlin
West Ave
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Elyrians
Thomas Lathrop Nelson
James
Katherine Garford
J.C. Hill
Savings Deposit Bank
First National Bank
Elyria
Mary L. Moody
Chicopee
Mass
Mary
Mt. Holyoke Seminary
Mt. Holyoke
Loman Moody
Springfield
Seibel Howard
Washington Avenue
Abel Goodspeed
Charles Arthur Ely
Evergreen Point
Fred Sanford
Arthur L. Garford
Katherine Garford Thomas
Kate Moody
William Laughton Smith
Kate Moody Smith
Arthur Garford
Frances H. Sanford
Frederick and
Eveline Nichols Sanford
Kate
White House
Ada Smith Vincent
France
Churchill
Professor Gray
Goodrich
Cleveland
Connie Davis
Dear Abby
Barbara Kantrowitz
Knieht-Ridder Newspapers
Nelson Rockefeller
Beatrix
Rockefeller
Trixie
Ms. Zigmond
Susan Afriat
Ariel Afriat-Hyman
Ms. Afriat
Kathy Gosliner
William Green
Cecil Jones
U.S. Attorney's Office
Brendan Jones
Ms. Gosliner
Barbara Brown
Alex Capron
Jared Capron- Brown
Chris Worland-Esquith
Mrs. &Well
Cape C. Sewell Jr
Janice A. Webber
Ridgeriew Shopping Center
North
Belgevue
Ohies
Mom-Fri
Ronald J. OfSet
George Washington Uriv
Michael Barkus
J.D
Cleveland Marshall Law
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