Today is the Day Day by Day World War History Notes
The item presents a day by day World War history feature by Clark Kinnaird with entries on Lille Ghent and German occupation, plus a timeline noting George Washington’s White House cornerstone in 1792 and the 1812 Queenston defeat. It includes notable names like Molly Pitcher and early American figures, reflecting a mixed historical digest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
White House
Pierre L'Enfant
James Hoban
Duke of Leinster
Ireland
Washington
Cherry Street
New York
John Admases
Warsaw frontline moves and historic notes linger
The piece lists Oct 14 1914 wartime updates with Von Hindenburgs Polish advance toward Warsaw and Ivangorod, German air raids, and Siberian detachments. It also covers brief history items from 1066 Hastings to 1542 Cabrillo and 1854 baby show, plus notes on Irish leaders de Valera and Cosgrave and a Boone family sports tale.
Nostalgic Glimpse of Manhattan Brownstone Boarding House
New York on October 18 recalls a vanishing era as a brownstone boarding house on West 57th Street yields to modern quarters. The narrator recalls Sophie the housemaid, Julia Sanderson sightings, a front room cost of 18 dollars, and encounters with actors and artists amid the bustling midtown scene and changing neighborhood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Speec
Manhattan
Irvin Cobb
West 57Th
Broadway
Hoardera
Sophie
Julia Sanderson
Miss Sanderson
Jett Alex
Alex
Orange County
Virginia
Alex Sotloed
Chaweming
West
57Th Street
Fashion Bureau
Floria Chronicle-Telegram
Fifth Ave
N.Y
World War 20 Years Ago Today In Pictures Captured Lille
Lille fell to German forces after a week of bombardment that wrecked about 1000 buildings. The Germans also captured Ghent in Belgium as part of the same operations reported by Clark Kinnaird for the Picture section.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clark Kinnaird
Lille
Ghent
Belgium
Ormazd
Persia
Light
God
Shirtwaist Dress Pattern Advise for Girls 8 to 14
An old pattern advertisement describes a smart practical shirtwaist dress for girls aged 8 to 14 in blue wool crepe with red buttons belt and bow. It lists fabric options and measurements, with pattern price 15 cents and book plus pattern 25 cents, from a New York pattern department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorena
Brookside P T A Holds Second Regular Meeting
The Brookside Parent Teacher Association met in the school auditorium with strong attendance. Mrs. J J Smith led the business session and announced committees for registration membership press reception and hospitality sick finance and budget historian student reporter program and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. AL
Sheffield
Brookside
Parent-Teacher Association
J.J. Smith
Page
Howells
Finley
Coder
Gallagher
Youngblood
Root
Local Residents Share Social Evening Visits
Mr and Mrs LeRoy Fridenstine of Elyria visited Tuesday evening with Mr and Mrs Earle Johnson. Mr and Mrs John Fealy and daughter DeMaris joined by Edna and Sarah Reeve of Lorain spent Wednesday evening with Mr and Mrs P L Chambers and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LeRoy Fridenstine
Elyria
Earle Johnson
John Fealy
DeMaris
Edna and
Sarah Reeve
Lorain
P. L. Chambers
Oil Industry Ranks Second Lucrative in Kansas
Topeka Kansas reports the oil industry as the second most lucrative in the state. The sector processed $43,000,000 in the last year. Homer Hoch, chairman of the state corporation commission, credited government policy with keeping crude prices at about $1 a barrel for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
Kansas
State Corporation Commission
Homer Hoch
Government
Contra
Rarest 20th Century stamp value and sale note
The piece discusses Scott No. A9 a Rotary Press 11x11 stamp, printed early 1924, with only about thirty copies known and no unused copies. Prices rose from $200 in 1934 to $257 at Aughe Barr, Inc. auction, signaling strong value and possible upward moves if more copies remain undiscovered.
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United States
Scott
Buréau of Engraving and Printing
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mars
Meas Aury
Duplier
Sacburn
Bay
Germany
Ltth
France
le Hivre
von Heinrich
Nord
Priv
Sal Ghey
Solomon van Rensselaer
Queenston
Ontario
Lewiston
N. Y
Maury Gudwig Hays
Molly Pitcher
Trishwaman
Monmouth
Ripley
Parker Gilbert
J. P. Morgan &O
Irene Rich
U. S. Independence
von Hindenburg
Poland
Kalisz
Warsaw
Cratow
Ivangorod
Folow
Early
England
Harold TH
William I
Hastings
California
Juan Dodriguez Cabrilla
Golden Land
Santa Barbara
Harter
Strait of America
Springfield, O
Eamonn de Valera
Williams T. Cosgrave
William Penn
Pennsylvania
Deborah Sampson
Olympton
Mass
Molly
Continental Army
Robert Shurtleff
Europe
Massachusetts Bay
Pilgrim Fathers
Manhattan Island
Holland
Central Presssociation, Inc
Bethlehem
Bill Woodring
Lehigh University
Daniel Boone
Reading
Woodring
Camp Perry
William J. Woodring
Florence Boote
Boone
Doraldine
Hula Danecer
Mm. Wayne
Reisemweber
Tepairer
Dane Austin
Reisenweber's
Columbus Circle
Booth Tarkington
Harry Leon Wilson
Pocahontas
Cavalier
Pathfinder
Florida
Schro
B. 8
Canada
Pete
Laura I. Baldt
Teachers College
Columbia University
York
Pattern Department
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
W. E. Taft
Brookside School
Nuhn
LaGrange Road
the Inland Loan CO
Willard
Broad Street
Chronicle-Telegram
Armery Tage
New York Harbor
Uruguay
Edith Cavel
Brussels
Vintola Hospital
Tina
Elyria ¥. M. C
Robert Fredericks
Oberlin Collectors Clark
Oberlin Savings Bank
South Carolina Canal and Railroad Company
Hamburg
S.C
Breneh
D. C
Napoleon
Melly Pitcher
Jona Hayes
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