Origins and spread of Mother's Day across cities
A historical survey traces Mother's Day from early spring rites to the modern observance in Albion New York Henderson Kentucky Indianapolis Indiana and Philadelphia. It highlights figures like Mary Towles Sasseen Wilson Frank B Hering Miss Anna Jarvis and ties to the Eagles and Wilson presidency.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Asia Minor
Rhea
Hilaria
Greece
Rome
Albion
N. Y
George M. Pullman
St. Lawrence
Mr. Pullman
Henderson
Mary Towles Sasseen Wilson
Ohio River
Little
Center Street
Bret
Misa Sasseen
Springfield
Ohio
Kentucky
Towles Sasseen
Marshall Wilson
Florida
Indianapolis
Ind
Louis Ludlow
Mr. Speaker
Congress of the United States
Indiana
Frank B. Hering
Order of Hagles
Indianapolis Times
Boyd Gurley
Pulitzer
America
Philadelphia
Congress
Wilson
United States
Anna Jarvis
Jarvis
Virginia
Miss Jarvis
Pennsylvania
Boston
Senate
House of Representatives
William Jennings Bryan
Bryan
France
New York
William McKinley
Monoxide Ends Lovers In Jonesville Auto
Two Jonesville high school sweethearts Lowell Duffey sixteen and Cecile Nye seventeen were found dead in a car near a cemetery under a blizzard. Carbon monoxide fumes apparently asphyxiated them during a good night embrace after a basketball banquet. Cecile Nye, a noted beauty and basketball player, and Lowell Duffey had been missing for three days, prompting fears of elopement before Emory Nye discovered the bodies. Coroner Miller reported no violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jonesville
Mich
Lowell Duffey
Cecile Nye
Jonesville High School
Durfey
Emory Nye
Cecile
Miller
Miss Nye
Prisoner Cries Into Nine Years in Jail
Chicago man Abe Garbett pleaded before Federal Judge James H. Wilkerson on false affidavits and misreported birthplaces. The sentence was increased to one year and a day with parole to Joliet, then eight more years to serve, amid a sobbing plea for probation.
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Chicago
Abe Garbett
South
Kolin Avenue
James H. Wilkerson
London
Philadelphia
Russia
Wilkerson
Garbett
Joliet
Leavenworth
State Parole Board
Wife Takes Rhyming Dictionary Triggers Divorce Suit
Spanish poet Dorneto Gutierrez of 87380 Sheridan Road laments after his wife Clettle deserts him in 1925 and absconds with his rhyming dictionary. He says he has not written a decent rhyme since and a Circuit Court divorce bill followed. Gutierrez never considered buying another dictionary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Clettle
Dorneto Gutierrez
Sheridan Road
Butt
Gutierrez
Gudierrez
Forgotten Beggar Woman Dies After Jail Isolation
A beggar woman, found in Alsheim during a cold rain, was jailed in the village lockup and forgotten for a week. She was discovered, taken to a hospital, and died within hours from starvation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mainz
Alsheim
Eagle Dog Ride Ends Safely Near Shelby Ohio
A collie owned by farmer Steve Gwirtz near Shelby Ohio rode in an eagle's talons until the bird dropped the dog to safety when the weight proved too much. The remarkable incident ended without serious injury to the dog.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shelby
Ohio
Steve Gwirtz
Here
Angalin Cook Dies in Birthroom Log Cabin
Mrs Angalin Cook dies near Springfield Missouri in the same log cabin room where she was born eighty seven years earlier. The passing marks a long life tied to one place with local reflections on her roots and family history.
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Springfield
Angalin Cook
Holy Smoke in the Parsonage
Hobart Merton, a soon to be pastor, falls for Virginia Crosby. After a chaotic morning with visiting Canadian children, a midnight fire at the parsonage tests his view of a suitable wife, ending with Virginia’s kiss and the phrase Holy Smoke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plainville
Virginia
Barto
Jane
Hobart Merton
Hobart
Pride of
Aunt Jane’s
Hobart Elwood Merton
Virginia Crosby
Pigeons Light in Trees When No Buildings Nearby
Pigeons roost in trees when urban structures are unavailable, choosing leafy perches over traditional roost sites. This behavior shows birds adapt to limited shelter byUsing trees as resting spots in absence of built environments.
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Lodge
Hayles
Notre Dame
Oto de Luse
South Bend
Frank J. Hering
Bricaraip
Sacramento
Calif
Joe Rodriguez
Rodriguez
Genevra Cook
Birchfield
Parson Darlin
D Pierce
Hanford
U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Arkansas State Farm
K-R-O
K-R-O Co
McMichael
Zada-Tone CO
P. O
Los Angeles
Cal
Frey
Beenmerica
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