Foster Monument Erected in Pittsburgh for Composer Stephen Collins Foster
Monument unveiled in Highland Park Pittsburgh to honor Stephen Collins Foster birthplace and long residence in Lawrenceville. ceremony featured 9000 children from Pittsburgh Allegheny McKeesport, bands, and vocals of Foster songs. Sculptor Giuseppe Marchetti designed the bronze statue with granite base, a book and pencil in hand.
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Stephen Collins Foster
Pittsburgh
Lawrenceville
Buwanes
Mecca
Wittaburgh
Highland Park
Pittaburgh
Allegheny
McKeesport
Toster
Fontera
Giuseppe Marchetti
New York
T F Keenan, Jr
Sig Marchetti
W Mellon
Robert Pitcairn
EM Sigelow
W N Yrew
Foster
Rnveling
Peisone
Na Losters
America
Hoster
Maggie
Ellen Clyne
John Browna
London’s oldest women’s club closes due to member decline
The city’s oldest women’s club shuts its doors after a drop in member interest reduces income and leaves expenses unpaid. The closure reflects waning social traction and financial strain within the organization.
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London
Traveling husband uses clock dial to control calls
A busy itinerant husband alternates between irregular trains and hotel stays, leaving his wife anxious. He finally fixes a cardboard clock dial on his door marked Back at to cue calls, but the device drew inquiries from seven people and failed to prevent missed connections.
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Lttle
Alavey
Lide
Oalla
Martha x
Booten & Stationer’s
Quaint Bell Tower Marks Tacoma Old Town Roots
The text recalls Tacoma origin from a lumber camp and trading post at Commencement Bay, noting the Northern Pacific railroad link and the rise of a city on the high ground above Old Town, with reference to Tacoma and its early history.
Oldest bell tower in America built inside a fir tree
Clergyman Morri of Oregon built a church named St Peters beside a broken fir tree. A belfry cross crowned the tree and a bell rang from the branchy tower. Ivy draped the interior as visitors accessed the chamber by a rooftop ladder, marking a unique pioneer church of colonial era.
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Mshop Morrie
Oregon
St Peters
America
Prominent Irmira Democrat John Stanchfield Profile Emerges
A flowing profile describes John Harry Blanchfield Stanchfield of Irmira as a tall well built financier and politician. It traces his birth on March 30, 1845, family background, education at No. 2 grammar and Amherst College, early athletic prowess, and rise from attorney to district attorney mayor and state assembly leader.
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Broadway
Anya
New York World
John Harry Blanchford
Fimira
Aicd
New York State
Mr. &Tanchfleld
Flmira
John
Colorado
Biain
No 2
Stunchteld
Limbra Free Academy
Bia
Kinochteld
J Dorman Steele
Oporta
Bla
Amherst College
Limira
David B Hil
Ilm
Ast Water Street
Chemung River
Tills
Mill
Hill & Stanchfield Theairm
Stanchfield
Mimira
Albany
White Rock Whitlings Chronicle Update
Truant Indians visit Colorado. cowboys allegedly tolerate hunting parties. Dr. Lloyds’ family arrives from Tennessee as Misa Carter pursues missionary nursing work. Gus Johnson injured, Curtis Lake sells cattle to attend college. Election night features a large bonfire and impromptu school reception.
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Lloyd
Tennessee
Bo McKenna
Salt Lake
Misa Carter
Virginia
Gus Johnson
Hia
Curlis Lake
Balt Lake City
Anuth
Holland
A.Q Boan
Migs Sallie Calvert
Rene
Indulgent Father Ends With a Houseful of Havoc
Col Caliper recalls an old Vermont tale of Sian Zingtock whose son Rufus rigged a home windmachine to fly a kite. A blown fuse and overzealous wind sent the blower tearing through the parlor, shattering windows and scattering furniture as the room became a chaotic scene and the indulgence ended.
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Col Caliper
New York Sun
Sian Zingtock
Storkvile Center
Rufus
Zingtock
Zungtock
Odd Clock Chimes Twice and Stops at Fire Atmosphere
Ben Catherine Gold of Cheaterfield Indiana possesses an old clock that stopped at 2 as it struck twice. The clock then ran ten minutes and stopped abruptly. Mira Gould fears the omen foretells bad luck or death amid a family hearth fire. Nearby, Hugo Miller was gored by a cow in Canal Dover Ohio. a horn pierced his head, risking lifelong disability. In Delaware Ohio, a potato vine grew through an old corncob, blooming at the top.
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Ben
Catherine Gold
Cheaterfield
Ind
Mira
Gould
Hugo
Frank Miller
Canal Dover
Ate Ent
Ti. K. Hudson
Delaware
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Am Ath Hele
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Aixi
Pope & Son
George A. Love Company
Leslie Ashton
Vernal Branch House
White Rock Whittlings
Wyten
Atyle
Col. Calliper
Storkeville Center
Pope's
Wonder Soap
Papa'a
Mary Ann Howard
Elizabeth Belicher
Minnié Pops
Mia
Doc McCaryell
Mrs
Hichard Jensen
H. ©. Mzanowa
N. G
Durraun
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Ashiy Valley Lodge
Elk
Mng Brothers
Bansamin Cuiernor
Hatonr
Ryo
M. B
R. M. Pope
Analytical Chemists and Assayers
PSTAT
Black, Vernat Avenue
Allan & Johnson
Ol Mill Ward
Bumness
Simoks
Robert Witmer
TIN Smith
Howse
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