Literary Guidepost reviews A Guide to American History
The American Story from Exploration to Atom is edited by Earl Schenck Miers with sixty chapters by sixty scholars. Notable contributors include Thomas on Lincoln, Catton on Grant and Lee, Malone on Jefferson, Schachtner on Hamilton, Schlesinger on Jackson, and Billington on the frontier. The collection, based on a radio program, surveys American history with accessible yet advanced analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Schenck Miers
Channel Press
Society of American Historians
Benjamin P. Thomas
Lincoln
Bruce Catton
Grant and
Lee
Dumas Malone
Jefferson
Nathan Schachner
Hamilton
Arthur Schl
Nevins
Telephone Service Restored After 2 Month Blackout
Emergency service returned in Portsmouth Ohio after a strike shut down all telephones in Scioto County for two months and nine hours. The Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co resumed operations amid city guards and caution with Governor Lausche warning he may call in National Guard if tensions rise. Local emergency radio networks had filled the gap during the blackout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
Ohio
Scioto County
Ohio Consolidated Telephone Co
Frank J. Lausche
National Guard
Communications Workers of America
Riders of the Purple Sage sales figure reported
The 1912 novel Riders of the Purple Sage by Zane Grey has sold about 1,094,000 copies to date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zane Grey
Destiny in Flux Sparks Exciting Vigorous Debate
The headline captures the sense of sweeping changes shaping the future with brisk, engaging prose. It hints at a period of transformation and lively discussion without specifying details or sources.
Calvary Baptist Plans Amherst Street Church
Calvary Baptist Church, organized last December, has purchased a nine tenths acre lot on Amherst Street near the city limits from Dr. Robert V. Larrick for 8000 dollars. Construction is planned to start in 1957, with about 80 members currently meeting at 3085 Loudoun Street. The church is led by Rev. John Kinzie of 502 West Clifford Street.
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Calvary Baptist Church
Amherst St
Robert V. Larrick
Winchester
L. A. Hudson
S. Loudoun St
John Kinzie
Clifford St
Children Receive Christmas Toys at Toy Land Matinee
Twenty seven children were awarded new Christmas toys at the Capitol Theatre Saturday during a B. F. Goodrich Toy land Matinee show. Recipients include Harry Kern Charles Cunningham Jerr Donnie Larrick Charles Bridges Robert Lee John Grove Bil Dunlap and others.
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Capitol Theatre
B. F. Goodrich
Toyland
Harry Kern
Charles Cunningham
Jerr Donnie Larrick
Charles Bridges
Robert Lee
John Grove
Bil Dunlap
Charles Lockhart
Clifford Nicholson
Betty Loumphes Doudie Toon
Jo Wright
Gary Gardner
Barbara Lewis
Donna Brumback
Sharon Cain
Mike Mulvey
Robert E. Dove
Sherry Swisher
Tom Mac
Buy and Use Christmas Seals Help Stamp Out Tuberculosis
A brief public notice urges readers to purchase Christmas Seals to fund tuberculosis research and relief, highlighting community involvement and a charitable national campaign. The message frames the seals as a simple civic act to support health services and ongoing anti tuberculosis efforts.
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W.G. Rogers
Penney's
Penney
Calvary Baptist
Amherst Street
Bake Sale
Sherwin Williams Paint Co
Air Squadron No
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Strong
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Penney Towncraft
Simec
J. C. Penney's
Bell Ya
Dush
Penny
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