tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13844044066883239062024-02-18T21:04:07.282-08:00MiscellaneousMarA blog about whatever tickles my fancy.Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961058368919156142noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384404406688323906.post-51510790361436188912022-03-15T13:15:00.001-07:002022-03-15T13:17:33.192-07:00Why Math Matters II<p> Okay I kind of dropped the ball on my blog. Life interferred as it is prone to do.</p><p>Although I am no longer a math mentor, I thought I should finish my posts on this topic since I had compiled some thoughts about why math matters at the time. I still believe we need more logical thinkers in this world.</p><p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b>LIFE is full of PROBLEMS</b></span></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal">I am not just talking about math problems. You use your
brain to solve all sorts of problems whether they are math problems or problems
with life.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life has simple problems like
what to wear today or what to buy for dinner? Life sometimes involves more
apparent math problems, such as is it cheaper to buy the store brand or the
name brand, or is it cheaper to grow my own tomatoes? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Life also has more complex problems like
should I rent or buy a house, or can I afford to have a kid? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Most everyday problems we solve instantaneously, without
writing anything down, just using our brainpower. When we use our brain to
solve problems we are using logic.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Different
parts of your brain are used for different functions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Math improves your logic skills by using the
part of your brain that is analytical. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Think of your brain as a muscle and math as the exercise
machine. Math trains your brain to understand and break problems down into
smaller parts that can be solved more easily.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>You will be a better problem solver if you study Math.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Texas Tattoo</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Should I move to Texas?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Should I get a Tattoo?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Should I get a tattoo of Texas?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBvfgLtLomubMtqZDhSFr2onsOCkIm2I0b-4gbtp_jxnWPcXuj3o1Fz3hhq9FQ5rWSwmRGBfSJC3QS52vRjOrCb4UPwWa41OIVmT-EOWRjaW0BQ5ptrdIg9RZi1_YF_xqBzrsDVs4VBo3qwyVUMlistug9-3SNsJJdxxumjXf_-YkAGmA2lviCLpLA=s900" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="899" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiBvfgLtLomubMtqZDhSFr2onsOCkIm2I0b-4gbtp_jxnWPcXuj3o1Fz3hhq9FQ5rWSwmRGBfSJC3QS52vRjOrCb4UPwWa41OIVmT-EOWRjaW0BQ5ptrdIg9RZi1_YF_xqBzrsDVs4VBo3qwyVUMlistug9-3SNsJJdxxumjXf_-YkAGmA2lviCLpLA=s320" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Why I wrote this:</span></div><div><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">As a volunteer math mentor/tutor for Middle and High School Students the most common complaint I hear is:</span></div><div><b> "Why do I have to do this! I'm never going to use this again!"</b></div><div><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">So I started to think of reasons, that don't necessarily involve knowing math for math's sake, on why the study of math will help students in the real world and decided to share them here. I have several other reasons that I will be sharing in the future.</span></div></div><p></p><span style="font-family: georgia;"><b></b></span><p></p>Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961058368919156142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384404406688323906.post-77969317468678141192013-05-25T17:09:00.000-07:002013-05-30T16:24:07.499-07:00Why Math Matters<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">When I was young<br /> I hated broccoli.<br />But now I'm older <br />I enjoy broccoli a lot.<br />If I had banished <br />broccoli from the earth,<br />I wouldn't have<br />tried it, and liked it,<br />later on. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Everybody changes.<br />If you banish math <br />from your life now,<br />You will limit <br />your options.<br /><br />You may not want to be <br />an engineer,<br />an accountant,<br />or a business owner now,<br />but in the future<br />you may want to be <br />something different, <br />something that involves math<br /><br />Life Changes,<br />Don't limit your options <br />to deal with change.<br />Keep math in your life.</span></div>
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Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961058368919156142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384404406688323906.post-63674882862471071772012-04-05T21:07:00.000-07:002012-04-05T21:07:29.032-07:00Vintage April Fools<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961058368919156142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384404406688323906.post-48736232303135487322012-03-07T14:19:00.001-08:002012-03-08T08:04:44.868-08:00Remember the AlamoI should have posted this yesterday, March 6, because on that date in 1836 the Alamo fell to General Santa Anna's Mexican Army after a 13 day siege. 187 Texans fought against 6,000 Mexicans. So remember, "the Alamo" isn't just a college football bowl game.<br />
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<b><i>Illustration from the Deseret Evening News, Salt Lake City, UT, August 29, 1903</i></b> </div>
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<b><i>Article from The San Juan Islander, Friday Harbor, WA, November 26, 1904.</i></b></div>
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<b><i>The Alamo, San Antonio, TX, photo by me</i></b></div>
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About a month later, The Army of Texas, commanded by Sam Houston, soundly defeated Santa Anna at the Battle of San Jacinto. The battle cry for the feisty Texans at San Jacinto was <span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>"Remember the Alamo!"</i></b></span> Now a giant 567.31 foot tall monument stands at the site of the Battle of San Jacinto near Houston, TX; it's the world's tallest monumental column, approximately 12 feet taller than the Washington Monument.<br />
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<b><i>San Jacinto Monument, Harris County, TX, photo by me</i></b></div>
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<b>More Information:</b><br />
On the Alamo:<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Alamo">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Alamo</a>
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<a href="http://www.thealamo.org/battle/battle.php">http://www.thealamo.org/battle/battle.php</a>
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On the San Jacinto Monument:<br />
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<sup><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span></sup><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;"><a href="http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=6702">http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=6702</a></span>Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961058368919156142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384404406688323906.post-57517834144792863212012-03-06T10:51:00.000-08:002012-03-07T14:36:58.884-08:00Hood's Sarsaparilla TestimonialsRecently I published a post about a distant cousin, M. L. Cheuvront, who in 1894 had written a testimonial in an advertisement for Hood's Sarsaparilla cure:<br />
<a href="http://miscellaneousmar.blogspot.com/2012/02/marshall-lloyd-cheuvront-in-agony.html">http://miscellaneousmar.blogspot.com/2012/02/marshall-lloyd-cheuvront-in-agony.html</a>
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Hood's Sarsaparilla was a prolific advertiser in the late 1800's through the early 1900's so there were lots of testimonials. I decided to go back to the Library of Congress' Historic American Newspapers collection and look for other testimonials. I found Hood's Sarsaparilla advertisements in newspapers from Florida, Hawaii, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, and Texas; I'm sure I could have found them in every other state if I had more time. Here are 21 more people who wrote testimonials.<br />
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<b><i> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Mr. Harvey Heed, Laceyville, OH; Mr. Herman Hicks, Rochester, NY; Mr. A. H. Smith, St. Louis, MO </span></i></b></div>
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Often Hood's Sarsaparilla printed half or full page advertisements with testimonials from several people.</div>
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<b><i>Miss Jessie Fremont, Saddle River, NJ; Mrs. F. H. Andrews, S. Woodstock, CT; </i></b></div>
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<b><i>Miss Julia C. Tison, Jacksonville, FL; Seymour L. Hotchkiss, Wallingford, CT; </i></b></div>
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The testimonials for Hood's Sarsaparilla Cure stated that it cured many illnesses and health problems such as spring humors, eczema, scrofula, catarrh, and loss of appetite. Here are three examples of typical advertisements with testimonials/claims that it cured them of deafness, rheumatism and salt rheum (eczema):<br />
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Library of Congress, Chronicling America, Historic American
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Heed; <i>Evening Dispatch</i>. (Provo, City, Utah), January 25,
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Hicks; <i>Daily Herald</i>. (Brownsville, Tex.), January 16,
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A. H. Smith; <i>The Courier.</i> (Lincoln, Neb.), May 12, 1894</div>
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Gray; <i>Evening Bulletin.</i> (Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii), May 29,
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Buckholz; <i>The Courier.</i> (Lincoln, Neb.), April 13, 1895</div>
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Griggs; <i>Evening Bulletin. </i>(Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii), May 18, 1895</div>
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Richardson; <i>Daily Herald.</i> (Brownsville, Tex.), August 25,
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Fremont, Andrews, Smith; <i> St. Paul Daily Globe.</i> (Saint Paul, Minn.),
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Hilbert, Wheeler, Hollinshed, Huntley; <i>St. Paul Daily Globe.
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Carleton, Gee, Gray; <i>The Pensacola Journal. </i>(Pensacola,
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<b><i>The Tacoma Times, December 23, 1903</i></b></div>
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<b><i>The Evening World, New York, NY, December 31, 1904</i></b></div>
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But not just cartoonists found the Leap year tradition an entertaining subject. In the leap year of 1892, popular authoress, Edith Sessions Tupper wrote "But some philanthropist, to whom women should be eternally grateful, ordained that once in four years they should have a whack at proposing.... Rouse maids and widows! the battlefield is open for conflict."</div>
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<b><i>The Salt Lake Herald, January 1, 1892</i></b></div>
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<i><b>Los Angeles Herald, December 25, 1892</b></i></div>
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An article in the Los Angeles Herald on December 25, 1892 gave this bio for Mrs. Tupper:</div>
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<i> "Mrs. Edith Sessions Tupper is a daughter of the Hon. Walter
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Some books she wrote were<i> By Whose Hand?, Heart's Triumph, and The Stuff of Dreams. </i>Her short stories were published in many magazines; some magazines that published her stories were <i>All Story Weekly, Love Story, Breezy Stories and Women's World.</i></div>
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</div>Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961058368919156142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384404406688323906.post-88931042259216949492012-02-20T20:23:00.000-08:002012-03-07T14:43:09.152-08:00Happy Birthday George!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
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There is some interesting history behind the holiday Presidents Day. The official federal holiday designation is <b>Washington's Birthday</b>. You can read all about about it here:</div>
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The story about George Washington and the cherry tree was first told in the biography <i>A History of the Life and Death, Virtues and Exploits of General George Washington</i> by Mason Locke Weems in 1809.<br />
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<i>"The following is a case in point. It is too valuable to be lost, and too true to be doubted; for it was communicated to me by the same excellent lady to whom I am indebted for the last.</i><br />
<i>"When George," said she, "was about six years old, he was made the wealthy master of a hatchet! of which, like most little boys, he was immoderately fond, and was constantly going about chopping everything in his way. One day in the garden, where he often amused himself hacking his mother's pea-sticks, he unluckily tried the edge of his hatchet on the body of a beautiful young English cherry-tree, which he barked so terribly, that I don't believe the tree ever got the better of it. The next morning the old gentleman, finding out what had befallen his tree, which by the by, was a great favourite, came into the house; and with much warmth asked for the mischevious author, declaring at the same time, that he would have taken five guineas for his tree. Nobody would tell him anything about it. Presently George and his hatchet made their appearance. "George," said his father, "do you know who killed that beautiful cherry tree yonder in the garden?" This was a tough question; and George staggered under it for moment; but quickly recovered himself; and looking at his father, with the sweet face of youth brightened with the inexpressible charm of all-conquering truth, he bravely cried out, "I can't tell a lie, PA; you know I can't tell a lie. I did cut it with my hatchet." "Run to my arms, you dearest boy," cried his father in transports, "run into my arms; glad am I, George, that you killed my tree; for you have paid me for it a thousand fold. Such an act of heroism in my son is worth more than a thousand trees, though blossomed with silver , and their fruits of purest gold. "</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>From </i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parson_Weems" style="background-color: transparent;">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parson_Weems</a></span></div>
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Weems attributed the story to "...an aged lady, who was a distant relative, and, when a girl, spent much of her time in the family...," who referred to young George as "cousin." The Cherry tree story has never been independently verified and is believed to be a parable/fable concocted by Parson Weems to illustrate Washington's honesty. Personally, I could believe it.<br />
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The history for Corby's Mother's Bread, the company who offered the free souvenir hatchet, is convoluted. Corby's Bakery was sold/merged to/with Continental Baking Corporation in 1925. Continental was originally Ward Baking Company in New York. Continental also bought Taggart Baking Company the original maker of Wonder Bread in 1925. The corporation went through many mergers and is now known as Hostess Brands, the maker of "Twinkies."</div>
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Read more about the history of William S. Corby and his company in the book <i>American Biography: A new Cyclopedia</i>, volume 47, on pages 180 - 183 :</div>
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Here's a more recent article about the bakery:</div>
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</div>Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961058368919156142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384404406688323906.post-5729879566331896792012-02-18T23:07:00.000-08:002013-06-11T10:47:13.357-07:00In the Shadow of the Pines - The SongThis is the final installment of a series of three posts about an old song from 1895 "<i>In the Shadow of the Pines</i>"<br />
The other two entries can be found here:
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<a href="http://miscellaneousmar.blogspot.com/2011/07/in-shadow-of-pines.html">http://miscellaneousmar.blogspot.com/2011/07/in-shadow-of-pines.html</a>
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<a href="http://miscellaneousmar.blogspot.com/2011/08/composer.html">http://miscellaneousmar.blogspot.com/2011/08/composer.html</a><br />
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<b>Sheet Music cover for "<i>In the Shadow of the Pines</i>" </b></div>
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<b>published by Legg Brothers Music, Kansas City, Missouri,circa 1895</b></div>
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The song, <i>“In the Shadow of the Pines”</i> was written by Hattie Lummis and the music composed by Sylvester Legg, under the nom de plume “G. O. Lang.” The sheet music was published by Legg Brothers, Kansas City, Missouri in about 1895.<br />
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<i>“In the Shadow of the Pines”</i> was recorded by several singers in the early 1900s. One copy of the song’s sheet music stated on the cover that it was “sung by J. H. McQuaid, Whitney Opera Co.” and included a photo of the singer. Recordings of the song by the performers Vernon Archibald and Royal Fish in 1913 and Byron G. Harlan and Frank C. Stanley in 1903 are available at the Donald C. Davidson Library at the University of California, Santa Barbara.<br />
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Iconic country musicians, the Carter Family Singers recorded their own personalized version of <i>“In the Shadow of the Pines”</i> in 1937 on Decca and in 1939 Montgomery Ward label on 78 rpm records. The group modified the lyrics, changing some words and deleting some lines, so in their version the first letters of the first verse no longer spelled out “WABASH” which was the case in the original Lummis/Legg composition.<br />
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The sheet music for <i>“In the Shadow of the Pines”</i> can be found for sale on eBay. Musicians still record this 100-year-old song and you can hear several recent versions on YouTube.<br />
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A Kansas City newspaper reported in 1897 that sales of the song had broken the 100,000 mark but even with these record breaking sales the publisher of the sheet music, Legg Brothers Music Store, went out of business by 1898.<br />
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Edward Legg’s father-in-law was a prominent Kansas City businessman, David S. Gordon. Mr. Gordon was a trustee for their music store. In 1898 a newspaper ad publicized a Trustee’s sale being held at the Legg Bros. Music Store with all the merchandise being sold at a discount of 66 2/3%.
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The Carter Family recorded a version of the popular folk song, “<i>Wabash Cannon Ball</i>” in 1929. <i>“Wabash Cannon Ball”</i> was a “descendant” of an older song, <i>“The Great Rock Island Route!”</i> The composer of the original version of this song was named J. A. Roff. The sheet music for this song was published in 1882. The publisher and copyright holder was the J. M. W. Jones Stationary & Printing Company, Chicago. Apparently this is the only song that Roff ever wrote; an internet search uncovered no other Roff compositions.<br />
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<b>Great Rock Island Route! By J. A. Roff</b> </div>
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<i>Now listen to the jingle, and the rumble, and the roar, </i></div>
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<b>The Wabash Cannon Ball by Alvin P. Carter</b> </div>
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<i>As she glides along the woodlands, through the hills and by the shore </i></div>
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<i>Hear the mighty rush of the engine, hear those lonesome hobos call </i></div>
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<i>While travelling through the jungle on the Wabash Cannon Ball</i> </div>
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<b>♫♪♫♪♫♪♫</b> <b>♪ ♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪</b> <b>♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪</b> <b>♪♫♪♫♪♫♪♫♪</b> </div>
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I believe it’s possible that composer “J. A. Roff” may have been Sylvester Legg. The name “J. A. Roff” is similar to “G. O. Lang” and could have been another nom de plume. The song composed by J. A. Roff seems to have originally been written as an advertisement for the railroad, as was the song <i>“In the Shadows of the Pines.”</i> <i> "The “Great Rock Island Route”</i> was dedicated to the General Ticket and Passenger Agent for the Rock Island Railroad; <i>“In the Shadow of the Pines”</i> was commissioned by General Ticket and Passenger Agent for the Wabash Railroad. The songs were written within about 12 years of each other. Both songs were recorded by the Carter Family Singers; both songs sound musically similar to me, but I’m not a musician.<br />
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In 1882 when <i>“The Great Rock Island Route!”</i> was written, Sylvester Legg was about 25 years old and had played the piano since he was a child. He had a connection to the railroad since his older brother, Augustus, worked as a clerk for the railroad and possibly worked with C. S. Crane, the General Ticket and Passenger Agent for the Wabash Railroad.<br />
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One difference between the two songs is that J. A. Roff was both lyricist and composer of the music, while G. O. Lang, aka Sylvester Legg, only composed the music for <i>“In the Shadows of the Pines”</i> and Hattie Lummis wrote the lyrics. Legg did compose lyrics and music for some of his other songs. Another difference is the sheet music for <i>“The Great Rock Island Route”</i> was published in Chicago, while “In the Shadow of the Pines” was published in Kansas City by Mr. Legg.
I have not found anything but circumstantial evidence that Sylvester Legg could have been original composer for the song “Wabash Cannon Ball” but I plan to keep searching for more information.<br />
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<b>Sources, Links and Further Reading and Listening:</b><br />
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<b>Newspaper article:</b><br />
Library of Congress, Chronicling America, Historic American Newspapers –
Kansas City Journal, August 27, 1897, page 1, “Written As An AD.”<br />
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<b>“In the Shadow of the Pines” Sheet Music:</b><br />
Library of Congress Historic American Sheet Music Collection, Duke University Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library –<br />
<b><a href="http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/dukesm:@OR%28@field%28AUTHOR+@band%28Lang,+G.+O.%29%29+@field%28OTHER+@band%28Lang,+G.+O.%29%29+%29">http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/dukesm:@OR%28@field%28AUTHOR+@band%28Lang,+G.+O.%29%29+@field%28OTHER+@band%28Lang,+G.+O.%29%29+%29</a></b><br />
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<a href="http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/b/b07/b0732/">http://scriptorium.lib.duke.edu/sheetmusic/b/b07/b0732/</a><br />
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<b>Recordings of “<i>In the Shadow of the pines”</i>:</b><br />
University of California Library Recordings:<br />
<a href="http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/mp3s/4000/4283/cusb-cyl4283d.mp3">http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/mp3s/4000/4283/cusb-cyl4283d.mp3 </a><br />
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Cylinder Preservation and Digitization Project, Department of Special Collections, University of California, Santa Barbara -<br />
<a href="http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?query=IN+THE+SHADOW+OF+THE+PINES+&queryType=%40attr+1%3D1016">http://cylinders.library.ucsb.edu/search.php?query=IN+THE+SHADOW+OF+THE+PINES+&queryType=%40attr+1%3D1016</a><br />
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<b>For Sale on amazon:</b><br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/In-Shadow-Pines/dp/B005MW5EDY">http://www.amazon.com/In-Shadow-Pines/dp/B005MW5EDY</a><br />
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<b>YouTube Old recording:</b><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/iqbkls6yGb0">http://youtu.be/iqbkls6yGb0</a><br />
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<b>YouTube Recent versions:</b><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/yEyUeeVMFuA">http://youtu.be/yEyUeeVMFuA </a><br />
<a href="http://youtu.be/M3A9shOciJY">http://youtu.be/M3A9shOciJY</a><br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIfEfGuczYg&feature=related">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nIfEfGuczYg&feature=related</a><br />
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<b>Carter Family Links:</b><br />
YouTube "<i>Wabash Cannonball</i>"<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMiU_aknPDA">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMiU_aknPDA</a>
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Carter Family music CD with "In the Shadow of the Pines"<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sunshine-Shadows-Carter-Family/dp/B00009WVW5/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1316390021&sr=1-2">http://www.amazon.com/Sunshine-Shadows-Carter-Family/dp/B00009WVW5/ref=sr_1_2?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1316390021&sr=1-2</a></div>
Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961058368919156142noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384404406688323906.post-75519515850209615412012-02-04T16:07:00.000-08:002012-03-08T10:03:10.991-08:00Marshall Lloyd CHEUVRONT - In Agony<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Advertisements in vintage newspapers used testimonials to sell various products, from sarsaparilla and celery compound, to cures for all kinds of ailments such as rheumatism, cancer and kidney problems. When reading these old advertisements sometimes it’s difficult to figure out what the heck the touted medicine will do since many of the ailments mentioned are not familiar. When you think about it, even in modern times, we are still bombarded with television infomercials for cures for different health problems. The majority of cure-alls sold today are for weight loss, not salt rheum (eczema). We also get hit hard with viagra commercials; it could be, that in 100 years, people will ask "What the heck is <i>viagra</i>?"<br />
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While searching in old newspapers for information about my husband’s family, I came across a distant cousin, M. L. Cheuvront, who had written a testimonial for <b>Hood’s Sarsaparilla Cure</b>. His testimonial letter was featured in an advertisement found in newspapers in many states including Hawaii, Kentucky, and Missouri. The ads featuring Cheuvront’s glowing recommendation were published from about 1894 until 1896 under the heading <b>“In Agony.”<i></i></b> <br />
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Here’s what he wrote in the advertisement:<br />
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<i>“Hood’s Sarsaparilla is an excellent medicine. I had eczema in my left leg for fifteen years. Part of the time my leg was one mass of scabs, and about every other week corruption would gather under the skin and the scabs would slough off. The itching and burning sensation made me suffer indescribable agonies. I spent a great deal of money for different remedies but did not get relief. About a year ago, leading physicians advised me to take Hood’s Sarsaparilla. I did so and have taken five bottles. Now all the sores, scabs and pain have vanished and I am enjoying perfect health. I think Hood’s Sarsaparilla is second to none and gladly recommend it to all suffering humanity.”</i><br />
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Marshall Lloyd Cheuvront was born about 1851 in Lewis County, Virginia. He was the son of James M. Cheuvront and Mary E. Parr and a great-grandson of Joseph Cheuvront who was born in Strasbourg, France and came to America in 1774. I dug deeper and discovered that M. L. Cheuvront met an untimely death just a few years after he wrote his testimonial for Hood’s Sarsaparilla. <br />
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On the evening of July 22, 1897 Mr. Cheuvront was strolling in the park in Shelbina, Missouri when a jealous husband, who believed Cheuvront had been following his wife, shot him three times. Mr. Cheuvront lingered overnight, but died at 7:00 a.m. the next morning. He was 46 years old and left a wife and two sons. According to a newspaper article the shooter was a man named Tol Smock.<br />
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Tol Smock’s full name was Allan Tolbert Smock. He was married to Miss Edna Pearl Swift of Shelbina Missouri on November 14, 1894. In a description of the shooting, Mrs. Smock was described as “fair of face.” Mr. Cheuvront was described as a “citizen of good character, inoffensive and peaceable,” and “very deaf.”<br />
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The Kansas City Journal reported on August 11th that “Druggist Smock, who killed M. L. Cheuvront at Shelbina, Mo., because his wife said he followed her, has been refused bail and remanded to jail to await the action of the grand jury. Public sentiment is strongly against Smock.”<br />
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A summary of the trial of Mr. Smock and the outcome is written in the book, General history of Shelby County, Missouri, published by Henry Taylor & Co., 1911:<br />
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<i>“Mr. Smock took change of venue and his case was tried in Macon county, December, 1897. J. H. Whitecotton, of Paris, Mo., was leading attorney for the defense and Prosecuting Attorney Cleek had valuable assistance. A good many witnesses were sworn on both sides. The state sought to prove that Mr. Cheuvront was a man of unquestionable christian and moral character. The jury hung after a hard fight on both sides, four standing solidly and determinedly for conviction. The trial was taken up again at the Macon Circuit court and all the witnesses re-examined, and the defendant found guilty of manslaughter and punishment fixed at six months in jail and a fine of $100. The Macon Times-Democrat said this among other things concerning the verdict: "The verdict is an outrage upon this community and it is just such mockery as this that disgusts the people with juries and courts and causes them to take the law into their own hands and mete out justice."</i><br />
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Tol Smock ended up with a lenient six month sentence for murdering Marshall Lloyd Cheuvront, but his story didn’t end happily. He committed suicide on July 20, 1921, by swallowing carbolic acid poison. His occupation listed on his death certificate was Physician and Druggist. <br />
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Apparently the use of carbolic acid as a means to commit suicide was a problem in the early 1900s as documented by this interesting news article from 1904:<br />
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<b>Sources and More Info:</b><br />
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Internet Archive, Ebooks and Texts Archive, The Library of Congress, General history of Shelby County, Missouri:<br />
http://www.archive.org/details/generalhistoryof00bing<br />
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Library of Congress Chronicling America, Historic American Newspapers:<br />
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/<br />
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Missouri Digital Heritage, Missouri State Archives, Missouri Death Certificates:<br />
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/resources/deathcertificates/Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961058368919156142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384404406688323906.post-87845030931784765452012-01-05T10:24:00.000-08:002012-03-03T14:12:42.712-08:00Politics Never Really ChangesPolitical Cartoon from <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Tacoma Times, December 21, 1903</span><br />
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This political cartoon, from 1903, reminded me a little bit of this year's election campaign with all the candidates that have come and gone. In this cartoon the various factions are building up a potential candidate in snow, but soon he'll be melted away by the Sun. The characters are: the Southern Republican, the Ohio Republican, the anti-administration Republican, Wall Street, Snowman (Hanna) and the Sun (Roosevelt). The artist was NEA (National Enterprise Association) cartoonist Robert W. Satterfield. I saw it in the the Tacoma Times, December 21, 1904, on the Library of Congress Historical Newspaper Collection website.<br />
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I don't know that much about the 1904 election, but read that Ohio Senator Mark Hanna was a potential candidate against incumbent Republican President Teddy Roosevelt. Some members of the Republican party considered TR too radical and wanted Hanna as the candidate. Hanna died in February 1904 and ultimately wasn't able to participate in the election.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Mark Hanna photographed in 1896 by W. J. Root from wikipedia</span><br />
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A search of the term "Hanna Boom" brought forth the following article from the publication The Country Gentlemen, Albany, New York, Volume 69, January 21, 1904, page 65:<br />
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"<i>Review of Passing Events<br />
The leading political event of the week was the emergence of the <b>Hanna boom</b>. Such a boom has been known to exist for some time subterraneously, its object being to make Sen. Hannah instead of President Roosevelt the presidential nominee of the next Republican convention. Senator Hanna has denied strenuously that any such boom was under way; but last week one of his supporters was brought to admit that while in no sense a candidate for the nomination, if duty calls and the rank and file of the party desire him to become a candidate, Senator Hanna will waive his personal feelings in the matter and permit his friends to nominate him. Of course the call of duty may not be sufficiently urgent to interfere with Pres. Roosevelt's program; but the senator, as a practical politician is apt to do considerable preliminary sounding, and if he hears the call, he will undoubtedly mean business.<br />
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While the Republicans appear to have more candidates than they need, the Democrats are still engaged in an uncertain search for presidential timber. Many of those who turned toward Mr. Cleveland at the first are now inclined to fix their hopes on Mr. Richard Olney of Massachusetts, who was Cleveland's Atty. Gen. and Secretary of State. The radical wing of the party still have Mr. Bryan, whose return from Europe with fresh oratorical laurels and new ideas has been made the vacation of several rallies in New York City. Then there is William R. Hearst, proprietor of the New York American and other such newspapers, who is laboring industriously to stretch his neck to the presidential height, and who is said to be setting up a complete newspaper outfit in St. Louis, where the Democratic nominating convention is to be held July 6, in order to exercise his journalistic charms upon the delegates at close range."<br />
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<b>Sources and Further Reading:</b><br />
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Cartoon Source:<br />
Library of Congress, Chronicling America, Historic American Newspapers website:<br />
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/<br />
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See more Teddy Roosevelt cartoons in the book, <i>T. R. In Cartoon</i>, Collected and Edited by Raymond Gros:<br />
http://www.archive.org/details/trincartoongros00raymrich<br />
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Read more on the 1904 election and Senator Mark Hanna:<br />
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_election,_1904 <br />
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_HannaMargarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961058368919156142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384404406688323906.post-41967599515384914232011-11-24T19:36:00.000-08:002011-11-25T14:18:23.080-08:00Old Style Thanksgiving<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHi78SqxlRCMqjKr8QUF4JgzNYSV_T8cFkKvYYwCJMj77IvrO28GPlhfAEdqvx7A64amd0JUExovVR607SX_uErqI4QY70aFEzdPurIuj7nwuaGkXcUIt9zSLpM_3eQ1M_GoCQg_uGWbk/s1600/Old+News+Thanksgiving1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 243px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHi78SqxlRCMqjKr8QUF4JgzNYSV_T8cFkKvYYwCJMj77IvrO28GPlhfAEdqvx7A64amd0JUExovVR607SX_uErqI4QY70aFEzdPurIuj7nwuaGkXcUIt9zSLpM_3eQ1M_GoCQg_uGWbk/s320/Old+News+Thanksgiving1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678805890413878034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjIZaUGWrhJKiC_UJGGU4znnzmWn6TI9NHug7k150duzkrsJe7tzIAwe_vZHQWBsHJc7NyXCkVkC5VfMAAoFS2RJTep2nW6ZDI2vkRvP_Z6ewRPNpGt-4gICWGc4iICkZxrnqrvPbcdk/s1600/Collages3-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjIZaUGWrhJKiC_UJGGU4znnzmWn6TI9NHug7k150duzkrsJe7tzIAwe_vZHQWBsHJc7NyXCkVkC5VfMAAoFS2RJTep2nW6ZDI2vkRvP_Z6ewRPNpGt-4gICWGc4iICkZxrnqrvPbcdk/s320/Collages3-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678805887313120114" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAlLzgLGeQzA-LU2MUmI2l9xuEHpImvgAvdB5YimOPxHPINypfpAkcrCQ-SW0czGHeCAPuwiv6LZ3ez1rEQEvIkfDbJ6chbTfLruCQFZUaWUK5IXrY8-wq0u__ofth-M4mvuwXFPddpo8/s1600/Old+News+Thanksgiving-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAlLzgLGeQzA-LU2MUmI2l9xuEHpImvgAvdB5YimOPxHPINypfpAkcrCQ-SW0czGHeCAPuwiv6LZ3ez1rEQEvIkfDbJ6chbTfLruCQFZUaWUK5IXrY8-wq0u__ofth-M4mvuwXFPddpo8/s320/Old+News+Thanksgiving-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678772718901929922" /></a><br />A collage of turkey day illustrations from old newspapers, circa 1898-1904.Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961058368919156142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384404406688323906.post-89021858807540889222011-08-25T15:56:00.000-07:002018-02-06T11:17:46.893-08:00Gideon M. HOLLINGSWORTH<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8iZM1blz7gmyQC_LBAoapOahkW6Qxei-uLZj1FEGLNUpNCU0ObJBptx4RIZEWrtZcwRmZS3ZwIUTh_dGfNryHuGdSG1KCg5isSZkY8nn1F4me6qu8uOu-ah1T1qyMb6Ci6fjCUpUG68U/s1600/01861v.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644931726569841810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8iZM1blz7gmyQC_LBAoapOahkW6Qxei-uLZj1FEGLNUpNCU0ObJBptx4RIZEWrtZcwRmZS3ZwIUTh_dGfNryHuGdSG1KCg5isSZkY8nn1F4me6qu8uOu-ah1T1qyMb6Ci6fjCUpUG68U/s320/01861v.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 253px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Battle of Wilson’s Creek, Kurz and Allison lithograph c. 1893, Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C.<br />
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<i>Battle of Wilson's Creek Mural at the Missouri State Capitol by N. C. Wyeth<br />
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One hundred and fifty years ago, on August 10, 1861 the first major Civil War battle of the western United States was fought about 10 miles southwest of Springfield, Missouri; it was the Battle of Wilson’s Creek. The Confederate Army referred to it as the Battle of Oak Hills. The battle was considered a Confederate victory. The Union Commander, General Nathaniel Lyon was killed during the battle; he was the first Union General to be killed in the Civil War.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZj9obbpYVEemopxRfitPZCK20lVmAdWiSbJJNalqTlW4MYRGwP7ch2Uyb5gVI7q_dJpnrIyVCn8hTY-D_V4CUKlFoXKptued7c9vjvRl10fi6eC1OWppYWyOlEh7Yn94bY8pSGBXWGkw/s1600/Nathaniel_lyon_small.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644932207756897026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZj9obbpYVEemopxRfitPZCK20lVmAdWiSbJJNalqTlW4MYRGwP7ch2Uyb5gVI7q_dJpnrIyVCn8hTY-D_V4CUKlFoXKptued7c9vjvRl10fi6eC1OWppYWyOlEh7Yn94bY8pSGBXWGkw/s320/Nathaniel_lyon_small.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 175px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 135px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">General Nathaniel Lyon<br />
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Nathaniel_lyon_small.jpg</span><br />
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Approximately 535 Union and Confederate soldiers died in the battle. One of the casualties of the battle was a young soldier named Gideon M. Hollingsworth. He was mortally wounded in the lungs in the fighting on “Bloody Hill.” He was taken to the Missouri State Guard Hospital in Springfield where, according to the Hospital Register, he died on August 18, 1861.<br />
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Gideon was a private in the Missouri State Guard; his unit was Company A of the Extra Battalion of the 4th Division of the MSG. A report from Colonel R. H. Miller, listing the killed and wounded from Clay county at the battle on the 10th of August, was published in the Liberty Tribune on August 23, 1861; “G Holiingsworth, mortally, Clay co.” was among the casualties of the battle. In the same article was the following statement from Colonel John T. Hughes, commander of the 4th Division Infantry Regiment:<br />
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“<span style="font-style: italic;">I have never before witnessed such a heart-rending scene – State, Federal and confederate troops in one red ruin blent on the field; - enemies in life, in death friends, relieving each other’s agonies and sufferings.</span>”<br />
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A week later, on August 30th, the Tribune carried a death notice, although the newspaper mistakenly identified Gideon as “George.”<br />
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Gideon was born January 23, 1840 in Todd County, Kentucky. His father was Samuel Gordon Hollingsworth and his mother was Susan Mimms. His family had moved to Clay County, Missouri from Todd County, Kentucky in 1853. In 1860 the family lived in Washington Township, Clay County, Missouri. Along with his father Samuel, stepmother Mary and his siblings Josephine, Jeptha, Leander, Lucy and James F., Gideon’s cousins Mary, Leland, Edward and Emma were living with the family. These were the children of Samuel’s brother Leander F. Hollingsworth.<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhN8whg2G17-RxkV5Ng0x-yGGI23CGYufSv03FWBSc-08hNe7tFtvn0XcmjHktdzu8E_ZCX9QvWyZIO9BX2KF02iQvCXcI24K4J6RNRovHZjrgqMJ9vvyC60mcHR9S8_fy3u543qW4UCE/s1600/Hollingsworth+Samuel+1860-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644934938833059170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhN8whg2G17-RxkV5Ng0x-yGGI23CGYufSv03FWBSc-08hNe7tFtvn0XcmjHktdzu8E_ZCX9QvWyZIO9BX2KF02iQvCXcI24K4J6RNRovHZjrgqMJ9vvyC60mcHR9S8_fy3u543qW4UCE/s320/Hollingsworth+Samuel+1860-1.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 102px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">1860 US Census, Washington Township, Clay County, MO.</span><br />
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Gideon had an interesting family connection; he was a third cousin, once removed, to the famous outlaw Jesse James who also lived in Clay County, Missouri. David Mimms was Gideon’s great-great-Grandfather and was also Jesse James’ great-great-great-Grandfather. Jesse and Frank James are listed on the 1860 census living with their mother Zarilda and stepfather, Reuben Samuel in the same township as the Hollingsworth family. <br />
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Although there are no military records to confirm Frank James’ Civil War enlistment, it’s believed that he was a member of the Missouri State Guard and fought at the Battle of Wilson’s Creek. Gideon’s half brother, born in 1860, was named James Franklin Hollingsworth. Gideon had an uncle named Benjamin Franklin Hollingsworth but it’s also possible that “James Franklin,” or “Franklin James” Hollingsworth, he was listed both ways on different censuses, was named after Frank James. The outlaw's full name was Alexander Franklin James. <br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiwebn7gScf7F94j7MS4r1h71TS3qxjE6TmOT-K2Q3Fra5VsYIDVTBkGG7mYGl8rI7m32C6yTTWf-BjqLkepzFF_wymu8cFNNmA-90Eu0u4Ol8BcNJTTE7oaMlH_RbNuDC5UrSg-Qd698/s1600/16892385_116516935376-1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5644935688719795330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiwebn7gScf7F94j7MS4r1h71TS3qxjE6TmOT-K2Q3Fra5VsYIDVTBkGG7mYGl8rI7m32C6yTTWf-BjqLkepzFF_wymu8cFNNmA-90Eu0u4Ol8BcNJTTE7oaMlH_RbNuDC5UrSg-Qd698/s320/16892385_116516935376-1.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Headstone photo from FindAGrave</span><br />
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Gideon is buried in a very small, two–headstone, cemetery located near Lawson, Missouri. His headstone is decorated with a weeping willow tree. The inscription on his headstone reads:<br />
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<i>"GIDEON M. HOLLINGSWORTH BORN JAN. 23, 1840 DIED AUG. 15, 1861"</i> <br />
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His death was recorded as August 18th in the Missouri State Guard Hospital Register, 1861, which contradicts the death date engraved on his headstone, August 15th. The second headstone in the cemetery is Gid’s younger brother, Jeptha who died eight months later on April 15th, 1862. <br />
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The small Hollingsworth graveyard sits in the middle of a corn field, next to a golf course, on land that was probably originally owned by Samuel Hollingsworth. In September, 1863 a Sheriff’s Sale notice in the Liberty Tribune listed property belonging to Samuel which was to be auctioned off. The property was located in Clay County in Sections 1, 11, and 14 of Township 53, Range 30. In 1877 S. G. Hollingsworth is listed in an atlas as owning some land in Ray County right next to Lawson, Missouri, Township 53, Range 29; this section is about a mile from Gideon’s cemetery. By 1897, the land in Ray County is owned by someone else.<br />
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A local chapter of the Son of Union Veterans of the Civil War has been working for several few years at clearing overgrown trees from the cemetery and replacing the fence around the cemetery. This cemetery is located about 8 miles from the James Family farm. <br />
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Today the Battlefield at Wilson’s Creek is preserved by the National Park Service. Unlike some more famous eastern US Civil War battlefields, that are now be buried under fast food joints and grocery stores, Wilson’s Creek hasn’t changed that much. This year a 150th anniversary reenactment was held at Wilson's Creek with approximately 3,500 re-enactors and 25,000 spectators attending the event.<br />
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MORE INFORMATION & LINKS:<br />
Son of Union Veterans of the Civil War Cemetery Restoration Project:<br />
http://members.tripod.com/westport64/hollingsworth_map.htm<br />
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Find A Grave Memorial for Gideon M. HOLLINGSWORTH:<br />
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=hollingsworth&GSfn=gideon&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=16892385&df=all&<br />
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MISSOURI State Archives Soldiers Records; War of 1812- WWI:<br />
http://www.sos.mo.gov/archives/soldiers/<br />
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Gid Hollingsworth’s Card:<br />
http://www.sos.mo.gov/Images/Archives/Military/s00732/s00732_3185.pdf<br />
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Missouri History Museum, Missouri State Guard Hospital Register database:<br />
http://genealogy.mohistory.org/genealogy/names/63<br />
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Wilsons Creek National Battlefield, Missouri:<br />
http://www.nps.gov/wicr/index.htm<br />
http://www.wilsonscreek.com/Default.aspx<br />
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150th Anniversary Reenactment information, articles and photos:<br />
http://mocivilwar150.com/event/35<br />
http://www.wilsonscreek150.com/<br />
http://www.kspr.com/news/kspr-battle-of-wilsons-creek-reenactment-20110815,0,2345651.special<br />
http://www.kansascity.com/2011/08/13/3075171/civil-war-battle-is-on-again-for.html<br />
http://www.news-leader.com/article/20110816/NEWS01/108160359/Re-enactment-pleases-organizers?odyssey=mod|newswell|text|Special%20Reports|s<br />
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Ray County, Missouri Section Comparisons:<br />
http://ray.mogenweb.org/maps/sections1/album1/T53R29/T53R29S06/index.html<br />
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Historic Map Works:<br />
http://www.historicmapworks.com/<br />
Township 53N, Range 29W, Ray County Missouri 1877<br />
http://www.historicmapworks.com/Map/US/483485/Township+53+N++Range+29+W/Ray+County+1877/Missouri/Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961058368919156142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384404406688323906.post-62590812761180941522011-08-11T11:17:00.001-07:002012-02-19T12:26:07.639-08:00The Composer - Sylvester Legg<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglirVev5j_M-Fvhtb5cxv_CRRAX7zUF_Xg30iQI0_IKoH3UdVZAuVK86twg1JoQiqO9I0iSFwjVDFNsUE-KkgLGzrRcsTU536lls4z_DYe_MGw9DQT4zX_CCvN8i2_UPzLYA3dTzd3tRM/s1600/image_681x432_from_842%252C2052_to_1592%252C2528-1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5639665373356584514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglirVev5j_M-Fvhtb5cxv_CRRAX7zUF_Xg30iQI0_IKoH3UdVZAuVK86twg1JoQiqO9I0iSFwjVDFNsUE-KkgLGzrRcsTU536lls4z_DYe_MGw9DQT4zX_CCvN8i2_UPzLYA3dTzd3tRM/s320/image_681x432_from_842%252C2052_to_1592%252C2528-1.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 221px;" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><b>Sylvester A. Legg </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><b><b>Illustration from Kansas City Journal, August 27, 1897, page 1.</b></b></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><b>Advertising Cards for Legg Brothers Music Store </b></span></div>
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><b><b>From the Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Library, Kansas City, Mo.</b></b></span></div>
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In 1897 an article about a popular song, “In the Shadow of the Pines” was published on the first page of Kansas City Journal. The article was about the song’s history and composer, a Kansas Cityan named Sylvester A. Legg.<br />
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Sylvester owned a Kansas City music store with his brother, Edward N. Legg. He was also an organist and in 1897 had played at the Cathedral in Kansas City for 17 years. According to the newspaper story, Mr. Legg read a poem, written as an advertisement for the Wabash Railroad, in Godey's magazine and decided that it should be set to music. He and his brother Edward received permission from Godey’s magazine to do this. Later on, the Leggs corroborated with the poem’s author, Miss Hattie Lummis of Pittsburg, Kansas on additional songs. <br />
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By 1897 the song "In the Shadow of the Pines," had sold more than 100,000 copies. Sylvester wrote under the “nom de plume” G. O. Lang. Some other songs that he published as sheet music were “Dreams of Old Kentucky,” “Say Not Goodbye,” “Dreaming of Home,” and “The Sun Will Shine Again.”<br />
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Sylvester A. Legg was born in St. Louis, Missouri about 1857. Sylvester's father was Matthew Legg and his mother was Zelena Gilbert or “Guilbert”. He was a middle child and had five siblings, Augustus, Isabelle, Florence, Edward and John. The newspaper reported that Sylvester came from a musical family and that Zelena “was a musical prodigy as a child in St. Louis.” According to Edward Legg, "My brother as a boy played the piano while I played ball."<br />
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The family also had connection to the railroads. Sylvester’s older brother, Augustus, worked as an auditor for the Wabash railroad; its likely Augustus knew and worked with Charles Crane, the Wabash railroad passenger agent who is named in the Godey's magazine advertisement.<br />
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Sylvester Legg was married to Julia M. Chouteau, who was a member of a prominent St. Louis family. Her great-great grandfather was Pierre Laclede Liguest, one of the founders of St. Louis. In 1764 Liguest and his stepson Auguste Chouteau had established a fur trading post where St. Louis now stands. <br />
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Sylvester and Julia had one son, Edward Chouteau Legg, born in 1883. Sylvester died in 1927 and is buried Mount Saint Mary’s Cemetery, Kansas City, or at least he has a marker there. The family’s musical tradition was carried on by Sylvestor's son. In 1920 Edward was living in Tulsa, Oklahoma and was employed as an organist in a theater; his wife, Emma had the same occupation.<br />
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Further information and links:<br />
Previous blog post on the newspaper article:<br />
http://miscellaneousmar.blogspot.com/2011_07_01_archive.html<br />
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Newspaper article: Library of Congress, Chronicling America, Historic American Newspapers –<br />
Kansas City Journal, August 27, 1897, page 1, “Written As An AD.”<a href="http://http//chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063615/1897-08-27/ed-1/seq-1/"></a><br />
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063615/1897-08-27/ed-1/seq-1/<br />
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Advertising Cards: Missouri Valley Special Collections (MVSC) Digital Gallery, Kansas City Public Library - <br />
http://localhistory.kclibrary.org/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/Advert&CISOPTR=1603&REC=2<br />
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Silvester A. Legg (1855-1927) Find A Grave Memorial<br />
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=legg&GSfn=silvester++&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=26&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=8645221&df=all&<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><b>“Written As An Ad.” Kansas City Journal, August 27, 1897, page 1.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">From Advertisement to Song</span><br />
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Today popular songs are often used as the music for television advertisements. Companies have found that the popularity and familiarity of music may induce consumers to buy their products. While researching my family’s history I found and interesting story where the reverse happened, a song started out as an advertisement and then became popular.<br />
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In 1895 a musical score was composed for a poem that had been used in a magazine advertisement for the Wabash Railroad. A poem being used to sell railroad travel sounds a little unusual in today’s world, but back then, just as today, advertisers tried to find innovative ways to grab the public’s interest. At that time, since there wasn’t the variety of entertainment that we have today, when new sheet music came out I’m sure it was similar to the release of a new movie or video game. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">The Article</span><br />
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On August 27, 1897 an article with the heading “Written as an Ad" was published on the first page of Kansas City Daily Journal. The article reported that net sales had reached over one hundred thousand copies for the song. The name of the song was “In the Shadow of the Pines." <br />
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The story behind the song was that in about 1895 the general passenger agent for the Wabash Railroad, Mr. C. S. Crane, paid Miss Hattie Loomis $1000 for a poem to be published in Godey's magazine, a popular ladies magazine of the time. The magazine was originally named Godey's Lady Book and was published monthly from 1830 to about 1898. Godey’s focused on fashion, education and health and included poetry and songs in each issue. At its most popular Godey’s had a readership numbering 150,000. Godey’s was considered innovative because women worked at the magazine and the format of the magazine is still used today by many women's magazines. A copy of the magazine published sometime in early 1895, with this particular Wabash railroad advertisement wasn’t to be found, but other issues of Godey’s Magazine are available online at Google ebooks. <br />
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The Wabash railroad system produced other advertisements aimed specifically at women in several magazines of the time period. A 1905 ad in Good Housekeeping magazine depicts a man and a woman sitting in a railroad car; the man is ardently talking and reaching towards the woman, who appears to be ignoring him. This style fits in with the poem Miss Lummis wrote for her Wabash advertisement since the theme is about broken love and the song’s refrain implores “come back to me sweetheart and love me as before.”<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><b>Good Housekeeping Magazine, 1905</b></span></div>
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The poem Miss Lummis wrote for Godey’s contained the word “Wabash” as an acrostic in the first verse, that is the first letter of the first word in each line of the poem spelled out the word “Wabash.” The newspaper article reported that the second and third verses of the poem contained the name and address of the general passenger agent, Mr. Crane. <br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">W</span>e wandered in the shadow of the pines my love and I,<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A</span>s the wind was blowing freshly from the sea,<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">B</span>ut a sudden fitful darkness stole across the summer sky,<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">A</span>nd a shadow came between my love and me.<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">S</span>ome hasty words were spoken and then almost unawares<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">H</span>asty answers to unthinking anger led.</span><br />
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Further Reading: <br />
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Newspaper article, “Written As An Ad.” Kansas City Journal, August 27, 1897, page 1; Library of Congress, Chronicling America, Historic American Newspapers:<br />
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86063615/1897-08-27/ed-1/seq-1/<br />
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Godey's Magazine, January 1898 Google ebooks:<br />
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http://books.google.com/books?id=J7o7AAAAMAAJ&dq=Godey%20magazine%201898&pg=PA124#v=onepage&q=Godey%20magazine%201898&f=false<br />
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Next: More about the article, the composer, and the song.Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961058368919156142noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384404406688323906.post-35960465308616475462011-07-18T14:49:00.000-07:002011-11-25T14:21:10.744-08:00Typical Day (with kids)This is a couple of pages from an old journal I kept in 1998. Not very well written and a little hard to follow, but I think it captures a typical day with school age kids. My oldest was in middle school, two middle ones were in elementary school and the youngest was in preschool, always running to take kids to school or pick them up!<br />This is an actual journal, all events are true and the kids are real but their names have been changed to protect their privacy:<br />B – age 13 <br />K – age 11<br />E - age 8<br />C –age 4<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqetCydtVH_tHqkbrtBh0Edrs-1Ls8n7fKgaMUdKh4Zbg9Ozvus8h-eBAgusw-7TzndEkTO3rTrTdXNCiyzT4K3mZz1gZsVj1Xi6W_GmPrp09_DNO63w9lBY_E96RSYy7tVkK7KRIne7k/s1600/Journal+1998.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 217px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqetCydtVH_tHqkbrtBh0Edrs-1Ls8n7fKgaMUdKh4Zbg9Ozvus8h-eBAgusw-7TzndEkTO3rTrTdXNCiyzT4K3mZz1gZsVj1Xi6W_GmPrp09_DNO63w9lBY_E96RSYy7tVkK7KRIne7k/s400/Journal+1998.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5630813275245226706" /></a><br /><br />Transcription:<br />Thursday 9/24/1998<br />A.M. Make lunch, K won't take medicine - won't eat lunch. C whining about clothes, E refusing to go to school. Off to school, whew! {Home} Return call from S D about candlelight vigil plans. Run to pick up B at school, take to Dr. orthodontist. Take B back-to-school, (stop at DQ for blizzard). Home - make lunch for C. Off to keep preschool to work, don't work since switched yesterday. J S picks C up {for preschool}. Clean our bathroom – (a little), do laundry- (our underwear, shirts). Mop kitchen floor. Off to store to pick up a few things (DW detergent, butter, etc). Run into L G at the store- update about E so no time to shop. <br />P.M Pickup C and M S {from preschool}, take M home. C won't get off bike to leave, rush back home, miss meeting the bus. {Home} Sit down. Tell B to do homework, to empty the dishwasher. E eats her lunch since she didn't at school. Read 50 papers from school, Thursday folders. K has a tummy ache. Ask B to do homework and empty the dishwasher. Finish dinner, cut potatoes for corned beef and cabbage. Call from Dad and Mom – B called yesterday to get magazine orders from them, everything fine. Feed the kids. Send C and K to shower. Ask B to do homework and empty the dishwasher. Watch baseball. Send K to bed since he has a tummy ache, (hope it's not e-coli from the fair yesterday, three cases on the news). Ask B if he did his homework, the dishwasher is half empty. B {comes} home {from work} at nine o'clock, E. to bed at 9:45. Kids mostly in bed at 10, too late! Finish watching a movie at 11, to bed.<br />Friday 9/25/98<br />A.M. – Make lunch {for school} – no bread. Ask B if he did his homework - "yes". Ask B about spelling words. Couldn't find paper - so didn't do. I put paper on the desk so it's my fault. Fight about not leaving papers on the dining room table – put them away. He tells me to leave his stuff alone. Get E's clothes. {take B to school} Fight all the way to school. {Home} K dizzy, stomachache, lying on the couch. E wants to study spelling, gets mad. I call C J - Keith is sick, don't know about school, so don’t pick up. C wants help with his clothes. E crying about spelling, hates school. K lying on the stairs - dizzy, can't walk, won't get up. Take E to school, crying mad. Sit at the front of school while she cries. Get out, walk her to class, she cries. Mrs. P {teacher} brings her in, she cries. I leave, left my keys in the car, lucky not locked in. Home, clean up kitchen mess, put laundry in, more shirts, check e-mail.<br />{Note: The journal entry ends abruptly, don't remember what happened next, probably had to take K to the emergency room to make sure he didn't have e-coli!}Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961058368919156142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384404406688323906.post-21595635330711382572011-07-01T15:39:00.000-07:002011-11-25T14:23:21.589-08:00Abstract Aerial<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8YK45Cy2_HxNMQZ-4Uj6tivoOxPRAXiEqeJIuFVDP6JTzfTP-VJ8PYj6w8agjDzkafmAjiEczjq__-lkLm80_3wt1jQ6IRA_Db3_zVU2d_bbC6WGRe6hKow955uEINCzeraeY7aeCH_I/s1600/AUGII+2006+034r-4.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8YK45Cy2_HxNMQZ-4Uj6tivoOxPRAXiEqeJIuFVDP6JTzfTP-VJ8PYj6w8agjDzkafmAjiEczjq__-lkLm80_3wt1jQ6IRA_Db3_zVU2d_bbC6WGRe6hKow955uEINCzeraeY7aeCH_I/s400/AUGII+2006+034r-4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5624517630214423378" border="0" /></a>This is the whole photograph I used for the background of the MiscellaneousMar title bar. I thought the blog design program would use more of the photo than it did, but I still like how it turned out. I wanted to share the photo in it's entirety, since it's a beautiful shot. It's an aerial photo that I took of the Skagit Bay, Washington at low tide<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skagit_Bay<br /><br /><iframe width="425" height="350" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" src="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=skagit+bay+washington+state&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Skagit+Bay&ll=48.30962,-122.471543&spn=0.343223,0.617294&t=h&z=11&output=embed"></iframe><br /><small><a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&q=skagit+bay+washington+state&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Skagit+Bay&ll=48.30962,-122.471543&spn=0.343223,0.617294&t=h&z=11&source=embed" style="color:#0000FF;text-align:left">View Larger Map</a></small>Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961058368919156142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384404406688323906.post-41965418705327864302011-06-30T17:38:00.000-07:002011-11-25T14:19:55.598-08:00Women in the News 1890s<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" 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/>http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961058368919156142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384404406688323906.post-55971388062920784962011-06-10T10:32:00.000-07:002012-02-26T21:39:52.000-08:00Vintage Women Ads<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Another set of old newspaper advertisements I found searching through old (circa 1890s) Louisiana newspapers.<br />
Some of the ads shown were for: Ripans Tabules, Gerstle's Female Panacea, Dr. Miles' Restorative Nervine, McElpee's Wine of Cardul, , Bradfield's Female Regulator, Cascaret's Pills, Kabo Corsets, Henderson Corsets, Mrs. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, and Syrup of Figs.Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961058368919156142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384404406688323906.post-84100457385056798762011-05-27T09:39:00.001-07:002012-02-27T13:01:38.769-08:00Vintage Ads<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghlTLkRKFL4vsjB_4hc7ZD9s6lqj8Jeucl3F1zSHqyyq45ADpFiQW9gky_xGZJ_rQQr8zmuIwgv9-sZipnu36ZcN6E12HpQbh4kIy5tC-GpV4p9jQcX8XmqwgCdXYroyHJbmTJkEStSz8/s1600/Crops+Old+Advertisements.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611436880448809538" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghlTLkRKFL4vsjB_4hc7ZD9s6lqj8Jeucl3F1zSHqyyq45ADpFiQW9gky_xGZJ_rQQr8zmuIwgv9-sZipnu36ZcN6E12HpQbh4kIy5tC-GpV4p9jQcX8XmqwgCdXYroyHJbmTJkEStSz8/s400/Crops+Old+Advertisements.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a>I found these old newspaper advertisements (from circa 1890s Louisiana newspapers) while searching for marriage/birth/death announcements for my ancestors. I wonder if our advertisements will look so quaint in 125 years?! Even 125 years ago they used deceit to sell; many ads were made to look like legitimate news articles.<br />
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The ads shown in this collage were for W.L. Douglas Shoes, Smith's Bile Beans, Syrup of Figs, W. Baker & Co., Ayer's Sarsaparilla and St. Jacobs Oil.Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961058368919156142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384404406688323906.post-51385886324934527972011-03-23T11:46:00.000-07:002011-11-25T14:23:40.115-08:00Squirrel Antics<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtMDkxPGOIr5691IB0cD08s6KASpfxZlEcbktPp_x6nk6b-5bKvji5arh-KCnSYtXwf4tJJxIIjAGSiMbTN-9mNFH_ax0PQiYwfSEnCFPsT1pwlpzXHl3trhW3_Dcj-NwfCEpgUc8lsQ/s1600/DSC00275.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKtMDkxPGOIr5691IB0cD08s6KASpfxZlEcbktPp_x6nk6b-5bKvji5arh-KCnSYtXwf4tJJxIIjAGSiMbTN-9mNFH_ax0PQiYwfSEnCFPsT1pwlpzXHl3trhW3_Dcj-NwfCEpgUc8lsQ/s400/DSC00275.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587349303589669522" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Hanging upside down from the suet feeder.<br />These guys are so cute, I don't mind them getting into the feeder as much as I do the #$! greys! They have no fear, I was able to reach out and touch this young fellow. I brought out my cat (holding it in my arms) to see his reaction and finally, he decided that it was time to leave, but he wasn't in a big hurry.<br /><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Squirrel" rel="nofollow">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Squirrel</a>Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961058368919156142noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1384404406688323906.post-66381844895060215762011-03-22T13:45:00.000-07:002011-11-25T14:24:12.230-08:00Spooky Super Perigee<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwnNnPJ60KfNxoYPD-_AyW23up3IFHOmxnD_tFsweYJyylk5KU2i2yyXf04SuURpPAqQoq0n-gPddrhaF6B3uhxHlpoYw9LR7JXlb-kjRmo115xOzzXiqZ0PK6VK831mt0tUls6MiUhI/s1600/DSC00396.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDwnNnPJ60KfNxoYPD-_AyW23up3IFHOmxnD_tFsweYJyylk5KU2i2yyXf04SuURpPAqQoq0n-gPddrhaF6B3uhxHlpoYw9LR7JXlb-kjRmo115xOzzXiqZ0PK6VK831mt0tUls6MiUhI/s400/DSC00396.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5587010423369755314" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br />The sky was cloudy for the super perigee moon on March 19, 2011, so this is the best shot of the fuzzy moon I got.Margarethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17961058368919156142noreply@blogger.com0