Sadie Freeman lived in Marion, a center of transportation and industry in an agricultural area of central Ohio. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marion,_Ohio In 1909, future US President Warren
Miss Elizabeth Remster lived in Alloway, a census-designated place within Alloway Township of southwest New Jersey. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alloway_Township,_New_Jersey (I am not certain of the spelling of
Mrs. Charles Smith lived in Wallkill, a hamlet on the Wallkill River in Orange County of southeast New York State. (Not long ago, we looked
Mr. Gilbert Grandy lived in Dundee, a village in west-central New York State. Seneca Lake, one of the Finger Lakes, is four miles east of
Savin Rock is a rocky outcropping of the shorefront in the city of West Haven, of southwest Connecticut. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Haven,_Connecticut In the 1870’s the trolley line
Miss Mabel Kloppensburg lived in Brooklyn, the most populous borough of New York City. (In 1910, more than 1.6 million people lived in Brooklyn –
Miss Carrie Gill lived in Cochranville, a charming populated place in Chester County – south of Parkesburg and northeast of Oxford. (This is a lovely
Mr. Frank Sides lived in Strasburg, the historic borough southeast of Lancaster that is home to a famous train museum. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strasburg,_Pennsylvania In July of 1909,
The threat of fires hung heavily on cities throughout the early twentieth century. Investment in fire-fighting equipment and in a force of fire-fighters was a