Miss Iva Thomas lived in Chambersburg, the borough and county seat of Franklin County in south-central Pennsylvania. Only 13 miles above the Mason-Dixon line, in
Mrs. Allen Hoffer lived in Manheim, the historic borough in Lancaster County of southeast Pennsylvania. Founded in 1762, Manheim was once home to the famed
Miss Opal Denning lived in Terre Haute, the city on the highlands above the Wabash River in west-central Indiana. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terre_Haute,_Indiana It appears that Miss Denning
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John H. Rhein, Jr. lived at 1742 Pine Street in Philadelphia. This handsome residence, a brick townhouse, was erected near Rittenhouse Square about 1800. (The
This souvenir postcard from Atlantic City touches the family of noted jurists and political figures in New York State. John Van Voorhis lived in Irondequoit,
There are six statues of Abraham Lincoln in Chicago, representing the enormous pride that the city expressed for the great man who built his political
For Sunday, a reflection on saying Grace. The custom of giving thanks before meals, whether by invocation of the Deity or a general acknowledgement of