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Box 4

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Contains 31 Results:

Boyd, Elizabeth B. A. - Nostalgia - Why Not?. Poetry the love of her family, April 23, 1975

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The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.

Dates: April 23, 1975

Guenzel, Elizabeth Skinner - The Only Path to New Jerusalem, March 26, 1975

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Topics: 1830 Salem Temperance League, 1785 Benjamin Rush's New Jerusalem Heaven and relationship to the American Revolution (virtue, frugality, independence).

Dates: March 26, 1975

Vanderwicken, Martha S. - Serendipity, February 28, 1973

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Unsought-for discoveries: friendships that developed through her job at the Chicago Daily News. Among great authors: Catherine Drinker Bowen, Mary Henejery, and Thornton Wilder, and many others like Savell Avery, Harry Swytts, Clifton Utley.

Dates: February 28, 1973

Magie, Margaret MacGregor - The Flying Beagle, December 2, 1970

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Enthusiasm for Charles Darwin leads the author and her husband to take a long trip by air retracing the original Voyage of the Beagle.

Dates: December 2, 1970

Carson, Georgia Sims - Whose Domain? or You're Support in Safe Highways is Appreciated, February 12, 1975

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The Highway Department's decision to level a 120 year old oak forest to straighten a curve on Route 31 through the Sims's family's farm was fought by getting help from lawyers, Governor Kerner, Justice Paul Douglas, even Lady Bird Johnson and, 1, 21 National TV. The trees lost to eminent domain, a procedure which needs to be a more thorough and fair procedure.

Dates: February 12, 1975

Johnston, Eleanor C. - Thirteen Black Cats. Superstitions, 1970-1971

 File — Box: 4
Identifier: 1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The titles, summary descriptions and commentary are supplied by the author / presenter of the papers, and by members of the Winnetka Fortnightly.

Dates: 1970-1971