Youth’s Companion 1914 Archives – Vintage American Ways

June 22, 2017 By Maryanne Datesman Leave a Comment

A Special Labor Day Message… Hard work—it’s one of our basic American values, the price we pay to get ahead, to capture the American Dream of a better life. But do our young people really have a …

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Filed Under: Business and Finance, Cultural Values, Lifestyle Leisure and Sports, Six Basic American Values Tagged With: Ambition, American Ways 11, American Ways 2, American Ways 6, Audio Recording, Children, Commentary, Creativity, David McCullough Jr, Discipline, Efficiency, Egotism, Hard Work, Ideals, Lesson Plan, Parenting, Routine Work, Throwback Thursday, Work Ethic, Workplace, You Are Not Special…And Other Encouragements, Young People, Youth’s Companion 1914

October 3, 2015 By Maryanne Datesman

Meet Granny Rhoda, who could be the “poster child” for the self-reliant frontier woman. She was beautiful, accomplished, fearless, neat, sweet-tempered, and had faith in God. An inspiration to us …

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October 2, 2015 By Maryanne Datesman Leave a Comment

Most of us are familiar with the term “grandfathered in” that indicates an exemption from some new rule or law that has been enacted. Merriam-Webster defines the grandfather clause: “Law: a part of a …

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Filed Under: American West, Cultural Values, Diversity and Immigration, Government and Politics, Six Basic American Values Tagged With: 13th Amendment, 14th Amendment, 15th Amendment, African-Americans, American Ways 7, American Ways 8, American Ways 9, Audio Recording, Census, Civil Rights, Civil War, Commentary, Elections, Emancipation Proclamation, Lesson Plan, Race Relations, The North, The South, The West, Throwback Thursday, Voter Suppression, Voting Rights, Youth’s Companion 1914

October 1, 2015 By Maryanne Datesman Leave a Comment

This article was written in 1914, at the beginning of World War I. News dispatches were describing battles taking place in Europe and there must have been some confusion about the names of these …

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Filed Under: National and International News, War History Tagged With: 14th Amendment. 15th Amendment, American Ways 8, Antietam, Artifacts, Artifacts, Audio Recording, Austria, Battle, Battle Locations, Battle Names, Border State, Bull Run, Civil War, Civilians, Commentary, Confederate, Confederate Money, Diest, England, Florida, France, General Sherman, General Sherman, Germany, Grandfather, Grandmother, Gravelotte, Haelen, Königgrätz, Königgrätz, La Belle Alliance, La Plata, Lesson Plan, Manassas, Maryland, Military, Occupation, Pennsylvania, Perspective, Pittsburgh Landing, Prussia, Rebel, Reconstruction, Sadowa, Secede, Secede, Sharpsburg, Sherman’s March to the Sea, Shiloh, Shiloh, Slavery, Soldiers, St. Privat, Sympathizers, Sympathizers, The North, The South, Throwback Thursday, Union, Waterloo, World War I, World War I, Yankee, Youth’s Companion 1914

September 12, 2015 By Maryanne Datesman Leave a Comment

Boys’ Page for October: “When You Are Lost in the Woods” The Youth’s Companion October 1, 1914, p. 512 Few persons become lost in the woods when the sun is shining; but on a cloudy day, or in a …

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Filed Under: Home and Family, Lifestyle Leisure and Sports, Technology, Wit & Wisdom Tagged With: Adventure, American Ways 10, American Ways 4, Boy Scouts, Boys, Camping, Compass, Directions, Outdoors, Throwback Thursday, Woods, Youth’s Companion 1914

September 11, 2015 By Maryanne Datesman Leave a Comment

We can all remember exactly what we were doing when we heard—and saw—the horrendous events that occurred 16+ years ago today. Those events are burned into our collective psyche as we reflect back on …

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Filed Under: National and International News, Religion, War History Tagged With: 9/11, American Ways 12, American Ways 3, Audio Recording, Bloodshed, Brotherhood, Christian, Civilization, Commentary, Destruction, Diplomatic, Dynasty, Europe, Faith, False Gods, Just, Knowledge, Lesson Plan, Military, Moral, Rebuilding, Restoration, Terrorism, The Golden Rule, Throwback Thursday, Youth’s Companion 1914