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Cover_Page Short Story – The Crawford Twins (in Ten Chapters – Chapter five), by Edith Barnard DeLand Page_502 The Crawford Twins, continuedShort Story – “Limpsy Jane”, by Roe L. Hendrick Page_503 “Limpsy Jane, continuedArticle – How to Make Libraries More Useful, by Herbert Putnam, Ligrarian of CongressWhat a Library Must BeFirst Catch Your ReaderPersonal Contact […]
The Youth’s Companion is our main source of vintage historical material. An illustrated weekly newspaper, it was published by the Perry Mason Company in Boston, Massachusetts, from 1827 to 1929. It started out as the first publication written for children but evolved into a paper for the whole family, and by 1900 had it 500,000 […]
American Ways The official website for American Ways: An Introduction to American Culture 4th Edition, a textbook for English as a Second Language (ESL) Learners This site is for: Teachers and students using American Ways People who are interested in ESL Anyone interested in American Culture Many people today are talking about American values and […]
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These historical resources will give educators, history buffs, and all Americans access to the system of values which began shaping our country in its infancy. The Youth’s Companion, a weekly newspaper, was the second most-circulated publication in the US at the turn of the century. Published between 1827-1929, it has been credited with being a […]
Propaganda about Super-Women (that remarkable woman with ideal qualities) has been around for over 200 years, because here’s the 1914 tale of Granny Rhoda. She could do anything from shearing a sheep, preparing the wool, weaving the cloth and making clothing to protecting her children from bears and multi-tasking while rocking her baby in the […]
The Gerta Rinker Collection contains the majority of our vintage historical sources. Gerta Rinker was born in 1864 in a rural area near the foothills of the Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains. Her father Silas D. Kalb was such a strong believer in education that he started the first public school in his farm springhouse. Gerta […]
Summary Newspaper readers are confused by the fact that the same World War I battle may have different names—one given by the French and the other by the Germans, for example. The author explains that this occurred in previous European wars as well as the American Civil War. “Whose battle is it?” Here’s a bit […]
Times are tough. We’re facing a lot of important issues in the United States and instead of thoughtful, serious discussions, many political leaders and commentators on television have resorted to angry talking points and name-calling. Civil discourse seems to be an oxymoron. But what if there really is common ground? What if we went back […]