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NewsletterEntry/Object ID
2017.9.295.2Description
December 5, 1912 [vol. 27, No 6] issue of The Mt. Airy World, the newsletter of the Pennsylvania Institution for the Deaf and Dumb. Soft covers, 20 pp, 7 x 10.5". Bound using staples. On front cover, a print of an entrance and porte cochere to one of the Institution's buildings is shown. Inside the front cover, schedules for the Pennsylvania, and Reading railroads are published, showing train service to and from Mount Airy, to Center City Philadephia. These schedules are associated with the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority's [SEPTA's] Regional Rail lines to Chestnut Hill West and Chestnut Hill East lines, respectively.
This is followed by a series of pages of advertisements, including those of Hurst's Drug Store, and those of the Institution itself.
An image, "Isabel of Bavaria," is then published.
Opposite this is the first article, "Glimpses of English History" by C. E. D., part 176, beginning on page 81. This work includes a discussion of the roles of various emperors- including Matthias, Ferdinand II, Frederick, Maximilian von Wittelsbach, the Duke of Alva, Charles, Albrecht von Wallenstein, and Christian IV.
A series of short articles begins on page 84. These include "The Cat that Answered an Advertisement," "There [Three] Zones Within an Hour," "The Golden Crop," "Wisdom of the Talmud," "In Praise of Books," "Take Care of Your Eyes," "Who were Punch and Judy," and "Bath Tub For Mules."
"News from the Halls" then follows, beginning on page 91. This article includes short articles documenting the "goings on" in the Institution's deaf community. People mentioned include Hugh Cusack, Catherine Prendergrast, Mary Anna Simpson, Miss Alice Hanscom, Esther Wolfe, Mr. and Mrs. Ward, Mr. Hines, Harry Dowe, Lena Goldberg, Miriam Knaut, Anna Weigel, Hannah Evans, Reba Rowe, Elmira Lippin, Elda Coldren, Florence Smith, Myra Holden, Frances Martin, Nora Ney, Sadie Hoeffler, Emma Lauer, Elizabeth Young, Jennie Kost, Ruth Butter, Catherine Zerlman, Meda Artz, Margaret Fisher, Regina Toughill, Blanch Young, Nora Spoher, Charles Blessing, Arnold Williams, Charles Hoist, Charles Simmons, James Schech, Henry Lukens, Paul Gromis, Suner Ball, Albin Turoski, John Caley, Charles Schraeger, Willie Walker, Alexander Hoffman, Earl DuGau, Philip Dougherty, William Thomas, Fred Reed, Eva Wolfe, Helen Kehl, Margaret Schmidheiser, Joseph Shmukler, William McCracken, Lillian Boyle, John Leach, Enoch Grabowski, Mary Goldstein, Genevieve Longenberger, Roy Johnson, Fred Wolfe, Myra Holden, Grace Holden, Jacob Rutz, Francis O'Donnell, Rosie Corrado, Warren Fisher, Catherine Wilson, Mary Knowles, Charles Pillert, Floradora Blottenberger, Sadie Berger, John Smith, Solomon Brown, Joseph Balasa, William Barthold, Ruth Sherman, Agnes Robbins, Esther Parr, Winifred Shuster, Fannie Weiss, Edward Evans, Mason Summerill, Paul Miller, Zella Welch, Edward Badleigh, Mina Treese, Davis Kirby, Grace Henderson, Helen Schwartz, Peter Bufala, Harrison Litzenberger, Raymond Sapp, Esther Parr, Stella Paul, George Bumbers, Rosie Schenkel, Harold Reynolds, Carl Orberg, Robert Dute, Miss Mary Loughridge, Clarence C. G. Stoudt, Miss Eliza Loughridge, Reverend Dr. Timothy Wallace, Elizabeth Williams, Rhea Zimmerman, Blanche Young, Catherine Plitz, Julia Tartarewicz, Ralph Pefley, Arthur Kelson, Abner Harkness, Robert Quinn, Charles Krzykwa, James Jennings, Russell Berkheimer, Dr. Crouter, Mrs. Arthur H. Lea, Miss Nina Lea, William Rice, Morris McCready, Helen Gulick, Cecelia Krasne, Joseph Gaunter, Florence Weid, Charlotte Haines.
This is followed by "Sporting News," on page 93, by Edwin C. Ritchie. The article includes various scores/ results of games, playing against, among others, Chestnut Hill Academy, Girard College, Wilmington High School, and Williard Hess A. C.
A section "Intermediate Reading" then follows, beginning on page 94. It includes articles "The Gray Kitten" and "The Doll's Shoes" and is followed by a series of poems and riddles.
A section "Primary Reading" then follows, beginning on page 96, which consists of a series of riddles, published letters, etc.
This is followed by advertisements on page 97, including those of the Charlottesville Woolen Mills and Robert Shoemaker and Co's flavoring extracts.
The back interior page consists of a single ad, that of the Germantown Trust Company.
A series of ads is published on the inside back cover. These include those of Geikler Brother Provisioners; Joseph C. Ferguson, Jr., Manufacturing Optician; G. P. Darrow and Co. paints and glass; Wister, Heberton Co., lumber; Murta, Appleton and Co. guns, hardware and tools; David Walters, coal; Abram Engard Ice Cream; and William H. Keyser, wire goods.
On the back cover is a list of the Board of Directors and those of the Ladies Committee.Collection
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