DOCSLIB.ORG

Toward a Feminist Rhetorical Strategy of Sass: Sheila Hibben As America’S Early 20Th Century Culinary Influencer

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
Toward a Feminist Rhetorical Strategy of Sass: Sheila Hibben As America’S Early 20Th Century Culinary Influencer University of New Hampshire University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository Doctoral Dissertations Student Scholarship Spring 2021 Toward a Feminist Rhetorical Strategy of Sass: Sheila Hibben as America’s Early 20th Century Culinary Influencer Meaghan Elliott Dittrich University of New Hampshire, Durham Follow this and additional works at: https://scholars.unh.edu/dissertation Recommended Citation Dittrich, Meaghan Elliott, "Toward a Feminist Rhetorical Strategy of Sass: Sheila Hibben as America’s Early 20th Century Culinary Influencer" (2021). Doctoral Dissertations. 2566. https://scholars.unh.edu/dissertation/2566 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Scholarship at University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Doctoral Dissertations by an authorized administrator of University of New Hampshire Scholars' Repository. For more information, please contact [email protected]. Toward a Feminist Rhetorical Strategy of Sass: Sheila Hibben as America’s Early 20th Century Culinary Influencer By MEAGHAN ELLIOTT DITTRICH B.A. Hope College, 2001 M.F.A. University of Wyoming, 2009 M.A. University of New Hampshire, 2013 DISSERTATION Submitted to the University of New Hampshire In Partial Fulfillment of The Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in English May, 2021 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED © 2021 Meaghan Elliott Dittrich ii Toward a Feminist Rhetorical Strategy of Sass: Sheila Hibben as America’s Early 20th Century Culinary Influencer by MEAGHAN ELLIOTT DITTRICH This dissertation was examined and approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctorate in English by: Dissertation Director, Dr. Cristy Beemer, Associate Professor of English Dr. Christina Ortmeier-Hooper, Associate Professor of English Dr. Robin Hackett, Associate Professor of English and Women’s & Gender Studies Dr. Alecia Magnifico, Associate Professor of English Dr. A. Abby Knoblauch, Associate Professor of English, Kansas State University On March 26, 2021 Approval signatures are on file with the University of New Hampshire Graduate School. iii Dedication For my dad, who always just wanted to see me get the next degree… and the next… and the next... Last one, Dad. iv Acknowledgements Writing a dissertation is hard. I was told at the beginning of this process that I wouldn’t know how to write one until I had written one, and then I’d never have to write one again. The following people are the ones that helped me make this writing happen. The first person I must thank for getting me through this endeavor is my incredible advisor, Dr. Cristy Beemer. For everything from scholarly mentorship to parenting advice and good conversations over wine and firepits, for sitting with me in emergency rooms and birthing suites, for ushering some other bride out of Prescott Park garden at my wedding, for introducing me to the coolest feminists in the field, for helping my daughter learn how to walk as we waited in airports together, for always having my back, and for telling me that I will eventually have everything I ever wanted (just not all at once). To my fierce committee members—a panel of intelligent women who gave me what I needed in order to succeed. To Christina Ortmeier-Hooper, who knows my greatest challenge is overwriting and overexplaining, yet keeps challenging me to say it better, say it louder. Thank you for involving me in so much and believing that I can take up so many hats all at once. To Alecia Magnifico, who taught me to how be an ethical and methodical researcher, and how to write a conference paper using a completely new writing process that works. Thank you, Alecia, for helping me discover that Sheila Hibben’s sass was a worthy and compelling rhetorical strategy. To Robin Hackett, for normalizing the kid thing, for being so understanding about the theory thing, for helping me with the confidence thing, and for giving me the greatest piece of writing advice I’ve ever heard: “touch it every day.” To Abby Knoblauch and all of our great conversations, for your considerate, prompting questions and love of all things food-related. Here’s to all the whisky we still need to drink together. v I am grateful for the support that the UNH Graduate School has provided me over the course of my program, including the number of travel grants that allowed me to share ideas at various conferences over the years, as well as the Summer TA Fellowship that propelled my work forward through the world of cookbooks as sites of rhetorical invention. The UNH Grad School has provided many outlets for writing support, thanks in large part to Jovana Milosavljevic Ardeljan, who has organized various writing retreats often in conjunction with the Connors Writing Center. I admire her enthusiasm and dedication to graduate students, as well as her willingness to collaborate in helping graduate student writers succeed. In particular, I’d like to thank Dean Cari Moorhead, who stalwartly advocates for graduate students and shows up to encourage us every step of the way. She is unwavering. Of course, there are always the archivists who never get enough credit for all the hard work they do. To the Cookbook Collection at Bowdoin College in Maine, particularly Marieke Van Der Steenhoven and Meagan Doyle in Special Collections and Archives Outreach. And to the New York Public Library archives, especially Tal Nadan, reference archivist, for scanning documents from The New Yorker records during COVID-19 when I could not make the trip in person. Their assistance allowed me access to correspondence between Sheila Hibben and her editors at The New Yorker. To Bill Ross, special collections librarian and history faculty member at the UNH library. Not only has Bill helped me with my own research needs, but has guided me and my writing center students toward a better understanding of archives as a mysterious and challenging world of historical discovery. To Laura Shapiro, author of the article “First Kitchen” from The New Yorker that sparked the whole idea for my dissertation. When I reached out to her to ask her about the research she vi had done on Sheila Hibben and Eleanor Roosevelt, she was kind and generous enough to respond immediately, pointing me toward multiple resources and avenues I hadn’t thought to consider. To Sheila Hibben’s family who took the time to write to me, send me personal artifacts in the mail, and help me get a bigger picture of her life. To Stuart Hibben and George Hibben, cousins of Sheila’s husband Paxton, and William Hellendale, Sheila Hibben’s grandson. I would also thank Sheila Hibben herself. I hope I have honored her memory and given some justice to her work. This project gave me joy because I enjoyed her voice and tenacity. She gave me strength because she showed so much in her writing style. At some point, stubbornness is all we need to get us through. I think Hibben and I share that quality. To my friends and colleagues, readers and accountability groups. To Carly Husick and Melissa Kleinschmidt who saw ugly early drafts and helped me work on the weakest part of my writing process: my organization. We can do the hard things! Especially when baked goods are involved. To my writing group buddies, Patty Wilde and Kate Tirabassi for adopting me into their writing circle, motivating me to just keep going and that it can be done. To my fellow PhD cohort at the UNH Composition Program—friends who started with me in “old HamSmith,” watched it get torn down and raised anew, and friends who are just starting on their journey but already have so much more to say than I did when I started. I’m lucky to be part of a long tradition of UNH Comp alumni who genuinely support each other’s research and writing. It’s not so lonely when you have a crew like this one. And to my UNH Writing Program teammates, especially Ed Mueller for being an ever- jovial mentor who hired me despite my nervous verbosity and was so supportive while I tried to work full time, have a baby, and write a dissertation. And Sam DeFlitch, my co-captain at the Connors Writing Center who helps me keep this community the welcoming space it continues to vii be by showing me new ways of empathy. These folks make it possible for me to enjoy working in the best job I could ever have hoped for. To my family, who are everything. To my Canadian relatives who cheered from afar and in particular to my Auntie Diane (Lizzie), who has attended every one of my graduations since high school. It took a pandemic to keep her from this final one. To my in-laws, Pat and Barb; I am so very grateful to have them on my side. To my sister-in-law, Mariah, who is relentlessly entertaining and who gave me the cutest niece I can’t wait to spoil over the coming years. To my mother, Eileen Elliott, who I think might have wanted this even more than I did. She has always been in my corner and never wavered in her encouragement. And to my daughter, Elliott Anastasia, who surprises me every day by how familiar she feels to me. Most of all, to my best friend, my husband Bradfield, who, on Monday, August 22, 2011, was just another fresh-faced TA at the English Department in dusty old Hamilton-Smith 101, looking very much at home in a wing-backed armchair. From day one, he lured me into the field Rhetoric and Composition with his charm and then used that same charm to dazzle me into marrying him several years later.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • The Universite of Oklahoma Graduate College M
    THE UNIVERSITE OF OKLAHOMA GRADUATE COLLEGE M ANALYSIS OF JOHN DOS PASSOS’ U.S.A. A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE GRADUATE FACULTY in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHE BE F. UILLIAIl NELSON Norman, Oklahoma 1957 All ANALÏSIS OF JOHN DOS PASSOS' U.S.A. APPROVED 3Ï ijl^4 DISSERTATION COmTTEE TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter Page I. THE CRITICS....................................... 1 II. THE CAST .......................................... III. CLOSE-UP .......................................... ho IV. DOCUMENTARY ....................................... 63 V. MONTAGE........................................... 91 VI. CROSS-CUTTING ...................................... Il4 VII. SPECIAL EFFECTS .................................... 13o VIII. WIDE ANGLE LENS .................................... l66 IX. CRITIQUE .......................................... 185 APPENDK ................................................. 194 BIBLIOGRAPHY ............................................. 245 111 ACKNOWLEDGEI'IENT Mjr thanks are due all those members of the Graduate Faculty of the Department of English who, knowingly and unknowingly, had a part in this work. My especial thanks to Professor Victor Elconin for his criticism and continued interest in this dissertation are long overdue. Alf ANALYSIS OF JOHN DOS PASSOS' U.S.A. CHAPTER I THE CRITICS The 42nd Parallel, the first volume of the trilogy, U.S.A., was first published on February 19, 1930- It was followed by 1919 on March 10, 1932, and The Big Money on August 1, 1936. U.S.A., which combines these three novels, was issued on January 27, 1938. There is as yet no full-length critical and biographical study of Dos Passes, although one is now in the process of being edited for publication.^ His work has, however, attracted the notice of the leading reviewers and is discussed in those treatises dealing with the American novel of the twentieth cen­ tury.
    [Show full text]
  • Little Russia: Patterns in Migration, Settlement, and the Articulation of Ethnic Identity Among Portland's Volga Germans
    Portland State University PDXScholar Dissertations and Theses Dissertations and Theses Spring 6-12-2018 Little Russia: Patterns in Migration, Settlement, and the Articulation of Ethnic Identity Among Portland's Volga Germans Heather Ann Viets Portland State University Follow this and additional works at: https://pdxscholar.library.pdx.edu/open_access_etds Part of the History Commons Let us know how access to this document benefits ou.y Recommended Citation Viets, Heather Ann, "Little Russia: Patterns in Migration, Settlement, and the Articulation of Ethnic Identity Among Portland's Volga Germans" (2018). Dissertations and Theses. Paper 4440. https://doi.org/10.15760/etd.6324 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access. It has been accepted for inclusion in Dissertations and Theses by an authorized administrator of PDXScholar. Please contact us if we can make this document more accessible: [email protected]. Little Russia: Patterns in Migration, Settlement, and the Articulation of Ethnic Identity Among Portland’s Volga Germans by Heather Ann Viets A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in History Thesis Committee: Katrine Barber, Chair Marc Rodriguez Tim Garrison Portland State University 2018 © 2018 Heather Ann Viets Abstract The Volga Germans assert a particular ethnic identity to articulate their complex history as a multinational community even in the absence of traditional practices in language, religious piety, and communal lifestyle. Across multiple migrations and settlements from the eighteenth to the twentieth centuries, the Volga Germans’ self- constructed group identity served historically as a tool with which to navigate uncertain politics of belonging.
    [Show full text]
  • Propaganda Peddlers[
    Page Four THE DAILY WORKER Wednesday, June 4, 1924 n BOSSES’ LIE Party Activities Os CODFISH SENATOR, MINNESOTA! VOTE FOR GOOLIDGE BRIBE SCISSORBILL BEATS WEEKS RENEWS Local Chicago LODGE, THESE MEN JUNE 16! N. Y. FLAG-DRA6GER; FAILS TO FOOL V.— I » HANK UP FORGET OLD PARTIES! TO HENRY FORD BUT HE 60ES FREE ATTEMPT TO GET Regular Branch Meetings. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., June 3. NEW YORK, June 3.—Disrespect FOODWORKERS WEDNESDAY, JUNE 4. FOR RUM-RUNNING HIT PAXTON HIBBEN Here are the the Workers for the American flag on Decoration Lettish Branch, holding a special men INJENATE meeting at 4359 W. Thomas Street, to Party members of District nine are day brought Carii S. Chace a black Stay diHbuss thoroly Party problems and Party Aristocrat Smuggles urged to support in the primary Norris Committee Flays eye, a bloody nose, a bruited jaw, Pro-Soviet Major Calls Greek Workers activity. Comrade Swabeck, district or- By Organizer. ganizer, will discuss the matters for the Like Jack Hancock elections, June 16, in accordance Muscle Shoals Policy and a jail sentence. Disrespect for for Hidden Evidence city organization. with the Instructions of the accom- the rights of Chace as an ordinary English Branch, Emmet Mid-City panying proclamation: human being brought Charles Walt), The Greek restaurant bosses who Memorial Hall, Taylor and Ogden Street. Special to the Daily Worker. Special to the Daily Worker. (By The Federated Press) Comrade Valeria Melts will take up the For U. S. Senator—Hjalmar Dan- WASHINGTON, June 3.—Coolidge’s former marine, who administered KTTvv got so scared of the Amalgamated matter of advancing the DAILY WORK- WASHINGTON, D.
    [Show full text]
  • America Inc.: John Dos Passos'" USA" As Professional Writing Textbook
    DOCUMENT RESUME ED 402 584 CS 215 592 AUTHOR Di Renzo, Anthony TITLE America Inc.: John Dos Passos' "USA" as Professional Writing Textbook. PUB DATE Mar 96 NOTE llp.; Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (47th, Milwaukee, WI, March 27-30, 1996). PUB TYPE Speeches/Conference Papers (150) Viewpoints (Opinion/Position Papers, Essays, etc.)(120) Historical Materials (060) EDRS PRICE MFO1 /PCO1 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS *Business Communication; *Content Area Writing; Higher Education; Instructional Effectiveness; Literary History; *Literature Appreciation; Technical Writing; United States Literature; Writing Assignments IDENTIFIERS *Dos Passos (John); *Professional Writing; Writing Contexts ABSTRACT While working as a special consultant for General Mills in 1948, John Dos Passos wrote a report explaining the latest scientific research and technological advancements and how the postwar economy was affecting General Mills and the cereal market. General Mills, using a real writer for a corporate freelance, profited from Dos Passos' expertise and reputation. His "USA" trilogy was a blend of fiction, Forbes-style reportage, and economic analysis. As a history of American business from 1870 to 1935, "USA" is as exhaustive as it is colorful. For an instructor who uses it in a professional writing class, "USA" is an ideal primer for work-related writing. It can be read as an epic of early corporate communications, with its lessons divided between the practical and the promotional, and these business parables often translate into imaginative and effective writing exercises. Dos Passos becomes a model for resume composition with concrete specific words, factual details, and a strong narrative.
    [Show full text]
  • World War I in the Novels of John Dos Passos
    RICE UNIVERSITY World War I in the Novels of John Dos Passos Alice Jacob Allen A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF Master of Arts Thesis Director's signature: Houston, Texas May, 1966 (JLSIUIAJOIOI&&&-' IWJJLY ABSTRACT John Dos Passos was one of a "war generation" of young novelists for whom World War I was a source of excitement and then disillusionment. The works of Heming¬ way, Cummings, and others illustrate this, hut for Dos Passos the war became a preoccupation which lasted through most of his writing career. Like many other young novelists, Dos Passos sax^ the war as an ambulance driver. This gave him direct personal experience with war, which he later utilized in his novels. This study examines three xvorks, First Encounter, Three Soldiers, and U.S.A., to show how Dos Passos reworked the materials of (his personal experience each time for a different effect and to a different purpose. First Encounter is a generally direct rendering of Dos Passos’ life as an ambulance driver. The central character, Martin Howe, is a sensitive and thoughtful observer much like the young Dos Passos. He embarks for France and the ambulance corps in search of adventure. During his period at the front he undergoes an initiation experience of uncertain nature, which gives him a more mature view of war. The novel is an immature and unsuccessful work, important only for the introduction of motifs which appear in later Dos Passos novels. In Three Soldiers Dos Passos imposes some sort of form on his material.
    [Show full text]
  • Bryan at Baltimore, the Democratic National Convention of 1912 Scroll Down for Complete Article
    Nebraska History posts materials online for your personal use. Please remember that the contents of Nebraska History are copyrighted by the Nebraska State Historical Society (except for materials credited to other institutions). The NSHS retains its copyrights even to materials it posts on the web. For permission to re-use materials or for photo ordering information, please see: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/magazine/permission.htm Nebraska State Historical Society members receive four issues of Nebraska History and four issues of Nebraska History News annually. For membership information, see: http://nebraskahistory.org/admin/members/index.htm Article Title: Bryan at Baltimore, the Democratic National Convention of 1912 Full Citation: Boyce House, “Bryan at Baltimore, the Democratic National Convention of 1912,” Nebraska History 41 (1960): 29-51 URL of article: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/history/full-text/NH1960BryanBaltimore.pdf Date: 11/04/2016 Article Summary: The Baltimore Convention was the high point of Bryan’s career. He made three dramatic speeches and succeeded in defining himself as an advocate of the American people and the opponent of Tammany Hall and Wall Street. Scroll down for complete article. Cataloging Information: Names: William Jennings Bryan, Alton B Parker, William Howard Taft, Champ Clark, Woodrow Wilson, John W Kern, J Pierpont Morgan, Thomas Ryan, August Belmont, Richard Washburn Child, Theodore Roosevelt, Charles Willis Thompson, Judson Harmon, Oscar W Underwood Place Names: Baltimore,
    [Show full text]
  • William Jennings Bryan and the Historians
    Nebraska History posts materials online for your personal use. Please remember that the contents of Nebraska History are copyrighted by the Nebraska State Historical Society (except for materials credited to other institutions). The NSHS retains its copyrights even to materials it posts on the web. For permission to re-use materials or for photo ordering information, please see: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/magazine/permission.htm Nebraska State Historical Society members receive four issues of Nebraska History and four issues of Nebraska History News annually. For membership information, see: http://nebraskahistory.org/admin/members/index.htm Article Title: William Jennings Bryan and the Historians Full Citation: Robert W Cherny, “William Jennings Bryan and the Historians,” Nebraska History 77 (1996): 184- 193 URL of article: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/history/full-text/NH1996Bryan_Historians.pdf Date: 5/03/2013 Article Summary: Bryan, the most influential Democrat of his time, fascinates historians even though he never won a presidential election. Most recent scholars agree that he had a sincere confidence in the ability of the people to govern themselves. Cataloging Information: Names: William Jennings Bryan, William McKinley, Mary Baird Bryan, Richard Metcalfe, H L Mencken, Vachel Lindsay Historians Discussed: Vernon Parrington, Frederick Jackson Turner, Charles A Beard, Wayne C Williams, M R Werner, John C Long, Paxton Hibben, Charles Edward Merriam, Joseph V Fuller, Merle Curti, Henry Steele Commager, Richard
    [Show full text]
  • American Diplomatic Relations with Greece During the Last Part Of
    JOHN THOMAS MALAKASSES AMERICAN DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH GREECE DURING THE LAST PART OF WILSON’S ADMINISTRATION AND THE BEGINNING OF HARDING’S : THE FIRST ACTIVE AMERICAN INTERVENTION IN THE INTERNAL AFFAIRS OF GREECE William Appleman Williams, in an article published in «Science and Society»1 referring to the widely accepted thesis of American isolationism in the years immediately following the First World War, says: «...far from isolation, the foreign relations of the United States from 1920 through 1932 w'ere marked by express and extended invol­ vement with and intervention in the affairs of other nations of the world». Another student of American diplomacy, R. W. Leopold, cate­ gorically states that the era of so-called isolationism was actually «more complex than most glib generalizations...would suggest»2. One of the principal architects of the so-called «isolationist poli­ cies», Senator Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachussetts, testified that the presidency of Harding was far from a period of withdrawal from world affairs: «Never [was there] a period when the United States [was] more active and its influence more internationally felt than between 1921 and 1924»3. Senator Lodge’s statement finds its true application in the case of the American involvement in internal Greek political developments, at the beginning of 1920. As a result of the November 4, 1920 parlia­ mentary elections, the liberal party of Venizelos, in powrer since the 1. William Appleman Williams, «The Legend of Isolationism in the 1920’s», Science and Society, XVII, No. 1 (Winter, 1954). p. 1. 1. II. W. Leopold, «The .Mississippi Valley and American Foreign Policy, 1890- 1941 : An Assessment and An Appeal», Mississippi Valley Historical Review, XXX VIII, No.
    [Show full text]
  • Reading Counts
    Title Author Reading Level Sorted by Reading Level I Am Sam John Shefelbine 0 So Many Houses Hester Thompson Bass 0.5 Being Me Julie Broski 1 Crisantemo Kevin Henkes 1 Day With Daddy, A Louise Gikow 1 Diez puntos negros Donald Crews 1 Don't Let The Pigeon Drive Mo Willems 1 En aquel prado Dorothy Sharp Carter 1 En el Barrio Alma Flor Ada 1 En la ciudad Susana Pasternac 1 Este Abuelo S. Paz 1 Firefly Friend Kimberly Wagner Klier 1 Germs (Rookie Readers) Judy Oetting 1 gran negocio de Francisca, El Russell Hoban 1 Harry se baña Harriet Ziefert 1 Here's A Hint (FX) Wiley Blevins 1 Hip, el hipopótamo C. Dzib 1 I Am The Artist! Dawn Anderson 1 Jorge el Curioso H.A. Rey 1 Knuffle Bunny Mo Willems 1 Léale a su conejito Rosemary Wells 1 libro de las arenas movedizas Tomie dePaola 1 Llega la noche W. Nikola-Lisa 1 Martha habla Susan Meddaugh 1 Modales Aliki 1 noche, Una Jackie Carter 1 nueva hermanita de Francisca Russell Hoban 1 ojos, Los Cecilia Avalos 1 Old Mo Stacey W. Hsu 1 paseo de Rosie, El Pat Hutchins 1 pez rojo y el pez amarillo, El Carmen Blázquez 1 Pigeon Finds A Hot Dog, The Mo Willems 1 Sam and Jack (FX) Sloan Culver 1 Siete conejitos John Becker 1 Springtime Addition Jill Fuller 1 We All Fall For Apples Emmi S. Herman 1 Alphabatics Suse MacDonald 1.1 Amy Loves The Wind Julia Hoban 1.1 Ann Can't Sleep Peri Jones 1.1 Apples Samantha Berger 1.1 Apples (Bourget) Mary Louise Bourget 1.1 At The Carnival Kirsten Hall 1.1 Autumn Leaves Gail Saunders-Smith 1.1 Bathtime For Biscuit Alyssa Capucilli 1.1 Beans Gail Saunders-Smith 1.1 Bears In The Night Stan and Jan Berenstain 1.1 Berenstain Bears/Big Bear, Sma Stan Berenstain 1.1 beso para osito, Un Else Holmelund Minarik 1.1 Big? Rachel Lear 1.1 Biscuit Finds A Friend Alyssa Capucilli 1.1 Boots Anne Schreiber 1.1 Boots For Red Margie Sigman 1.1 Box, The Constance Andrea Keremes 1.1 Brian Wildsmith's ABC Brian Wildsmith 1.1 Brown Rabbit's Shape Book Alan Baker 1.1 Bubble Trouble Mary Packard 1.1 Bubble Trouble (Rookie Reader) Joy N.
    [Show full text]
  • Armed Eorcfes Shop
    j.-;1 *•**,7'^~*^*fs*SH".H* vTfa RAHWAY NEWS PFrnpn/TLARj<_PATRIP' AGE 16 THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 1J\ 1971 Sweeney wrote. The book is "Cindy and Kicky Run a Pet Armed Eorcfes Shop. Animals Will Entertain The animals will do a total of 24 tricks. This Is the only Hews-Stecord act in the whole world where Reservist Children at Library a house cat is featured. Also appearing with Mr. McSweeney will be the Har- To Be Stationed The Pipe Shop, 62 H. Mil- STap^r at S Singapore and .hanghau monica Sisters, three girls NEW JERSEY'S OLDEST-WEEKLY NEWSPAPER EST- 1822 111 appear at ™« Shanghai and Singapore are from Union Recreation Har- ton Ave., Rahway (RNR) Doug's Luncheonette, 163 In the Antarctic .ibrary on Friday, Nov. 26, ^ lna ^^ Mr_ Mc_ monica Band. The girls are Damage Controlman John t 2 p.m. E. Hazelwood Ave., Rahway (RNR) „ Welsh, son of Mr. and Mrs. i%& Beverly Sweet Shop, 141J G, C. Welsh of 1420 Church 15 CENTS Main St., Rahway (RNR) St., Rahway, will be spend- RAHWAT7TJHVT JERSEY, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 J 971 Gee's Colonial Sweet Shop, ing the next year in the VOL. 149, NO. 46 1588 Irving St., Rahway (RNR) Antarctic with the Navy. He Ducoffs Stationery, U57 joined the Naval Reserve Frank McSweeney Irving St., Rahway IRNR) last February. Grand Confectionery, 505 GIFT PRESENTED ... Mrs. Robert Brandner, presi- Mr. Welsh will be one of Debbie and Karen Scarlato the 156 men who will be sta- of Union and Robin Trencher E. Grand St., Rahway (RNR) dent of tile Rahway Jaycee-ettes, left, in the photo SAVINGS CERTIFICATE ACCOUNTS Ernie's Candy Store, 296 above left, presented the Rahway chapter's former tioned by the Navy in Ant- of Hillside.
    [Show full text]
  • Download Download
    Campaign Issues in the Presidential Election of 1908 Edgar A. Hornig* Though few historians would dispute the contention that all presidential elections are significant in the stream of United States history, the quest for a comprehensive discus- sion of the issues in the presidential election of 1908 within the rich storehouse of American historical literature is likely to be unrewarding. Edward Stanwood in his History of the Presidency from 1897 to 1916, for example, devotes seventy two pages to the election of 1908 but surprisingly offers almost no information regarding the issues.’ The best biog- raphies of William Jennings Bryan, who in 1908 headed the Democratic party’s ticket for the third and last time, con- stitute a barren source on this topic.2 Henry F. Pringle’s commendable two-volume biography of Republican candidate, William Howard Taft, though it refers to the bank, tariff, and publicity issues in passing, offers an incomplete treatment of the ~ubject.~Edgar Eugene Robinson’s The Evolution of American Political Parties presents an able comparison of the platforms and positions of the two major parties, but casts only a dim light upon the issues as they materialized during the ~ampaign.~A very recent and creditable study of the history of presidential elections, except for brief paragraphs on the trust and publicity issues, offers next to nothing.6 Even Mark Sullivan in his highly readable multi-volume study, Our Times, while he does provide a descriptive and illuminat- ing account of President Theodore Roosevelt’s role in the *Ed ar A. Hornig is Associate Professor of History at San Jose State Cofiege, San Jose, California.
    [Show full text]
  • Reading Counts
    Title Author Reading Level Sorted Alphabetically by Title 13 James Howe 4 47 Walter Mosley 5.2 1632 Eric Flint 8.1 1776 David McCullough 12.5 1984 George Orwell 8.2 2095 Jon Scieszka 5.4 29-Jun-99 David Wiesner 5.3 11-Sep-01 Andrew Santella 5.5 "A" Is for Abigail Lynne Cheney 4.6 $1.00 Word Riddle Book, The Marilyn Burns 6.5 1,2,3 In The Box Ellen Tarlow 1.2 10 Best Things… Dad Christine Loomis 1.6 10 Fat Turkeys Tony Johnston 1.7 10 For Dinner Jo Ellen Bogart 2.4 10 Minutes Till Bedtime Peggy Rathmann 1.5 10,000 Days Of Thunder Philip Caputo 7.6 100 Days Of School Trudy Harris 2.2 100 Inventions That Shaped... Bill Yenne 10 100 Selected Poems E.E. Cummings 7.2 100 Years In Photographs George Sullivan 6.8 1000 Facts About Space Pam Beasant 4.9 1000 Facts About The Earth Moira Butterfield 4.2 1000 Questions And Answers Richard Tames 5.6 1001 Animals to Spot Ruth Brocklehurst 1.6 1001 Things to Spot in the Sea Katie Daynes 2.3 100-Pound Problem, The Jennifer Dussling 2.4 100th Day Of School (Bader) Bonnie Bader 2.1 100th Day Of School, The Angela Shelf Medearis 1.5 100th Day Worries Margery Cuyler 2.1 100th Day, The Grace Maccarone 1.8 100th Thing About Caroline Lois Lowry 5.5 101 Dalmatians, The Dodie Smith 6.1 101 Hopelessly Hilarious Jokes Lisa Eisenberg 3.1 101 Tips For - A Best Friend Nancy Krulik 4.5 101 Ways To Bug Your Parents Lee Wardlaw 4.8 101 Ways To Bug Your Teacher Lee Wardlaw 4.2 10-Step Guide...Monster Laura Numeroff 1.5 12 Again Sue Corbett 5.7 13 Ghosts: Strange But True..
    [Show full text]