Word: homesteads
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...thinking young people of today, from our colleges and other educational institutions, are the ones who will determine the success or failure of our government for a new foundation of the Jewish homestead." This was the statement of Louis Lipsky, editor of "The New Palestine", and president of the Zionist Society of America, when questioned yesterday concerning the movement of that society for a return to Palestine and resettlement of the Holy land...
...owned in 1635 by John Meane. Eventually the ground fell into the ownership of Meane's grandson. Jonathan Hastings, and the house was known as the Meane-Hastings House. Jonathan Hastings called himself "Yankee Jonathan" and is credited with originating the term "Yankee". Hastings' fourth son, John, inherited the homestead and owned it until the Revolution when it changed hands many times...
Denman Thompson's "Old Homestead" was opened to the public at the St. James Theatre Monday night, and the veteran theatre-goers that were there for the treat got all the heart throbs and laughter that they received at the record breaking...
...characters were perfectly delineated. Their universality and individuality are brought out from Rickety Anne to Seth Perkins, the Hoboken Terror. Not a stroke was missed in the production, for the sets of the "Old Homestead", "The Street in front of Grace Church: N. Y." and "The Kitchen" were no less perfect than the Swanzey, New Hampshire, Annual Band Concert. Strange to say, even the old jokes which had been dusted off for the occasion were greeted with vociferous laughter and prolonged applause. Handkerchiefs which went up more than once to wipe away a tear were suddenly used to stifle laughter...
...better than a Turkish bath, or if you haven't stamped or clapped at a Virginia Reel in the kitchen of the farm, if you haven't seen and heard and done all the things that Dad and Mother used to sob and laugh over, just visit "The Old Homestead" this week...