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Title
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Memories of Old Westport
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Description
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Mention of Joseph Bernard as one of the "fine, good-looking boys" as students at Westport High School, along with Will and Henry Waldo and Sidney and Ben Cunningham. Description also of a speech by fellow student Steven Elkins.
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Date
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1924-10-01
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Life of Stephen Benton Elkins
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Description
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Photo and biographical article about Stephen Elkins (1841-1911), "secretary of war, United States Senator, captain of industry," and son of Pickett W. Elkins, "a well known Westport lumberman." Description of his life and career, born in Ohio and became a teacher in Cass County, with Cole Younger as a student, then becoming a Union officer in the Civil War, traveling "with the Aguirre wagon train, from Westport to Santa Fe, New Mexico" and becoming territorial representative and attorney-general of New Mexico and finally national senator from West Virginia.
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Date
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1968-12
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
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Title
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The Journal of Mamie Bernard Aguirre
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Description
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Photo and description of "Senator Steven B. Elkins," at the age of 21 in Westport during the Civil War as a passenger on an ambulance wagon, accompanying Mamie Aguirre on her honeymoon.
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Date
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1966
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Object Type
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Magazine Article
