Bits & Pieces: Music Fills the Air – and the Scrapbooks

As do most scrapbooks, Sarah Eva Howe's contain bits and pieces that reveal more about her interests. Today we'll look at a few of those random gems – all of them related to music and its importance to the extended Howe family.


1. "Uncle Harry," a Published Composer

Sarah's uncle Richard Henry "Harry" Cost, Jr., wrote both music and lyrics to "Down Where The Daisies Grow." Richards Publishing Company of Cincinnati, Ohio, published the song in 1917, the year Harry turned 41 years old. Several in the family put their own words to familiar tunes, but Harry's is the only original composition I've seen in published form.

In two other blog posts, read more about the gregarious Harry and see a photo taken when he was 6 years old.

2. Sousa's First March?
According to this clipping (source not noted), "Free Lunch Cadets" was John Philip Sousa's first published song. The copyright date, hard to read in the illustration but provided on multiple websites, is 1877.  

Note the sign on the wall: "Saur Krout Lunch To Day." In the 1870s, German immigrants and their descendants made up a significant part of the population in Philadelphia (where the music was published) and Cincinnati (where Sarah's German-descendant Cost ancestors lived). According to online genealogy sites, more of today's Americans  descend from German ancestry than from any other nationality. I wonder if the sign in the drawing is meant to be a derisive jab at German immigrants of that day? Piano sheet music for this march is available free online.


3. Carrollton Glee Club

The Carrollton Glee Club performance program is undated. Because of the listed performers and the pages advertising local businesses, I calculate that the event took place after1890 and before 1920.
Performers in the program include Mrs. (Katherine) Boughner, Miss Coan, Mr. (T. Sanders) Orr, Miss Maxwell, Mr. (W.) Schuerman, Mr. (R.M.) Hiner, and Mr. (W.W.) Masterson. Mr. Schuerman was related to the Howes by marriage, and the rest were no doubt acquainted with the Howes through business, the Carrollton Methodist Episcopal Church, or other affiliations.

 4. Organ Recital at Carrollton First Methodist Church, 1927

An organ recital in Carrollton on March 10, 1927, featured W.E. Pilcher, Jr., representing Henry Pilcher's Sons Organ Company of Louisville. Also performing were violinist Harriett Poynter and vocalist Mrs. J. Gex Williams. Maybe the women were members of Carrollton First Methodist Church.

The history of the organ company goes back several generations to England. To paraphrase information on a website: Henry Pilcher, Sr. of Canterbury apprenticed as an organ builder in London. He arrived in New York in 1832 and established a business in New Jersey. His sons, Henry Pilcher, Jr. and William Pilcher II opened an organ building shop in St. Louis in 1852. During the Civil War era, the firm relocated to Chicago. In 1874, the Pilcher firm once again moved their business to Louisville, Kentucky. The firm built more than 1,800 organs for churches, concert halls, and universities across the country. In 1944 the factory closed and the assets were sold to the M. P. Möller Organ Company of Hagerstown, Maryland. 

5. Miscellaneous
Three more sheet music covers relate either Sarah's interests in music – or maybe, being an artist herself, she appreciated the illustrations. 


"The Fireman's Call" is "respectfully dedicated to the Officers and Members of the Fire Department of Boston." The music is from an opera, "The Maid of Judah," written in 1832.



Stephen Foster's "Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair" 
has a publication date of 1854. Here in the Bluegrass State, we know Foster best as the composer of "My Old Kentucky Home."



"Home Run Quick Step" (1861) honors "the members of the Mercantile Base Ball Club of Philadelphia." A clearer image and details are available from the digital collection of the Library of Congress. (From that web page, search for images and details about the Foster piece as well.)

 
















 

Howe Poetic! Sarah's Aunt Lou Winslow Howe of Carrollton, Kentucky, Says 'Merry Christmas' in Verse

Readers of this blog won't be surprised to know that at least one of Sarah Eva Howe's relatives – an aunt by marriage – wrote a poem about Christmas.

Louisiana Winslow Howe, c. 1940

The poet was Louisiana Winslow Howe, born 27 May 1852 in Carrollton, Kentucky, to local attorney and judge William Beverly Winslow and his wife Martha Jane Woolfork Winslow. In 1873, "Lou" married one of Sarah's paternal uncles, William Ficklin Howe. You can learn more about her and see another photo in a previous post: The Highly Accomplished Family of William Ficklin Howe. There's also a short article about her on the website Northern Kentucky Views. (Scroll to the bottom of that page.) It was written just five years before her death (1944) and details her family connection to several prominent Virginians.

By the way, have you ever gone to AbeBooks.com and searched for writings by your ancestors? Surprises may await you there. Just this morning I found a copy of Lou's published verse, Rambling Rhymes. I ordered it and hope to have it in my hands before the year ends.

But enough about Lou. It's Christmas! Grab some hot cider and enjoy her holiday greeting in verse. It's full of sentiment and is a pleasant read, but (dare I say it?) I think her verse pales in comparison to poems written by her niece Sarah.

 

Christmas Greetings 
From Carrollton

by Louisiana Winslow Howe

Northward, nearby, we see the hills,

Down which run many rippling rills,

United with "La belle riviere,"

Over which grand boats throughout the year

Steam swiftly onward to and fro

Through waters of the Ohio.

From windows, East and South and West,

Kentucky's hills, which I love best,

Stretch outward, upward, seem to try

By distant curves, to reach the sky;

As toward the South Land they extend

Greetings to far-off towns I send.

A Merry Christmas to all friends!

Our hope of real joy depends

On One, whose, heaven appointed, birth

Brought joy and peace to all the earth;

Foretold by prophets and by seers

Proclaimed by Angel messengers;

"Glory to God, on Earth be peace,"

(To trusting souls) which ne'er shall cease.

May peace and joy always abide

With each one as at Christmastide

When feasts are closing, we lift up

And pass along a Loving Cup;

Love lingers throughout all the year,

Love still abides, and grows more dear;

Soars on beyond the bounds of Time

Matures in a Celestial Clime.

                     

(Photo courtesy of Bill Davis, who posted it on Findagrave.com Memorial #31550920.)

The Front-Page Obituary of Joseph Brown Howe

Today's post comes not from one of Sarah Eva Howe's 72 scrapbooks but from The Carrollton Democrat, which at that time was published on the Saturday of each week. In the issue dated Dec. 14, 1929, more than half of the front page is about the sudden and unexpected death of Sarah's paternal uncle, Joseph Brown Howe. Thanks to Carolyn Williams of Carrollton, I have that entire section of the paper.

Joseph B. Howe died on Saturday, Dec. 7, 1929, one week before the Democrat announced his passing. No doubt most of the people of Carrollton, Kentucky, already knew about the death. Still, the editor considered the week-old news important enough to document it on Page 1. The photo and the story/obituary cover three of the page's six columns, and a personal tribute by Russel O. Dufour takes part of a fourth column.

The Carrollton Democrat, Carrollton, Ky., Dec. 14, 1929

The articles total almost 2,000 words. Here are some excerpts:

SUMMONS COMES SUDDENLY TO JOSEPH B. HOWE

The Democrat has never been called upon to chronicle a sadder or more lamentable death than that of Joseph B. Howe, prominent church and business man, who was summoned suddenly at his home in this city at 11 o’clock Saturday night. He had been at the store of Howe Brothers all day, very busy because of the approaching holiday season and in fine spirits throughout the day and evening, so when the news was heard early Sunday morning of his death it was almost beyond belief.

Mr. Howe had left the store shortly before 11 o’clock in company with his nephew, John J. Howe, the latter leaving him at the Highland avenue entrance to the Howe home. On entering the house Mr. Howe spoke of feeling slightly indisposed, but went into the yard, as was his wont, to get a pitcher of water from the cistern. When he did not return Mrs. Howe went to the door and was horrified to see him prostrate on the ground. ... She summoned the family physician, Dr. Holmes, but life had probably fled before Mr. Howe touched the ground in his fall.

In the death of Mr. Howe Carroll county loses a pillar in the business structure of the community. The Howe store had been established in 1859 by John Howe, father of the deceased, who had located in Carrollton in that year. ...

 [Here we skip the article's details about Irish immigrant John Howe. That information is available in three posts in this blog: "The Immigrant Ancestors: John and Sarah Brown Howe,"  "Howe's Business," and "Howe Brothers, Inc."]

Mr. Joseph B. Howe, the last surviving member of the original firm of John Howe & Sons, had seen the business grow from modest beginning to one of the largest and most complete department stores of its kind in northern Kentucky. Associated with the firm from boyhood, he had for many years been president and general manager of the incorporated company, and in great measure the success that has attended the enterprise has been due to his sound judgment, his splendid executive ability and his sagacious foresight.

For a man of his years, Mr. Howe carried his age lightly and made frequent trips to the leading markets of the East and Middle West. He was especially well known on the New York market. For a number of years he had been a director of the National Dry Goods Association.

As a citizen Mr. Howe was an outstanding man. No resident of the city in any walk of life had the interests of the community more at heart. It was his great desire to see Carrollton become one of the leading trade centers of the Commonwealth, and to that end he bent every effort, using every possible method to attract attention to the city, both through channels of business and by personal endeavor.

Carrollton will miss him — the city is not so rich in men of his high class that his death will not cause a wide gap; but he leaves an example that will stand as a mark to be attained by the ambitious youth of the community.

At the age of 14 years Mr. Howe became a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, and his everyday life reflected the teachings of the Master. ... He was generous to a marked degree with his church — in fact, with all churches regardless of denominational lines. And not only was he liberal with his means but gave of his time without stint to church affairs. ...  

Mr. Howe was a man of charitable impulses. In him the poor and needy found a friend — it is likely that his own family knew not the extent of his benefactions.

Close-up of Newspaper Photo

He was a deep student of the Bible, a wide reader of the best literature and well informed on current events. His flowers were one of his hobbies, and they grew in beauty and profusion because he loved them.

His home was one of choice hospitality. There the ministers of his church found a hearty welcome, and there friends and relatives delighted to be guests.

. . .  Joseph Brown Howe was born March 7, 1857, in Champaign County Ill., one of the eight children of John and Sarah Brown Howe, and came to this city at the age of two years. One of [his] brothers died in infancy; one sister, Miss Lizzie Howe, a lovely girl, passed away at the age of twenty years; three brothers who were members of the firm during their life-time — William F., Robert J. and John I. Howe — have one by one answered the summon, while another brother, George T., died in young manhood. One sister — the youngest member of the family — Mrs. Sarah Howe Froman, wife of Hon. H.M. Froman, of Ghent and Lexington, alone survives.

On November 6, 1889, Mr. Howe was happily married to Miss Sallie Goslee, one of Carrollton’s noblest women, who has been in the truest sense a helpmeet to him. She is left to mourn, with their two sons, James G. and George T. Howe, the loss of a devoted husband and a fond father.

... There also survive Mr. Howe several nieces and nephews, one of the latter, John J. Howe, of Carrollton and Covington, being secretary of the firm.

At two o-clock Tuesday afternoon [Dec. 10, 1929] the last rites were held at the Methodist church.  ... The body was carried from [the Howe home] just across the street to the church, followed by the family and by the employees of the firm, who attended in a body.

The capacious auditorium would scarcely seat the family and those bound to them by close ties of relationship and business. In the hallways and in the class rooms on the first floor were many friends who could not be seated in the auditorium.

The service was conducted by the resident pastor, Dr. G.W. Banks, assisted by Rev. N.T. Chandler, of Newport, and Rev. T.W. Watts, of New Castle. ... The music consisted of soothing strains of old hymns rendered by the organist, Mrs. R.M. Barker.

Out of respect to Mr. Howe, who was dean of Carrollton merchants, the banks and business houses of the city were closed during the hours of the funeral, the business men acting as honorary and active pall bearers. ...

Relatives and friends from a distance called here for the funeral were:
Mrs. Jas. G. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. Carl Becker, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Green, Miss Jennie Shaw, Miss Margaret Shaw, Mrs. Harold Mitchell, Mr. I.G. Jasper, Mrs. Katie Smith, Mr. B.M. Harwood, all of Louisville, Ky.; Mrs. Annie Grimstead, New York; Miss Lillie Howe, Oxford, O.; Mr. and Mrs. Lem Gooding, Lexington; Mrs. W. L. Salyers, Lexington; Miss Lenora Howe, Lexington; Mr. and Mrs. Irvine Scott, Sparta, Ky.; Mrs. Ed. Bickers, Sparta, Ky.; Mrs. Joseph Campbell, Mr. and Mrs. Owen Scott, Mr. and Mrs. John Smith, Miss Lizzie Scott, Miss Mary Scott, of Campbellsburg, Ky.; Mr. and Mrs. C.F. Goslee, Roanoke, Va.; Rev. M.T. Chandler, Newport, Ky.; Rev. T.W. Watts, New Castle, Ky.; Rev. L.C. DeArmond, Ghent, Ky.; Rev. I.H. Driskell, Locust, Ky.; Rev. D.L. Rothweiler, Worthville, Ky.; Rev. S.L. Moore, Milton, Ky.; Mr. Oscar Levine, of Levine Bros., Cincinnati; Mr. Robt. Krake, of Levine Bros., Cincinnati; Mr. Robt Getty, of Alms & Doepke Co., Cincinnati; Mr. C.F. Irons, of Cincinnati Dry Goods Co., Cincinnati; Mr. Leirup, of Louis Levine & Sons, Cincinnati; Mr. William Sherman, of Sherman & Sons, Louisville; and Mr. Frank Mayer, of Sherman & Sons, Louisville.

A Tribute by Russel O. DuFour
To the left of the front-page article about the death of Joseph B. Howe is this personal note written by one of Mr. Howe's many friends:

Mr. Joe Howe

The shifting sands of life! The shifting sands — I like the phrase. It seems so apt to any one who has watched the tide come in; with all its mighty force and vigor, then slowly recede; shifting the sands on the shore; changing them; lifting a bit of driftwood, or perhaps a broken flower that some one has cast away, and carrying it back into the mighty maw of the ocean. So are we, the human sands; the human driftwood; the human flower, lifted by the receding tides of life, sooner or later, and carried out into the fathomless ocean of eternity.

It was my privilege and happiness to be a guest in the beautiful country home, which is now one of the show places of Carroll county, of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Howe Froman, with Mr. Joe Howe, on last Thanksgiving day, and other members of the Howe family; and on that day, only a short time ago, he seemed so alive and so interested in everything pertaining to life, that I can’t believe that he has followed the outgoing tide.

I remember how, on that day, when I first entered the room, his sister, Mrs. H.M. Froman [Sarah Varena Howe Froman, Joseph's only surviving sibling], had put her arm around him and said: “Russel, this is the only brother I have left!” How often the little things of life come back to us later with special significance. I wonder if some unseen influence did not prompt her to be just a little bit more tended at that moment, knowing of the separation soon to come.

For many years, the name of Howe has been synonymous with the name of Carrollton. It has always stood for everything that is uplifting and cultural in that city.

Mr. Joe Howe was a gentleman of the old school, a fine, upstanding man, and his passing means a great loss to the community.

****************

Christmas Cards to the Howe Family of Carrollton, Kentucky – 1882 to 1920.

Merry Christmas! After a rash of technical difficulties followed by seasonal busy-ness, I'm back into the 72 scrapbooks of Sarah Eva Howe. Today we look at a few of the Christmas cards Sarah pasted into her earliest scrapbooks.

1. Possibly the earliest Christmas card in the collection – and the most unusual – is this one from the Cadet Engineers of the U.S. Naval Academy, Class of 1882. The holiday greeting doubled as an invitation to a ball and several "hops" scheduled throughout 1882, so this card likely was mailed in time for Christmas 1881. I wish I knew who sent it and which Howe family member received it. Sarah wasn't yet born, so it could have been addressed to someone in her parents' generation. 

2. The verse on this card takes a whimsical approach:

3. The front of this card presents a drawing of an impressive home, with RosLea (the name of the estate?) written in one corner of the image.

Inside the card is a greeting and the name of the sender, Mrs. Thomas W. Graydon.  A physician named Thomas W. Graydon (1850-1900) lived in Cincinnati with his wife and nine children. Because the Howes of Carrollton, Kentucky, had family and business connections in Cincinnati, and because the doctor, like the Howes, had roots in Ireland, it's not a huge stretch to think this card is from the doctor's widow. (By the way, I think Sarah cut her parents' names from the envelope and pasted it on the card.)

 

 4. Grace L. Perry sent the Howes a Santa-themed card.

5. This card arrived at the Howe house from Mrs. Frank P. Giltner, who was indirectly related to the man who later became Sarah's husband.

6. Margaret Goslee was probably related to Sallie Goslee, who married Sarah's uncle Joseph Brown Howe in Carrollton in 1889.

7. Based on the "hope you are well" phrase they wrote on their card, I assume that Mr. and Mrs. P. J. Clark lived someplace other than Carrollton and did not see the Howes often.

8 & 9. A few cards, like these two with Santas, were geared to children. The first is from Emma Masterson. The second, after some cutting and assembly, becomes a toy.

10. Last but not least is this charmer, which I found in a scrapbook compiled by grown-up Sarah Eva Howe Salyers for the youngest of her four children. That child, David Hillis Salyers II, probably received this card circa 1918, when he was about 3 years old.

I enjoyed gathering these holiday images and getting a sense of Christmas customs during Sarah's youth and young-adulthood. I hope they brought you some holiday cheer, too.

'Nuts Up in the Attic, Apples in the Cellar' – Sarah's Wishes for a Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was the favorite of all holidays in Sarah Eva Howe's family. She mentions Thanksgiving frequently in her scrapbooks. While I have not found photos or illustrations of Thanksgiving as it was in Sarah's childhood years (1880s - 1890s), I did find a later magazine clipping she saved. On the same page, she wrote these reflections:

"As afore-mentioned, meals were bountiful. We had a "hanging lamp" over our table and one (with prisms) in our parlor at the house next to the church. A characteristic touch of this picture is the Grandma. There was one in almost every home. It was expected and gave the home dignity. Or else there were one or more maiden aunts or dependent cousins. Very few men there were who did not generally very cheerfully and graciously assume the support of either mother or mother-in-law (after fifty) or a brother's orphan children or an unmarried sister, and these certainly paid their way, too, in work."

The image depicts a family in the 1930s or 1940s, but it must have reminded Sarah of the atmosphere in her childhood home and in the homes of friends and neighbors.

The real Thanksgiving-related treasure from her scrapbooks is this poem she wrote in 1895, when she was 12 years old. Images of the original writing, faded but still legible, follow the transcription.

Thanksgiving
Dedicated to my schoolmates of 1895-96

A turkey strutting in the yard,
Nuts up in the attic,
Apples in the cellar, too,
It makes me quite ecstatic!

Cranberries in market seen,
Pumpkins grown so big!
Chickens fattening in the coop,
In the sty, a pig.

These are real November days,
Wintry winds are blowing.
Skies are covered o’er with clouds,
Surely ’twill be snowing!

What do all the things so nice
And the skies of gray
Make us think of?
Do you know?
Why, Thanksgiving Day!

Oh the table! What a sight!
In the dainty dishes
Resting on the snowy cloth
Is what each one wishes.

On the platter nests the turkey,
Such a jolly fellow!
‘Mid pork and cheese and chicken fine,
And pies of golden yellow.

See! The snow is on the ground.
Fires are burning brightly,
And around the table fair
Hearts beat very lightly

Now in the parlor see us crowd,
Merry games a-playing,
Till we all are quite tired out,
Then there comes the sleighing!

Flying o’er the snowy ground
With all the sleigh bells ringing
While the air is blowing keen
And we all are singing.

Now, we, about the fire at night
Tell many a story gay,
Till – well, we just must say good-night,
Thus ends our happy day.

You all may talk of glad New Year,
Or any day a-living;
But of all the gladsome crowd
Give to me Thanksgiving!

On this Thanksgiving Day, I am grateful to you and others who read my blog and share your thoughts about Sarah Eva Howe's scrapbooks and the history they hold. I join Sarah in wishing you and yours a meaningful Thanksgiving Day.

The Son Who Moved Away: Beverly Winslow Howe

The post dated Oct. 23, 2016, introduced Sarah Eva Howe's uncle William F. Howe and his family – including Louisiana "Aunt Lou" Winslow Howe and six children, Sarah's first cousins. Today we get better acquainted with one of those cousins – the only one of the six to move more than 100 miles away from the Howe homes and businesses in Carrollton, Kentucky.

First, some background: The practice of law was a family tradition for the Howes and Winslows of Carrollton, Kentucky. While the first Howes arrived in that town in 1859 and became successful entrepreneurs in textiles, tailoring, retail, and banking, the Winslows – who had been there since 1800 – tended to gravitate to careers in the law. After Lou Winslow married William Ficklin Howe in 1873, the "merger" shows up in the career choices of their own children and the children of their siblings. Some Howes went into law; some Winslows became bankers or businessmen. As a consequence, the Winslow law firm became the firm of Winslow & Howe in the early 1900s.

Beverly Winslow Howe, circa 1906¹

One attorney who got his start at the family firm was Beverly Winslow Howe, grandson of the immigrant John Howe. His first and middle names are from his mother's side – his grandfather and an uncle, both named William Beverly Winslow.

(Beverly was a name for boys in the late 19th century and shifted to girls in 1904 after publication of a novel Beverly of Graustark, in which the title character was a woman. It's rare to find a man named Beverly today.)

Beverly Winslow Howe was born 18 November 1885 in Carrollton, Kentucky, the fifth child of William F. and Lou Winslow Howe. Sarah mentions him in the early scrapbooks, and his name is included in some of her newspaper clippings and school event programs. Because Sarah was not only a cousin but best friend to Beverly's sister Jenne, Sarah saw Beverly often. Still, I found little in the scrapbooks to fill in a life story for him. For that I turned to the Internet.

In Volume 22 of The Michigan Alumnus (accessed in Google Books) I learned that Beverly earned an undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee in 1906 and lived in Nashville for a brief time to teach in a prep school for boys and work in the Vanderbilt University law school. Two years later he was admitted to the bar in Tennessee and in Kentucky and was practicing law with his uncle George B. Winslow and his brother John J. Howe in the firm of Winslow & Howe in Carrollton. In 1910 he moved to Chicago to work as a law clerk for Chicago and Western Indiana Railroad Company and the Belt Railway Company. He is listed in the Class of 1910 in the University of Michigan's law school.  

Carroll County, a book by Phyllis Codling McLaughlin, refers on Page 56 to Beverly's service in World War I. According to Volume 47 of The Michigan Alumnus, Page 58, Beverly did "secret service work," but I don't know if that refers to his work during his military service.

Beverly married Ruth Joyce Goessele of Chicago in 1916. They had two daughters: Louise Winslow Howe (1919-1988) and Isabelle Hall Howe  (c1918-?). I'm intrigued by the bride's surname. Beverly's uncle Joseph Brown Howe married Sallie Goslee in 1889 in Carrollton. Based on frequent mentions in Sarah's scrapbooks, I think the Howe and Goslee families were close friends. Could the surname Goslee be an Americanization or variant spelling of the surname Goessele?

Brochure promoting speaker Beverly W. Howe ⁴

Beverly W. Howe was a prominent corporate and trial attorney in Chicago. When he filled out his WWI draft registration card in 1917, he listed his employer as the Miller & Howe law firm. He was also an expert on Abraham Lincoln and was known throughout the midwest for his writings and speeches about the 16th president. A promotional brochure refers to him as a "Distinguished Chicago Attorney, Humorist, A Bearer of Good Cheer."  Some of his most in-demand speeches are published and available online or in libraries:

• "Two Hours and Two Minutes – or Lincoln and Everett at Gettysburg" (1937) – available for download at https://archive.org/details/twohourstwominut00howe
• "Lincoln – Our Magnanimous Fellowman" (1934) – Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, Allen County Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana²
• "Abraham Lincoln in Great Britain" (1936) – Shelby County (Kentucky) Public Library and others listed on WorldCat.org.³

Beverly may have traveled to England to do research for that Great Britain speech. He took his wife and daughters to England later. A passenger list shows they boarded the Queen Mary in Southampton on Aug. 30, 1939, and arrived in New York on Sept. 4 of that year.

A portion of a page from the database New York, New York Passengers and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957; Vol. 13759-13761, Sep 4, 1939; accessed on FamilySearch.com 14 Nov 2016

Unfortunately, Beverly died just two years later at 55 years of age. From his obituary, published in the Chicago Daily Tribune on May 2, 1941, we know that he continued the Howe family traditions of membership in a Methodist church and leadership roles in fraternal, professional, and civic organizations.

Services for Beverly W. Howe, Chicago attorney for 30 years and author of several books on the life of Lincoln, will be held at 2:30 p.m. today in the Epworth Methodist church, 5253 Kenmore avenue. Mr. Howe died Wednesday in his home at 5953 Kenmore avenue. He was 55 years old. He was a past president of the Executives' club and of Kappa Sigma, national collegiate fraternity. Mr. Howe was a member of the Chicago, Illinois and American Bar associations and the University club and was trustee of Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tenn. He leaves his widow, Ruth, and two daughters, Isabelle, and Mrs. Lloyd Norton Cutler.

Mrs. Cutler was Beverly's daughter Louise Winslow Howe. His daughter Isabelle Hall Howe married John Lawrence Cummings just a few months after her father died.

Ruth Joyce Goessele Howe lived 38 years after the death of her husband. The Chicago Tribune printed her obituary on January 19, 1979:

Services for Mrs. Ruth G. Howe, 86, of 1620 (1820?) Grove St., Evanston, will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday in the chapel at 1567 Maple Av., Evanston. Mrs. Howe, widow of Beverly W. Howe, a Chicago attorney, died Wednesday in Evanston Hospital. She was a past national officer of Kappa Delta sorority. Survivors include two daughters, Mrs. Isabelle H Cummings and Mrs. Louise W. Cutler; a brother; seven grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.

ENDNOTES
¹Photo from the Ben Collett collection; published here with permission of Phyllis Codling McLaughlin, author of Images of America: Carroll County, published 2012 by Arcadia Publishing 
² Papers M-3573 and M-3574, Box 26, James Wills Bollinger Papers, Special Collections Department, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa
³ Lincoln in Great Britain is included in Catalog of Copyright Entries, New Series 1940-1943, Part 1, Page 358 (accessed on Google Books)
⁴ Image  and quote courtesy Redpath Chautauqua Collection, University of Iowa Libraries, Iowa City, Iowa; http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/cdm/ref/collection/tc/id/43115 

The Lost Is Found! The Story of Carrollton Schools Continues

On October 27, 2016, I posted a newspaper article about the history of Carrollton (Kentucky) High School. Later, on a loose page from Sarah's scrapbooks, I found this continuation of that article.

While the first part of the newspaper article is mainly about the 1880s and '90s (which is when our scrapbooker Sarah Eva Howe attended school in Carrollton), this part moves into the early 1900s. Included are the names of teachers and administrators at all grade levels in the schools. 

I've transcribed the names for the sake of those doing online searches for their ancestors.


1911-1912

• G. H. Wells, superintendent

• C. F. Dunn, principal

• Mae C. Wetherill, instructor

• Carrie B. Moreland, 8th grade

• Cora M. Banta, 7th grade

• Mrs. E. J. Seppenfield, 6th grade

• Josephine Larafelet (?), 4th grade

• Ruth Salyers, 3rd grade

• Charlotte Roberts, 2nd grade

• Ethel M. Mellican, 1st grade

1913-1914

• W. F. O'Donnell, superintendent

• J. H. Way, principal

• Mae C. Wetherill, instructor

• Emma Julia Kipping, 8th grade

• Nannie Lavelle, 7th grade

• Mrs. E. J. Seppenfield, 6th grade

• Anna Shepherd, 5th grade

• Ruth Salyers, 4th grade

• Cora M. Banta, 3rd grade

• Dorothy Adkinson, 2nd grade

• Clara Logeman, 1st grade

• Maude Johnson, 1st grade

 
1915-1916
W. F. O'Donnel, superintendent
J. H. Way, principal
Mae C. Wetherill, English and History

Teachers listed were the same as in 1913-1914 except Mariam Tompkins replaced Emma Julia Kipping. 

1917-1918 
Marion C. Beecher and Lillie Mae Powers are added to the list, and  Mae C. Wetherill, Emma Julia Kipping, and Dorothy Adkinson are not included.

If you want to know more about Carrollton, Kentucky, schools in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, these blog posts may be of interest:
Schoolhouse Revolution of 1896-1896
Carrollton Seminary Roster, 1896
Sarah's Bovine Encounter

Bits & Pieces: Who Are These People? A Few Mystery Photos from Sarah's Scrapbooks

Our scrapbooker Sarah Eva Howe saved many photos in her scrapbooks. Unfortunately, she didn't label all of them.

Because of their placement in one of the earliest scrapbooks, I think these people are either members or friends of Sarah's Cost ancestors, who lived in Cincinnati. I can't know for sure, but maybe someone out there can identify them.

"Tallie Ebbie"

 

Jones? Or Ames? He may or may not be a Methodist minister.

A Sweet Little Girl

 Mystery Woman #1

Mystery Woman #2

 
Two men posing in the same style as Sarah's father, Robert James Howe. The post dated August 11, 2016, speculates on the location and situation.


 

 Four young women, all dressed in white. Debutantes ready for their cotillion? Sisters? Cousins?

Last but not least, another image of women. This time we have names. Isabel Somerset is on the left. Frances E. Willard is on the right. Both were strong national leaders in the temperance movement during the 1880s and '90s. The Howes were strong leaders of the movement at the local and state levels and attended conventions supporting the movement. They may have met these women there, or maybe the photo was distributed or purchased at a convention.

The name of the woman in the center is not so easy to decipher. Martha Bensley Bruere was a temperance leader, but I can't match that last name with the handwriting.

Thoughts?

Wonderful Old Pictures from The Salyers Side

Photos from old family albums can be gold. Here's a prime example from Sarah Eva Howe's scrapbooks. Thanks to someone who long ago wrote

names at the bottom of this charming image, we know the boy on the left is Bob Salyers (1880-1897). On the right is Bob's big brother Will Salyers (1878-1944), who would grow up to be Sarah's husband. Both were sons of Charles David Salyers and Katherine King Salyers of Carrollton, Carroll County, Kentucky. Other family photos confirm this.

I believe the little girl is Ida Ruth Salyers, a first cousin to the boys, daughter of their uncle William Levi Salyers (1860-1922) and Susie Giltner Salyers. 

The next image came to me from Bill Davis of Carrollton. He reports that his brother lives in this house on Highland Avenue, next to the funeral home. The house was once home to  Charles D. Salyers. What a treat to have this image.