Adella Grace Scott Scribner Part 7 of 9, 1920s

Adella Grace Scott Scribner 1920s

1920

1920 Census, Franklin Ward 3, Merrimack NH;  Farm on East High Street

 We can see here that she lives on what looks like 19 East High Street.  It may be a farm, because Albert is listed as working the farm on his own account.  She is widowed, with her daughter Gertrude and son-in-law Albert Manuel living with them.  While the address looks like 19 East High Street, it could be 17, still.  Or the enumerator wrote 17 first, then over-wrote it as 19.

I nearly missed it until I looked closely.  Her neice Gladys Mitchell is also living with them.  I don't know who this is.  Could it be a sister's child?  Or her brother's married daughter?  I honestly don't know.

 Now that I look at the next family, Ernest and Jennie Elliott, who look like they live at 17 East High street, I wonder if Adella let out half of the property?  Because sometimes the address is 17 and sometimes it is 19.  But, we will look at the maps from Google Maps, it is really the same property.

Image from Sanborn Fire Maps 1897:

(Sanborn Map Company, 2019)

1920 City Directory, same year as the census above.

17 East High street, Franklin NH

Here we see that nephews Arthur, Leon and Leslie all live on Smith Hill, all served in the US Army.  Sister-in-law Emma lives in the same place.  Son Charles has promoted up to chief clerk at the Sulloway hosiery mill.  I am not sure of Edward Scott, Weston Scott, Mary Scribner.  Gertrude is probably listed under her married name Manuel.

(The Bismarck Tribune, Bismarck ND, 1920)

In other news:  Women's Suffrage prevails, and women get to vote for the first time; Palestine is established; the Roaring 20s begin as the country recovered from the first depression, lasting from 1920-1929  (OurTimelines.com, 2018).

1921

1921-1924 Warren G. Harding becomes the 29th President of the United States.

Republican President from 1921 until his death 1923
"At that time, he was one of the most popular US Presidents,
but the subsequent exposure of scandals that took place under his administration,
and an affair eroded his popular regard.  Harding is often rated among the worst US Presidents.
 (Wikipedia -- Harding, 2018)

 President Harding Quote:  "America's present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration" -- Warren G. Harding (Wikipedia -- Harding, 2018).

(The Cincinnati Enquirer, Cincinnati OH, 1920)

1922

Residence Franklin NH.  Ancestry's index has her living in Concord NH, but Franklin is part of that Concord directory, so watch what you include in your genealogy.  I've often had to correct the information.  I double check to make sure.  See at the top of the page?  It specifically says Franklin City Directory, so I am comfortable changing that information to reflect reality.

1922 Franklin Directory, same information,
only listed as 19 East High Street

Today, the property has been rebuilt in 2000 as a single family home.  I think they rebuilt it on the same foundation.  No, I didn't include photos, because it doesn't apply, here.  You can search for it on Google, where you will find some realty listings giving you more detail.

1920s primer clip art
Pathway to Reading Eighth Reader

In other news:  Insulin is made available in 1922, saving countless lives  (OurTimelines.com, 2018).

1924, age

Residence Franklin NH.  Same song, another verse, another year.  I failed to crop and mark up this one, but you get the idea.  Same cast of characters, but with some new information here.  Adella's nephew Arthur Scott is a farmer on Smith Hill Road, with his brother Chester boarding there working as a farm hand, and his mother Emma living with them.  Adella's nephews Leon Scott is a mill operative and boarding on Spring street, and Leslie is employed at I.P. company, renting rooms on Prospect street.  They apparently do not have wives at this time.  I am still unfamiliar with Edward Scott and Weston Scott.  Son Charles and Sadie Scribner is an office manager the hosiery manufacturer, Sulloway Mill.  Don't know nuthin' 'bout Mary E. Scribner.

1924 Franklin City Directory

1925

1925-1928 -- Calvin Coolidge becomes the 30th President of the United States.

Calvin Coolidge, 30th President of the United States
Republican, he was the Massachusetts governor, Vice President,
becoming president with the death of Warren G. Harding in 1923. 
Elected in his own right in 1924. 
Said very little, although he had a rather dry sense of humor
(Wikipedia -- Coolidge, 2018).

President Calvin Coolidge Quote:  "Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence.  Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent.  Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb.  Education wil not:  the world is full of educated derelicts.  Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent" -- Calvin Coolidge (Coolidge, 2018).

1920s primer clip art
Progressive Road to Reading, Introductory

In other news:  Scopes trial begins regarding teaching Evolution in Public Schools  (OurTimelines.com, 2018).

1926

Residence Franklin NH.  Same place, same people.

1926 Franklin City Directory

1920s primer clip art,
Progressive Road to Reading Book Six

In other news:  Movies begin making sounds (OurTimelines.com, 2018).

1927

Historical Insight -- Charles Lindbergh's Solo Atlantic Crossing

Adella Scott Scribner was living in Franklin NH when Charles Lindbergh visited Concord NH after becoming the first man to make a solo flight across the Atlantic

1927 Charles Lindbergh's Solo Crossing of the Atlantic
Landing near Paris, France, on 21 May 1927,
Charles Lindbergh became the first person to fly an airplane solo across the Atlantic Ocean.
Credit:  Keystone-France/Gamma-Keystone/Gamma-Keystone via Getty Images
(Ancestry Historical Insights, 2019)

Charles Lindbergh's effort to become the first person to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean in 1927 was far from a one-man endeavor.  Lindbergh's quest to earn the $25,000 Orteig Prize was supported by St. Louis investors, and his monoplane, The Spirit of St. Louis, was built in San Diego, California.  On May 20, the 25-year-old Lindbergh took off from Long Island's Roosevelt Field in Garden City, New York, where itizens and journalists gathered to watch his departure.  About 33 hours later Lindbergh landed safely near Paris, France, as a crowd of at least 100,000 people greeted him.  A journalist described the pandemonium as "Lucky Lindy" landed in France:  "Soldiers and police tried for one small moment to stem the tide, then they joined it, rushing as madly as anyone else toward the aviator and his plane."  Lindbergh became an instant international hero, and he went on a 92-city tour across the United States (Ancestry Historical Insights, 2019).

1928 photoplay3536 movi page 14

In other news:  The Holland Tunnel opens in New York City in 1927.  In 1928, Geiger Counter begins detecting radiation; Penicillin is discovered by Sir Alexander Fleming which saves many from deadly infection; Television is invented, while Video Recordings start showing off  (OurTimelines.com, 2018).

1929 age

Residence Franklin NH.  A few new characters show up.  Bernard Scribner is Adella's grandson (Charles' son), living with his parents Charles and Sadie.  Nephew Arthur has a wife Ada.  Nephew Chester and wife Celia; I don't know Edward.  Sister in law Emma on Smith Hill, where are the others?  Nephew Leslie Scott and his wife Ruth.  Don't know about Weston.  Again, we have son Charles and Sadie living on Orchard.  Strange how they names are not exactly alphabetical, and with Charles listed twice with occupation as accountant, and again as office manager of Sulloway mill.

1929 Franklin City Directory

1929-1932 -- Herbert Hoover becomes the 31st President of the United States

Herbert Hoover, 31st President
(Wikipedia -- Hoover, 2018)

President Herbert Hoover Quote:  "There is no employing class, no working class, no farming class.  You may pigeonhole a man or woman as a farmer or a worker or a professional man or an employer or even a banker.  But the son of the farmer will be a doctor or a worker or even a banker, and his daughter a teacher.  The son of a worker will be an imployer -- or maybe president" -- Herbert Hoover (Hoover, 2018).

1927 clip art hand from
Whatcom County WA Directory pg 487

In other news:  The Stock Market Crashes, triggering the Great Depression from 1929-1939  (OurTimelines.com, 2018).

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Adella Grace Scott Scribner Part 6 of 9, 1910s

Adella Grace Scott Scribner 1910s

1910

19 April 1910 age 50; Census

160 Franklin Street, Franklin Ward 2, Merrimack NH.  Living with husband and daughter Gertrude.

This is what Google Maps shows about this residence.  I suspect the house is bigger than it was at the time, but probably is essentially the same.

160 Franklin Street, Franklin NH
Scribner family residence 1910
Google Maps

The red circle is Adella Scribner's residence.  The blue is both her nephew Clarence and Cecelia Scott, and the place their son Chester was born and died.  Clarence was her brother Marshall's son.

160 Franklin Street, Franklin NH
Google Maps Satellite

160 Franklin Street, Franklin NH
Side view, Google Street view as of 2013

The street views are where you can see the potential addition on the back. Cute little house!

24 September 1910, her husband Morrill D. died in Franklin NH at the age of 53.  
They had been married 33 years.  He is quite young.  Did he die of the heart attack known as "The Widow-Maker?"  I can't find cause of death for him, yet.

Morrill Scribner Find a Grave record
from Ancestry.com

1910 Historical Insight -- Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Circus

The foreign performers, trained animals, and incredible stunts of the Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Circus probably awed Adella Grace Scribner in 1910.

1911 Adam Forepaugh and Sells Brothers Circus
Credit:  Library of Congres
Adam Forepaugh was born into poverty, but he eventually created
one of the most famous circuses in the United States
(Ancestry.com Historical Insights, 2019)

1912 Red Fairy Book by Lang, Illustration 1

In other news:  Japan annexes Korea; Halley's Comet shows off; King George V (Windsor) begins his long reign from 1910 to 1936 (OurTimelines.com, 2018).

1911, age 51

Historical Insight -- The New England Heat Wave of 1911
During the summer of 1911, Adella Scott Scribner might have been living in Franklin, NH when a deadly heatwave killed more than 2,000 in the northeastern United States.

1911 New England Heat Wave
Credit:  Library of Congress Photo Collection, 1840-2000/Ancestry.com
(Ancestry Historical Insight, 2019)

Fourth of July celebrations across New England and New York City were interrupted in 1911 by a deadly heat wave.  Record highs were set during the week-and-a-half scorcher that sent temperatures soaring into the 110s in some areas.  Eggs could be cooked on the sidewalks and tar streets melted, trapping cars and pedestrians.  The 11-day hot spell took the lives of 2,000 in New England and 211 more in New York City before thunderstorms coold down the Northeast (Ancestry Historical Insights, 2019). 

1912 Red Fairy Book by Lang
Title Page Front piece

In other news:  Roald Amundsen reaches the South Pole in 1911.  What's next? (OurTimelines.com, 2018).

1912, age 52

Residence 160 Franklin Street, Franklin NH per City Directory

Franklin City Directory
Sister in Law Emma; son Charles; Daughter Gertrude

160 Franklin Street, Franklin NH
front view, Google Street View as of 2013

I searched, but cannot find a realty listing for this property.  I did find that it was built in 1890, so it is now a very old house.

1912 19526_redfairybooklang_title

In other news:  Alaska is organized as a territory while Arizona becomes the 48th state, and New Mexico becomes the 47th state.  The Titanic sinks causing world-wide consternation (OurTimelines.com, 2018).

1913, age 53

Mother Mary Jane Bacon Scott Hamm died 5 January 1913 in Salisbury, Merrimack NH.  She was 80 years old.

Mother Mary Jane Bacon Scott Hamm died
(Ancestry Find A Grave, 2019)

1913-1920 -- Woodrow Wilson becomes the 28th President of the United States

1913 President Woodrow Wilson
He was a Democrat, President of Princeton University, and the New Jersey Governor. 
He lead the US during World War I (Wikipedia -- Wilson, 2018)

President Woodrow Wilson Quote:  "You are not here merely to make a living.  You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision with a finer spirit of hope and acievement.  You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand" (Wilson, 2018).

1914

Residence Franklin NH

Adella Scribner lives with her daughter Gertrude
(both red indicators) at 17 East High, Franklin NH
Sister in law Emma and Emma's son Arthur (yellow stars)
both live on the farm on Smith Hill
(Ancestry, 2011)

This record shows what I suspected, that Charles Scribner is a clerk at the Sulloway Mills, which makes hosiery at this time.  See previous post for information on this mill.

17 East High, where Adella Scribner lived in 1914

(Google Maps Adella Scribner 1914, 2013, 2019)

17 East High, where Adella Scribner lived in 1914, Satellite View
(Google Maps Adella Scribner 1914, 2013, 2019) 

17 East High, where Adella Scribner lived in 1914
Street View as of 2013

(Google Maps Adella Scribner 1914, 2013, 2019)

World War I nurse

In other news:  World War I starts in 1914, while women are uplifted by the invention of the bra.   Einstein presents his Theory of Relativity in 1915.  In 1916, the Irish Easter Rebellion rises, while Sonar begins making sound waves (OurTimelines.com, 2018).

1916

5 January 1916 Marriage certificate for daughter Gertrude to Albert Manuel, both of Franklin NH.  Both are older, over 35 years old.  First marriage for them both, Albert is a farmer.  The reverse of the document has a wealth of information, which is unusual for New Hampshire.  We see ages and occupations, birth places and residences for all four parents.

Scribner Manuel marriage certificate
Side A

Scribner Manuel marriage certificate
Side B

1917 

Historical Insight -- America Enters World War I

When the United States declared war on Germany in 1917, Adella Scott Scribner was probably living in Franklin, New Hampshire.

2 April 1917.  Washington, D.C.

Credit:  Universal Images Group/Getty Images

(Ancestry Historical Insights, 2019)

"On April 2, 1917, President Woodrow Wilson addressed the United States Congress, asking for a declaration of war.  Four days later, the U.S. Senate voted:  82 for and 6 against.  In the House of Representatives, the decision was endorsed again 373 votes to 50" (Ancestry Historical INsights, 2019).

1910 Heureux Noel

In other news:  Russian Revolution begins, and the US enters WWI (OurTimelines.com, 2018).

1918

Historical Insight -- World War I -- U-156 Attacks on New England

During World War I, Adella Scott Scribner was living in Franklin, New Hampshire, when German U-boats attacked the shipping industry.

New England residents experienced the horror of World War I directly
when Germany's U-156 attacked during the summer of 1918. 
Credit:  Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images.
(Ancestry Historical Insights, 2019)

"World War I is known in the United States as a conflict that was fought 'over there.'  However, people who lived along the New England coastline during the summer of 1918 experienced the war on their home front when German U-boats attacked ships in the Gulf of Maine.  The primary target of U-156 was the fishing industry.  Tourists were vacationing near Nauset Beach, Massachusetts, and watched as U-156 surfaced and attacked several ships nearby.  The German submarine sank 21 fishing vessels from Cape Cod to the Bay of Fundy during July and August of 1918.  One attack near Cape Cod by U-156 on 21 July 1918, destroyed five vessels, including a tugboat and several barges.  Citizens participated in rescue efforts and aided fishermen who had been attacked, paying close attention to their war stories.  The navy produced propaganda posters that explained how it was fighting back with 'depth bombs.' (Ancestry Historical Insights, 2019).

1911 clip art Gould's St Louis MO directory, automobile

In other news:  The Flu epidemic wipes out 25 million people 1918-1920 [nothing to sneeze at]; Prohibition leaves people with no legal alcohol from 1918-1933 (OurTimelines.com, 2018).

1919

Historical Insight -- 1919 Paris Peace Conference

Adella Scott Scribner probably read newspaper accounts about the Paris Peace Conference while living in Franklin NH

1919, Paris, France.  Credit:  Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain
(Ancestry Historical Insights, 2019)

"The Japanese delegates represented the fifth major Allied power, but their influence was minimal compared to the 'Big Four' leaders" (Ancestry Historical Insights, 2019).

1911 clip art goulds St Louis MO directory
Interesting how it doesn't list ingredients

Historical Insight -- The "Red Scare"

In 1919, Adella Scott Scribner may have witnessed one of the "Palmer Raids" while living in Franklin NH during the first "Red Scare."  [Was she afraid of her neighbors?  Remember, they'd just gone through World War I, and they knew communist sympathizers were living in the US.  Was it someone she knew? -- editor].

1919, Boston, Massachusetts
Anarchist, communist, and socialist books and magazines
were discovered and confiscated by the police in Boston.
Credit:  Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
(Ancestry Historical Insights, 2019)

Historical Insight -- Women Gain the Consitutional Right to Vote

in 1920, Adella Scott Scribner may have voted for the first time while she was living in Franklin NH.

Ratification of the 19th Amendment in August 1920 was the
culmination of several decades of work by woman suffrage organizations.
Credit:  Underwood Archives/Archive Photos/Getty Images
(Ancestry Historical Insights, 2019)

"The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex."  To gain this brief addition to the U.S. Constitution in August 1920, woman suffrage movement leaders had met for 72 years to discuss their goal of gaining full voting rights throughout the United States.  There were victories during this quest.  Wyoming granted full suffrage to women in 1869, and every state from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Coast had extended full voting rights to women before 1920.  When the 19th Amendment was ratified, only seven states remained where women had no voting rights at all.  In the 1920 election, women did not vote as a political bloc, and a New York Times report estimated that one-third of the eligible female voters in the state cast ballots in the presidential election" (Ancestry Historical Insights, 2019)

1911 Nurse Ad

In other news:  League of Nations is instituted, while the Shortwave Radio is invented (OurTimelines.com, 2018).

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Resources

Ancestry. (2011). U.S. City Directories. Retrieved from Ancestry.com [database online]: Ancestry.com

Ancestry Find A Grave. (2012). Find A Grave. Retrieved from Ancestry.com: Ancestry.com; FindAGrave.com

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Ancestry Historical Insights. (2019). America Enters World War I. Retrieved from Ancestry.com: Ancestry.com

Ancestry Historical Insight. (2019). New England Heat Wave of 1911. Retrieved from Ancestry.com: Ancestry.com

Ancestry Historical Insights. (2019). The "Red Scare". Retrieved from Ancestry.com: Ancestry.com

Ancestry Historical Insights. (2019). Women Gain the Constitutional Right to Vote. Retrieved from Ancestry.com: Ancestry.com

Ancestry Historical Insights. (2019). World War I -- U-156 Attacks on New England. Retrieved from Ancestry: Ancestry.com

Google Maps; Google Maps Satellite; Google Maps Street View

Google Maps Adella Scribner 1914. (2013, 2019). 17 East High Street, Franklin NH. Retrieved from Google Maps 2019, Satellite 2019 and Street View 2013: https://www.google.com/maps/place/17+E+High+St,+Franklin,+NH+03235/@43.441913,-71.6469735,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x89e20becdf5d8a8d:0xf60501d593864731!8m2!3d43.441913!4d-71.6447848

OurTimelines.com. (2018). TimeLines. (Timelines courtesy of www.ourtimelines.com. Timeline formatting and technology copyright © 2000-2018 ourtimelines.com, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED under the Pan-American Conventions.) Retrieved from OurTimeLines.com: http://ourtimelines.com/

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