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Title: Valentine's manual of old New York
Year: 1919 (1910s)
Authors: Brown, Henry Collins, 1862-1961
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Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Valentine's Manual Inc.
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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Miss Hopps Class C Miss Bates Class C, Jr. Miss Ransom Class D Miss Albro Class D, Jr. Miss Held Class E Miss Rumbel Class F Mr. Briggs certainly did not have an enviable job, asthe boys looked upon him as a joke, as he would hearthe lessons of any pupil who would come in early andthen for the balance of the day they would play all kindsof pranks. He was, however, a very able man and wellknown as an astronomical mathematician. I do not meet many of the old schoolmates, but a fewstill are in little old New York—Oscar J. Gude, WilliamMaloy, John Ready, Ben Maxwell,—but many havecrossed the border, among the latest Diamond Jim Brady. Next door to the school, corner of Franklin Street, wasa little drug store, principally remembered by a sign inthe window advertising some remedy for headache orneuralgia. I can still see the agonized expression on theface of a man, on whose head a dozen or more devils wereboring holes and driving spikes and pickaxes. I wonderwhat the remedy was. ( 88 )
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Statue of Joan of Arc, Riverside Drive and 93rd Street. JOAX OF ARC STATUEThe statue of Joan of Arc by Miss A. V. Hyatt has very naturallybecome one of the most conspicuous in the city for the time being.Marshall Joffre visited it May 10th, 1917, and took part in a briefceremony. It was also the scene of a great gathering on BastileDay, July 14th, 1918, under the auspices of the Joan of Arc statuecommittee. The gathering was addressed by M. Jusserand, theFrench Ambassador and other notable men. The statue is a beautiful and inspiring work of art and a fineexample of equestrian statuary. The pedestal is the design ofJohn J. Van Pelt. Part of the stone of the pedestal was broughtfrom the prison in Rouen where the brave and pure hearted girlwas confined till her death. Back of the statue in the pavementis a stone from the Cathedral of Rheims. The originator of the idea of the statue is Mr. J. Sanford Saltus,vice-president of the Museum of French Art, by whose untiringefforts and generosi

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