The Bicycle Craze in Sewickley
Signals March, 2007 The following appeared in Franklin Taylor Nevin’s The Village of Sewickley (The Sewickley Print-Shop, Inc., 1929). It...
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A Cross-Country Flight in 1931
by Theodora Locke Signals, February 2007 This charming article by Theodora Locke from a February 1931 Pittsburgh newspaper is entitled...
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Looking Back : Little Miss Lucy Was Cool in a Clutch
by B.G. Shields Signals, April 2007 Some little old ladies are laden with charm, and Lucy Eliza Haworth of “Mosscroft” was one of them. I...
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History of the Samuel Adams House, 940 Beaver Street, Sewickley, PA
by Mary Beth Pastorius Signals, October 2007 The house was built for Samuel Adams, a native of Ireland, and his wife Jennie Arrott Adams...
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Lest we forget...
Signals, May 2007 On May 28, Sewickley Valley will remember those who served and died in our nation’s wars. Few communities can equal the...
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Madame Shoumatoff & the Unfinished Portrait of FDR
Signals, November 2007 In 1937, Elizabeth Shoumatoff, already famous for her celebrity portraits, met a Mrs. Lucy Rutherford, who had...
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Recording the Weather in 19th Century Pennsylvania: The Beaver County Barometer
Signals, February 2008 A Presentation by Robert Clendennen Held: Wednesday, February 20, 2008, at 7:30 p.m. Old Sewickley Post Office...
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The Spalding Enigma: Sewickley Connections to the Early History of Mormonism
Signals, March 2008 An illustrated lecture by Arthur Vanick Held: Wednesday, March 26 7:30 p.m. at the Old Sewickley Post Office In The...
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The Changing Climate
[as predicted by Capt. Fred Way in 1956!] Signals, September 2008 The following, copied from Captain Fred Way’s remarks in his Inland...
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Sewickley, Earthquakes & Capt. Fred Way
Signals, May 2008 Earthquakes in the Midwest have been in the news recently. Remember the 5.2 magnitude temblor on Friday, April 18,...
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Col. James M. Schoonmaker
Signals, November 2008 Civil War Hero, Coal and Coke Operator, Banker and Railroad Executive an illustrated lecture by Frank Kurtik Held:...
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Pittsburgh 1758-1890: The Industrial Gateway to the West
Signals, October 2008 A Postal History of the Pittsburgh Post Off This exhibition, which appeared in September at a national philatelic...
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The Kaiser, Copperheads & a Confrontation
Signals, February 2009 (From Sewickley Valley Stern Marks, an unpublished manuscript by Frederick Way, Jr., in the Sewickley Valley...
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Arthur Nevin’s Diary, June & July 1903
Signals, April 2009 This red leather diary measures 7’’ x 8.25” and is inscribed in Nevin’s hand, “Arthur Nevin, Vine Acre, March 1903.”...
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Arthur Nevin’s Indian Opera
Signals, March 2009 "When another member of a musical family begins to bud in the springtime of his career, the public eye turns on him...
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Arthur Nevin’s Diary, June & July 1903
Signals, May 2009 This is a continuation (see the March and April issues of Signals) of Arthur Nevin’s diary, written during his stay...
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