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Word: st (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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John Bruce Crume, Louisville, Kentucky--St. Xavier High School...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 243 Freshmen From Everywhere Win Scholarships | 9/23/1938 | See Source »

Warren Arthur Dennis, St. Paul, Minnesota--St. Paul Academy...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 243 Freshmen From Everywhere Win Scholarships | 9/23/1938 | See Source »

Harry Newman, Jr., St. Louis, Missouri--St. Louis Country Day School...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 243 Freshmen From Everywhere Win Scholarships | 9/23/1938 | See Source »

Douglas C. Stenerson, St. Paul, Minnesota--Central High School...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 243 Freshmen From Everywhere Win Scholarships | 9/23/1938 | See Source »

...returned immigrants' tales of electric lights, elevators and other such wonders of "Amerikanska tzivilizatzia," little Stoyan pestered his father for passage money, got it by going on strike. He was then 13 years old. His guardian for the trip was a returning naturalized U. S. citizen. In St. Louis, Stoyan lived with an uncle, in an apartment where six countrymen, haggard with overwork and economizing, slept in shifts. They worked in the railroad shop, made $1.50 a day, saved most of it. In a shoe factory Stoyan got $7 a week; room was 50? a month, board...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Refreshing Immigrant | 9/19/1938 | See Source »

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