Redpath’s Illustrated Weekly: a rare find
...reedom and social activism with more space devoted to serialized fiction, including French and Russian works translated by associate editor, Jeremiah C. Curtin. Included were perhaps the earliest serializations of stories by Jules Verne. These changes, however, were not enough to save the paper and the last issue of Redpath’s
Anti-Catholicism in Jacksonian Philadelphia
...in Kensington" from A Full and Complete Account of the Late Awful Riots in Philadelphia Philadelphia: John B. Perry, 1844 One of the numerous broadsides Bishop Kenrick had posted throughout the city on May 7, 1844 warning Catholics to stay indoors. The 1844 riots shaped both the growth and development
Nuclear War
...nudsen compares the Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) to a robin announcing the thaw of winter. Beginning with negotiations in 1969, SALT resulted in an agreement to limit the number of ballistic missiles held by the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. Wolf, “Which Way?” December 15, 1953 Wolf questions whether mankind
Alliance of Catholic Women
...153. [2] Promotion Committee Report, 03/28/1934, MC78-80.154. [3] The Alliance Advocate, (Philadelphia: Alliance of Catholic Women, April 1926), 15. [4] Mary Lowery, “Letter to Cardinal Dougherty,” 10/28./1932, MC78-80.153. [5] Official Catholic Directory of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, (Philadelphia: Catholic Standard and Times, 1946). [6] E.A. Douredoure, “Letter to Cardinal Dougherty,”