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Research in Other Countries => United States of America => US Lookup Requests => Topic started by: johnP-bedford on Sunday 10 September 23 16:28 BST (UK)
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Hello
If any one has access, can you please check an article that appeared in the Springfield Union (or Springfield Morning Union) newspaper for a column entitled Our Readers' Exchange written by Alice Scott Ross possibly for the 6th August 1963 to confirm it is about a unique cookbook from 1905 belonging to Benjamin Horsley of Lowestoft.
I have the clipping but cannot post an image of it here
Thanks John
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The Springfield Union
Thursday, Aug 08, 1963
Springfield, MA
Page: 24
Clip: https://www.rootschat.com/links/01snc/
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Thank you for that, that confirms the newspaper and article but not my anticipated publication date. On my copy of the clipping someone has written date of 8-6-63 which I assume is an American style date, thus 6th August 1963. Could you check the date you found please.
Also I wonder if its easy for you to check in the same paper/same column in the dates after 6 Aug 1963 to see if that cookbook gets other mentions, by searching for Horsley or Lowestoft.
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That seems to be the only mention of it in that newspaper.
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Thank you for that, that confirms the newspaper and article but not my anticipated publication date. On my copy of the clipping someone has written date of 8-6-63 which I assume is an American style date, thus 6th August 1963. Could you check the date you found please.
Yes, the date of 8 August 1963 is the correct date. Here is a full copy of that page.
Click image to enlarge-
8 Aug: https://www.rootschat.com/links/01snf/
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Here is a copy of "Our Readers Exchange" by Alice Scott Ross from 6 August 1963, there is no mention of that cookbook.
6 Aug: https://www.rootschat.com/links/01sng/
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Thanks for looking
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From the same newspaper could you see if you can find any mention of May A Hinckley - according to Springfield Directories she is listed as 'social writer - Springfield Union' from 1956 to 1965
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There are dozens and dozens of articles by her and about her. She was the daughter of Robert Lester Hinckley, a well known one time politician and businessman of the area. She never married. Miss May A. Hinckley was a noted violist and the social editor of The Union. She died 6 Feb. 1981.
The Morning Union
Thursday, Feb 19, 1981
Springfield, MA
Page: 24
Obit: https://www.rootschat.com/links/01sos/
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Thank you RJ137 for her obituary. While I appreciate what you say that there are quite a lot of articles for her, could you search for anything she wrote that mentions a recipe or cook book around 1963 (+/- 2 years)