Incidentally, 1919 was a momentous year for China. That was the year of the May Fourth Movement, which sparked the beginning of Chinese nationalism. No doubt missionaries had trouble continuing to operate in China during that time. Here is an excerpt from a Wikipedia article about those events.Folts Homes History
In 1867, John A. and Catherine Folts began construction of the mansion at North Washington and State Streets in Herkimer, New York. Mr. Folts was a carpenter/contractor who also operated a sawmill on another site in partnership with Aaron Snell. In 1871 John Folts died, leaving the property to his wife and their only son, George Philo Folts. After Catherine Folts died in 1880, George P. Folts and his wife, Elizabeth, lived in the house until 1893. Mr. and Mrs. Folts transferred ownership of the property to the Northern New York Conference of the Methodist Church. The property “was to be used for the advancement of Christian education of male and female young people who, through a lack of personal funds, were unable to further their education.” The Folts Mission Institute was incorporated November 17, 1892, presented to the Women’s Foreign Ministry Society September 13, 1893, and dedicated November 21, 1893. The first class was graduated from the Folts Mission Institute in 1895.In 1911, George P. Folts died at the age of 75. In 1914, the Folts Mission Institute fell under the jurisdiction of the Women’s Missionary Society of the Methodist Church. Due to declining enrollment brought on by competition from other education institutions, the Mission Institute closed in 1927.
The May Fourth Movement was an anti-imperialist, cultural, and political movement growing out of student demonstrations in Beijing on May 4, 1919, protesting the Chinese government's weak response to the Treaty of Versailles, especially allowing Japan to receive territories in Shandong which had been surrendered by Germany after the Siege of Tsingtao. These demonstrations sparked national protests and marked the upsurge of Chinese nationalism, a shift towards political mobilization and away from cultural activities, and a move towards a populist base rather than intellectual elites. Many political and social leaders of the next decades emerged at this time.The term "May Fourth Movement" in a broader sense often refers to the period during 1915-1921 more often called the New Culture Movement.
This email message claims that 11 year old Jasmin lost her father in the September 11 2001 World Trade Center attack and has a mother who is in desperate need of expensive surgery. The message claims that the Red Cross will donate 10 cents to help Jasmin and her mother every time the email is forwarded to others.
However, the information in the message is untrue. The message is a heartless hoax designed solely to fool recipients into forwarding it. Neither the Red Cross, nor any other organization is ever likely to participate in an absurd fund-raising scheme based on how many times a particular email is forwarded.
This hoax is particularly heinous and reprehensible because it attempts to capitalize on the tragedy of 9/ll. The original email has spawned other versions that differ in names and details. But all claim that the American Red Cross will donate money for each forwarded email. The Red Cross has denied any such arrangement and previously published the following statement on its website:
The American Red Cross is aware that false e-mail hoaxes purportedly involving or benefiting the Red Cross are circulating, particularly in the form of "chain letter" e-mails. Typically, the authors of such e-mails claim to be victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks and promise that the American Red Cross will make a financial contribution on the recipient's behalf each time the e-mail is forwarded. These e-mails are fraudulent. The American Red Cross does not use, authorize or condone such chain letter e-mails for fundraising or for any other purpose. The American Red Cross works very hard to stop such fraudulent activity.
Muggins (also known as All Fives, Five Up, or Doer Di) is a domino game played with any of the commonly available sets. The object of the game is for each player to rid their hand of dominoes, and additionally to score points by playing a domino (or bone) that makes the total number of pips on all endpoints of the board equal to a multiple of five.Daddy Long-Legs started out as a novel by Jean Webster, published in 1912; in 1914 she adapted the novel into a play. It may be the play that Hanford and Nellie went to see in February of 1919, since the movie was not released, according to Turner Classic Movies, until May of that year. The movie starred Mary Pickford. Here is a synopsis taken from the Turner Classic Movies website:
You can see the movie on YouTube at this address: Daddy Long-Legs.Brief Synopsis
