Libbie's Charities

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ADA, Okla., Evening News February 3 1908

HOME FOB AMBITIOUS GIRLS.

Memorial Which Widow of Gen. Custer Will Erect to Him.

New York Jan 31

The memorial which Mrs Elizabeth Custer, widow of
Gen George Custer, the Indian fighter killed in the Little
Big Horn massacre, will erect to her husband at Bronzville(sic),
a suburb of this city, will take the shape of a home for ambitious
girls according to the announcement made by Mrs Custer last night.
Mrs Custer said that as long as she lived she would act as a
chaperon for the home to which she desires to attract girls
ambitious enough to desire to help themselves but who have not
sufficient means to do so. Nominal fees will be charged for
entrance to he home so that those who take advantage of its
privileges may not feel they are dependent. Work on the
building will be started this spring.

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Racine Daily Journal January 13 1908

FOR AGED LITERARY WOMEN.
Widow of General Custer to Have Home Erected.

NEW YORK, Jan. 13.
Mrs. Elizabeth Custer widow of General Custer, who
was killed in the Indian massacre in the west in 1876
intends to erect a home for aged literary women as a
memorial to her husband.
She has purchased sixteen lots in Bronxville, Westchester County,
and will erect the home there. Mrs. Custer has written several
books and has long been interested in literary women.

A couple of snippets of Libbie's life after Custer.


Ron

[harpskiddie]

Likely story!!!

Gordie
MC

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Gordie

As Joe Friday(?) used to say "Just the facts Ma'am, just the facts"

Ron

[harpskiddie]

Ron:

I was being facetious. I'm still waiting for people to jump in to show that she was going to name the home "The General Custer, Bless Him Forever, Home For......" where entrants had to pledge to write at least one glowing tribute to the General each year of their future lives, to tithe ten percent of their future earnings to Libbie, and to chip in for the payment of hired assassins to do in anyone with the temerity to dis her late husband.

Did you know that her books were all ghost written by the General?. That may be where the term originated. I have this directly from the shade of Benny Hodgson.

Gordie
MC

[BrokenSword]

Why does 'home for ambitious girls' sound so scary?
And, why does Libbie for a chaperon sound bizarre somehow?

M

[Tricia]

Hell ... at the risk of pissing off the True Blue of the Always-Dedicated/pro-Custer LBHA General Membership, I was gonna say that the only charity Libbie donated to was that of her own ...! Of course, I know better than to drag the Custer Widow's Fine Name in the mud ....

[Tricia]

But of course, I shan't.

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Gordie, I knew that you were being facetious - its just that that phrase came to mind, even if it shows my age (Dragnet Series of the 1950s)
Try this one, from the Brooklyn Eagle again, 26 March 1893

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MRS. GEN. CUSTER
Will read a New Paper
"MARCHING ON THE PLAIN"
In Aid of
BROOKLYN NURSERY AND INFANTS' HOSPITAL
in the
Lecture Room of the
REFORMED CHURCH ON HEIGHTS
Pierrepont and Monroe Pl
on
MONDAY, MARCH 27, AT 3 P.M.
Admission $1

[BrokenSword]

interesting nostalgia 1908

www.summertownstock.com/panoramicsforweb/newyorkskyscrapers1908.htm

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harpskiddie said:

Ron:


Did you know that her books were all ghost written by the General?. That may be where the term originated. I have this directly from the shade of Benny Hodgson.

Gordie
MC

Hi Gordie,
are you sure that that wasn't Benny Haven?

Ron

[harpskiddie]

Ron:

This is the city - Los Angeles, California. We were working Robbery out of Mullholland Division, when the call came in.......My partner is.......*.My name's Friday. I'm a cop.

Gordie
MC

*originally Ben Alexander and later Harry Morgan. I don't remember the names offhand, but I have copies of three or four shows on a big DVD. I used to watch it religiously, after we got a TV.