The writer of the following article has referred to birthstone jewelry that her parents gave to her grandmother. Yet the writer herself has received some beautiful birthstone jewelry. She can still remember the gift her father gave her on her 21st birthday. He had to take a five hour drive north from Pennsylvania to Massachusetts, just so he could give his daughter, a college junior, that special gift. The writer’s birthday had fallen on a Saturday that year. Why was that significant? It was significant because the writer’s birthday was again on a Saturday in 2006, the day when the writer became a grandmother.
During the year of 1912, fourteen-year old Ruth Greer hears the newsboys on York’s busiest corner, yelling out the headlines. At one point all the news is about the sinking of a ship, a ship named the Titanic. Ruth’s father hears rumors that another York citizen, a man from the Franklin family who would serve as a legal representative for the owner of the Titanic.
Later that year, Ruth hears other adults discuss the plans for a special celebration in the nearby town of Gettysburg. Ruth learns that the celebration will mark the passing of 50 years since an important Civil War battle had taken place in Gettysburg. Ruth does not hear anything about birthstone jewelry.
Yet during the year of 1912, the American National Association of Jewelers had a major impact on the future of birthstone jewelry. They established the first known listing of birthstones. Their list would later influence the purchase of birthstone gifts, including birthstone jewelry gifts for grandmothers.
Of course, in 1912, young Ruth Greer never thought about one day becoming a grandmother She tried to act as adult as her older sister Estella. She thought that if she could act like Estella, then she was really like an adult. That was old enough for Ruth.
If Ruth had had an opportunity to learn about the list of birthstones, she would have been pleased to see that she and her sister Estella shared the same birthstone. They had both been born in mid-November. In the future, they might get the same birthstone jewelry.
Still fate had very different plans for Ruth and her sister Estella. Estella would never marry. No husband would ever give Estella any birthstone jewelry. Ruth would marry Frank Greer, a man who loved to play with light bulbs and with electric wires. They would have two girls and one boy.
Their older daughter would marry a handsome, high school football star. One Christmas the news from way back in the year of 1912 would determine the Christmas gift for a grandmother named Ruth Greer. That gift would be some birthstone jewelry. Ruth would get that gift from her older daughter and her family.
Because of that gift, facts buried in the past, have become uncovered in an article on the Internet. In fact, the writer of this article wonders if even the editor of the Los Angeles Times knows about the 1912 birthstone list. If so, he never mentioned it in his editorial about the lifesaver factory.
His 2001 editorial had mentioned the sinking of the Titanic. Then it had said that a factory up near the Great Lakes had made candies first introduced in the year 1912—Life Saver candies. Readers of this article know that some Life Saver candies have been as colorful as birthstone jewelry.
During the year of 1912, fourteen-year old Ruth Greer hears the newsboys on York’s busiest corner, yelling out the headlines. At one point all the news is about the sinking of a ship, a ship named the Titanic. Ruth’s father hears rumors that another York citizen, a man from the Franklin family who would serve as a legal representative for the owner of the Titanic.
Later that year, Ruth hears other adults discuss the plans for a special celebration in the nearby town of Gettysburg. Ruth learns that the celebration will mark the passing of 50 years since an important Civil War battle had taken place in Gettysburg. Ruth does not hear anything about birthstone jewelry.
Yet during the year of 1912, the American National Association of Jewelers had a major impact on the future of birthstone jewelry. They established the first known listing of birthstones. Their list would later influence the purchase of birthstone gifts, including birthstone jewelry gifts for grandmothers.
Of course, in 1912, young Ruth Greer never thought about one day becoming a grandmother She tried to act as adult as her older sister Estella. She thought that if she could act like Estella, then she was really like an adult. That was old enough for Ruth.
If Ruth had had an opportunity to learn about the list of birthstones, she would have been pleased to see that she and her sister Estella shared the same birthstone. They had both been born in mid-November. In the future, they might get the same birthstone jewelry.
Still fate had very different plans for Ruth and her sister Estella. Estella would never marry. No husband would ever give Estella any birthstone jewelry. Ruth would marry Frank Greer, a man who loved to play with light bulbs and with electric wires. They would have two girls and one boy.
Their older daughter would marry a handsome, high school football star. One Christmas the news from way back in the year of 1912 would determine the Christmas gift for a grandmother named Ruth Greer. That gift would be some birthstone jewelry. Ruth would get that gift from her older daughter and her family.
Because of that gift, facts buried in the past, have become uncovered in an article on the Internet. In fact, the writer of this article wonders if even the editor of the Los Angeles Times knows about the 1912 birthstone list. If so, he never mentioned it in his editorial about the lifesaver factory.
His 2001 editorial had mentioned the sinking of the Titanic. Then it had said that a factory up near the Great Lakes had made candies first introduced in the year 1912—Life Saver candies. Readers of this article know that some Life Saver candies have been as colorful as birthstone jewelry.
