Granddaughter of Armistead Reveals Fort Mchenry Flag Tale
Georgiana Hunter, granddaughter of Col George Armistead, recounts the 30 by 40 foot Star Spangled Banner as private property of her grandfather. She recalls the flag’s wartime history, its capture by a shell, and its later display at Baltimore celebrations and Philadelphia exposition. Eben Appleton, flag owner, lives in Manhattan.
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New York
Georgiana L
A. A. Tronter
George Armistead
Fort Melenry
Quad
Rancis Scott Key
Porter
Col. Armisteady
Mben Appleton
Uris City
Minfu
George Livingston Saker
Allooavenyn
Tas
Midianal
Baxer
Col Armstead
Minter
Col. Armstead
BC Baltimore
Bionze Co Armistead
Ie Wis
West Point
Georgiana
William Stuart Appleton
Boston
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Old South Church
Commodore Preble
Fort Melstenry
Lafayette
Peabody, Institute
Altimore
Washington
Outlaw Dietz Runs Wisconsin’s Smallest Public School
In Cameron Dam country, John F. Dietz and his six children run the smallest public school in the United States. The Dietz home serves as a classroom with teacher G F Graham, funded by state pay and aided by admirers amid a long conflict with Sawyer County authorities. The family, including Clarence bandaged from a past raid, lives in the woods while Dietz challenges timber profits and state control.
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Madison
Wisconsin
John F. Dietz
Cameron Dam
G. F. Graham
Dietz
Niles
Sawyer County
Chippewa
Milwaukee
Clarence Dietz
Distz
Graham
Stanley
Helen
Leste
Join, Jr
Clarence
Elmyra
Sheriff's Posse
Cradle of a President Used by John Quincy Adams
Historic cradle linked to John Quincy Adams is preserved in a Boston museum. The plain wooden cradle with simple sockets reflects the era of his birth, highlighting early American household life. The piece recalls lore about Nativity depictions aiding illiterate people to imagine Bethlehem.
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John Quincy Adams
Boston
John
Quincey Adams
Adams
Bethlehem
A Home Loving Bird at Lakewood A Sparrows Seasonal Return
N C Geers, citing observations near Lakewood New Jersey, reports a chipping sparrow returning to the same vicinity for four seasons, learning its own song and making a summer home in a two acre treetop area noted by the observer. The note appears in Youths Companion, alongside a brief on Turkish wealth and the paying of Russia's national debt.
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N. C. Geers
Lakewood
N. J
SALL A DEAD LOSS Incident That Drove Old Man Webb Out of the Business
In a New York Press tale Webb the Hebrew in a Turkish bathhouse recalls a bizarre funeral scam. He claimed to bury a 56-year-old miser, Gormley, only for the supposedly dead man to return alive. The kerfuffle halted services and led Webb to sue the heirs, then abandon undertakings after a costly debacle.
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Webb
Tave
Gormley
Hinalde
Elra
New York Press
Glacier Ice for Sale Delivers Hard Icy Freight to Europe
Glacier ice is shipped to Lyons and other European cities via rail routes through the Alps. Ice is quarried like stone and valued for its hardness and durability. A Pennsylvania railroad operator, J. R. Truett of the Western Maryland line near Chambersburg, reports a third set of teeth growing in his mouth, with some new teeth fully developed and replacing false ones.
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Lyons
Europe
Alps
J. R. Truett
Western Maryland Railroad
Brandon
Chambersburg
Statue of the Divine Infant crowned in Rome church
A Fifteenth Century statue carved in Jerusalem from Gethsemane olive wood by a Franciscan, brought to Rome and venerated on Capitol Hill, now revered by Catholics worldwide. The Vatican crowned it on May 2, 1897. It bears jewelry valued at one million dollars given as votive offerings.
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Jerusalem
Gethsemane
Capitolne
Rome
Ann Cocli
Vatican
Geese Alarm Lewiston Residents During Night Storm
A Lewiston correspondent reports a rare weather incident when a snowstorm and heavy electrical storm followed by a 26 degree drop drove a large flock of geese to land in city streets. Citizens awoke to loud geese noises and many feared a city alarm before the birds settled in ponds and on the Juniata river next morning.
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Lewiston
Philadelphia Press
Rome
Juniata
Goose Celebrates 72 Years In Caldwell Farmyard
William Yours Strong, a Caldwell New Jersey farmer, shares a tale about a goose claimed to be 72 years old. The goose, named after his predecessor, was allegedly given in 1871 and kept by Strong with affectionate irony about its age and vitality.
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William Yours Strong
Caldwell
N. J
New York World
William Yours
Strong
Old Country
Bil
Bill
Mr. Strong
Novel rocker blotter with attached five inch ruler
A stationer shop novelty features a rocker blotter with a metal ruler fixed to its side. The ruler doubles as a precise five inch measuring tool, enhancing the blotter’s utility for writing and layout.
Ashes of Roses and a Silent Paris Scrap
A torn Paris scrap bears blurred words about ashes of roses and enduring memory. The text laments lost love, motherly memories, and the ache of unrequited passion, ending with a solemn tribute to love that survives as ashes in memory.
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Paris
Orner
Paradise
Airships for Science and Pleasure
Three viewpoints on balloons place science first, sport second, and transport third. Balloons aid meteorology via free balloon instruments and upper air data to improve weather prediction. Private dirigibles offer pleasure for the daring, while practical transport remains unlikely due to weight, gas limits, and safety.
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Santos Dumont
France
Knabenshuhe
Bnt Cme Tremruhl
One Meal a Day Diet Debate and Rice Endurance
A fragment argues diet choices for health and vigor. It supports eating one meal daily, vegetarianism, and starch or sugar for exertion. It claims meat eaters tire easily and praises rice for endurance, citing Japanese eating rice as keeping energy high.
Ghostly Kumruul Haunts Kirkwall Bell Ringer Tale
In Kirkwall Orkney the bell ringer's wife at St Magnus cathedral heard a curfew toll at eight o clock A figure appeared at her side snatching her hands from the rope and vanishing The next day over twenty of the cathedrals front trees were felled and hundreds of windows faced the spot Town residents woke before dawn unable to hear any sound yet an hour later all the trees had been destroyed
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Orkney
Kirkwall
St. Magnus
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New York City
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Flunter
Vlag
Francis d'Aschat
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Turkey
Undertaker
Italy
Goose
Albert A. Merrill
Harvey M. Wiley
Bureau of Chemistry
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