Betsy Ross flag tale and wedding in Philadelphia
A narrative recounts Betsy Ross folding paper to create a five pointed star for the first national flag and the flag’s acceptance by Congress. It also notes Betsy Ross marrying Captain Joseph Ashburn in 1777 at Old Swedes Church, Philadelphia, and Ashburn’s later death as a Revolutionary prisoner in Mill Prison.
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Congress
Continental Congress
Betsy Ross
Joseph ‘Ashburn
Philadelphia
Old Mill
Plymouth
England
Betsy Ross and the Flag Birthplace Legend
A fragmentary note recalls Betsy Ross sewing the first American flag for a Delaware river patrol and Washington’s flag committee. It mentions Betsy Ross’s prior flags, Treasury payment for fleet flags, and the Ross family tradition in Philadelphia’s Colonial House of God, with the Stars and Stripes ever draped.
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Delaware’ River
Christchurch
Fifth and Arch Sts
Philadelphia
Ross
Congress
Treasury
Betsy Ros
Delaware River
Washington
Getting Ready for the Farm Bureau Picnic June 20
The Farm Bureau picnic at Sunnyside park plans car parking south of the swimming pool with Mr Miller guiding traffic to prevent accidents. A program after dinner features township band music and community singing, followed by addresses and a county baseball game plus races and sports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gether
Mag Wortman
Cass Township
F. B. and Friends
Sunnyside Park
Atlantic
Cassist
Harding Urges Flag Code Adoptions For Anthem Respect
President Harding urged the American Legion to adopt provisions in the flag code and to encourage people to sing The Star Spangled Banner clearly. He noted only about two percent knew all words and called for stronger expression of patriotism in song.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington
Legion
Harding
New York Broker Collapses Before Bucketing Hearing
Edward M. Fuller collapsed in his jail cell on the eve of a hearing where he was to testify about bucketing on Wall Street. Fuller and W. F. Moore had pleaded guilty to the indictment and faced a potential prison term of two and a half to ten years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
New York
Edward M. Fuller
Wall Street
Fuller
W. F. Moore
Boxers With Big Purses Sparks In Ring Promoter Row
Henry L. Farrell surveys Tex Rickard’s box office tactics at Madison Square Garden. He notes purses rising push champions to demand more, Willard and Firpo clashes, age rules bending, and Rickard’s move to a new arena as competition grows.
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Henry L. Farrell
United Press Sports
United Press
Tex Rickard
Madison Square Garden
Rickard
Jess Willard
Liis Firpo
Willard
Dempsey-Willard
Boxing Commission
Willard Johnson
Firpo
Rickgra
Butler
Rick
Phana
Euel
Despairing Fighter Failing to Meet Championship Plans
The report notes Jimmy DeForest backs a young boxer but doubts he will seize chances. Rickard holds ten big championship plans for the summer but has achieved only one so far, leaving him wary about the rest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmy DeForest
Lg Fizpo
DeForest
Rickard
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Sauer & Dahlberg
Stork Find
John P. Anderson
Omaha
Nebr
Houskeeping Ork
J. E. Hammond
P G
Sorensen
Nels P. Brown's
Gee
W. C. Swolley
Canning Factory
Walnut Street
Walnut St
Spis Naka
Hansen Electric Co
Chestnut
Soli
Hollywood
L. M. Knopp
Dept. A
St. Paul, Minn
Cuyhsing Company
News
Weitzel Motor Co
Buick
Cushing Machine and Auto Co
Hansen Eleetric Co
Peer Nee
Ed Shannon
Salh
Wilton
10Th St
Studebaker
Dodge
Comimer
Cial
Chestnut St
W.J- Willing Ham
At-Atlantic
Ross Lang
Phillips Hardware Co
Griswold
Rhode Island
Theodore. Knop
RENY
Poplar, Apie
Curry
Tagthe
Maple St
J. ‘A. Beener
Hansen Electric No
Party of
St With
Farmers Savings Bank
Iowa
Hanseni Produce Co
Jones Hospital
Happy Workers
M. E. Sunday School
Sanitary Market
J. B. Thomason
A. B. Goold Clyde W Woolsey
Elhg
Daily Thought
George Eliot
Farm Loans & Insurance
DON Carlos Loan & Insurance Company
Fulton Building
United States
Green Bay Lumber CO
M. E. Britton
Ailahtio, Towa
Farm Bureau
In. Y
Farrell
Insurance of ‘All’ Kinds
Iowa State Bank
Roy Welton
A. H. Mountain
SWAN
Clovis
Swan, Martin
East Sixth Street
H. N. Boorman
D. C. Herbert Abstracts of
East Fifth Street
M. E. Quint
Locust St
Earl C
Montgomery Eye
Orantky
Roy R. Welton
A. H. Mountain _s
Roland, Peacock & Baxter
Chestnut Street
Atlantic Undertaking
Campbell & Collison Physicians and Surgeons
Gillespie Building
Campbell
Charles A. Grube
Wiota Savings Bank
Wiota
Jows
E. S. On
Anita
R “Lewis Mills
Ewis, Iown
Mar
W. E. Peppers
Oranaky Building
Oransky
GE. Butler
Optometrist
Northup & Young
Osteopathic: Sanitarium
Melenbacker
Chubb
Chubbin
Dingndais
B. Neff
P.P. Dalley Company
Ine
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