Bouquet's Bold Victory at Bushy Run in 1768
The article cites Brigadier Bouquet's standout 1768 victory near Bushy Run after Braddock's defeat, detailing the desperate siege on Fort Pitt, the improvised flanking maneuver by Highlanders, and the crucial fate of Pennsylvania. It contrasts Braddock's misperceived failure with Bouquet's strategic brilliance and the consequences for Pontiac's uprising.
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Pittsburgh
Howard Braddock
DuQuesne
Monongahela River
Braddock
Col
Henry Bouquet
Forks of the Ohio
Fort Pitt
Fort DuQuesne
Pontiac
Bouquet
Bushy Run
Edward Braddock
Archer Butler Hulbert
Potomac
Ohio
Washington
Parkman
Montcalm
Wolfe
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Bou
Quet
North American
Wild Boy exhibit highlights Peter the Wild Boy tale
A Berkhampstead School museum exhibit notes recent finds of children raised by animals linking to Peter the Wild Boy. Found near Hamelin in 1725 at about twelve, he lived on bark leaves and berries, reached England a year later, never learned speech, and died in 1785 at Axter's End farm.
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Peter
Berkhampstead School Museum
Hamelin
Hanover
England
Axter’s End
North Cross
Bartolozzi
London
Charleston in Ireland in Ulster Dancing Championship
The Charleston appears in the Ulster Amateur Dancing Championship as a special competition separate from the regular dances. Held in Victoria Hall Belfast, the event allowed all Ulster amateurs to compete for a loving cup donated by the Belfast lord mayor. Judge Katharine Watson of Derry noted Belfast’s dancers outshined Derry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ulster
Ireland
Victoria Hall
Belfast
Katherine Watson
Derry
The Magician Thurston Helpers Question Trick
George White has worked with Thurston since his world tour. A curious bystander asked how the woman floats, and George muses that there must be some trick involved.
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George White
Thurston
George
Navy scouts complete 320000 mile flight in Hampton Roads
The aircraft squadrons of the scouting fleet recently finished maneuvers and flew into Hampton Roads, winding up a combined flight of 320 000 miles about 13 trips around the world without a single serious accident as announced by the Navy department.
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Hampton Roads
Navy Department
Defining Them And Other Goofs From Old Papers
A collection of brief witticisms and quotes from various papers. It includes a Kansas City Star joke about optimists and pessimists and a note on Roman Eye Balsam as an antiseptic ointment, plus a St Bernard line about self study.
Girlhood to motherhood in Iowa promotes Vegetable Compound
Mrs Frank Sellers of Vinton Iowa recounts starting Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound at fourteen after years of illness and says it made her strong enough to care for six children. The advertisement notes generations of women praising the tonic for over half a century and urges mothers to share its benefits with daughters.
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Vinton
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tne
Frank Sellers
7Th Avenue
Modern Husbands and the Easygoing Partner
A humorous take on marry life contrasts modern husbands with billy-goat appetites and the challenge of lawmaking. The piece notes women seek both insight and good intent in governance and in daily partnership.
Speedy Relief for Tender Aching Swollen Feet
Moone's Emerald Oil promises quick relief for swollen and inflamed feet. Two to three applications reduce pain in about fifteen minutes, with further use shrinking swelling and corns. The ad touts camphor and antiseptics, claims thousands of bottles sold yearly, and guarantees money back if unsatisfied.
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Moone
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Bouquet Braddock
Tall OF Braddock
C Scthuessele
Fagment of America
Fale University Press
Elmo Scott Watson
Hediry Bosquel
Gilded
Charleston
Lester Livermore
Mr. Livermore
Kansas City Star
St. Bernard
Haarlem
Golpra Haarlem Oil
Hanford
Parker
Chem. Wks
Patchogue
Hiscox’Chemical Works
N. S
Cuticura Laboratories
Malden
Cumenss
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