Origins of the Stars and Stripes and Flag Day story
A historical account traces many names for the US flag and its origins from 1777. It recounts the Betsy Ross question, the Hulbert flag discovery, and disputed early battles such as Fort Schuyler Brandywine Cooks Bridge Bennington. The piece notes Vermont New York Delaware and other claims to first unfurling.
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Continental Congress
Philadelphia
United States
Francis Scott Key
Fort McHenry
Baltimore
Washington
D. C
Key
William Driver
Charles Doggett
South Seas
Betsy Ross
Francis Hopkinson
New Jersey
John Hulbert
Long Island
Ticonderoga
Congress
Captain Hulbert
William D. Halsey
Bridgehampton
Hulbert
Hopkinson
Fort Schuyler
Fort Stanwix
Rome
N. Y
New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Vermont
John Spargo
Vermont Historical Society
John Stark
Bennington
Cooch’s Bridge
Brandywine
Empire State
Sea Monsters Taken With Hook and Line at Keala Hawaii
Sportsmen at Keala Hawaii enjoy catching sharks with hook and line. Sharks range 12 to 18 feet with one 14-foot specimen pulled ashore by seven men and finished with a head shot as others lingered nearby. A female shark yielded about 85 unborn young described as unicorns. Fishers use spoiled salmon and horseflesh as bait near a coral reef off Waipouli where sharks gather.
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Keala
Hawaii
Waipouli
Colonists to be selected by fitness for Argentine colony
Colonists may join a new colonization company in Argentina chosen by physical fitness and ability to endure pioneer life. The plan opens 40 farms of about 25 acres each with a house, well, drinking water pump, shade trees, and tools. Advances for horses, cattle, chickens, and feed will be provided. Farms paid over 30 years. more projects may follow.
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Argentina
Dreamt Sunflower Pattern Guides Skater’s Rise
Sidney Charl ton, claiming to be the world champion, revealed a dream in which he skated in Switzerland before a large crowd and drew a perfect sunflower pattern with his blades. He woke, jotted the turns, and found them workable the next day, marking a notable advance in his ice skating.
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Sidney Charlton
Switzerland
Shoes Thrown at Dean During Cathedral Sermon
An elderly worshiper at Peterborough Cathedral in England protested a dean's praise of modern girls. After her protests failed she removed both shoes and hurled them at the dean, then threw her hat at the preacher's head in the pews.
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Peterborough
England
Too Chilly Hostess
Irrepressible caller from Montreal asks to stay for dinner but hostess coldly declines, reporting a chilly social encounter in Montreal Star.
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Montreal Star
Conversational Hazards on the Links and Office Golf
A playful exchange mentions Wom bat and jokes about golf at work. The dialogue hints at casual, workplace humor about trying an unusual club on the course. No clear event or person beyond the two speakers is named.
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Wombat
Social Democrats Buy Karl Marx House in Treves
The national executive committee of the Social Democratic party of Germany has purchased Karl Marx House in Treves born May 5 1818. Berlin papers say the site will be preserved as a monument to Marx who spent his youth there and died in London in 1883.
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Treves
Rhineland
Karl Marx
Social Democratic Party of Germany
Berlin
Marx
London
Consensus-Driven Social Theory Embraced by All
Scholars argue that a broad social theory gains acceptance when a population unites behind it. The claim hinges on voluntary adherence, cultural alignment, and perceived legitimacy across diverse groups within a society.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Free
United States of America
Henry Mosler
Yorktown
Pathfinder Magazine
Apper
Bellans
SureRelief
Karl Marx’s
Peralta Chemical Co
Central Bank
Oakland
Calif
Dr. Peery
de Peery
Pearl Street
New York City
San Francisco
W. H. Forst, Mfg
Scottdale, Penna
Crae
Cuticara Laboratories
Dei E
Cuticara
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