Nation to honor flag on June 14
A June 14 flag day tribute marks the 200th anniversary of George Washington birth. The piece recounts Washington shaping the flag’s design with Betsy Ross and Robert Morris, notes later revisions and early flag history, and honors Washington’s role in American liberty and nationhood.
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George Washington
General Washington
Congress
United States
Betsy Ross
Robert Morris
George Ross
Betsy Ros
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Ross Bass
Washington
Mitress Ross
Wahinecton
Boston
Wollington
St. George
St Antieny
Betty Ross
Fort Stanwix
Quiberon Bay
France
Columbia
Pacific
Essex
Francis Scott Key
Vermont
Kentucky
Admiral Peary
North Pole
Byrd
Burglary remark stirs jibe about speedy criminal
Quip contrasts a boastful thief with a long delay in jail time. The exchange highlights the trope of a fast worker in crime and a suspect now slowed by detention.
Drivers urged to curb passing on curves and hills in Michigan
The safety and traffic committee of the Automobile Club of Michigan petitions the State Highway Commission citing rising traffic accidents and deaths. It calls for better road marking and enforcement of no passing laws on curves and hills, and asks state police aid to prevent violations. A Berlin inventor has perfected a projector for outdoor mountain advertisements.
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State Highway Commission
Safety and Traffic Committee
Automobile Club of Michigan
Grover C. Dillman
Michigan
Oscar G. Olander
Michigan Department of Public Safety
State weighs half price license plates plan in Michigan
Michigan officials study legal avenues to sell license plates at half price after July 1. The plan could allow about 160000 car owners to obtain plates and bring in hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue, with the earliest sale date set as September 1 under current tax law.
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Lansing
Mich
Este
State Administrative Board
Voting Precinct Three Set For Bessemer Ward Election
The third precinct of the School District covers Fifth Ward in Bessemer. Polls open nine in the morning and run to eight in the evening at Barber School Building. Qualified voters reside in precincts and meet age and residency rules.
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Bessemer
Ramsay
Gogebic County
Michigan
A. D. Johnston High School
North Moore Street
Washington School
East Sellar Street
Barber School
Board of Education
Bessemer City
The
United States
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Flag of the Free
Berlin
Herald Publishing Co
Bessemer Township
Puritan
Charles E. Anderson
James Hoskin
Benjamin Brockbank
A. Jake Fink
Edward J. Mahan
Adelard Parent
J. Stanley Rummage
North Ramsay
A. D
Nesto Erickson
State Bottetia
Frank ©. Fitegerald
Secretary of State
Meral
Joseph Abelman
Frank Barnich
John A. Kallander
Raymond J. Mullen
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