Forts of St Augustine Trace Spanish to American Flags
A look at St Augustine forts from San Juan de Pinos in 1586 through Fort St Mark and Fort Marion. It recalls Drake’s 1586 raid, Oglethorpe’s 1740 siege, colonial warfare with Apalachee, Spanish control until 1821 US possession, and the renaming to Port Marion in honor of Francis Marion.
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St. Augustine
Fla
United States
Fort Marion
Spain
Ferdinand
Alonzo Fernando Hereda
Florida
Don Pedro de Brazos
Pedro Menendez
Jean Ribaut
Menendes
de Gorges
San Juan de Pinos
Francis Drake
Mexico
Oglethorpe
Port St Mark
Port Marion
Francis Marion
Fort Mimms massacre at Lake Tensuw near Mo Dile Ala
In July 1813 a Creeks attack led by Weatherford overwhelmed Fort Mimms held by Maj. Daniel Beasley. The fort’s gate was left unguarded as a sand drift trapped it, and the defenders fell to hatchets and scalping. Of about 450 whites inside, all but 12 perished. over 400 Creek warriors were killed or wounded. A year later, Andrew Jackson defeated the Creeks at Tohopeka ending their power in the region.
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Lake Tensuw
Mo Dile
Ala
Samuel Mimms
Claiborne
Daniel Beasley
Beasley
Ted
Weatherford
Ovt
Fort Mtums
Fort Mimms
Old Hickory
Jackson
Tohopeka
Making Good in a Small Town Real Girls Card Craft
A piece describing how girls can earn money painting Christmas postcards. Advice covers needed materials, steps from outlining to printing, and design ideas such as holly, candles, and sprites. It notes varied skill levels, suggests selling to relatives, friends, newsstands, and beauty parlors, and mentions potential earnings and a 15 percent commission model.
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Sue Toalntaing
Dove Geil
Bristol
Christus
Tury
Ams
Intel
Magazine Saleswomen Make Money
A magazine saleswoman can start with no capital by securing agency for popular publications and selling by commission. Begin with friends, then reach strangers, calling on homes and workplaces to build customers, while studying salesmanship to boost confidence and earnings. Many saleswomen eventually earn incomes higher than the average banker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mungugues
Pepe
Honey flavored recipes from USDA tests and notes
The article lists honey as a versatile substitute for sugar in recipes and provides tested methods from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. It includes honey based frosting and cake variations, bake times, and proportions for cookies and spiced treats, detailing steps, temperatures, and ingredient interactions for preserving softness and flavor.
Popcorn Recipes for Winter Dishes
United States Department of Agriculture suggests a warm winter supper of corn popped over open fire served with melted butter milk and salt with fruit finish. Readily made sweets use popcorn with chocolate syrup sugar water mix poured over four quarts of popcorn for coating and shaping into popcorn balls or molded treats.
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States Department of Agriculture
Pope
Food Vale
United States Department of Agriculture
Chilren
Use Sour or Sweet Milk for Making Corn Bread
Recipe notes advise sour milk makes corn bread with soda, sweet milk acceptable with powder. Eggs add structure but can be omitted. Includes measurements for corn meal, meat, sugar, salt, baking powder, fat and milk, with mixing and baking steps for about 30 minutes.
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States Department of Culture
Corn Souffle Recipe From Aged Note
A fragmented corn souffle recipe describes ingredients and steps. It mentions fresh corn, salt, cup of white pepper, egg yolks folded into sauce with corn, then folded with stiffly beaten egg whites. Bake in a buttered dish set in hot water at 360 degrees for about 80 to 40 minutes. Attributed to the United States Department of Agriculture.
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United States Department of Agriculters
Costly Salt Lake City Fire Threatens Main Business Block
Firemen fought zero weather to contain a blaze at the Hooper Eldridge building 39 to 57 South Main, threatening Salt Lake’s principal business district. Losses are estimated around 150000 with insurers covering part. major sufferers include Western Barber Supply, Trazelsvool Candy, Edward E Jenkins, and Beesley Music, among others, with the cause undetermined and flames centered at 45 and 47 South Main.
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Salt Lake
Hooper-Eldridge
Main Street
William Bywater
Western Barber Supply Company
Trazelsvool Candy Company
Edward E. Jenkins
E. L. Sheets
Martin Coal Company
Co-op Furnitue Company
Ashby Snow
Keely Ice Cream Company
Timber
Beesely Music Company
EB. L. Sheets
E. Ke, Jenkins
W. R. Wallace
John I. Bennett
Francis Armstrong
Lafayette
State Street
Bywriter
Hazeldwood Candy Company
South Main Street
Trinket Jewelry
Coop Furniture Company
South Main Streets
Beesley Music Company
Tragic Christmas Fire Destroys Schoolhouse
A Christmas Eve blaze at a country schoolhouse near Babb's Switch in Hobart Ohio Folio area killed more than thirty two people, many children, as a candle or spark set cotton on a makeshift tree. Panic and a crowded exit led to a frantic scramble as flames consumed the dry structure.
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Hobart
Ohlo
Pire
Santa Claus
Babb's Switch
Abbash
Hospital Contract Let in San Fernando for 282 Beds
Washington awards construction of a 282 bed hospital in San Fernando California with an estimated cost of 1,000,000. Director Hines of the veterans bureau announces North Pacific Construction Company of Los Angeles received the general contract with a bid of 755,900.
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Washington
San Fernando
Cal
Hines
Veterans Bureau
North Pacific Construction Company of
Los Angeles
Winter Holiday Cold Across Nation With Severe Chicago Readings
A historic cold spell gripped the nation from Christmas Day with Florida mild. The Midwest endured extreme temperatures as Chicago logged official readings of 40 degrees below zero while street thermometers showed 10 to 15 degrees lower. Snow fell in sections of the west midwest and east as residents huddled by fires and braved subzero weather. Governor and city reports urged extreme caution amid icy roads and power outages across several states.
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Chicago
Florida
Middle West
Weather Bureau
Wyoming House votes defeat abolish hand offices plan
A Wyoming House vote defeated provisions to abolish hand offices at Cheyenne and Newcastle. the offices will stay. Governor elect Nelle Ross declined an invitation to an inaugural event in Austin. Denver meeting named Charles Adams president of the Hocky Afountain Hotelmen Association with A K Bott as armed chairman. Various trials, bank suspensions, and local incidents are noted including a murder conviction, bank closures, and a large wildfire impact in nearby towns.
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Interior Department
Cheyenne
Newcastle
Nelle T. Ross
Bnire
Jack McDuaniels
Bassntility
Bo. FE. McDaniels
Biz Hurn Counts
Ste Toultry
Mee
Pattie Stow
Chaeper
George W. Thatcher
University of Wyoming
Soda
Wrouing Silver Pox Farming Company
Capial
Casper
Charles I Weilner
AL Bowhe Wroming
Ional
William A Bryant
Csper
Olan
Wyoming
William R. Ross
Noble Taylor Ross
Truss
Potter
John E. McDonald
Cheyenne State Bank
Laramie
Byron
Hubie
First State Bank of Douglas
Hubb
Dougie
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U. S
Paper Asian
Mrs. Harland H. Allen
United Sates Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Home Economies
Drake
Honey Geokies
Salt Lake City
Altre T. Benet
Wai
Ad Ebert
Sade Bond
Federal Court
Minneapolis
Mann
Offichel
Wea
Sirs Boneh
Sheridan
Colin
Onnahin Press
ST TO On
Tle
Vincent Grain
Colney
Liveve
Silkreek
Rami
Citperoure
Neentme
Casper Hospital
North
Durbin Street
C. W. Twiggs
Nelson
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