The Flags and The Star Spangled Banner Tale
A sweeping account traces the birth of the Stars and Stripes, the naming of Old Glory by Captain Driver, and Key’s Star Spangled Banner. It recalls Flag Day traditions, Salem voyages, and Franklin Lane’s Makers of the Flag meditation on national identity and citizen labor.
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Sy Elmng Scott Watson
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Che
Continental Congress
Jena Lincock
Charles Thomson
United States
Witte
House
New York Harbor
Mra
Laura B. Priska
William Driver
Salem
Mass
Fort McHenry
Yorktown
Aailor
Henry Moster
Yale University Press
Balthmore
Ferdinand Durnang
Heaven
Holliday Street
America
Charles Daggett
Driver
God
Son
God the Holy Ghost
Captain Driver
Franklin K. Lane
Interior
President Wilson
Washington
Mr. Lane
Ruth and Sally name analysis in a humorous verse piece
A 1930 Western Newspaper Union item blends character sketches of Ruth and Sally with name symbolism and moral guidance. It notes Ruth’s gentleness and labor prowess, warns against timidity, and links Ruth Elder as modern contrast. The piece closes with a brief note on gloves in world history.
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Ruth Ruth
Ruth
Ruth Elder
Sally
Western Newspaper Union
Art of Giving and the Meaning of Gifts
In a discussion from a Woman's Companion section the text argues that the true value of giving lies in imaginative sympathy. A gift reflects the giver’s understanding of another's desires and carries a portion of the giver into the choice that will satisfy that wish.
If Every Man Spoke His Mind Uncle Rhen Quip
A Washington Star quip by Uncle Rhen notes that if every man spoke honestly about his thoughts conversations would be brief. The remark underlines blunt truth telling in everyday chat.
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Uncle Rhen
Dan
Washington Star
Glory Without Cash Triumph of Painter Jones in Paris
Thomas B. Jones, an American painter based in Malleree, earned high praise from a New York critic for Pollensa Port selling at Drouot for 200,000 francs after years of struggle to fetch 1,000 francs. The critic exclaimed over the rapid ascent, and Jones called the triumph grand, likening it to a derby winner.
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Thomas B. Jones
Malleree
New York
Paris
Pollensa Port
Drouot
France
Mr. Jones
Crittc
Indian Apartment House Found in Yazoo County
Smithsonian researchers in Yazoo County Mississippi report a conopied entrance apartment with a broad veranda built by prehistoric Americans. Curator Collins says it is the first American Indian house floor plan found in the Southeast. Pottery shards suggest a notable cultural level at the site.
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Smithsonian Institution
Yazoo County
Mississippi
Collins
Smithsonia
Puathinder Magazine
Laramie Scouts Send 500 Records to Sheridan Veterans Hospital
Five hundred phonograph records gathered by Laramie scouts were sent to the U S Veterans Hospital in Sheridan. The gift accompanied two fine phonographs donated by Albany County Post No 14 American Legion Auxiliary to aid ex-soldiers already benefiting there.
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Laramie
Wyo
Koy
United States Veterans’ Hospital
Sheridan
Albany County
American Legion Auxiliary
Flapper Hen Marion Object Lesson at Village Party
A three year old boy watches his mother prepare a chicken for cooking and asks why the skin is stripped from the legs. She jokingly says she is "rolling its stockings" as the village party aroma of coffee fills the house.
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Marion
Vegetable Compound Helps Towanda Widow Gain Health
Mrs. C. B. Jonson of Webb St Towanda RD 3 Pennsylvania says she weighed 89 pounds while working in a mill and rapidly improved after using E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She notes her son grew to 37 pounds and is healthy after years of illness, praising the remedy.
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Towanda
E. Pinkham
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Port McHenry
Francis Scott Ker
Key
Brest
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The
Republic
Joseph Rodman Drake
Land Office
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Oklahoma
Colorado
Iminds
Wyoming
Wyoming. Noa Miler
Flag Maker
Mexico
Georgia
Congress
Alaska
Michigan
Bear Boy
Financelal
Thor
Bettef
Drayman
Alerk
Sam
C. J
Europe
China
Japan
Pskimos
Gemaiss
Bayer
Lydia E. Pinkham
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