Washington Crossed the Delaware on Christmas Night
A historical recounting of Washington and his army crossing the Delaware on Christmas night 1776. It details planning, ice and storm delays, the surprise attack on Trenton, battlefield events, casualties, and the later fame of Leutze’s painting Washington Crossing the Delaware displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robertus Love
Washington
Delaware
Long Island
New York
Jerseys
Cornwallis
Trenton
Pennsylvania
Lossing
Philadelphia
New Jersey
Newtown
Bristol
Ball
Putnam
Continental Congress
Baltimore
England
Trentop
New
Jersey
Henry Knox
McConkey
Washington's Crossing
Colonel Ball
Rul
Light Horse
Knox
Kall
Yorktown
Princeton
Emanuel Leute
Wurttemberg
America
Leutze
Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City
John S. Kennedy
Disappointing Santa Feats Prompt Pipe Dream Gag
A humorous exchange about a Santa costume mishap highlights a performer noting his fake nose popped off during a show. The quip underscores stage mischief and festive theater charm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Normal Money Market Returns to Prewar Conditions
A New York press dispatch reports a week of continued financial recovery with stock and bond prices rising. Currency premiums fade, call money relaxes toward 3 percent, time loans linger at 10 to 12 percent, and banks cautiously resume easier credit as gold imports bolster reserves. Local Big Timber banks receive currency and continue prudent lending practices as insurer of steady monetary normalization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Henry Clows
New York
Cortelyou
Panama
December 1907 County Commission Special Session in Big Timber
Big Timber Montana December 2 1907 county commissioners met in special session with H O Hellogg as chairman J Rye and George A Lousby also present H C Allen clerk Bills from general fund audited including labor on roads blacksmithing and rebates Action deferred on road change petition for Big Timber Greycliff road until December 14 1907 A remonstrance against the same road change was postponed until later in December 1907 Christmas packages advertised from W D Richards drug store
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Timber
Mont
Board of County Commissioners
H. O. Hellogg
John Rye
George A. Lousby
H.C. Allen
Biths
Olson
Greycelill
Ole Ego
Greycliff
H_ Bliss Hdw Co
Court House
Shipton
Carter AB
Haggerty
Moore
Dick Browning
Mds Court House
Ryan WC
Ab Lowry Elsie
Moore J H
Assnd Citizens State Bank
Mulkern J
Severance I
BTL & P Co
Boulder
Jarrett
Treas
Budd Dick
George Ernest
Liebel Bros
Dr Moore
Also Mentioned on This Page
Metropolitan Museu OF
ANT
Ral
Inc
Nelson Lewis
Glass
Melville Trading Co
Foyem J
Heister Chas
Preston J OW
Milne R
Schmidlehofer J
Rou
Newton
Gough TL
Gough J
Baxter John
Austin BA
Overfelt Hugh
Bliss Hdw Co
Indsev
Anderson K
Olsen AB
van Diest
Leggett Woe
Labor Road
Sinnema RK
Harvey SP
Arneson
Gee
Store of Your Drugerst
W. D. Richards
Carter
Chas
Franklin W P
Nepstad
Clark
Moore W
Beach Mfg Co
Kemple J W
Asst
Clouse Frank
Michels Jos
McComb al
Barron John It
Heisler Chas
Kos CJ
Eddy
Geuys JC
Zi Lavold
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