Our Flag 158 Years Old A Flag Day Chronicle
A June 14 Flag Day commemoration marks the 138th anniversary of the flag’s adoption. The piece traces the flag’s history from the 1777 design to later additions, the American Flag Association’s role, and laws protecting the emblem. It notes widespread respect and the flag’s overseas symbolism.
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United States
American Flag Association
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
New York
Bar Association
Cigarmakers’ Association
A Flag Day Lyric by Hyland C. Kirk
Poem praising the flag’s symbolism and its connection to liberty and progress. It extols the blue and white colors and the bright gleam of the flag as a beacon of freedom, urging readers to heed its message of a brighter, freer age.
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Hyland C. Kirk
Paris court pins majority blame on pedestrian in taxi crash
In Paris June 1912 a taxi collided with M. Lefranc’s car to avoid a foot passenger. The court found both the passenger and taxi firm at fault but held the pedestrian mainly responsible, ordering him to pay three fourths of the damages.
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Paris
Champs
Elysees
M. Lefranc
M. Flores
Compagnie Generale Des Taxiautes
Compagnie Generale
Flag Day Reflections On Democracy And Liberty
The New York Sun argues Flag Day prompts varied views from flag worship to distrust. Both stances, it says, contribute to sane civic duty as democracy has largely succeeded and will earn future respect despite industrial and federal governance flaws.
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New York Sun
Munich talks on a German mouth to the Rhine
A Munich conference discusses creating a German outlet to the Rhine to reduce Dutch profits from German traffic. It notes that Holland currently profits from the Rhine via Rotterdam and argues Germany must build an independent route to world markets.
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Rhine
Holland
Europe
Rotterdam
Munich
Germany
Oh That’s Different Patience Peggy Afraid of Microbes
A brief, playful exchange suggests Patience Peggy fears germs yet allows affection from men, prompting a witty reversal in dialogue. The dialogue hints at social norms and humor of the period.
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Patience
Peggy
Patrice
Rub-No-More washing powder promotes cleaner clothes and homes
A housewife praises Rub-No-More washing powder saying it cleans clothes without hot water and can tackle dishes sinks toilets and even milk cracks. The product is advertised as a sudsless dirt remover from The Rub-No-More Co. of Ft Wayne Indiana, priced five cents.
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Rub-No-More Co
Ft. Wayne, Ind
Ice Price Boost Suggested by Ice Trust
A satirical list argues for raising summer ice prices, noting thick heavy ice costs more to handle, large blocks waste cutting, ice freezes solid in storage, hot summer demand may outstrip supply, extra thickness coldness and quality justify higher prices, and that ice price never matched production costs.
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Ice Trust
Tommy Pop Defines An Idealist
Tommy Pop describes an idealist as a very young man who thinks all women are angels in the Philadelphia Record.
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Tommy
Pop
Philadelphia Record
Modesty and Manners Highlighted by Alcott Quote
Thoughtful line by A B Alcott on self reverence and fine manners shaping true greatness. The quote frames modesty as a mark of fair minded individuals and worthy bearing.
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A. B. Alcott
Swords, frying pan, and Big John at Gaines Mill
At Gaines Mill in 1862 the Fifth Texas captured two Union regiments. Union officers surrendered swords to Colonel Upton who laid down his frying pan as a mock sword. A chase for escape ended when Big John Ferris blocked prisoners. Upton urged him to let them go, declaring they’d rather fight than feed them.
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Gaines Mill
Fifth
Texas
Upton
Big John” Ferris
Company B
John Ferris
Big John
Forget-Me-Not Birthday Letters From Afar
A solemn man in tor toise-shell glasses recalls a ten year old friendship with a dear girl who writes him a birthday letter each year. He notes she writes the same sentiment on a different date annually, a detail the waistcoated observer finds endearing yet curious.
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Alfred
The Fingerless Kind
Lillian Russell visiting Atlantic City marvels at many slashed skirts on the Boardwalk. A young girl comments on her own dress asking if it fits like a glove, to which Russell responds in good humor that it fits like a mitt.
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Lillian Russell
Atlantic City
Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills Ad With Sugar Coating
A historical advertisement promotes Wrights Indian Vegetable Pills offered with and without soluble sugar coating. The pills claim to regulate bowels invigorate the liver and purify the blood in this medicinal notice.
Thrush’s Nest Hatchs Amid Train Delays in Ulster
A thrush in Limavady Ulster built a four egg nest under a first class carriage over a steam pipe. The 4:40 train altered to 4:50 causing nest and eggs to vanish. The bird returned by next train and resumed incubation as railway officials suspend that carriage until hatchings complete.
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Limavady
Ulster
Ireland
Londonderry
Dodging the Issue in Courier Journal
A man asks why Miss Wombat avoids him and whether she is angry. He explains he aims to propose and suspects she senses his plan, discussed in the Louisville Courier Journal.
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Tennessee
Ohio
Louisiana
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Francis Scott Key
Iw.l. Douglas
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