Glorious Day at King's Mountain Battlefield Turning Point
An account of the King's Mountain battle in the American Revolution portrays it as a decisive turning point. Loyalists and natives suffered heavy losses as Col. Ferguson fell, Cornwallis paused, and mountaineers rallied under leaders like Shelby and Campbell, with 600 surrendering and 128 wounded.
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King’s Mountain
Bonner
Carolinas
George Washington
Patrick Ferguson
Cornwallis
Great Britain
Tennessee
Kentucky
Else's Mountain
Col
John Bewler
Janae Bhelby
Ferguson
Callnon
Sycamore Shoals
Holston
William
Campbell
McDowell
Cleveland
Hill
Hambright
de Peveter
Paine’s Pen Factor in British Defeat
A Milwaukee Journal writer argues Tom Paine’s pamphlets helped sustain American morale during Washington’s 1776 Trenton raid. The piece recalls Paine’s Common Sense and The Crisis guiding troops amid freezing, starving conditions as the Hessians faced a bold, morale-boosting surprise attack.
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Paine
America
George Washington
Washington
Tom Paine
Milwaukee Journal
New Jersey
Trenton
Philadelphia
Ehrink
Honor and Fame to Brave Mad Anthony Wayne
The article recounts General Anthony Wayne nicknamed Mad Anthony for his daring during the Revolution. It traces his leadership at Stony Point, Monmouth, Brandywine and Germantown, his Valley Forge training, and his decisive victory at Fallen Timbers. It notes his nickname origin, bravery in battle, and death at age fifty two in Erie, Pennsylvania.
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Anthony Wayne
General Wayne
Anthony
Anthony Wayre
Pennsylvania
Wayne
Steuben
Valley Forge
Stonewell
Stony Point
Monmouth
Brandywine
Gormantown
Agenia
Northwest Territory
Harmer
St. Clair
Red Warriors
Washington
Presque Isle
Erie
Philadelphia Ledger
Hoover plan to cut world Armies and naval strength
President Hoover proposed a plan to reduce global armed forces by one third to save up to sixteen billion dollars over ten years. He urged abolishing tanks chemical warfare large mobile guns and bombing planes while cutting battleship carrier cruiser and destroyer tonnage and limiting submarines. The plan drew mixed reactions at Geneva with Britain and Russia broadly favorable and France hostile.
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Hoover
White House
Geneva
Hugh Gibson
Mr. Hoover
Stimson, Harvey and
Adama
William E. Borah
Idaho
Borsh
George Norris
Nebraska
Borah
Norria
United States
Roosevelt delegates face fight over permanent chairman
Roosevelt supporters push for John E Mack as permanent chairman amid a battle with Walsh backers over replacing Shouse. The convention also features the Schweling Sharkey title bout, held in a Long Island bowl before about 70 000 fans and widespread radio coverage.
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Oosevelt
Orst
John E. Mackwell
Thomas J. Walsh
Montana
Jowett Shouse
New York
Rens
Max Schweling
Germany
Jack Sharkey
Boston
Ttle
Long Island
Sharkey
Boatemanens
Gene Tusney
Jimmy Walker
Schmellog
Erep
George Kelly
Gunboat Smith
Charles Mathison
Moz Jeck
Earhart tribute and policy notes mix in town and nation
Amelia Earhart Putnam is greeted with honors in New York and appeals for public support as President Hoover and Congress push budget measures. The piece blends ceremonies, federal relief plans, and political maneuvering with international and domestic updates across Washington Dublin and Chicago.
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Ireland
Amelia Earhitt Putnam
New York
Metropole
City Hall
Major Walker
Rosea
Bryant Park
Mra. Futommen
Washington
Hoover
National Geographic Society
Chicago
Putnam
Surratt House History and Lincoln Conspiracy Ties
The Surratt house on A street was remodeled in 1925 into a store and apartment building. It housed discussions of the Lincoln assassination plot by John Wilkes Booth and others, with Booth arranging horses and firearms there before the crime. Mary Surratt’s former residence had long stood as a Civil War era boarding house for actors and theatrical patrons.
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Chicago
Congress
Jouett Shouse
Washington
Carter Glass
Virginia
Joseph T. Rob Ingon
Arkansas
John Garner
Texas
Garner
al Smith
Roosevelt
Surratt
Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Mira
Mary Surratt
John Ve Reoth
Washington Seer
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Leaders In
Freedom’s Cause
Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben
Nathanael Greene
Scipio Alfricasua
Johann DE Kalb
Camden
Ethan Allen
Thomderous
Revolutionery Annals
Ticonderoga
Senator Borah
Edward W. Pickard
Txdiana
Democrats
Paul Vl McNwtt
Frederick van Muyn
Indianapolis
van Nuys
Inn
Jim Watson
House
Supreme Court
Treasury
Départment
Senate
Dulin
Heylen
Namur
Congress Committee
Byrne
Dublin
Cardinal Lauri
Archbishop Byrne
Phoenix Park
Arlos Davila
Chile
Marmaduke Grove
Davilamandi
Joann Fernandes
Santiago
Col. Grove
Eenor Roosevelt
New York City
Samuel Seabury
Wee
Wester Mewsy
Lewis Hattersley
Hajio
Lelia Hatterstey
WNU
Ire Putnam
Surratt House
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