Haym Salomon The Hidden Pillar Of American Liberty
The article extols Haym Salomon a Polish-born financier of the American Revolution. It details his escape from British imprisonment, roles as interpreter, broker, and key lender to Robert Morris, saving the Continental cause with about 211 678 dollars of his own money. It notes his vital yet unrecognized impact and his death in 1785 leaving his family in poverty due to lack of repayment promises from Congress.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Thaddeus Kosciusko
Casimir Pulaski
United States
Haym Salomon
Haym
New York
Sons of Liberty
Washington
Long Island
Lord Howe
Salomon
Cunningham
Henry Clinton
Philadelphia
France
Continental Congress
Pennsylvania Line
Morristown
Congress
New Jersey
Robert Morris
Morris
Iberty
Russell
Paris
la Courteult and Company
North America
Cornwallis
Yorktown
Republi
Chic Beaded Collar and Cuff Sets Delight in Yuletide Gift
The piece notes beaded collar and cuff sets as stylish gifts for women family and friends. It highlights new beaded neck wear in departments and suggests their wide appeal for Christmas gifting.
Christmas Gift De Luxe in Ebony Glass and Silver Inlay
A seasonal display features ebony black glass pieces with sterling silver inlay. The bon bon dish or shapely vase offers a refined gift, while an elaborate console set exemplifies the deluxe option for Christmas gifting.
Stagecoach book ends become festive home decor
Santa plans a specialty this Christmas with clever stagecoach book ends. Each end features a decorative coach, replacing the once popular ship as a home ornament, whether a regal stagecoach or a hardy American pioneer design.
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Santa
Stagecoach
Cute Pillows for Youngsters Christmas Gift Idea
A Christmas gift idea for youngsters features washable pillows made of sateen or percale with gingham appliqué animals or birds. Santa Claus endorses this type for pillow fights, appealing to mothers for nursery use.
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Santa Claus
Expert Claims World Is Happy
A Chinese university study led by Dr. Randolph Sailer and analyzed by Dr. Goodwin Watson finds most people view themselves as happier than average. The survey links happiness to health, low worry about the future, and consistent moods, with finance and marriage influencing outcomes.
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New York
Randolph Sailer
Yenching University
China
Saller
Goodwin Watson
Teachers’ College
Indians Restart Turkeys on Walker River Reservation
Prehistoric activity of turkey farming has been revived by workers on the Walker River Indian Reservation. Workers raised and sold 3,000 birds in 1929 and will market about 400 this fall. The Aztec tribes of Mexico once made turkey raising a major food source.
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Walker River Indian Reservation
Mexico
New Fangled Ideas Bother a Logan Farmer
A local farmer visiting Logan, Ohio aboard a buggy ignored traffic rules. He ran two red signals, executed a U turn on the main street, and tied to a theater entrance light standard near a fireplug.
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Logan
Ohioa
It Was Just an Osprey Not a Vicious Eagle
Alfred Hoch of Grandville Michigan killed a bird he believed to be an eagle after a duck hunt. He returned home triumphant, but seasoned hunters identified the bird as a rare osprey, clarifying it is harmless and not an eagle.
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Grandville
Mich
Alfred Hoch
Michigan
Man Carried Shot in Hand for 30 Years
An eighty eight year old man A. T. Powell had nine lead fragments removed from his hand by a doctor. The shot remained after a gun accident discharged more than thirty years ago in Solo Oregon.
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Solo, Ore
A. T. Powell
Is Man Without Country Hitler of Germany
New York profiles Adolf Hitler, aiming to become Germany's Mussolini, building a 6.5 million cadre via beer garden rhetoric. Described as thin and nervous yet fervent, he appeals to youth while despising women. Born in Austria in 1889, he lost Austrian citizenship after fighting for Germany, unable to sit in the Reichstag, once mocked after the 1923 Munich putsch, now a rising force through legal methods.
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New York
Adolph Hitler
Mussolini
Germany
Europe
Hitler
Beer Garden
Tyrol
Reichstrg
Munich
Review of Reviews
Car Crank Left Intact After Train Tragedy
Nels Bervin of McLeod cranked his stalled flivver on railroad tracks in Wapheton North Dakota. The westbound train struck the vehicle leaving the crank and front portion intact while the rear part was obliterated.
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Wapheton
N. D
Nels Bervin
McLeod
Bervin
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