History of the American flag from origins to 1816
The article traces flag history from medieval cross banners to the British Union Jack, the Cambridge flag at Cambridge in 1776, and early American banners. It notes Betsy Ross debates, the 1777 adoption of the stars and stripes, 1794 addition to 15 stars and 16 stripes, and 1816 return to 15 stripes with one star per state.
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Glass case to cover Grant’s cabin in Fairmount Park
Grant’s cabin in Fairmount Park Philadelphia will be encased in a glass structure. The log T shaped building used by Grant during 1864 65 while siege operations occurred is 30 years in the park, deteriorating from weather and hunter vandalism, and a park engineer plans to cover it.
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Fairmount Park
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Richmond
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Police fail to locate kidnapped dry leader in Detroit
Detroit reports no trace of Rev. Louis R. Patment of Milwaukee the alleged dry leader who disappeared Monday night. Friends and relatives say he was kidnapped by opponents of local option campaigns as the Sherman Co. record states.
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Louis R. Patment
Milwaukee
Real Germans Resent Insult in 1918 German cases
Berlin reports a 1918 tally of more than 224000 insult cases. Examples include a man fined for replying to an officer in disguise and a striker fined for saying Pawn as passersby, among others involving officials and editors in the public sphere.
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Germany
Citisen
Landrat
Prussian
Denver Man Elected by Court of Honor
St Louis June seventeenth A L Hereford of Springfield Illinois was chosen supreme chancellor and Charles F Wadsworth of Denver supreme vice chancellor at the Court of Honor tenth biennial convention in Denver.
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Court OF Honor
ST Louis
A. L. Hereford
Springfield
Charles F. Wadsworth
Wadsworth Leads Denver Western News Paper Union Branch
Mr. Wadsworth manages the Denver branch of the Western News Paper Union and is a familiar figure to Wyoming newspaper men.
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Denver
Western Newspaper Union
Wyoming
Watch Repairing-Dan 5. Park & Company. Varnishes.
Watch repair listing notes services by Dan 5 Park and Co. and varnish products from The Sherman Co. indicating a local shop advertisement style catalog entry in a 19th or early 20th century newspaper.
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Dan
Detroit Dr. Lawrence Hull Named Possible Appointee
The excerpt notes Dr. Lawrence Hull reflecting on a possible appointment, saying friends deem him worthy of the position. He mentions being recommended by colleagues and that no definite action has been taken yet.
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Mish
Lawrence
Hull
Turkish government proclaims siege at Smyrna and Dardanelles
An Exchange Telegraph despatch from Constantinople reports a state of siege declared by the Turkish government at Smyrna and along the Dardanelles to curb Greek emigration from Asia Minor and Turkey.
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Constantinople
Smyrna
Asia Minor
Dardanelles
Turkey
CARD PARTY AND DANCE FOR LADIES OF THE MACCABEES
A note from the Sherman reports a card party and dance hosted by the Ladies of the Maccabees in a small room, with Miss Cahill's orchestra providing music and paint brushes referenced as part of the event.
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Seda True
Miss Cahill
Alghest-61 Battevese Date Reported in 42 Pears
A cryptic entry titled Alghest-61 references Battevese date in 42 pears with figures like Might and a strange monetary symbol. The OCR yields unclear numbers and symbols, leaving the core item a puzzling note. No clear events or persons are identifiable from readable text.
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Alghest
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