Marines' 1805 Tripoli Assault Remembered in Africa
A March 1805 Derna to Tripoli advance led by Lieutenant Presley N. O Bannon and 7 Marines with 36 Greeks and 90 Berbers. They stormed Derna, raised the flag, held off Arab forces until peace arrived, inspiring the Mameluke sword tradition in Marine dress uniform.
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Herman Allen
U. S
North Africa
Alexandria
Egypt
Derna
Tripoli
Corry Evening Journal
U.S
Africa
United States
William Exton
Consur
Tunis
Presley N. O'Bannon
U. S. Congress
France
Algiers
Bay of
Philadelphia
Stephen de~ Jontur
Yusuf
Hashan
Hamet
Bayot
Eaton
O'Bannon
This Blessed Land On a Day of War and Unity
A patriotic exhortation praising American resolve during wartime. The speaker stresses divine aid, national unity, and gratitude for domestic peace while urging citizens to strive for the nation's betterment and to deserve blessings on a festival day.
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Iravan
Joshua
Faith and Works in War Time Public Morals
The piece questions public confidence amid Allied successes in World War II, warning against pride and boasting. It urges humility, steady heart in prosperity, and recalls Kipling’s Recessional, arguing that continued victory requires restraint and faith rather than reckless overconfidence.
Butter and dairy supply pressures in wartime food outlook
Wartime notes the butter output has declined while per capita availability falls as milk and dairy grow tighter. Demand rises for overseas and allied needs, with shortages expected unless dairy farmers return to farms. The piece laments prose quality and cites Hitler and wartime geopolitics influencing food security.
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Sven
Bo Slehten
Daily Dozen on Pupils and European Tiny States
A classroom note discusses how some pupils become behavior problems due to home and environment factors. The text shifts to brief historical mentions of Europe, noting Andorra under German occupation, the tiny Liechtenstein in the Swiss Customs Union, and the small Italian state San Marino with its ancient roots and neutrality.
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France
Spain
Miller
Andorra
Ausoria
I Europe
Austria
Switzerland
Principality of
Liechtenstein
San Magino
Italy
Europe
Edike
Youngest general Mark Clark reshapes wartime leadership
The text proclaims Mark Clark as the youngest lieutenant general in U.S. history at 48, contrasting wartime youth with older commanders of past conflicts. It notes changes in strategy, openness to younger leaders, and cites British wartime practices as evidence of benefits from younger command.
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Mark Clark
Peek HO
von Haeseler
Verdun
Hitler
Luslie Hore-Relicita
War Office
England
Twenty Years Ahead High School Notities and Events
Twenty years ago a civic program in the High School auditorium features an operetta The Soul of Priscilla with 150 grade pupils. Police chief Dunnie warns against slot machines and gambling devices in all stores. Obituaries note the deaths of Mrs Carrie Sandburg and Mrs Helen Wynn, with survivors listed. Red Cross annual appeal lags behind prior years. Erie Railroad tracks blocked after a major train wreck derailed thirteen cars four miles west of the city.
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Priscilla
Dunnie
Mora
Erie Railroad
Helps Bitter Sign Over Spoiled Parts In St Louis Factory
A St Louis factory dispute centers on defective components and a bitter sign claiming the project would ruin the workforce. The note reads This helped Hitt er ie the graveyard of your mis takes and underscores tensions as managers seek repairs and accountability.
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St. Luis
Child Drowned in Rear Pool Near Falconer Home
Jamestown report details the drowning of John Alden Smith, 2 2, aged 31, after falling into a small pool behind the Levant Falconer Road home. Friends, firemen, and physicians failed to revive him following heavy rains and rising flood waters.
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John Alden Smith
Falconer
Jamestown
Allen Smith
Smith
Erie floats bonds to settle pavement issue
City council yesterday approved an ordinance for a bond issue of about 400000 dollars to finance the settlement of the city pavement bond matter. Townsend Elliott and Munson of Philadelphia were awarded the bond issue and O. Collings End Co of Philadelphia was named to handle all legal affairs pertaining to the settlement plan.
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City Counen Yeaterday
Townsend, Elliott and Munson
Philadelphia
O. ©. Collings
Quick relief for excess stomach acid distress ad
Anadvertised medicine listing STVANT tablets and STUART tablets claiming fast relief after meals. The copy touts delicious tasting tablets, single doses and prices 25e 600 and 3.70, with claims of blessed relief and doctor usage, using uncertain terms and stylized wording.
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Besey
Aslet
Bain
Eesune
Wapaneese
Fe Wenderful
Selief
Sideoystorag
Jamestown Detectives Question Woman in Burglary Case
Jamestown detectives questioned a Third Ward woman yesterday about Baward Rubaneckc who is held in Jamestown in connection with a burglary at the Empie Case Goods Company on November the woman, reportedly living at Salamanca, is said to have been involved with Rubaneckc. Investigators hoped to learn if the prisoner is linked to other Jamestown burglaries through her testimony.
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Jamestown
Baward Rubaneckc
Empie Case Goods Company
Bubaneck
Salamanca
Stolen Filing Cabinet Found at Crayford Woods Plant
A filing cabinet missing from Crayford M. Woods Company offices was found yesterday afternoon under a sack of feed in the plant. The cash drawer had been lifted with about $40 missing. Patrolman Ross Mead examined the cabinet seeking fingerprints to identify the thief or thieves.
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Crayford M. Woods Company
Ross Mead
Rumford Baking Powder benefits diet and bones
A vintage note urges balance in diet emphasizing calcium and phosphorus for teeth and bones. It claims one level teaspoon of Rumford Baking Powder in baked foods provides half a daily phosphorus and one third of calcium. The ad offers a free Rumford recipe folder and cites two and a half million families using the product.
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Rumford
Rhode Taland
Big Deer Kill Seen As Disappointing Hunt In DuBois Area
In DuBois Pennsylvania on November 2 a four day bear season yielded little success for local hunters. No DuBois hunter scored a deer kill while only a handful of Clearfield county nimrods brought in game. Despite the poor showing some signs suggest deer numbers are rising and a bigger deer season may come as wildlife officials predicted. Old hunters say the season will not meet expectations yet believe deer are making a comeback.
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Dubois
Clearfield County
Game Commission
Franklin Hunter shot by companion in hunting accident
Earl Andrew George, 17, a Franklin High student of 725 Buffalo street, was wounded in the head by a gunshot near Salina while Beers, 22, of 743 Buffalo street, mistook a target for a pheasant and fired. George suffered a back head wound, left ear injury, and left eye displacement.
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Franklin Hunter
Franklin
Earl Andrew George
Buffalo Street
Franklin High School
Franklin Hospital
Salina
Young George
Waller Beers
Buffalo
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George Wynn
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Dearny Center
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Glenn
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Charles
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Erie Floats
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