Flags of War and Valor in Maryland and Beyond
The Maryland state house in Annapolis houses a Revolutionary War flag carried by the Third Maryland regiment at Cowpens and later by William Bachelor’s family. Other banners include Oliver Hazard Perry’s flag from Lake Erie, a British royal standard captured in Canada, the Star Spangled Banner at the National Museum, and Mexican trophies at the Naval Academy.
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Uncle Sam
Statehouse
Annapolis
Maryland
John Enger Howard
Cowpens
S. C
William Bachelor
Bachelor
Baltimore
William
North Point
Oliver Hazard Perry
Niagara
Lawrence
Lake Erie
Perry
Purser Hambleton
United States Naval Academy At
Academy
Parliament House
Canada
George MV
Scotland
Ireland
England
Saxony
Hanover
Brunswick
Luneburg
Holy Roman Empire
National Museum
Washington
Fort McHenry
Key
Naval ‘Academy
Winfield Scott
Matthew Perry
Vera Cruz
Secrettary of War
Fort Sumter
Beverly Littlepage
Posses
Flags and banners from wars past at national museum
A long account details flags and banners preserved in the National Museum in Washington and related collections. It describes regimental and ship flags from the Civil War through the Spanish American War, Peary’s North Pole flag, Paul Jones’s Ranger ensign, and Marine Corps standards from Manila, Peking, and Cuba, with notes on their origins and fates.
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Regan
Roxbury
Maine
Annapolis
Dewey
Manila
Santiago
North Pole
Robert E. Peary
Safe Deposit Company
Washington
Cape Columbia
National Museum
United States
John Paul Jones
United States of America
Congress
War Department
Ranger
Paul Jones
Jones
Mexico
Peter Force
Library of Congress
Java
Zoura
Decatur
Fort Moultrie
Charleston
Harbor
South Carolina
Robert Anderson
United States Artillery
Fort Sumter
Abner Doubleday
Smithsonian Institution
New Orleans
Kearsarge
Alabama
Richmond
E. 0. C. Ord
Fort San Cristobal
San Juan
Porto Rico
Plaza
Ponce
Admiral Schley
Brooklyn
United States Marine Corps
Marine Corps
Cuba
Marine
Guantanamo
Sergeant Quick
Cunco
Quick
Gad
Martine Corps
Legation
Peking
Oregon
Tartar
Tientsin
Funeral of Turkish Crown Prince in Mecca Procession
Alexander Brody recounts the funeral cortege for Jussuf Izzeddin crown prince of Turkey. Eunuchs bear a wooden coffin. dervishes chant prayers. Union and Progress members march in Parisian dress. Wahdeddin and Medsid on the ride. Arabs in ornate costumes watch the scene amid cautious commentary on loyalty and money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Brody
Jussuf Izzeddin
Turkey
Fez
Jussus
Mecea
Union and Progress
Ozman
Wahdeddin
Abdul Hamid
Medsid
New York Herald
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helps Women
Testimonies from Mrs Runs of Ridgway Pennsylvania and Mrs Luvasry of Tennille Georgia praise relief from chronic female ailments after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. Customers report regained health enabling them to resume housework and garden tasks, with doctors noting severe ulceration previously.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Ridgway
Penn
Lydia K. Pinkham
O. M. Runs
Ridgway, Penn
W. E. Luvasry
R. R
Tennille
New Cord Kink Preventer for Flexible Telephone Lines
A Scientific American design uses two small composition pieces on a central spindle within brass shells. Two ball races between the rotating parts act as bearings and conductors. Cord terminals connect to binding screws. strain knots fit inside each shell. Swivel halves prevent cord snarl.
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Scientific American
Change of Base in Language and Gravity
A child argues with confusing grammar as Mary tries to lay down her doll Bella and family corrections echo the dilemma. The piece ends noting that when a man declines, gravity and social pressure push him downhill.
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Bella
Little Mary
Mary
Father trades on facsimile, student jokes at class
A teacher asks a student to explain facsimile. The boy, whose father is a lithographer, notes a copy depends on the document. If it is a £5 note the copy is counterfeit, if a check the copy is forgery. He concludes with a laugh about a ten year span.
Cuticura Heals Sore Hands Quickly in Ads
Soap soothes and heals rough hands as Cuticura emollients provide quick relief. Soak hands in hot suds, dry, rub in Cuticura Ointment, then wipe away surplus. Free sample by mail with Book offer from Cuticura Dept L Boston.
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Dept. L
Boston
Clever Wife Outwits Husband in Dress Purchase
A humorous tale from the New York Globe recounts a man bragging of his wife who returned home with two dresses after he gave just enough money for one. He praises her shrewdness and asks how she did it. The wife’s clever ruse is a light, witty reversal.
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Young
Haven
New York Globe
Local Query on Voratius Bridge Question
A reader dispute centers on who held the bridge during a past event. The pupil doubts any person by that name participated and notes no known bridge party in the neighborhood for several years.
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Voratius
Suspicion at Home Front Mystery
A fragment hints at a suspenseful domestic scene with a question about dirty hands and a possible wartime safety measure at home. The lines suggest tension between Mrs. Slobrowsky and Jan over cleanliness and wartime concerns.
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ACT OF Congress
Sion
Sons Pali
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Ile
Isp, Inc
Pine St
N.Y
Montgomery & Co., Inc
Folton Street
New York City
Harrison Brothers
Poughkeepsie, N. Y
Watson E. Coleman
Washington, D.C
Best Services
United Sales CO
Roda Eeter
Allsy
Booth Weymeath
Sur
New York
Hotel Astor Products
Brenan
E Remedy CO
Cuticura
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