Valley Forge Named One of Nation's Most Venerated Spots
The Philadelphia Record extols Valley Forge as a pivotal historic site near Philadelphia. It notes easy access via rail, tram, and auto for visitors, the park's 400 acres including Washington's headquarters, and $250000 state funding for preservation. The piece highlights the Washington Memorial arch and plans for a Steuben Memorial arch, praising the grounds as a fitting day trip with views from Mount Joy and relics like Washington's tent.
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Valley Forge
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Lexington
Washington
Schuylkill
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Iis
Germany
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New York
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Steuben Memorial
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Washington's Headquarters at Potts Farm Preserved as Historic Room
A stone farmhouse near the railroad station once owned by Isaac Potts, a Quaker, remains Washington's Headquarters. It is said Potts saw Washington praying in the icebound woods when hope was nearly gone, and the rooms retain their original character today.
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Isaac Potts
Memorial buildings at Valley Forge attract national interest
The Washington Memorial chapel the Thanksgiving tower and the Patriots' hall rise from popular subscriptions to honor American history. Built in Collegiate Gothic style, they will house Revolutionary relics and a unique Americana library. Completion may cost 200000 dollars and draw 100000 visitors yearly to Valley Forge near Philadelphia.
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Washington Memorial
W. Herbert Burk
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Valley Forge
Philadelphia
Wilson
Congress
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The
Union
Maine
California
Chester Valley
Maryland Patriots First Declare Independence in 1775
In Harford County Maryland the Patriots gathered at Harford Town now Bush on March 22 1775 and prepared and signed a Declaration of Independence likely the colonies first such document.
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Harford County
Maryland
Harford Town
Bush
Colonies
Stale Words and Bromides in Knickerbocker Press Style
A critique of overused phrasing by readers who prize old phrases. It notes Bromides as stale and cites Geo Bartlett and Barrie as counter examples. The piece discusses how writers cling to familiar phrases and the humor or danger of quotation marks.
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Knickerbocker Press
J. Pluvius
Bromides
Gelett Burgess
Burgess
Barrie
Bartlett
Walking Fern Grows Here at Children’s Museum
The walking fern, native to the United States, is showcased at the Brooklyn Institute Children’s Museum. It grows on mossy rocks near cliffs from eastern states to Kansas, with fronds six to fifteen inches long that root and form new plantlets. Under favorable conditions one plant may eventually become an entire colony.
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Brooklyn Institute
United States
Kansas
M. S. Draper
Children's Museum News
I Hear Florrie Broke Off Engagement Over Kiss
A man learns Florrie ended their engagement because he did not steal the kiss. His friend questions the reasoning as the abandoned fiancé explains the kiss was stolen by someone else.
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Florrie
Scott
The Antidote and Hulda’s Quick Button Move
A mistress praises Hulda as the best nursemaid in the world. She recalls a motor trip when the baby swallowed a button. Hulda explains she immediately gave the child a buttonhole to swallow, a startling remedy.
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Hulda
By Compulsion. Summer plans reveal family comedy
A meek man confirms he will go away for the summer, despite predicting misery and overspending. He cites two marriageable daughters and a strong-minded wife as motives, turning a simple trip into a light domestic satire.
The Rise and Fall of Criminal Scholar Ruloff
The article profiles Edward H. Ruloff born 1819 in New Brunswick, a voracious learner and polyglot who committed thefts and murders across New York and Pennsylvania. It covers his trials for abduction and murder, escapes with a jailer’s help, later burglary, his famed philology manuscript, and eventual execution after a jury verdict.
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Eugene Aram
Edward H. Ruloff
Aram
Ruloff
New Brunswick
Ithaca
Lake Cayuga
Ohio
Gven
Jarvis
Pennsylvania
Binghamton
New York State
Dryden
W. H. Schutt
Schutt
Lansing
Ruioff
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Val Magon
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