Betsy Ross and the Birth of the American Flag
The narrative recalls Betsy Ross of Arch Street Philadelphia shaping the first U S flag. It details her life from Quaker roots to widow running an upholstery shop, her pivotal design changes guided by Washington Adams Franklin and Jefferson, and her later work as a nurse.
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Ing
Mrs. Richards
Mindwell
Philadelphia
Arch Street
Betsy Ross
Perry Richards
Jane
Elizabeth Griswold
John Ross
Betsy
Wilson
Baptist Church
Ross
Elizabeth
Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Republic
The
United States of America
Washington
Madam Ross
Ethel
United States
Capt
Ashburn
John Claypoole
Cliff Dwellers Host Surprise Party for Crowels Newlyweds
Residents of South Delphi known as the Cliff Dwellers held a Wednesday evening surprise for Mr and Mrs Charles Crowel Newleyweds with about fifty guests attending at 7 30 PM Gifts of candlesticks and bowl were presented Mrs Crowel praised the group for friendliness and kindness Guests included Mr and Mrs Ed Lines of Rossville and Mrs W H Gardner hosted twelve friends at flinch night od.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Delphi
Cliff Dwellers
Charles Crowel
Delphi High School French Club Forms With New Officers
The Delphi High School French club announces officers with President Harold Isaacs, secretary-treasurer William Clauser, sponsor Miss Bertha Caffyn, and Jean Wilson as chair of the program committee. Also noted are fashion trends among Rossville students and a piano performance by Miss Anna Gardner for the Delta Phi operetta Feast of the Little Lanterns. A classroom quiz prompts a joke about bad habits. A Terre Haute Tribune Sunday feature praises Miss Dorothy Wilson of Logansport for a reading program at a Women’s Department club event with vivid praise of her charm and presence.
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New Delphi High School
Delphi High School
Anna Gardner
Public Sale of Horses Farm Implements and Household Goods
Public auction to settle ED COURTNEY's estate at residence in Delphi across Interurban creek on Saturday March 21 1925 at 1230 PM rain or shine. Items include gray and black horses a blind sorrel mare farming implements hay equipment and tools plus household furniture and clothing with six month credit on >10 at 7 percent interest and cash for smaller sums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delphi
Norfolk Woman Praises Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
Mrs. J. A. Jones of 317 Colleymine Norfolk Virginia credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with improving her health during the Change of Life after months of shadowy illness. She reports reliance on the remedy and offers to share letters from other women who benefited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Virginia
Lydia
E. Pinkham
J. A. Jones
Colley Mine
Temperance Meeting Speaker Ida Mix to Visit Delphi
Mrs. Ida Mix of Kokomo, state vice president of the W C T U, will speak in Delphi Wednesday evening March 18. All interested in temperance work are urged to attend. the meeting place will be announced from church pulpits on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ida Mix
Kokomo
Delphi
All Built on Liberty Misquotes from a Fragment
A fragmented, unclear passage reflects on liberty as the foundation of greatness and democracy, musing on commerce and national identity with incomplete phrases and stray ideas. The text lacks coherent events, names, or dates to anchor a concrete news item.
State Highway Officials Indicted in War Materials Scandal
Marion county grand jury indicted state highway director John D. Williams and four others on charges of conspiracy to embezzle and grand larceny. Alleged irregularities in sales of war materials turned over by the federal government formed the basis of the case. Earl Crawford and Victor Goldberg were also named in the indictments with two other defendants kept secret.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Williams
Marion County Grand Jury
Earl Crawford
Victor Goldberg
Way Down East Screenings at Arc March Sixteen Seventeen
The Arc presents the classic film Way Down East shown on Monday and Tuesday March sixteen and seventeen. The engagement highlights a landmark picture acclaimed as among the greatest in cinema.
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Carroll Cos
U.S
Citizens National
Crlize Elezoctes
National Bank
Indiana
America
Congress
Fort Stanwix
Oriskany
Brandywine
Liberty
Philadelphia Bulletin
Yorktown
W. H. Gardner
Flinch
Rossville High School
Oliver Sulky
John Deere
ED Courtney
Auds
Augusta Mull
Ethel M.kinnaman
A. Grube Co
Logansport
Chapeaux
Fifth St
Logansport, Ind
Cain
del Monte
Phoenix
Farmers’ Co-Operative
Rockfield
Faille
Golden Rule Schmitt-Kloepfer Company
Broadway
Market St
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