Gettysburg Remembered How Meade Won at a Great Field
National Geographic describes Gettysburg in July 1868 as a turning point with Meade taking command, Lee aiming to break the Union defense, and Pickett's Charge marking a climactic assault. The article notes the battlefield’s scale, monuments, and enduring memory as a symbol of American courage and unity.
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National Geographic, Society
Washington, D. C
WNN
Gettysburg
Abraham
Lincoln
Appomattox
America
George Gordon Meade
Fifth Corps
Washington
Meade
War Department
Army of the
Lee
Culp’s Hill
Army of the Potomac
Virginia
Wheatfield
Devil's den
Warren
Pickett
Stonewall Jackson
Bull Run
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Chancellorsville
Round Top
Cemetery
Webb
Armistead
Abraham Lincoln
Gettysburg Battle Field Memorial
Short-Tail the Shrew explains winter stores and habits
Peter Rabbit spends time with Short-Tail the Shrew who reveals it stores food for winter in ground tunnels and cache of snails. Short-Tail claims active winter foraging, warns Peter misreads tracks as a mouse, and notes hunting by Reddy Fox and Shadow the Weasel provides scraps and bones for meals.
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Peter Rabbit
Peter
Short-Tail the Shrew
Short-Tail
Short- Tail
Danny Meadow Mouse
Short-Tall
Reddy Fox
Shadow
Shadow ‘the Weasel
T. W. Burgess
Wide Midsummer Hats Parade in New York Shows Crowned Panamas
Designers in New York unveil midsummer hat fashions with wide brims and bold crowns. The display features an important crown draping in a smart paper Panama town hat.
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New York
Panama
Monkeys and Fleas at the Bronx Zoo
A Bronx zoo curator notes that common myths about monkeys swinging by tails and constantly swapping fleas are false. He explains that only New World monkeys have prehensile tails and that captive animals are largely free from parasites due to dry conditions and care.
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Bronx Zoo
New World
Homemade Sorbets and Freezes From The 1933 Guide
A 1933 Western Newspaper Union recipe roundup describes syrup making with lemon juice for ice, strawberry cream freezes, and pineapple orange frappes. It details sugar water ratios, chilling, freezing, and serving ideas with strawberries and mixed fruit syrups.
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Western Newspaper Union
Oddball Notes From Old Exam Papers And Golf Tips
A collage of quirky lines from 1930s text fragments includes humorous BONERS in exam papers, botanical mislabels, and a golf instruction passage explaining grip and swing. It mentions Lincoln, Napoleon, and a duke, with nonsensical phrases about grafting trees and fruit twists.
Foundations of a Steady Life and Reputation
The piece argues building strength from the ground up beats hollow splendor. It favors daily, earned reputation and steady savings over sudden fame, insecure wealth, or fragile fortune, warning that abrupt riches can vanish without timely care.
Sky Ride Fascinates Chicago Expo Visitors
Colombians and other guests at the Century of Progress thrill to the Sky Ride. The aerial cable car system links two tall towers with swift cars along a steel cable, reminiscent of Colombia’s long standing mountain cableways. Last year such routes carried 100000 passengers and 32000000 pounds of freight.
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Century of Progress
Chicago
Colombia
Republic
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United States
Ington
Stuart
Hooker
BY Thornton W. Burgess
Chick Evans
Lena
Dobbin
Bell Syndicate
WNU
Cuicrt Gvans
Ball
J. Vincent Lewis
Cleveland Heights
Ohio
Leicester
Eng
Roosevelt
Charles Chaplin
Napoleon
Duke of Clarence
Gell Syndicate
Ular
By Douglas Malloch
Papa
Pope
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