First Congress Guided a New Nation to Unity
The article recalls the voyage of four-score men led by Madison Monroe and others to New York in 1789 to open the new federal government. It highlights achievements like the Bill of Rights, the cabinet of Jefferson Hamilton Knox, a federal judiciary, a national banking system, a mint and coinage, and measures protecting shipping and industry, establishing security at home and abroad.
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Congress
United States
America
James Madison
James Monroe
Richard Henry Lee
Robert Morris
Charles Carroll
Rufus King
Roger Sherman
Pierce Butler
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
Republic
New York
Philadelphia
England
Spain
United States Congress
State
Treasury
War
Alexander
Hamilton
Heniy Knox
Potomac
Washington
The President of the United States in early sessions
The article outlines early debates in Congress over presidential titles and tariff policies. It notes the adoption of the simple constitutional form for the presidency, discusses Hamilton’s financial programs, the national bank, and mint currency acts, and details salary scales for the President and other officials, highlighting debates on revenue and public debt.
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Iri Gurney
Northwarn
Mt"Vernon
New York
Congress
Ellsworth
Connecticut
The
United States
Secretaries of State
Treasury
John
Supreme Court
Sufferers of Colitis Often Not Lazy but High Strung
Mayo Clinic doctors say emotional factors drive colitis symptoms and that treatment centers on addressing social and personal stress rather than diet. Cure comes as patients gain poise and adjust to life, with improvements in constipation and diarrhea as worries diminish.
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James W. Barton
Charles W. Mayo
E. G. .Wakefield
Mayo Clinic
Foot Defects Should Receive Prompt Care
Recruits for overseas service show the need for feet free of pain and discomfit. Young people lack proper footwear in youth and teens, causing hammer toes corns bunions and ingrown nails from ill fitting shoes. Walk straight ahead and avoid toeing out or in to protect posture and health.
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Beulah France
Hygeia
Curtains for French doors solve rod and opening clash
Ruth Wyeth Spears explains how to hang draperies for French doors without hindering operation. A top mounted curtain rod extends beyond the doorway, with curtains sewn to rings to cover hooks and frame sides while doors swing.
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Ruth Wyeth
Spears
Desplaines St
Chicago
Ill
Haphazard Thoughts on Travel and Caesarism
A fragmented reflection on travel waking memory and judgment. The speaker muses on bed of roses as unforgettable and notes travel broadens the mind yet can annoy. They discuss intelligence tests and claim Caesarism and Nero were imbeciles with Christians persecuted. most Caesars lacked judgment.
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Mis Daly
Journal of the First Congress of
South
Dr. Barton
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Adleriks
Main Street
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