How to Make an American Flag A Guide From Betsy Ross Era
The article details two methods for sizing a flag using two inch ribbons, calculating canton size, stripe lengths, and total ribbon purchase. It recounts Betsy Ross’s disputed role in creating the first flag, notes the 1777 congressional resolution for 13 stripes and 18 stars, and explains the 48 star layout after 1912 with six rows of eight stars.
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United Colonies
Airlife
Prospect Hill
Cambridge
Continental Congress
George Washington
George Ross
Robert Morris
Ross
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Journal of Congress
Washington
American Congress
United States
Union
Betsy Ross
William J. Canby
United States Congress
Arizona
New Mexico
Flag should fly on every public place, Porter urged
General Horace Porter urged keeping the flag visible everywhere in a republic. He said the flag must be hoisted on every court building and prominent memorial and kept there day and night through calm and storm, never lowered.
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Horace Porter
Senate
Seafaring, Riots, and Peace Talks Highlight Early 1920s News
The report covers John W Campbell's testimony on the Puako murder case in New York, a deadly riot at the Willys Overland plant in Toledo, and Senate actions on private control of wires. It notes bank robbery in Algiers, a San Francisco train crash, Texas women’s vote results, Col Robert Bacon’s death, and reactions to the Versailles peace terms. It also mentions NC 4’s Atlantic flight, Villa attacks in Mexico, and German counter proposals amid postwar tensions.
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New York City
John W. Campbell
Maquoketa
Iowa
Adolph C. Pederson
Campbell
Pedersen
Adolph
Axel Hansen
Hansen
Willys-Overland Automobile Company
Toledo
Ohio
Washington
Kellogg
Minnesota
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
Congress
New Orleans
Interstate Bank and Trust Company
Algiers
Hoboken
Presidio
San Francisco
Salt Creek
Ashland
Neb
Fort Omaha
Texas
Robert Bacon
France
Eye and Ear Hospital
New York
League of Nations
St. Louis
Missouri
Homer S. Cummings
Democratic National Committee
Memorial Day Observed After World War I in Washington
Washington considers permanent interment for fallen soldiers in France as reports reveal revolutionary outbreaks in Mexico. The death of Gen Ernesto Damy and others during a Tehuantepec railroad attack is noted. Navy hesitates over new programs but backs completing authorized capital ships. May business grows in retail as wartime buying power releases. Memorial Day honors heroes of all wars in the national capital.
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Washington
France
Mexico City
Ernesto Damy
Tehuantepec
Felix Diaz
Damby
Navy Department
United States
Federal Reserve Board
German Armistice Protest and Postwar News
The German armistice commission sent a note to the Allied powers protesting French support for a Rhine republic as treason. In Valence sur Rhone a theater fire killed dozens and injured many. 84 dead with 5% children and 21 women among the bodies. General Pershing closed Memorial Day at Romagne. The Rhine republic was proclaimed in Rhine cities with Doctor Dorden as head. American NC-4 seaplane crews received a heroes’ reception in London after trans Atlantic flight. The NC-4 and its crew were decorated with the Order of the Tower and Sword by Portugal’s foreign minister.
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Senate Interstate ‘Commerce Committee
Cummins
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States
Ray Baker
Hines
Railroad Administration
House Appropriations Committee
Washington
Plymouth
England
Daniels
Chihuahua City
Mexico
Villa
Angeles
Juarez
Karl Renner
Austria
St. Germain
Palmer
Boston
Pittsburg
Paterson
Iady
Cleveland
Germany
Count von Brockdorff-Rantzau
German Armistice Commission
Rhenish Republic
Valence-Sur-Rhone
France
Pershing
Romagne
Argonne
Rhine
Doctor Dorden
London
Paddington Station
Com
A. C. Read
Atlantic
Berlin
Freiheit
Vogel
Rosa Luxemburg
United States Navy
Albert Cushing
Ligbon
Azores
Order of the Tower and Sword
Georgia News Briefs From Across The State
Tobacco acreage in Tifton territory rises to about 2000 acres up from under 100 last year. Athens reports a confession from J. C. Hulsey tied to the Franklin County Bank robbery, naming three others. Georgia inventories hydrophobia losses at 160000 in 1918. Alumni gathering at the University of Georgia on June 17 will honor WWI dead with C Murphey Candler delivering the memorial. W. J. Speer to push uniform banking law in the Legislature. Tybee hosts County Officers' Association with officers named and next year’s meeting set. Georgia counties issue road bonds totaling over 17 million for federal road aid. Thomasville notes an influx of southern homeseekers postwar as land prices rise. Georgia allotted 205 trucks for road work, valued around 700000. Georgia's seventh annual commerce report shows hundreds of mills and factories, with large capital investments and wage payments. child labor laws affirmed. Tybee Bar Association adjourns after Mitchell Palmer address. Luther Z. Rosser elected president.
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Atlanta
Georgia
H. M. Stanley
Tybee
A. Mitchell Palmer
United States
Georgia and
South Carolina Bar Association
Palmer
Germany
Georgia Association
Luther Z. Rosser
Calotabs Promoted as Nausea Free Calomel
An advertisement touts Calotabs as a purified modern calomel free of old side effects. One tablet at bedtime with water cleanses the liver and purges the system, leaving no salivation or nausea. Sold in sealed packages for thirty five cents with money back if not delighted.
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Deetora
Veteran Sam Brown Returns Home From France
Some Practitioner Sam Brown with overseas cap and two bars returns to town. An old acquaintance greets him and he explains he has been in France with United States veterinary corps, saying he fed German dogs gunpowder for their distemper in playful mispronunciation.
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Sam Brown
Sam
France
United States
The Reason Why Vader Balm Advertised Relief Claim
An advertisement for Vader Balm from B. W. Vacher, Inc. New Orleans asserts rapid relief from pain and inflammation for mumps headache burns and catarrh. It promises a free sample and agent prices and warns against imitations.
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B. W. Vacher, Inc
New Orleans
Adv
Garden plans emerge after odd job discovery
In a Birmingham Age Herald snippet, Mr. Gadspur asks Mr. Duhwaite about a garden this year. Duhwaite grows hopeful after discovering a colored gentleman willing to do odd jobs for a cast off suit of clothes, signaling practical help for yard work.
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Mr. Gadspur
Mr. Duhwaite
Birmingham Age- Herald
Tracing Greatness Spoiled by Kicking Over the Traces
A terse observation notes that many men with potential for greatness ruin outcomes by reckless, rebellious actions that disrupt plans and jeopardize results. The remark emphasizes impulse over discipline and the costly impact on efforts.
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Tifton
Athens
J. C. Hulsey
Franklin County
Carnesville
Hulsey
T. F. Abercrombie
State Board of Health
T. F. Sellers
University of Georgia
C. Murphey Candler
W. J. Speer
Savannah
County Officers’ Association of Georgia
Henry McAlpin
Chatham County
Oscar Groover
Thomasville
J. C. Cooper
Milledgeville
State Highway Commission
Office of Public Roads
T. B. Patterson
The
Highway Commission
Calomel
Hancock Liquid Sulphur Company
Baltimore
Hancock
Stratford Cliper
Broad St
Newark
N. J
Schubert
H. Ad
Dayton
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