Battle of Bunker Hill remembered by patriot soldiers
On June 16 1775 150 patriots under Colonel Prescott fortified Breeds Hill on Charlestons peninsula to block Gen Howe and 3000 British attackers. After repeated assaults the hill fell but battle inspired American resolve as civilians witnessed casualties and a grandmother searching for her missing son amid the fighting.
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Prescott
Bunker Hill
Charleston Peninsula
Breeds Hall
Howe
Barker Hill
Papa
Pape
Charleston
Boston
Breed’s Hill
Warren
Obelisk Marks Sight of Bunker Hill Battlefield
British officer who recognized him marks the site at Bunker Hill as an obelisk 221 feet high and a landmark of the famous battle.
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Bunker
Open Letter to Wilson on Peace Suppressed at The Hague
An open letter to President Wilson on peace was filed at The Hague by William Bayard Hale, IN S correspondent at Berlin. The British censor in England stopped the message, though tolls were prepaid to New York, and the copy reached IN S via a Hague messenger.
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Wilson
The
Hague
William Bayard Hale
International News Service
Berlin
Cenvor
England
New York
Inferno of battle sent from The Hague to you
The speaker recalls a week of deafening bombardment and blood drenched fields. Fearful of provoking German suspicion, he committed the messages to memory and sent them to The Hague for cable transmission, with plans to file them by wireless from Germany to reach an American who has witnessed the tragedy.
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Hague
Germany
Advertised Letters for Fre Revicksburg P O
Unclaimed letters for the week ending December 9 1916 include Lytle Gibson Simon Quintero and Raul Garza Saldana. Call these letters at the post office with the word Advertised before December 23 1916 or they will be sent to the Dead Letter Office in Washington D C on that date.
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Fre- Revicksburg
Lytle Gibson, Simon Quintero
Raul Garza Saldana
Washington, D. C
Remarkable Cure Story for Anuric by Dr Pierce
A reader reports years of back pain headaches and limb pains improving after using Anuric from Dr. Pierce Buffalo NY. The letter promotes Dr Pierce and his institute and urges readers to obtain trial or full treatment by mail, asking editors to publish the note.
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Pierce
Buffalo
N. Y
W. A. Roberts
Dr. Pierce
Invalid’ Hotel and Surgical Institute
Eorror
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Adolph Heiman
Fredericksburg Standard
Thekaburger Wochenblatt
Ger
Fredericksburg Publishing Co
Robert Penniger
Schoenewolfers
Reinbach & Co
Thelesale Produce
America
T. Rowert
Federickurg, Texas
Eckmann
G. H. Holly
Rossing
Fred
Wm. Engel
O. B. Petsch
E. E. Hahn
Bridge Com
Nfield
Woodrow Wilson
Somme
Tink
Bermuda
President
Lloyd George
Mr. Lloyd George
United States
Russia
France
Shieart
Aoman
Kolmeier & Klier
Kolmeier& Klier
Oppenheimer & CO General Distributors
San Antonio, Texas
Otto Kolmeier
Guarantee Motor Co
Nagel Bros. Schleyer & Schaefer
O. Krauskopf
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