Betsy Ross Myth Debunked In Widow Alrich’s Refutation Tale
A Philadelphia historical dispute centers on Betsy Ross and the flag. Levi L. Ulrich, Civil War veteran and editor, is cited by Emma B. Alrich in a pamphlet challenging the Betsy Ross legend, arguing documentary evidence supports the flag’s creation by Ross under Washington’s commission and guidance from a congressional committee.
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Levi Alrich
Emma B. Alrich
Alriches
Public Record
Cawker City
Alrich
Mrs. Alrich
National Tribune
Washington, D. C
Betsy Ross
United States
Kansas D. A. R
Baker's
California Regiment
Seventy-first
Pennsylvania Infantry
Levi L. Ulrich
Baker
California
Philadelphia
State Historical Society
Friends’ Meetings
Holland Society of
New York
Jacob and
Peter
Delaware
Peter Stuyvesant
William J. Canby
Canby
America
Thomas Canby
Thorn
England
Susan Canby
Peter Alrich
Levi L. Alrich
Susan
Wiliam J. Canby
Etsy Ross
Piytt
Ventsylvania Historical Society
Ross
Ulrich
George Washington
Robert Morris
Col
George Stoss
Betsy
American Congress
Tetsy
Griscom
Samuel
Re Griscom
Andrew Griscom
Elisabeth
John Ross
Christ Church
Mount Moriah Cemetery
Claypoole
General Washington
Sane
Ked
John
Zillah
Eliza
Joseph Ashburn
Young Republic
Mil i
Portsmouth
John Claypoole
Sas
Edgeworth Tobacco Prompts Bold Trade Tale and Free Sample Offer
A vivid tale of trading a gold mine for Edgeworth tobacco highlights a letter from William in Alaska and a boast about the most expensive can bought. Larus & Brother Co invites pipe smokers to request free Edgeworth samples and asks merchants to contact via prepaid parcel post offers for ready to ship plug slice or ready rubbed blends.
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William
Edgeworth
Mister Larua & Bro. Co
Diddyrod
Craigie ‘William
Salchaket Post Office
Alaska
Chinese Compliment In China And Changing Manners
A compact excerpt surveys gestures used in China for praise and contempt, noting a thumb raised over a fist as a compliment and the little finger extended as contempt. It then sketches Changsha's historical ties with America via firecracker production and mentions Gen Tseng Kuo Pan and Chinese Gordon in suppressing the Taiping Rebellion. It shifts to a domestic vignette of Martha’s improving complexion after visiting Cousin Helen, with dialogue about rouge and gratitude.
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China
Yale
College
Changsha
America
Tseng Kuo Pan
Gordon
Sition
Helen
Martha
George
Alwys
Founding Auction Tradition Noted Since 66 A.D
The article traces the auction’s roots from Roman mentions to its first English sale around 1700 led by Eli Yale founder of Yale College. It notes the practice was taxed in England beginning in 1779 and highlights early transacting methods across history.
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Petroclus Arbiter
England
Eli Yale
Yale College
East Indies
Golden Age Archeology and the making of Greek art
The text argues that the Golden Age of Greek art emerged over two millennia and was not spontaneous. It highlights how modern archeology reveals long prehistoric roots, reshaping the story of Greek civilization and art.
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Scribner’s Magazine
Gales of Gotham Tale of a Fatal Rifle Duel
In Queens two youths aged nine and sixteen fought from behind trees in an Indian style rifle duel. The younger killed Jacob Kubotz of Brooklyn with a brain shot. Victor Janculidich is held without bail on homicide. Detectives obtained confessions after reenactment. Two bystanders watched as the teens argued then fired.
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Queens
Jacob Kubotz
North First Street
Brooklyn
Victor Janculidich
Victor
Cmt
Kahetz
Leo Lvoskowski
John Zawantowski
Jacob
Lee
John
Would I Want Her to Marry a Farmer?
A Farmer’s Wife survey from St. Paul shows about 4 percent of 21 000 rural women would want their daughters to marry a farmer. Most favor farming life for freedom, business partnership, open-air vitality, moral uplift, and closer nature. rural tech like telephone and auto lessen isolation. radio cited by a few. The piece notes a Minnesota woman’s publicity over farmwomen revolting against burdens sparked the survey.
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T. Paul, Minn
Farmer's Wife of
St. Paul
National
Farmer Women's Magazine
Union
Farina Life
D. A. Wallace
Henry C. Wallace
Department of Agriculture
Minnesota
Mid-West
Chicago Centenarian Marks 100th Birthday
James H. Kirkley, said to be the city’s oldest citizen, celebrated his 100th birthday at home surrounded by family. A skilled mechanic and inventor, he reflects on a century of invention from Stephenson to airships and predicts future progress while hoping to reach 101.
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James H. Kirkley
Kirkley
England
Stephenson
Puritan Massachusetts Divorce Case At Dedham Court
In Dedham Massachusetts the high profile divorce suit between Florence Morrill and Leon Morrill dominates a six month Superior court hearing. Mrs Morrill denies her husband’s charges of neglect and adultery while he cites raids on her apartment and letters. Two physicians testified she confessed loving two men more than her husband, a point challenged as unethically obtained.
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Ross
Clarissa Wilson
Navy Yard
Washington
Colonel Ross
Robert Morris
General Washington
Mrs. Ross
Oston
Superior Court of
Dedham
Solowen
Flornee BR
Leon G. Morrill
Morrill
May Be First American Woman Governor Candidate Daly
Alice Lorraine Daly, a North Central candidate for South Dakota governor, could become the first American woman governor. Daly, in her thirties, a former schoolteacher, campaigns on school funding, a farmer loan bank, crop price stabilization, penitentiary reform, and amnesty for political prisoners. She opposes universal military training and questions high military spending. Daly emphasizes party support and notes women may share political honors with men, highlighting humanitarian concern for welfare and motherhood.
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Ifrre
SL. D
Alice Lorraine Daly
South Dakota
Nonpartisan League
North Dakota
Papal Robes and Bananas Across Times
An assortment of rapid-fire notes covers papal ritual details from Benedict XV's 1914 entrance with robes wrong size to the custom of three robe sets. The piece then surveys banana diversity noting Hawaii’s many varieties and the casual presence of banana clumps at homes, ending with a parallel quip about married life and romance fading.
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Benedict XV
Sistine Chapel
Pepe
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Delaware River
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Larus & Brother Company
South 21St Street
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