Gettysburg Anniversary Preview says reunion will be biggest yet
Charles N. Lurie surveys the Gettysburg semicentennial on July 1 1913 detailing plans for a 40 000 man encampment and 200 000 visitors. The article notes federal and state funding 150 000 dollars each and states that veterans from both sides will gather to commemorate the Civil War battle. It describes logistics food lodging and ceremonial days from Veterans Day to National Day.
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Charles N. Lurie
America
Lee
Virginia
Philadelphia
New York
Wodington
Baltimore
Stoesoon
Costa
Potooo
George Gordon
Gettysburg
Meade
Opige
Mexico
Taylor
Pennsylvania
Pickett
Cemetery Ridge
Hancock
Stannard
Vermont
Dettysburg
North
South
Sylvania
United States Army Quartermaster’s Department
Sickles
Pennsylvania Gettysburg
Grand Army of the Republic
United Confederate Veterans
United States Army
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
United States
Commission
Plllns
Making Flags for the Fourth of July
The article details flag production for Independence Day, from tiny muslin flags to large street banners. It notes New York factory output reaching 800,000 flags, the manpower of women on small flags, and price ranges from 26 to 40 dollars for standard flags up to 76 dollars for large political displays. Silk flags for National guardsmen cost 200 to 400 dollars and are often assembled with red and white bars made abroad.
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New York
New Duplex Telephone Transmitter Promises Clearer Voice
Frederic Guerin reports on Dr Jules Glover in Paris inventing a duplex telephone transmitter that captures both mouth and nose tones. Two microphones with different sensitivities are aimed at transmitting distinct nasal and oral tones for clearer, more natural voice quality over long and transoceanic distances.
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Jules Glover
Paris Conservatory of Music
Glover
French Academy of Sciences
Paris
D'Arsal
Frederic Guerin
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William Lightfoot Visscher
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