The Great Seal of the United States Explained
A historical overview traces the origin and symbolism of the Great Seal. It covers early committees, Dr. William Barton, the 1782 adoption, and the seal’s elements the eagle shield stars and mottoes. It notes the reverse seal with the all seeing eye, the pyramid, Annuit Coeptis, and Novus Ordo Seclorum.
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Hoover
United States
Continental Ira
Benjamin Franklin
Apestesson
John Adams
Fee
William Barton
Philadelphia
America
Providence
Doctor Barton
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Germany
Russia
Congress
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Washington
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Mother Dares Flood Lines to Bury Child in Casket
Texarkana Texas report recounts a mother refusing a bare casket for her drowned six year old. She crosses floodwaters in a home made skiff with help from relatives to reach aid officials and arrange a lined casket burial near home after a five foot flood claim.
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Texarkana
Texas
W. L. Gregory
Arkansas
Aldis
Santa Claus
Henry Louis
Gregory
Odd House of Glass Will Rise in Gotham
The famed architect Frank Lloyd Wright proposes an 18 story glass apartment building on Eleventh street and Second avenue in New York City. Four similar structures may be built to maximize sunlight in dense urban areas with shop fabricated walls and tinted glass interiors.
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New York
Eleventh Street
Second Avenue
Frank Lloyd Wright
Wright
Thugs Wright
Poison Gas Myth in Chinese Army Blood Antidote Claim
A Peiping dispatch claims Chinese generals boasted their troops were immune to poison gas after applying fresh monkey blood to the upper lip. An American attache confirms hearing the tale from a former Chinese officer.
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London
Peiping
Manchuria
Dr Dobson Endorses Nujol Colorless Internal Lubricant
A Los Angeles physician touts Nujol as a safe non drug remedy to cleanse the alimentary tract and improve health. He cites long study and practice, claims many ailments arise from digestion, and urges regular use with bottles and wraps instructions. Public notices report thousands of letters of happiness and two week use promises vitality and buoyant health.
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Martin J. Dobson
Los Angeles
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Nujol Laboratories
Dr. Dobson
Nujol
Joke Quotes From Hamburg and Cleveland News
A pasted exchange features a Hamburg quote about proposing to Muriel and a Cleveland News quip praising Florida’s winter appeal. The humor hinges on self deprecation and a weather pun about the golf stream.
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Golf Stream
Cleveland
Kidney Health Hint: Drink Water and Jad Salts
The article promotes Jad Salts a kidney flushing drink to ease kidney and bladder issues caused by rich foods. It urges daily use of four ounces dissolved in water before breakfast to improve kidney function and reduce discomfort. It also condemns partisanship.
Phillips Milk of Magnesia for sour stomach relief
An advertisement touts Phillips Milk of Magnesia as a quick remedy for sour stomach caused by rich meals or smoking. It claims the preparation alkalinizes acid and sweetens the system, endorsing it as physician approved and urging readers not to substitute another product.
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Bayer
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Elmo Scott Watson
England
John Prestwich
National
Great Seal Committee
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Franklin
France
Rome
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Prussia
Poland
Thomas Jefferson
Odd House of Glass
Gotham
California
Muriel
Hummel
Hamburg
Florida
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Nairesia
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Detroit News
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