Five Minute Chats About Our Presidents
A compact record notes Andrew Jack born in Union County North Carolina in 1767 and details highlights from his life. He was taken prisoner by the British in 1781 and married Rachel Donaldson Rooards in 1791. He killed Charles Dickinson in a duel in 1806 and won the Battle of New Orleans on January 8 1815. He subdued the Seminole in Florida during 1817 1818 and served as Governor of the Florida Territory in 1821.
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Andrew Jack
Union County
N.C
Rachel Donaldson Rooards
Charles Dickinson
New Orleans
Florida
Territory of
Jackson's Presidency and Death Timeline 1828–1845
Andrew Jackson elected president in 1828 and inaugurated in 1829 at age 61. He vetoed the bank bill in 1832, removed bank deposits in 1833, and pressured French term settlements in 1834 5. He retired in 1837 and died June 8, 1845 at age 78.
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Andrew Jackson
France
Jackson
Andrew Jackson the Wild Frontiersman and Nation Builder
The article contrasts Andrew Jackson's rough origins and turbulent early life with his rise to power. It traces his youth as a roving waif, a legal career, and infamous duels, then highlights his two defining actions as president: destroying the Bank of the United States and confronting nullification and the tariff. It notes clashes with Thomas Benton and John C. Calhoun and frames Jackson as a transformative figure between Jefferson and Lincoln.
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Jackson
White House
Supreme Court of Tennessee
Sueerto
Garton
Nashville
Thomas HW. Benton
Missouri
Benton
United States
Great Britain
Ackson
Jefferson
Lincoln
United States Bank
Bank of England
Bank of France
America
Senate
Thomas St. Benton
John C. Calhoun
Congress
Zongland
Washington
Calhoun
South Carolina
North
South
General Scott
Shark as Food Fish Gains Notice in U S Markets
Washington report notes sharks as a nutritious food source now appearing in major markets and menus. It describes global use, distribution in temperate waters, and value of shark hides for polishing and leather, liver oil for industry, and meat preparations from fresh and preserved forms.
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Washington
Mediterranean
Great Britain
Norway
Sweden
Folkestone
Fingland
United States
Tropics
Bureau of Fisheries
Russel J. Joles
Wartime Insurance Payouts Totaled 228 Million
The Bureau of War Risk Insurance announced aggregate payments to former service members and beneficiaries reached 228,384,769.72 dollars. It lists 16,914,735.96 dollars for deaths and 84,527,403.20 dollars for disabilities among compensation payments.
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Bureau of War Risk Insurance
No Harm in Looking at Ankle Judge Rules
New York magistrate Corrigan discharged Harold New a piano man charged with disorderly conduct after two women claimed he stared One girl protested but the magistrate ruled there were no grounds for the charge and freed New The ruling underscores a free born right to stare at ankles in public.
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New York
Corrigan
Harold New
New
German Aces Duel For Love In Air Over Dresden
Two German air aces Lt Hart and another pilot fought an aerial duel in Germany as part of courtship rituals. The tradition shifts from pistols and coffee to Fokkers for two amid romantic competition.
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Dresden
Germany
Hart
Red Cross Quarantine Stops Soviet Peace Envoys in Narva
Soviet peace negotiators are detained in Narva by American Red Cross typhus workers. They are disinfected thoroughly and denied travel until decontamination of clothes, luggage, and documents is completed. Diplomats protest but are kept in quarantine.
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Reval
Esthonia
Narva
Red Cross
Street Boss Quits Job to Seek Better Paid Labor Work
Street commissioner John Ackley resigns from Snacketts town New Jersey amid pay disparity. He notes laborers earn more than his $100 monthly directing the street project, prompting council to raise unskilled wages but not his. Ackley will seek day labor in his department.
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John Ackley
Snackettstown
N. J
Ackley
New Herd of Buffalo in Yellowstone Park Surfaces
Yellowstone park officials report more than 100 wild buffalo in the park up from about half that number earlier. A southeast sighting yielded about fifteen animals and a bull was photographed, suggesting the wild herd is increasing. Forty eight calves were added to the park’s tame herd this year, bringing total to 600, with some placed in a corral at Mammoth for visitors.
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Yellowstone National Park
Yellowstone Park
Wye
Corral
Mammoth Trot Springs
Prosperity Wave Grips Jamaica Sugar Sector
Kingston Jamaica reports a surge in wealth as sugar and banana planters grow rich and invest in modern equipment. If the boom lasts several more years Jamaica could see a dozen millionaires with sugar selling higher in the English market. Home supply remains tight under food controller measures.
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Kingston
Jamaica
Pig with knife leads to tragic self slaughter in Kentucky
In Georgetown Kentucky Cavanaugh Hughes chased a 100 pound shoat that had seized a butcher knife. The pig dropped the knife and the blade lodged in its throat where hogs are bled. Hughes then finished the job in a grim accidental event.
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Kentucky
Georgetown
Cavanaugh Hughes
Hughes
Duel in the air ends with Von Fels' defeat near Dresden
Von Fels duelist, Hartman, and Dresden actress Grete Felsner contest a novel airborne duel at 5000 feet. The first approach passes safely, but Von Fels’ aircraft crashes, an inquiry begins, and Felsner flees town leaving Hartman briefly prize-less.
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von Fels
Grete Felsner
Dresden
Hartman
von Nfels
Bride in St Louis Cathedral Wedding Ends in Gown Dispute
In New Orleans a wedding planned at St. Louis Cathedral was halted when Father Antoine deemed the bride’s gown immodest and against Archbishop Shaw’s order. The priest had the lights turned off and the bride sent away to change before the ceremony proceeded with the groom present and candles lit.
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New Orleans
St. Louis Cathedral
Antoine
Shaw
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Ndrew Jackson
John Quincy Adams
North Carolina
Andrew
Charleston
Eust
James Morgan
Versailles
Wallace
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