Plan to Reassemble Patriot Statue Sparks Controversy
A proposed project to gather fragments of the original statue pulled during the American Revolution and cast a new likeness faces opposition. Leaders including Breteau, a Massachusetts governor’s descendant, promote the replica as a youth patriot lesson, while New York Daughters of the Revolution oppose the plan citing risks of nation clashes.
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Onebing
Breteau
New York Daughters of the Revolution
Anelihet
Objection to petting logged over historic monument plan
A disputed plan to erect a wreath and banners at Trinity churchyard near the Heck of the British simmers. The Quebecers say no monument was set or promised by the Quebec Historical Society to mark General Richard Montgomery's 1775 death site.
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Bertous
George
St. George's
Trinity
Tarrytown
Richard
Guebec Historical Society
Sardine Trade Hinted On Maine Banks
Report notes uncertainty around sardine values in Fundy and Maine ports. Taft, during a Maine visit, learned that one bank handled up to a million dollars of sardine business last year and that about three thousand dollars of fish departed Eastport nightly on the sardine express.
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Fundy
Apoila Maine
President Taft
Maine
Kaatport
Eastport
X-Press
Fragmented Account of Confederate War Claims Aerial Hazards
A garbled reminiscence recalls a Civil War scene with mentions of a bay of Fundy like setting, improvised picket enclosures, and a single man seeking fishing refuge. Quotes describe bullets splitting an oak tree, a Confederate battle context, and a survivor’s reaction to loss amid lingering gunfire.
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Bay of Fundy
Pickiot
Tolgatiet
Deason
G. C. Eggleaton
Ita
French envoy flubs compliment during London chat
An Indy quip notes a French ambassador praising a Penrose who spoke for an hour. The Frenchman retorts with a witty line about vanity, while the piece hints that advertising drives business activity.
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London
Penrose
Bin
Indy
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