The Fort Sumter Flag a National Heirloom of War Start
Eliza Bayard Anderson keeper of the Fort Sumter storm flag recalls its beginnings and care. The coarse bunting relic survived storms and time and remains a symbol of liberty. It outlived other flags and sits in quiet safekeeping with its owner amid occasional public display.
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Fort Sumter
War Department
Eliza Bayard Anderson
Maj
Anderson
Fort Moultrie
Sumter
Erson
Anderson Zouaves
New York
Maj. Anderson
West Point
Battle over Fort Sumter flag and Maj. Andrew
The article recounts the capture and fate of the Fort Sumter flag, notes on fragment legends, and honors Maj. Robert Anderson who defended Fort Sumter before its evacuation. It covers Beauregard’s view of the flag, Doubleday and Ruffin gun claims, and Anderson’s rise to national hero status after the event.
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Moultriessome
Maj. Anderson
Fort Sumter
Moultrie
Charleston
Sumter
Confederacy
United States
Confederate States
Wall
Robert Anderson
Kentucky
West Point
Bad Ax
Ilorida
Scott
Mexico
Vera Cruz
Cerro Goddo
Molino del Rey
Lincoln
Maj
Anderson
New York
South
Fort Moultrie
Buchanan
Union
Ciinches
Georgia
South Carolina
Snyder
Engineer Corps
Peter Hart
Eliza Bayard Anderson
Beauregard
Abner Doubleday
Edmund Ruffin
Virginia
Century Mark Near for Frau Charlotte Embden
Frau Charlotte Embden, sole surviving sister of poet Henne, just celebrated her ninety eighth birthday in a quiet family gathering. Local headlines note her long life and connection to literary circles.
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Charlotte Embden
Henne
Leader of West African Rebellion Suppressed in Sierra Leone
A rebellion against British authority in Sierra Leone was quelled after a company of the West African regiment, composed of native Africans, arrested the rebellious chief. British officers led the operation with a black non-commissioned officer reported among the ranks.
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Sierra Léone
West Africa
Corner drug stores fading as saloons edge in on corners
The piece argues corner drug stores will disappear as saloons and other retailers offer higher rents. It notes Broadway and Chicago already see shifts toward downtown blocks with leasing pressure from liquor dealers, changing center-city retail patterns and corner locations.
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Vheir
Fature
March of Progress
Broadway
New York
the Battery
Central Park
Chicago
Will Madson Bay Disappear With Rising Hudson Bay
The article notes rapid land elevation around Hudson Bay causing driftwood to lie on beaches seventy feet above water. Over centuries the bay near Hendrik Hudson’s historic voyage may vanish as the coastline rises and the water connects less with open waters. A second feature covers Maestricht Belgiums vast subterranean quarries beneath Petersberg.
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Hudson Bay
Great Bay
Hendrik Hudson
New Bonn Bridge Across the Rhine Opens for Travel
An illustration from the Illustrated London News highlights the Bonn Rhine bridge. The center span reaches 612 feet 2 inches, claimed as the largest yet built, opened to the public just before Christmas with ceremonies by Princess Adolph Schaumburg Lippe.
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London News
New Bridge
Leap Year Rules and a Fast Locomotive Build
The article discusses why leap year rules miss a century year and notes 1900 not being leap year while 2000 will be. It explains centenary years divisible by 400 are leap years. It also reports the Compagnie Francaise de Chemins de Fer de l Est assembling a locomotive in Epernay France in fifty six hours as a test of worker skill.
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Compagnie Francaise de Chemins de Fer de l'Est
Epernay
France
Needles Made in Britain and United States Scale
Britain produces 100 million needles annually while the United States turns out over 80 million, highlighting a large transatlantic industry output.
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Britain
United States
Greatness In Medicine Promotes Hood's Sarsaparilla
True claim extols Hood's Sarsaparilla as the most curative medicine with superior preparation. The advertisement asserts it has made more people well and cured more diseases than any other remedy, citing its unique combination and proportions.
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Hood
Odd Juxtapositions and Clever Quips Across Many Topics
A collage of quirky quotes and notes spans astronomy humor, pension humor, romance satire, and shop talk. References include Mars communication fantasies, a cipher about Orangeine, a trial note, a Chicago address, and a glass eyed tiger in Stuttgart’s menagerie.
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Secretary of War
Metropolitan Bank
Army
Navy
Robt, Anderson
Shelly
Timmini
Sierra Leone
Bai Buréh
Bai Bureh
Cans
Thomas
The
Illustrated London News
Madson Bay
Maestricht
Belginum
Petersberg
Bonn
the Rhine
Queen Victoria
Napoleon Bonaparte
Bonaparte
Rhine
Borna
Mars
Ireland
Michigan
Lillian Russell
Orangerie
Michigan Av
Stuttgart
Fretguet
Mont
Krausers
E. Krauser & Bito
Milton, Pa
Candy Cathartic
Colorado
the Industrial Investment Co
Cooper Building
Denver Cole
Pensions
Heanette
Farrell
Penaien Anes D. c
Unitarian
First Church
Marlborough
Boston
Mass
Ugh Bé
Kay
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