Invention of the American Flag and Its Adoption
A historical account recounts the design and adoption of the U S flag praised for its stars and stripes. It notes Mrs. Hess crafting an early design, Congress approving the flag in 1777, and the public reverence for the symbol amid calls for unity and peaceful progress.
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Gaathyne
Arehstres
Philadelphia
Boris Ress
Congress
Washington
Vit
Hess
Haddiy
United States
rTesot
Ian
Woo Vernet
Kentucks
Pnien
We of the Legion pledge to guard democracy
A Kansas City Star poem by Thomas G. Devine praises the Legion's ideal of liberty and upright duty. It honors freedom shared by brave mariners, rejects conquest, and urges loyalty to a single flag while invoking faith and duty before God.
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Legion
Thomas G. Devine
Kansas City Star
Hat shopping tale and coffeehouse sermon misreadings
A fragment recounts a woman and friend trying on various hats in department stores and hat shops with a fussy shopper defending her own hat. Separate vignette notes a minister mispronouncing a collar and a sermon text, while a brief line reflects on a man who returns with four in the year barrel.
Charming New Shade for Old Lingerie Ad Sparks Skin Care Push
Vintage advertisement copy touts dyes and tints for lingerie styling and promotes Cuticura products for pimples and blackheads. Claims quick five minute wash routine with Cuticura Lotion and Orniment and recommends Cuticura Talcum to maintain clear skin.
Allen's Foot-Ease for the Feet
Advertises Allen's Foot-Ease powder for foot baths to ease corns bunions and aching feet. Claims lasting comfort by sprinkling powder in shoes to remove friction and aid walking, with note of 1 500 000 pounds used by the Army and Navy during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allen
Close to Truth on Shoes Left for Cleaning
A traveler rests at a Virginia inn and returns to muddy shoes left outside the door. The porter is berated in front of onlookers for failing to clean them, and the puzzled clerk explains space inside was needed.
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Virginia
Ane
Toom
Admiral Jurroun at London event recalled by G T Setter
The Irrepressible G T Setter recounted presenting a representative of the American people at a London dinner. He remarked on shared language but different eras and traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jurroun
London
G. T.setter
Boston
Bee Charmer Constable Wins Shoppers’ Praise
Constable Al La Cunha of Hayward Cab used a tin can to charm a swarm of angry bees that had swarmed from Edward S. Warren’s shop toward Judge Jacob Harder Jr’s courtroom. The bees settled after his stick tapping and can beat, and shoppers cheered, thanking him for a fearless rescue.
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al la Cunha
Cab
la Cunha
Edward S. Warren
Jacob Harder, Jr
Atchison Couple Tangle Over Vice Temptations
An Atchison woman urges her young man friend to quit drinking while he tries to persuade her to quit smoking, reflecting local reform concerns in a column from the Atchison Globe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Atchison
The Safe Drink Choice Postum Ad
A period ad extols Postum as a safe satisfying coffee substitute. It contrasts risky rapids with caffeine harms and promotes Postum as a calming alternative made by Postum Cereal Company in Battle Creek Michigan.
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Postum Cereal Company, Inc
Battle Creek
Michigan
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Hietoric Page
Danvers
Mass
Page
Lexington
Algo
Ora
Norah
Mr. Guthrie
Fratres
Putnam
Jerdip
Betsy Ross
Continental Army
Patriotic Order, Sons of America
MR. Milkweed
Wrats
Meebe Tris
Vina
Porter
Shaw
California
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