Spirit of '76 Portrait Awakens American Patriotism
The 8 by 10 foot canvas The Spirit of '76 painted by Archibald M Willard, a Civil War veteran, debuted at the Philadelphia Centennial in 1876. Willard’s work, inspired by Yankee Doodle, features his father Rev. Daniel Willard as the central figure, with Hugh Moser and Harry K Devereux as the fifer and drummer. The painting’s fame grew from a wagon shop drawing to nationwide display, remaining Willard’s most celebrated piece.
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Archibald M Willard
Willard
Dame
Moe
New York World
Fing
Bedford
Cleveland
Ohio
Wellington
Wagon Works
James F. Ryder
Ryder
Harry K. Devereux
J. H. Devereux
Philadelphia
Washington
Boston
Marblehead
Mass
Abbot Hall Ibrary
Willis Adams
Euclid Avenue
Wharton Letter Details State Purchase of Independence Hall
A Philadelphia mayor Robert Wharton letter from May 1 1818 records the city paying one third of the Independence Hall purchase price plus the surrounding ground and clock. The act to sell the property followed, with Wharton noting bank receipts to the Commonwealth Treasurer. Wharton also notes the 1801 sailor mob incident quelled without fatalities at City Hall.
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Ninteresting Totter
Robert Wharton
Philadelphia
Floley
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Independence Hall
State House
Rosenbach
Bank of Pennsylvania
General Assembly
William Finley
City Hall
Wharton
Fragmented Revolutionary War excerpt with moral exhortation
The passage quotes political rhetoric on resilience and sacrifice in crisis, citing a maxim about summer soldiers and sunshine patriots. It alludes to Boston’s evacuation, General Howe’s threats, and Washington’s cautious artillery use amid ammunition shortages.
Salads and Fish Aspic Recipes From a 1926 Cookery Page
A 1926 cookbook page offers salad ideas and fish aspic guidance. Recipes include Cheese and Banana Salad, Summer Salad, Fish Aspic, Deviled Chicken, and variations with salmon, herring, or shrimp. Tips cover flavoring, dressing aging, and kitchen technique.
Signing the Declaration at Philadelphia Details
The Declaration was adopted by the congress on July 4 with John Hancock as President and the secretary signing. Nearly all delegates signed within a month. Two late arrivals were permitted to sign the document.
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Congress
John Hancock
Philadelphia
Recipe for the Fourth by Mary Graham Bonner
A lighthearted verse describes a three course Fourth of July celebration for children and families. It mentions morning firecrackers breakfast, a midday picnic with plenty of people, and an outdoor cool evening to end the day with tired but happy participants.
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Mary Graham Bonner
Western Newspaper Union
Vegetable Compound Restores Work Fitness Says Baltimore Mother
Louisa Van Dyke of Morrell Park Baltimore credits Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with lifting her from fatigue and weakness after long shifts at a department store. She says three bottles helped her regain health and keep up with her duties, urging other working girls to try it.
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Louisa
Lydia D. Pinkham
Mia
L. G. van Dyke
Spring St
Morrell Park
Baltimore
Lydia HY
Pinkham
Pup Worth Owning Automobilists Near New Orleans
Tourists pass through a town near New Orleans when a tiny dog darts toward a car. The animal lies by the roadside as a boy explains the dog plays dead and has supposedly collected twenty dollars from well meaning passers by.
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New Orleans
Nile
Farmers' wives drive cars in over forty percent
The survey shows that farm women drive automobiles in more than 40 percent of households and that washing machines are present in about 40 percent of homes.
Radio transmission dream of instant worldwide mail
Henry Hubbard secretary of the bureau of standards says air mail is not final. A larger system uses radio to transmit letters in facsimile instantly to destinations with no bags or sorting. Radio could deliver autographic duplicates of letters filed in Washington, possibly tomorrow.
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Henry Hubbard
bureau_of standards
Washington
Money From the Water in Portsmouth Bridge Incident
A child dropped a ten dollar bill from a mother's purse as a trolley moved over the memorial bridge in Portsmouth New Hampshire. Four days later a marine orderly on the navy yard ferry recovered the bill from shallow water and returned it to its owner.
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Memorial, Bridge
Portsmouth
N. H
Navy Yard
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Tal
Bares
Hale
Herbert Pullinger
Payne’s
Lmmortal
Ahriik
Howe
the Daughters of the American Revolution
William Baxter
Newspaper Onion
Butte
Fhrong
Schall Wig. Co
Chicago
Scholls Zino-pa
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