History in Stamps and Stamps in History
Elmo Scott Watson surveys upcoming Army Navy stamps featuring portraits of Civil War and Revolutionary War figures. He notes planned issues of Lee Jackson and Indian portraits, including Hollow Horn Bear, Pocahontas, and others, with central designs tied to historic scenes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Post Office Department
Army-Navy
Mount Vernon
George Washington
Washington
Nathanael Greene
John Paul Jones
John Barry
Andrew Jackson
Winfield Scott
Jackson
Hermitage
Nashville
Tenn
Navy
Stephen Decatur
Thomas MacDonough
Lake Champlain
William Tecumseh Sherman
Ulysses S. Grant
Philip T. Sheridan
David G. Farragut
David Porter
Roosevelt
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall’ Jackson
Post Office Department
South
Lee
North
Virginia
Union
Julio
Chancellorsville
United Daughters of the Confederacy
Jamestown
Pocahontas
John Smith
Martha Washington
Isabella
Spain
Hollow Horn Bear
Sitting Bull
Red Cloud
Crazy Horse
Rain-in-the-Face
Shelidawnty
Nebraska
Alban
United States
Union Pacific
Rosebud
South Dakota
Crow Dog
Spotted Tail
Crook
Harrison
Geronimo
Quanah Parker
American Horse
Little Plume
Leupp
Taft
National Indian Memorial
Fort Wadsworth
Staten Island
L. I
New York
Wilson
Hollow Horn
Minnehaha
Longfellow
trans-Mississippi
Marquette
Hudson-Fulton
Household Questions for Everyday Cooking and Care
A collection of practical tips covering coffee quantities, dessert pairings, washing soaked dishes, whipping cream tips with egg white, and overnight soaking for bleached blankets. It also advises careful stocking care, bean browning with molasses, rendering beef fat for lard substitute, and horseradish sauce ingredients for hot roast beef.
Household Tips for Stain Removal and Fabric Care
Practical advice from the era covers removing mustard and vinegar stains with milk or cream alternatives, and woolen lace care by hot and cold soaks plus milk. It notes boiling water with borax or glycerin for stains, and silk and rayon care with careful ironing to avoid damage.
Foreign Phrases List Drawn From Classical Roots
A compilation of Latin French and Spanish phrases with English translations. Terms include pro patria sui generis a propos de bottes pis aller sesquipedalia verba taedium vitae usus loguendi voila y a Roma por todo mala fide and modus verendi each explained with brief definitions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sui Generis
Rome
Mala Fide
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