The Flag and Its Meaning Through American History
A national reflection on the U S flag adopted June 14 1777 its symbolism the eagle olive branch and 13 arrows with Reach from Betsy Ross to Congress and the evolving stripes and stars highlighting unity defense and peace as explained by Rev William Norman Guthrie.
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William Norman Guthrie
America
United States
England
France
Spain
Guthrie
Washington
Arch Street
Philadelphia
Betsy, Ross
Congress
William Barrett
Ross
Union
Vermont
Kentucky
Samuel O. Reid
Heaven
Mr. Guthrie
We of the Legion pledge to guard democracy and flag
The poem invokes Lord God of land and sea and urges the Legion to uphold liberty and democracy. It hails the brave who sailed for freedom and calls members to be upright, fight for right, and keep the flag unsullied in memory of their fathers. It is attributed to Thomas G. Devine in the Kansas City Star.
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Legion
Gove
Thomas G. Devine
Kansas City Star
Forty Americans Held by Mexicans
A dispatch from Tampico reports forty American Cortez Oil Co employees and property valued at a quarter‑million dollars held by rebel General Gorozabe until a ransom of 15,000 pesos is paid. The U.S. consul urged Mexican authorities to act for the Americans.
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Washington
Cortez Oil Company
Tampico
Gorozabe
State Department
U. S
Bielaski
Mexico Citys
Manuel Barcena
Bruce Bielaski
Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Cuernavaca
Senor Barcena
Richmond Levering Company
New York
Bielaskiis
A. Bruce Bielaski
Mexico City
Knauth, Nachod & Kuhne
Richmond, Levering & Company
Heat Prostration Feeds Three Deaths in Desert Near Niland
Inquest near Niland Cal. reports three men died of heat prostration in the desert. One body beside a wagon ten miles from Niland, another in an automobile six miles away, a third man alive then died at a hospital. Temperature estimated between 182 and 152 degrees.
Delay Monaco Prince Rites
Paris reports arrangements for Prince Albert of Monaco burial are postponed awaiting the arrival of Prince Louis from Upper Silesia where he serves as a colonel on the French staff. The sole family member at the deathbed was the Duchess de Valentinois whom Louis adopted in May 1919.
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Paris
Prince Albert
Monaco
Prince Louis
Upper
Silesia
Duchess de Valentinnois
Longworth matriarch dies after pneumonia attack
Mrs Nicholas Longworth age seventy seven dies after several weeks illness from pneumonia in Cincinnati on June 28. Funeral plans are to be announced by the family. The long widow of Nicholas Longworth the prominent wine importer and son of former congressman. The city mourns the loss of a well known social figure.
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Cincinnati
Nicholas Longworth
Brun
Sintese
Poincare under fire as Daudet blocks Reds over riot plot
In Paris June 28 royalist deputy Daudet accused Communist deputies of inciting a plot to assassinate Premier Poincare and urged a new law to arrest violent Communists. The chamber erupted with taunts and warnings as Poincare defended his stance, while the Jugo-Slavia representation appropriation passed 517 to 62 and police protection for Poincare’s home was doubled.
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Paris
Fremier Poincare
Communist Party
Leon Daudet
Poincare
M. Poincare
Laffont
M. Laffont
France
Alexander
Jugo-Slavia
Georges Levy
M. Daudet
Germany
L’humanite
L’oeuvre
BOOST PRICE OF GAS AGAIN
Chicago June 28 advances of 1 cent a gallon in all refined oil products were announced. The filling station price of gas rose to 25 cents, up 5 cents from last year. Increases in crude oil costs and the closing of smaller refineries were cited as reasons for the rise.
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Chicago
Not Guilty Ruling For US Air Service Members
In Jacksonville Florida on June 28 Lieut B J Tooher and Sgt Kristian Bred were found not guilty of charges related to the Punta Gorda exit line in Avr 1921.
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U. Ss
Jacksonville
Fla
B. ‘J. Tooher
Sergt
Kristian ‘Bredvad
United States” Air. Service
Vegetable Compound helps Mrs Miner in female troubles
A letter from Mrs. Fred Miner of Churubusco New York praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for back relief and female ailments. She notes long suffering before use and says the medicine helped so much she would not be without it. She recommends it to all women seeking relief.
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Ma Labout
Lydia
Isa
Fred Miner
Box 102
Churubusco
N. Y
E. Pinkham
Militant Press Drafted in Local Editorial Fracas
In Chiggersville, an interruption unsettled the Clarion editor who glimpsed a visitor intent on trouble. The office boy confirms the intruder lingered, knocked over paste pots, and departed. The editor vows to finish his piece on the need for bold, principled journalism.
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Chiggersville Clarion
Matrimony Would Be All Right If Fools Could Be Kept Out
A wry late 19th or early 20th century quip remarks that marriage could work if foolish people were excluded, reflecting social humor about domestic life and matchmaking.
Opportunistic Wealth Offerings Questioned
A historical snippet warns against chasing every chance to get rich, arguing that constant pursuit without solid value leads to ongoing poverty. The phrase critiques speculative bets over prudent, lasting income strategies.
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Danvers
Mass
Minute Men
Lexington
Betsy Ross
Jarac Ace
Continental ‘Army
The
Patriotic ‘Order
Sons of ‘America
Cortez, Oil Company
Corisul
California
Son
Longworth
William
Tyler Page
William Tyler Page
United States House of Representatives
Senate
Joseph I. France
Maryland
House of Representatives
Frederick
Friendship Heights
Chamber
Law
Lydia E. Pinkham
Dain
Hessig-Ellis
Memphis
Texan
Stearns
Green
J. H. Guild
Te E ‘Guild CO
Rupert
P.O
Cleveland
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