Flag Day origins traced to New York Press push
The article recalls the 1889 and 1892 efforts that popularized the display of the Stars and Stripes on public buildings and the public adoption of Flag Day. It covers the New York Press involvement, early educators, the pledge by Francis Bellamy, and the later designation of June 14 as Flag Day by President Wilson. It also notes Betsy Ross descendants presenting a silk flag and the role of the Daughters of the American Revolution in promoting the day.
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Seau
the Daughters
Betsy Ross
Ross
United States
American Flag Association
Washington
Alfred J. Pel
Elmo Scott Watson
New York
George H. ‘Brennan
Lisher
New York Press
New York Public Library
James Phillips, Jr
Kbureg
Mass
James R. Doudge
New Fork
George West
Ballston
N. Y
Bir
Phillips
Clement 41. Hammond
Boston Globe
Mr. Hammond
Thomas C. Quinn
The
Press
Fred £. Bargin
Louis J. Lang
Thomas C. Platt
Mr. Hearst
Mr. Quinn
Mr. Lang
Sas
William Windom
Treasury
Johnnamaker
Navy Department
Mearthur
Father McGlyan
New York City
Samuel Adams
Benjamin Harrison
Congress
Harrison
Notic
Columbus
Catherine H. Dodge
Francis Scott Key
Laura Srisk
Central Park
State Superintendents of Education
Brooklyn
N.Y
Francis Bellamy
Youth's Companion
James P. Tohum
Bellamy
Youth’s Companion
James P. Up‘ham
Upham
United States Bureau of Education
United States of America
Republic
Laura B. Prisk
New 3D Cinema Screen Uses Glass Lenses for Depth
An English inventor solves the 3D cinema problem with a screen of 900000 tiny glass lenses set in white lead. Each lens, hand affixed, splits light into countless minicules to render depth from ordinary film and projector, creating a parallax viewing illusion.
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Popular Mechanics Magazine
Female size advantage in various species noted
The text explains that in many fish species including muskelonge the female grows larger than the male. It also notes that among game birds the female often dominates in size, citing the hen jack snipe as an example where the female is bigger than the male.
Division of Labor Idea in Abra Household Radio Duty
A Cincinnati Enquirer fragment notes a plan where Doughty and a family implement a division of labor with Abra to run the radio while the mother operates the vacuum cleaner. The short item highlights household chores and radio use coordination in a domestic setting.
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Division of Labor
Doughty
Abra
Mother
Cincinnati Enquirer
The State That Never Was Manitoumie-Land of God
In Galena and the Mississippi valley story, explorers sought a mineral utopia. Renault and slaves opened shafts. Galena grew into a rough mining hub with famous figures passing through. The ill fated Manitoumie was a proposed state born of rich ore dreams but never formed.
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Manitownie
Golden West
North America
Philip Renault
Santo Domingo
Law
Mississippi Valley
France
Compagnie G
Compagnie Des Indes
Mississippi
Galena
Illinois
Uguer
Chicago
Gelena
Grant
Abraham Sinesla
Zachary Taylor
Jefferson Davis
Confederacy
Albert Sidney Johnston
Shirohy
James J. Hill
Washburnes
Minneapolis
Ilinois
Iown
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Manitoumie
Land of God
Lester B. Colby
Coffee in London and its early rise in society
A historical note on coffee mentioning its Abyssinian origins and late arrival to Europe with the first London coffee house in 1652. It claims coffee quickens the spirits and lifts the heart, aids sore eyes, and helps ward off dropsy, scurvy, and general ill effects, as advertised in a Detroit News artifact.
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London
Detroit News
Suburbanite Courses Extend Home Study in Southern California
A home education idea expands as multiple Southern California schools offer courses for suburban commuters. Over twenty subjects listed with low fees and self taught formats, plus instructor access if desired. Topics include home building real estate and gardening alongside advertising art appreciation aviation English and more. A Popular Mechanics concept proposes night bombing defenses using captive balloons to hinder aircraft at low altitudes with large gas fins and valve eyes.
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California
Popular Mechanics Magazine
Supreme Court Justices Attend Diverse Colleges
The jurist notes that all U S Supreme Court justices are college graduates with advanced or honorary degrees. Primary schools listed include Yale Colgate? McReynolds Vanderbilt Brandeis Michigan Butler Carleton Minnesota Sanford Tennessee Harvard Amherst Columbia and others, reflecting wide university origins.
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United State Supreme Court
Aft
Yale
Colmes
Harvard
van Deventer
de Pauw
Cincinnati
McReynolds
Vanderbilt University
Brandeis
Sutherland
University of Michigan
Butler
Carleton College
Minnesota
Sanford
University of Tennessee
Stone
Amherst College
Columbia
Alaska Find Fuels Hopes Of First Man Origin Tale
Archaeologists in Alaska’s Tanana valley discover a fossil apple beside a mastodon tusk. The find sparks playful local chatter about the apple as Eve’s original, framing Alaska as a quirky origin scene for humankind.
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Alaska
Garden of Eden
Tanana Valley
Eve
Ideal Do You Serve Course Dinners Debate
A caller asks if the ideal menu includes refined victuals while Mrs Keurich asserts their wealth allows only the finest fare. The advertisement praises Red Cross Ball Blue for whitening clothes without harming fabric. An ad by Ady, a well digger and columnist, appears at the top and proceeds downward.
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Red Cross
Ady
Origin of Anno Domini Dating System
The dating system originated with the monk Dionysius Exiguus in Rome during the fifth and sixth centuries. He compiled the paschal cycle, placing Jesus Christ’s birth around 355 in his calculations.
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Jesus Christ
Rome
Dionysius Exiguus
Dionysius
Cyime
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