Christmas Night Move That Opened Fort Sumter
Elaboration on Major Robert Anderson's December 1860 relocation from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor. The action defied Union orders, involved destroying supplies at Moultrie, and set the stage for the Civil War's opening shots four months later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott
Robert Anderson
United States Army
Fort Moultrie
Fort Sumter
Charleston
West Point
Illinois
Florida
Winfield Scott
el Molino del Rey
United States
Charleston Harbor
South Carolina
Anderson
South Carolinaa Convention
Union
Moultrie
Sumter
Castle Pinckney
President Buchanan
John B. Floyd
Sullivan’s Island
North
South
Major Anderson
My Empire Peace Plea and Global Tensions in 1936
Haile Selassie seeks peace with Italy via Patriarch Johannes as Mussolini and Abuna Cyril are urged to aid. U.S. defense talk includes 16 inch Gibraltar guns, Pacific plans, and rising national debt. Japan's Mikasa title noted, while Verde Cocha villagers perish in a landslide. Senator Borah and Fish eyed for presidential tickets amid League and Hitler shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Johannes
Mussolini
Abuna Cyril
Selassie
Universal Service
Italy
Washington
Pacific Oceans
Gibraltar
Easy Patchwork Quilts Offered By Home Craft Co
Patchwork quilts can be made cheaply using eighteen nine inch blocks to create a full size quilt. Requires about three ounces or one yard of prints. Folder 586 shows four designs and six patch diagrams with yardage details, mailed for 10 to 19 cents plus reply envelope to Home Craft Co Dept D St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Address Home Craft Co
Dept. D
Nineteenth and
St. Louis Ave
St. Louis
Hasenpfeffer and dishes that quicken appetite
A cook wins a sweepstake prize for a rabbit stew called hasenpfeffer. The editorial notes such victories encourage good cooks and predicts rising rabbit meat demand. Two recipe variations: soak rabbit in vinegar and water with onion, salt, pepper, cloves, and bay. brown in butter, then simmer with sour cream, bake gently, and finish browned under a broiler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
der Koch
Bell Syndicate Wndu
Inspiration in a Steam Shovel’s Fearless Gaze
A vivid observation captures a steam shovel at work, imparting a sense of fearless machinery. The piece highlights the machine’s steady, unflinching performance amid dust and noise, reflecting industrial confidence and progress.
Practical Kitchen and Home Tips From An Old Newspaper Page
A collection of household how tos covers baking with asbestos safety caveats, preserving flavors in pies, improving shaker salt with paraffin, cleaning electric refrigerators monthly, removing egg stains from linen, treating iodine spills with starch paste, and roasting beef to seal in juices. Includes notes on air circulation for refrigerators.
Beware Coughs From Common Colds Ad
An advertisement promotes Creomulsion as a remedy for chest colds and bronchial irritation promising relief from the first dose and offering a refund if unsatisfied. The copy uses urgent language urging readers to buy Creomulsion now.
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Western Newspaper Union
FeMeultrie
Brisbane
Selassie Popguns
Uncle Sam
England
Viscount Hailsham
Sam
Sumi
Japan
Mikado
Yoshihito
Prince Mikasa
Togo
Japan Sea
China
Philippines
Verde Cocha
Guayaquil
Ecuador
Mano
Tokyo
Asia
League of Nations
Senator Borah
Idaho
Hamilton Fish, Jr
New York
Mr. Fish
Hitler
Edna Maria Granitsas
Massachusetts
Evie Features Syndicate, Inc
WNU Service
Clark
Associated Newspanera
WNU
Mother Gray
Mother Gray CO
le Roy, N
Garfield
Garfield Team., Inc
Bept 60
Eroghivas N.Y
Worthmore Dorset
Union City
N.J
Florida Grange
Webster’s Groves
Leesburg
Fla
Lil Ote
Baling
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