Origin and meaning of the American flag history
A discussion of the flag's origins and symbolism by Rev. William Norman Guthrie. It recounts Betsy Ross’s role in making the first flag, Congress adoption on June 14 1777, and subsequent changes to 15 stars and stripes. It also describes the eagle emblem and its meanings for peace and defense.
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Danvers
Mass
Minute Men
Lexington
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
Phoenix
Mr. Guthrie
We of the Legion pledge to guard democracy and flag
The poem invokes faith and duty as the Legion pledges to uphold liberty and democracy. It honors ancestors who battled for freedom, vows to keep the flag pure, and asks divine guidance to stand upright in the sight of God. Thomas G. Devine is mentioned in Kansas City.
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Legion
Gove
Thomas G.devine
Kansas City
Home Talent to Highlight Farm Day at M A C
President David Friday and L Whitney Watkins lead speakers for the summer Farmers Day at Michigan Agricultural College on August 4. Dean R S Shane presides with the Réo Motor Car Company band performing. Activities include tours of experimental plots and a campus picnic. More than 3 000 attended last year, with an even larger crowd expected this year.
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David Friday
L. Whitney Watkins
State Board of Agriculture
E. B. Hill
College Farmers Day Committee
Friday
Michigan
Watkins
Dean R. S. Shane
Réo Motor Car Company
Metcalf to teach in Dundee after visit to town
A A Metcalf former school superintendent was in town Friday en route to Dundee to teach next year. The Observer may publish late next week due to the 4th of July busy period. The Liberty theatre will show The Rough Diamond with Tom Mix on Wednesday June 28, a photoplay featuring Mix in a new dramatic role with comedy romance and adventure.
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A A. Metcalf
Dundee
Observer
Tom Mix
William Fox
Liberty Theatre
Mix
Train Hits Pile Driver Window Barrage
A Grand Rapids Flyer stopped abruptly at Leoni as a pile driver boom over the tracks shattered every window on the long train. All passengers escaped unharmed. Joseph Liebeck of Sylvan was hospitalized in Ann Arbor with a suspected appendicitis but doctors found a bent pin had pierced his appendix, likely since childhood.
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Grand Rapids
Leoni
Chelsea Tribune
Joseph Liebeck
Sylvan
St. Joseph Sanitarium
Ann Arbor
Probate hearing on William Donaldson estate set for July 25
In Washtenaw County Probate Court at Ann Arbor on June 27 1922 Judge Emory E Leland presided. Grace D Cook heir petitions to determine legal heirs. Hearing scheduled for July 25 at ten o clock in the forenoon. Notice ordered published three weeks in Saline Observer.
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Washtenaw
Ann Arbor
Emory E. Leland
William Donaldson
Grace D. Cook
Saline
Farm Bureau Sets Meetings This Week and Next
Farm Bureau schedules several gatherings this week and next including an executive committee meeting on June 30 in Sharon township. events feature the Sharon Pig club, Willis Milk Producers, a Fourth of July observance, Grange picnic plans for Pleasant Lake, and the boys and girls club camp at Camp Birkett Silverlake starting July 1 with boy and girl sessions.
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Farm Bureau
Sharon Pig Club
W. T. Snyder
Sharon Township
Willis Milk Producers
Spring Valley
Dixboro
Spring Vailley
Salem, Farmers’ Club
William Geiger
Worden
Big Grange
Pleasant Lake
Camp Birkett
Silverlake
Porter Harvests 2300 Quarts From Three-Quarter Acre Patch
A. B. Porter gathered 2300 quarts of strawberries from a patch covering three quarters of an acre. The final picking occurred Monday, as reported by Blissfield Advance.
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A. B. Porter
Blissfield
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Continental Army
Patriotic Order
Lone of
State of Michigan
Wash
Tenaw
Farm Bureau Notes
Chevrolet
F. O. B. Flint
Mich
Geo. V. Cook
Prop
Fisk
George Uphaus
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