Constitution Day Reflections on Philadelphia 1787 Convention
Elmo Scott Watson surveys the momentous 1787 Philadelphia gathering that saved the United States from dissolution. He notes the dire Congress, unpaid soldiers outside the city, and the 72 delegates from 13 states with 39 completing the charter of the federal government under the new Constitution.
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State House
United States of America
Continental Congress
Congress
States of America
England
Princeton
N. J
New York
United States
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Patrick Henry
Connecticut
Roger Sherman
William
Johnson
Delaware
Richard Bassett
Gunning Bedford, Jr
Jacob Broom
John Dickinson
George Read
Georgia
Abraham Baldwin
William Few
Maryland
Daniel Carrell
Daniel Jenifer
James McHenry
Massachusetts
Nathaniel Gorman
Rufus King
Nicholas Gilman
John Langdon
New Jersey
David Breasley
Jonathan Dayton
William Livingston
William Patterson
Alexander Hamilton
North Carolina
William Blount
Richard D.spaight
Hugh Williamson
Pennsylvania
George Clymer
Thomas Fitzsimmons
Benjamin Franklin
Jared Inger
Makers of the Constitution A Portrait of the Convention
The article recalls delegates from Virginia and South Carolina to Massachusetts led by figures such as Franklin, Washington, Madison, Hamilton and Morris. It details their professions, education, ages, and the intense debates that shaped the Virginia New Jersey and New York plans. It notes Franklin's mediation and Morris's drafting as the convention neared the final wording of the United States Constitution.
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Inner Temple
Middle Temple
England
Oxford
Blackstone
William §. Johnson
Columbia College
Connecticut
Benjamin Franklin
Jonathan Dayton
New Jersey
Charles Pinckney
Alexander Hamilton
New York
James Madison
John Marshall
United States
George Washington
Liberty
Washington
Virginia
Old State House
Madison
Hamilton
Gouverneur Morris
Gerry
Mason
Randolph
Franklin
Constellation of Nations
United States of America
Arctic campfire nightmare and near drowning in Alaskan gale
Jack Chester recalls a brutal Alaskan night where a bunked tent caught fire after a stove blaze and a tent collapse left men exposed to an Arctic wind. Fourteen men were burned, six severely, while Jack escaped by sleeping in a colder bunk, later earning work with the railroad to resume travel.
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Alaska
Jacob
Jack
Chester
Seattle
Skagway
Klondike
White Pass
Yukon
Jack Chester
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Tin and Its Wide Reach in Daily Life
A Cleveland Plain Dealer writer declares tin a key world metal shaping civilization. From cooking utensils and cans to telephones and lighting, tin touches homes, industry, transport, and even cosmetics, with alloys serving aviation and marine engineering.
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Cleveland Plain Dealer
Paint mixing tip from The Housewife
A public tip suggests turning an opened paint can upside down a couple of days before use to ease mixing. The guidance, from The Housewife column via Public Ledger and WNU Service, aims to improve consistency in newly opened paint.
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Public Ledger, Inc
WNU Service
Geese Rain Over Veszprem Hungarians Gather Frightened Birds
Hundreds of wild geese fell from the clouds at Veszprem Hungary and were collected by local residents. The birds appeared exhausted likely on a migratory flight to warmer regions.
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Veszprom
Hungary
Milnesia Wafers Promise Pleasant Quick Elimination
A health ad touts Milnesia Wafers as pure milk of magnesia tablets that correct acidity ease gas and headaches by stimulating daily bowel movement. Wafers sold in bottles (35c 60c) or tins (20c) and recommended by physicians. available at druggists.
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