Origins and symbolism of the Great Seal of the United States
The article traces the Great Seal from its 1776 origins through multiple committees to the 1782 adoption by Congress. It details the eagle, shield, thirteen stripes and stars, the eye of Providence on the reverse seal, and the mottos Deos favente and Virtus sola invicta, plus the symbolism of unity, democracy, and national strength.
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Hoover
United States
Continental Congress
Benjamin
Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
America
Providence
Doctor Barton
Congress
Austria
Germany
Russia
United States of America
Washington
John ‘Hanson
Charles
Thomson
Daniel Webster
Jett
Talon
Aot
England
John Prestwich
Great Seal Committee
Benjamin Franklin
Sarth Bache
France
Kansas House to Meet Feb Twenty-Seven on Tax Revision
Governor Reed calls a special Kansas legislature session in Topeka for February 27 to revise the intangible tax law and pursue a more equitable tax system for industry and agriculture. He urges constitutional amendment consideration and notes possible delays to other tax code revisions. Concurrently February 25 will elect vacancies in the house and senate.
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Topeka
Reed
Kansas
Supreme Court
Tax Code Commission
House
Senate
Jack Harrison
Beloit
Wallace Kemp
Wichita
Frank Martin
Longe
Newton
Casper Mugler
Clay County
J. R. Stapleton
Bourbon County
Andy J. White
Atchison
Special election set for district 68 seat in Kansas
Gov. Glyde M. Reed orders Sedgwick County clerk Orville A. Bell to call a special election on February 25 to elect a successor to the late Wallace Kemp as state representative for district 68 in Kansas.
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Wichita
Glyde M. Reed
Orville A. Bell
Sedgwick
Wallace Kemp
Coffeyville Votes to Fund New Senior High School
Coffeyville voters approve a 4 percent million dollar bond plan by a 1 851 to 425 vote to build and equip a senior high school. Construction will start immediately.
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Coffeyville
El Dorado Drilling Contractor Quinn G. McCall Dies
Quinn G. McCall, longtime drilling contractor in this section, is dead here from heart trouble after years of work in El Dorado.
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el Dorado
Quinn G. McCall
Telephone firm seeks takeover of Pratt and Liberal exchanges
Topeka report states Southwestern Bell Telephone Company filed with the public service commission for authority to acquire the Pratt and Liberal exchanges and to issue 3680000 in stock to pay them.
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Topeka
Southwestern ‘Tele‘phone Company
Public Service Commission
Pratt and Liberal Telephone Exchanges
Rhodes Ur land farm under public auction near Republic
The Charles P. Rhodes farm of 160 acres sold at public auction for 13 500 dollars about 84 dollars per acre. The land lies six miles west and one mile north of Republic. The sale occurred recently.
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Republic
Charles P. Rhodes
Mongolia Republic Grabs Big Estates in Transitions
A National Geographic bulletin describes Mongolia's radical land reform after the 1924 proclamation of the Mongolian People's Republic. It notes confiscation of noble estates worth about 4 million dollars, redistribution to peasant collectives, and growing Soviet influence as trade shifts toward Trans-Siberian towns.
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Washington
Ulan Bator Hoto
Ulan Bator
D. C
National Geographic Society
Olan Bator Hoto
Urga
Mongolia
China
Siberia
Outer Mongolia
Gobi Desert
Inner Mongolia
Russia
Republic of Mongolia
Efforts to Salvage Alaska Gold Abandoned
After eight weeks of futile work Wiley brothers of Seattle give up salvage of millions in gold lost in a steamer wreck. They report $20000 in equipment lost as a work barge was swamped by treacherous Taku Inlet winds while seeking the Island wreck off Douglas Island, 1901, with many lives lost and a vast cargo of gold.
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Juneau
Alaska
ABC
Wiley, Brothers
Seattle
Taku Inlet
Island
Douglas Island
Pigeons Ordered Away From Cologne Cathedral Towers
Cologne authorities plan to drive out flocks of pigeons that have damaged the cathedral ornaments and walls. Nest destruction will follow after the birds are removed from the towers, ending their long sojourn in the landmark edifice.
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Cologne
Phillips Milk of Magnesia for quick relief of sour stomach
The advertisement claims that excess eating or smoking can upset the stomach and that Phillips Milk of Magnesia alkalinizes acid. A spoonful is said to sweeten the system and relieve distress from over eating, acidity, or nicotine effects. Physicians endorse Phillips, urging readers not to substitute another product.
Cleaning Worker Recommends Lydia E Pinkham Remedy
A testimonial from Tilm TreNnda of Lankin North Dakota says she was ill for four years and could not clean or work outside. After three bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports feeling much better and urges others to use the medicine available in liquid and tablet forms.
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Lankin
North Dakota
Lydia E. Pinkham
Tilm Trennda
R. F.D
Citizens urged to donate sacks for grain collection
Soviet authorities call on citizens to prove patriotism by gathering ordinary sacks and turning them over to the government. Grain collection has been hampered significantly by a shortage of sacks.
My wife isn't open minded What have you been doing
A Louisville Courier Journal item quotes a person saying his wife is not open minded and asks what he has been doing, reflecting a terse domestic exchange. The brief notes tensions in a domestic context without embellishment.
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Marius
Germany
Russia
Poland
France
Louis
Napoleon
Louisville Courier-Journal
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Doe
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