Remarkable Adams Family Shapes U S History Across Generations
A critical look at the Adams lineage from Henry Adams who settled in Braintree to John Adams and John Quincy Adams shaping early American diplomacy. The piece traces the family’s rise through the Revolution, the Monroe era, and 19th century diplomacy, highlighting Charles Francis Adams’s pivotal roles in preventing Confederate recognition and steering maritime claims toward peaceful settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Adams
France
John Quincy Adams
England
Court of St. James
Adams
Russia
Paris
London
Harvard
Washington
Hague
Portugal
Prussia
Monroe
Spain
Florida
Jackson
Virginia
Plymouth
Republic
Charles Francis Adams
John
John Quincy
Freedom
Union
Lincoln
Seward
Lord Russell
Alabama Claims Commission
Great Britain
Charles Francis
Kansas City Stockyards Association
Union Pacific Railroad
Henry Adams
Mont St. Michel
Chartres
Brooks Adams
Quincy
University
Navy
Western Newspaper Union
Insincerity and discipline lessons for children
A Western Newspaper Union piece argues insincerity harms children shown by mothers and peers. It urges parents to model honesty and be decisive, using direct gaze and firm demands to promote order and lessen nagging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robin Hood
Western Newspaper Union
Glacial Geology Reveals 80 Million Year Old Alpine Drama
In Glacier National Park Montana geologists describe Algonkian rock layers formed 80 million years ago. The Lewis Overthrust places 1 600 foot Altyn limestone atop younger rock exposing the ancient yellow base on cliffs near Many Glacier and Chief Mountain. Diorite lava bands mark peaks with ash whitening and ripple marks hinting at a prehistoric sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin
Glacier National Park
Montana
Grand Canyon
Colorado River
Glacier Park
Altyn
Park
Many Glacier
Two Medicine
Chief Mountain
Lower St. Mary Lake
Babb
Great Northern Railway
Glacier Mountains
Western Newspaper Union
Paper Money Uses Silk-Fibered Paper From Crane Mills
The notes are printed on silk-fibered paper made at Crane mills in Dalton Massachusetts for the government. The paper is a closely guarded secret and possession of any such paper or its imitation is forbidden by law. It is received at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington in 1000 sheet packs through every department until the notes reach the treasury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crane Mills
Dalton
Mass
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Washington
Bureau
Treasury
First American Oil Well Founded In 1859
Edwin L. Drake, a conductor on the New York New Haven Hartford line, organized a company and drilled the first American oil well near Titusville Pennsylvania. Oil was struck at 89 feet and pumped at 26 barrels per day, dropping to 15 by year’s end, marking the birth of the modern oil industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin L. Drake
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
Titusville
B.H. Hamilton
Popular Science Monthly
How to take care of your pipe booklet offer
Sir Walter Raleigh style promotion describes a free booklet on pipe care from Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation. It explains breaking in pipes, keeping them sweet, smoking smoother, cleaning, and hygiene. Two of Queen Elizabeths ladies-in-waiting assist with mail while encouraging readers to request the free booklet. Tune in to The Raleigh Revue Fridays 10 to 11 p.m. over NBC WEAF.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Walter
Sir Walter Raleigh
Queen Elizabeth
Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corporation
Louisville, Ky
New York
WEAF
N.B.C
Candles as Bullets Demonstrated by Fort Benning Captain
Captain Eric D. Porter of Fort Benning tested an ordinary tallow candle fired from a 12 gauge shotgun. The candle completely penetrated a one inch pine board at close range as part of an Army and Navy Journal progress feature. Hazel notes progress in automobile lessons and praises improved one handed aiming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric D. Porter
Infantry
Department of Experiment
Fort Benning
Army and Navy Journal
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Elmo Scott Watson
America
Nlees
Harrisons
James Truslow Adams
Virginia Adams
Massachusetts
Little, Brown and Company
Boston
New World
Braintree
Susanna Boylston
United States
Adams and Boylston
Adamses
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Joe Quincy Adaits
Joh Adams
Charles Atrances Adams
Sein Navy
Charles Francis Adais
Gertie
Helen
Scenic Playgrounds OF America
G. M. Kilbourn
Sirk Walter Raleigh
Hazel
Rinso
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