Famous Hopkinson Family Shaped American Flag History
Eulogizing Francis Hopkinson and Joseph Hopkinson, the narrative highlights their roles in early America. It notes Hopkinson's likely designership of the national flag as well as his service in the Continental Congress and naval boards, with Betsy Ross as a debated figure.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Philadelphia
Hall
Columbia
Joseph Hopkinson
Martha Hopkinson
Francis Hopkinson
Admiralty
Hopkinson
University of Pennsylvania
College of Philadelphia
England
Lord North
Benjamin West
John Penn
American Philosophical Society
New Castle
Bordentown
N. J
Continental Congress
New Jersey
America
Betsy Ross
Francs Hopkinson
Navy Board
Marine Committee
Congress
Board of Admiralty
United States of America
Battle of the Keys and Hopkinson Family Legacy
The article recounts Hopkinson writings and the Battle of the Keys inspired by the Bushnell submarine plan during British Philadelphia occupation. It covers John Hopkinson's poem, George Washington era appointment, and his son Joseph Hopkinson, a jurist and composer of Hail Columbia with ties to the American Philosophical Society and the Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts.
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Benjamin Franklin
Hopkinson
Battle of the Keys
Philadelphia
David Bushnell
Delaware River
Bushnell
Washington
George Washington
United States
Pennsylvania
Joseph Hopkinson
University of Pennsylvania
Easton
Congress
Bordentown
John Quincey Adams
United States Court For
Eastern District of
Thomas Hopkinson
Philadelphia Academy of Fine Arts
American Philosophical Society
Columbia
John Adams
Adams
France
Great Britain
Fox
New York
Francis Scott Key
New Republic
Union
Arrests Sneak Thief at His Own Wedding in Madrid
Braulio Santos, a railway police detective, stopped a thief at his wedding altar. The thief grabbed a woman’s purse in the congregation, was seized by Santos, and jailed. The bride was kept waiting briefly but the ceremony continued after apologies and a quick restoration of the purse.
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Madrid
Braulio Santos
Branlio
Fisherman Anton Anderson Kills Two Game Wardens
In San Francisco a seasoned Swede fisherman named Anton Anderson killed two game wardens after a dawn gun battle near San Francisco Bay. He was mortally wounded and later died in Harbor Emergency Hospital after professing that officers tried to seize his catch and he defended it.
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San Francisco
Anton Anderson
Andrew Curry
Jack Burke
Anderson
Tower San Francisco Bay
Harbor Emergency Hospital
Bandits Halt Thrilling Robbery to Feed Baby
Two bandits ransacked Edward Solovy's Chicago apartment and, while keeping his nine month old son Jordan fed, bound a woman to a chair. They looted jewelry worth 1285 dollars before fleeing as neighbors heard screams.
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Chicago
Edward Solovy
Crystal Street
Auto's Broncho Tactics Unseat Five Passengers
Five Selma youths riding a new bucking broncho imitation roadster were thrown to the Fresno road after striking a sand ridge on Academy road near the Sierra Nevada foothills. The car dashed through a rail fence and spiraled into a grain field before stalling on its attempt to climb a hill.
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Fresno
Calif
Selma
Academy Road
Sierra Nevada Foothills
Man Kills Self After Breakfast Refusal in New Jersey
William Pittenger of Raritan shot himself after his wife, who was ill, failed to prepare breakfast at about 6:30 am. Police say Pittenger’s decapitated body and nearby shotgun were found after the shot.
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Raritan
N. J
William Pittenger
Pittenger
Freed to Drive Hearse in Funeral Procession
Joseph Enrico twenty two was serving a three day sentence for carelessly driving an undertaker's flower truck. He was released for three hours to drive the hearse in a funeral procession in Cleveland Ohio.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Joseph Enrico
Yellowstone to Grand Teton pulse and park tours
Kilbourn notes Yellowstone travelers face a bias toward its scenery and praises adding Grand Teton National Park to a Yellowstone loop. He describes the Tetons as jagged, majestic, and a climactic pay off, with early 1930s transport options from Victor Idaho or Lander Wyoming and price boosts for combined tours.
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Grand Canyon
Mount Rainier
Pike’s Peak
Yellowstone Park
Yellowstone
Park
Lindbergh
Babe Ruth
Grand Teton National Park
Teton
Tetons
North America
Grand Teton
Yellowstone National Park
Idaho
Wyoming
Victor
Union Pacific
Chicago and North Western Railway
Lander
Wyo
Yellowstone Circle
West Yellowstone
North Western
Jenny Lake
Jackson Lake
Old Faithful
Lake Camp
Western Newspaper Union
Neighborhood quarreling ends with shifted schoolhouse
Sum Dumm of Slippery Slap recalls months of conflict with a schoolmaster. Jig Fiddling of Clapboard Springs asks if he resigned. The community says they moved the schoolhouse in the night so he could not find it.
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Sum Dumm
Jig
Kansas City Star
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Laxative Ad
An old fashioned health ad promotes Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a safe family laxative for children and adults. It highlights purity, original prescription, and claims it is the world's best selling laxative, available in bottles at drug stores.
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Dr. Caldwell
Locomotive obeys orders via toy Casey Jones control
Scientific news describes a toy locomotive named Casey Jones responding to voice commands. The engine starts on a prompt Go ahead and stops instantly when told Stop, with instruction signals sent through a telephone transmitter.
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Casey Jones
Casey
A Bachelor Views Matrimony From a Distance
A witty remark on bachelor life noting that caution and safety can keep a man single. The line questions whether prudence yields heroism and hints at the social value of marriage.
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