Origins and first battles of the Stars and Stripes flag
The article traces flags names such as Old Glory and Star-Spangled Banner, notes the 1777 flag design, and discusses disputed first battles. It highlights Betsy Ross Hopkinson theories, a Hulbert flag find, and claims about Fort Stanwix Brandywine Cooch's Bridge Bennington/Walloomsac as first battles faced by the flag.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Free
United States of America
Continental Congress
Philadelphia
United States
Francis Scott Key
Fort McHenry
Baltimore
Washington, D. C
Key
William Driver
Charles Doggett
South Seas
Betsy Ross
Francis Hopkinson
New Jersey
John Hulbert
Long Island
Ticonder
Hulbert
Congress
Hopkinson
Fort Schuyler
Fort Stanwix
Rome
N. Y
New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Vermont
John Spargo
Vermont Historical Society
John Stark
Bennington
Cooch
Cooch's Bridge
Brandywine
Walloomsac
New
Canadian gold found coast to coast except Prince Edward Island
The text traces gold discoveries across Canada noting the first recorded find in Quebec in 1824 on the Gilbert River near Quebec City. It states placer mining began there in 1847 and continued intermittently, with later discoveries listed in Ontario, British Columbia, and Yukon territory.
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Canada
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Gilbert River
Quebec City
Ontario
British Columbia
Yukon Territory
Lode Mining for Gold Begins at Tangler River 1858
The record notes that lode mining for gold started at Tangler river in Nova Scotia in 1858. This early mining activity marks the beginnings of mineral extraction in the region during mid nineteenth century.
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Tangler River
Nova Scotia
Indian mother and papoose travel by to collect firewood
A Waterton Lakes National Park Indian mother travels with her papoose in a travois. The cart carries firewood on its lower frame for the return journey while the papoose remains undisturbed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterton Lakes National Park
Glacier Park
Montana
Banana Foods Value Compared To Other Produce
The article claims bananas exceed nearly all fruits and vegetables in food value noting 460 calories per pound versus 885 for milk 825 for potatoes and 415 for cooked macaroni. It presents bananas as a high energy option among common foods.
Expert Tattooing The New Zealanders
The New Zealanders trace artistic patterns under the skin producing elaborate effects praised as beautiful by observers. The craft emphasizes intricate line work and enduring designs showcased as a cultural achievement in custom body art.
Women to Address and Mail Advertising Literature at Home
A Medford Hillside Massachusetts firm offers part time work assembling and mailing advertising literature with samples available for 25 cents. Scientists measuring water in a dense fog report a block 3 by 6 by 100 feet holds less than one seventh of a glass of water, yet yields 60 billion drops.
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Tress Stat’y Co
Medford Hillside
Mass
Clock Store Proprietor Winds Up Business
The proprietor of a clock shop declares winding up the business in response to alarm. A note on plans to fit third class English trains with couchettes to improve night travel. An ironic line about emotion and dinner follows, and a remark on a man whose bluff was never real.
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England
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Batavia, Ohio
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H. Kennedy
J. M. Cropper
A. M. Ellis
Tam
Wilhameville
P. O
Amelia
Florma
Henry Mosler
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Treene
Hea
the Golden Dominion
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Peery
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