Evolution of Uncle Sam in American cartoons
A historical survey traces Uncle Sam from early abroad and domestic depictions through F Bellows 1852 rendering to Thomas Nast’s mature figure. It notes shifts in symbolism from benevolent patriarch to stern national guardian and highlights key artists and works that shaped the character.
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Uncle Sam
United States
John Bull
England
Samuel Wilson
New York
Indiana
Troy
N. Y
Merriam
Ind
Sam
Brother Jonathan
Antern
F. Bellow
Bellow
Bellows Uncle Sam
Thomas Nast
Mr. Nast
Bobbs-Merrill Company
John Erskine
Oscar Cesare
New York Evening Post
Rollin Kirby
New York World
J. H. Cassel
Charlies Dana Gibson
Nast
Abraham Linecoln
Lincoln
Spain
Italy
France
Charles Dana Gibson
America
Mr. Erskine
Woman is revealed as the man in long disguise
Eva Mary Hotaling lived as a man for 24 years to secure better jobs and income. She married a woman to protect a brother’s marriage, and the divorce suit against Mariena Hostal discloses the disguise. Authorities ruled that Eva could wear trousers and be called Donald without legal penalty.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Eva Mary Hotating
Edward §. Halstad
Mariena Hastad
Donald Hotaling
Mary
Halstad
Miss Hotaling
Donald
Eva Mary
Corrects Line of Poe on Statue and Is Jailed
Edmond Fontaine a plant pathologist was arrested after threatening to clip the plural s from Poe line on the Poe Memorial statue in a Baltimore park He argued the erasure corrected a printing error but police say he had no right to deface the monument Fontaine defended his act saying Poe would suffer from public neglect and his action was artful punishment for seven years of error.
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Baltimore
Poe
Edmond Fontaine
Fontaine
Montana Voters Back Yellowstone Span Bond Issue
Richland county voters approve an $85,000 bond issue to fund a new Yellowstone river bridge east of Sidney. Total project cost is $350,000 with $265,000 from federal and state governments.
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Sidney
Mont
Richland
Montana
Yellowstone River
6 552 Eggs in 22 Years Faithful Hen's Record
Mand Oklahoma reports Sam Colvin a black farmer preserves a 22 year hen record. The hen has laid 6 552 eggs since 1900 and has 1 300 descendants. Her output and value total about 1 638 dollars with no signs of stopping.
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Mand
Okla
Sam Colvin
Negro
Colvin
Rheumatic Fever Traced to Teeth at Jefferson
Jefferson Medical College reports experiments linking rheumatic fever to focal infections such as infected teeth and tonsils. Dr Virgil Holland Moon described a new method using an infected cotton swab to induce chronic infection in animals, producing heart and artery changes matching human rheumatic fever. Autopsies confirmed similar tissue damage.
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Philadelphia
Jefferson Medical College
Virgil Holland Moon
College Laboratory
Jefferson Hospital
Moon
Berlin Police Raid Woman Gambling Club
Berlin police raided a private Kantstrasse residence uncovering a women's gambling club. Seven members were arrested for playing rhummy with baccarat as their usual game. The raid marked the first such action in 17 years by the Berlin Schupes.
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Berlin
Kantstrasse
Driver
Berlin Schupes
Low of Monkeys at Johns Hopkins Lab
A lemur, among the few monkey like animals, arrived at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine laboratories from East Africa. Prof. Adolph H. Schultz says it will be studied before joining about 300 other monkeys apes and lower primates in the anatomical collection. Johns Hopkins hosts the largest such collection.
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Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
East Africa
Adolph H. Schultz
Department of Physical Anthropology
School of Medicine of
Johns Hopkins
Engineer Derails Train to Save Boy Dies in Crash
Hammond Louisiana reports engineer Ford of Illinois Central Panama Limited sacrificed his life to save a fourteen year old boy when a stalled auto blocked tracks. His fireman died as well. Ford reportedly said he had once caused a crossing fatality and vowed not to be responsible again.
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Hammond
Buad Ford
Ilinois
Panama
Ford
Indians Adopt Friendly Crow as a Lucky Omen
In Glacier Park Montana Mia, a crow enters a tepee and remains close to a woman who values the bird as a good omen. The tribe believes the friendly crow brings favorable luck and they celebrate the omen with hopeful preparations. The bird’s nightly wigwam companionship is noted.
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Glacier Park
Mont-—-Mia
Yellow Kidney
Glacier National Park Reservation
Raw Alaska Lands Draw Settlers to Vast Valley
Newcomers are drawn to expansive valley land in Alaska now available for settlement. The region offers plentiful acreage and opportunities as homesteaders seek fertile ground and potential for farming and homesteading in the harsh frontier environment.
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Alaska
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