How Old Glory Got the Name Old Glory
Elmo Scott Watson recounts how the American flag came to be known as Old Glory. Captain William Driver of Salem named it during a farewell gift in 1831 and kept it through wars, hiding it in a cotton-filled comfort in Nashville until Union troops recovered it in 1862. The article also covers Bates’s 1872 Atlantic march bearing Old Glory to London to prove friendly British sentiment.
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Continental Congress
United States
Francis Scott Key
Fort McHenry
New England
Driver
Salem
Mass
William Driver
Europe
Charles Baggett
Seven Seas
God
Father
Son
Fle
Ican
Captain Driver
Orient
Nashville
Tenn
Tennessee
St. Patrick’s Day
Bailey
State Capitol
Amer
M. J. Roland
Nevada
Old City
Bates
Twenty-fourth
Massachusetts
Great Britain
Atlantic
England
London
John Bull
Uncle Sam
Sergeant Bates
Guy Fawkes
Inkerman
Edinburgh
Gretna Green
Lark Bridge
Scotland
Carlisle
Bush Hotel
Penrith
Shap
London Daily Press
Guildhall Yard
Guildhall
Robots Plow Ahead in Farming From Nebraska Demo
Scientists unveil a robot plowman at the University of Nebraska that autonomously plows a 20 acre field after one guided pass. An automatic cut off prevents accidents, with lever or spoken command starts. Experts foresee rapid growth in farm automation and broader use of ultraviolet lighting to boost yields.
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University of Nebraska College of Agriculture
University of Nebraska
Western Newspaper Union
Everybody Works but Father
Sonny visits a factory with his production manager father and observes workers at machines. After the tour Sonny remarks that his father should work too, highlighting the contrast between apparent inactivity and labor. The Indianapolis News quotes the moment as a light reflective anecdote.
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Sonny
Papa
Indianapolis News
Changing Sleeping Position Supports Blood Circulation
Country Home science experts report that healthy sleepers instinctively shift positions every few minutes to prevent blood circulation issues. The study notes resting comfort arises from a protective instinct, not restlessness, during sound sleep.
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Country Home
Bruce Barton on wives and secretary as team
Bruce Barton explains that his wife and his secretary are close friends and form a strong team. He notes the challenge of a wife and secretary at odds versus the benefit when they work together, describing their collaboration as wonderful.
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Bruce Barton
Dog Laddie dies saving child from house fire
In Chicago Benjamin Eckley’s dog Laddie sacrificed life to aid his mistress and two children Marjorie and Jackie left home alone. Barking at the door alerted Gilbert Beranek who broke in as flames trapped them. Jackie escaped temporarily blinded. Laddie and Marjorie perished after Beranek fought the fire and firemen arrived.
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Chicago
Benjamin Eckley
Laddie
Eckleys
Marjorie
Jackie
Gilbert Beranek
Eckley
Beranek
Sle
Gang foes take ex cop for ride in Newark
Newark police found the body of former patrolman and gangster Adam Dresch in the Passaic River. He had been linked to narcotics and hijacking rackets and may have been killed by associates fearing defection to Brooklyn gangs. The case tied to the murder of Phil Rossi in Belleville. Dresch had a long criminal record and was released from prison a year ago.
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Newark
N. J
Adam Dresch
Passaic
Commercial Street
Phil Rossi
A. C
Belleville
Rossi
Little Augie’ Pisano
Jersey
Dresch
Brooklyn
New York
John Benson
Freehold
Benson
Vannie”’ Higgins
Meanest Man Is Charged With Swindling Pittsburgh
H. C. Lake of Indiana, Pa., is jailed on accusations of running a mythical employment bureau. He charged job seekers $1 for supposed insurance against unemployment for a year and collected funds from hundreds of applicants in one week. Police say no Mutual Aid society existed and Lake admitted no intent to aid anyone, awaiting further inquiry.
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Pittsburgh
H. C. Lake
Indiana
Central Police Station
Murray Edlis
Robert Best
Lake
Mutual Aid Society
Frank R. Boyd
Measles Sold for Dime by Local Youth
In Wilmington North Carolina a young slicker sold measles for ten cents to seven classmates seeking a school break. The original patient recruited a friend who then gathered seven more boys, each paying a dime for measles in a room unobserved.
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Wilmington
N. C
Boy Survives After Heart Removed and Replaced
Ten year old Luis Valdez survived after doctors removed a pierced rib segment caused by a bicycle handlebar collision and then replaced his heart. The incident occurred in Los Angeles with the heart restored after rib removal.
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Los Angeles
Luis Valdez
Nebraska Bank Hold Up Nearly Perfect Crime
A Hastings bank robbery ends with thirteen clerks tied, eleven police shot at, and a large cash sum stolen by a gang of three men a woman and a baby led by Big Jim Thomas from Amarillo Texas. The group anticipated a flawless escape but neighbors' suspicions aided arrests. Big Bill Creighton Brazo Bill and Mrs Creighton may face long prison terms.
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Hastings, Neb
James
Big Jim
Thomas
Amarillo
Texas
Jimmy Creighton
Brazo Bill
Creigh
Big Bill
Mrs. Creighton
Hastings
Bib Bill
Boy In Jail Runs Robberies From Small Cell Base
St Johns N F a 16 year old inmate Callahan serving three months for daylight robbery at Corner Brook used his jail cell as an operations base for a string of burglaries. He removed a bar from his window to come and go, a necktie in his pocket drew notice and money was found under the mattress. He confessed to the burglaries and said he left his cell after midnight and returned before daylight.
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Raffles
St. Johns
N. F
Callahan
Cornerbrook
New Midget Auto to Speed 60 Miles an Hour
A foreign built midget automobile to enter the United States soon is described as smaller than any current American car, powered by a two cylinder 15 horsepower motor and claimed to reach speeds of 60 miles per hour. It is noted as inexpensive to operate.
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Washington
United States
Midget Driver Flees Police On Boston Post Road
Norwalk Conn Motor Cycle Policeman John Toothill chased a small car that had no driver aboard. He overtook it and questioned the rider who said he was twenty five and married. The miniature vehicle had special brake clutch and gear devices fitted for its size.
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Norwalk
Conn
John Toothill
Boston Post Road
Ty Pound
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Elmo Scott Watson
Aera Ee
Old City Cemetery
Plowman
Dog
Baby
Nebraska
Attar
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