Fort Lee Monument Marks Revolutionary Valor in New Jersey
The Fort Lee Revolutionary Monument association unveiled a bronze sculpture by Carl B. Tefft showing two Continental soldiers scaling the Palisades. The project, begun in 1902, received state funds, and the statue stands on a terraced Palisades site near the old fort ruins. Fort Lee’s Revolutionary history includes Morgan’s riflemen and Mor gan’s huts, with preservation efforts planned for the stone huts and the Belvidere hotel bake oven.
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New York
Fort Lee
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Bronx Zoological Park
Palisades Interstate Park Commission
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Palisades
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Gov. Fort
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Morgan
Fort Les
Hudson River
Belvidere
Heir to Great Fortune Known as Master Nicholas Brown
The eight year old heir to Mrs John Carter Brown is known as Master Nicholas Brown. He travels to Europe to avoid kidnappers and lives a life of wealth with a daily routine of cream meals horse riding and private attendants. He visits Paris London and the Champs Elysees and is watched by a nurse and a detective as he grows into a public figure. He spends summers in fancy attire and attends church with his mother guarded by a nanny and a watchman.
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Newport, R. L
John Nicholas Brown
Baby” Brown
John Carter Brown
Baby Brown
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England
France
Paris
Elizabeth Georgette Marie Valentine
Viscountess d'Osmay
Piccadilly
London
Champs Elysees
Nicholas Brown
Buster Brown
Impertinent cross exam sparks age and blindness jab
A Chicago Daily News item quotes a lawyer bluntly asking a woman witness her age and years of blindness. The witness replies 23 summers, prompting the lawyer to quip about her age and blindness in a sharp courtroom moment.
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Chicago Daily News
The Real Thing Miss Travers Strong-Minded Joke
A wry remark describes Miss Travers as strong minded after she travels across the continent three times without mailing any souvenir postcards. Chicago Daily News style quip reflects light gossip tone about social expectations.
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