Germans in America shaped liberty and industry
A sweeping tribute to German Americans, highlighting Zenger and the hyphenated Germans as founders of the free press, inventors, educators, and military leaders. It links their contributions to U S democracy, industry, law, culture, and the Civil War, naming many prominent figures and battles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johann Peter Zenger
Zenger
American Free Press
America
Germantown
New England
Franz Daniel Pastorius
Whitties
Christoph Dock
Frederick Rapp
Francis Lieber
Wilhelm Rittenhaus
Thomas Ruetter
Pennsylvania
Kaspar Wuester
Thomas Leiper
New Orleans
Johann August Roebling
United States
Harvard University
Karl P. Steinmetz
Shah
United States Steel Corporation
Andreas
Anton Kloman
John Wanamaker
Wannemacher
Standard
Roggenfelder
Heinz
Washington
New World
Library of Congress
Hillegas
Uncle Sam
German Red Cross Fund
Muehlenberg
Carl Schurz
Rhine
Oder
Elbe
Danube
Berks County
Virginia
Massachusetts
Boston
Berks
Lancaster
Bartholomaeus von Meer
George Washington
Heer
Steuben
Congress
Christoph Ludwig
Molly Pitcher
Molly
Marie Ludwig
Frau Marguareta Greider
Pennypackers
Turners
Lincoln
Cincinnati
Missouri
Maryland
Germany
Robert E. Lee
Jeff Davis
Miss Dorothy Nicoll Marries William Hubert After Suffrage Campaign
Miss Dorothy Nicoll of Babylon wed William Hubert following a suffrage whirlwind campaign ride in October 1915. Hubert drove for part of the Suffolk county suffrage tour led by Mrs. Raymond Brown, then president of the New York State Suffrage Association. He supported equal franchise and the couple announced their marriage after the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hubert
New York
Dorothy Nicoll
Babylon
Syracuse
Miss Nicoll
Suffolk County
Raymond Brown
New York State Suffrage Association
Mr.Hubert
Eddie Renz Quits Walking To Start Running
Eddie Renz former American walking champion announces he is quitting the pedestrian game to take up cross country running. He held the indoor two mile record of 14 05 5 set in 1915 and traces his decline after Goulding seized the seven mile walk title in New Brunswick on October 23 1915. Renz hopes to match his past fame as a walker in a new career on varied courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie" Renz
New York
Eddie Renz
Renz
Atlantic
George Goulding
Eddie
Goulding
New Brunswick
Hill and Dale
Fergus Replies On Mullet Trade And Fish Industry
Mr Fergus discusses mullet fishing on the Florida west coast and the shad famine noted previously. He outlines haul seines and drop nets, carload shipments to Savannah Atlanta and Georgia towns, plus Charleston Columbia and North Carolina trades, with surplus going to Norfolk and Wilmington. He argues these facts show the best method to preserve the fish industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Florida
Mr. Thompson
Savannah
Atlanta
Georgia
Charleston
Columbia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Norfolk
Wilmington
N. C
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sea Island
Cat
Toils du Nord
Copenhagen
J. W. H. Fuchs’ Dept. Store
Wilmington, N. C
Lumberton, N. C
George Seibel
The
Pittsburgh Volksblatt
Jacob Leisler
Christoph Saur
Johann Cromberger
City
Mexico
Ant Observatories
Heinrich Schliemann
Dugates
Lick
Yerkes
Greece
Homer
Johann Behrent
Singing Society
Bar- Baron
Henry Bergh
Societies For
Arthur von Briesen
Gustav Koerner
Christian Roselius
Louisiana
Baron von Steuben
Valley Forge
Yorktown
Herkimer
Kalb
Oriskany
Burgoyne
Leonidas
Winkelried
Armistead
Fort McHenry
Francis Scott Key
Franz Sigel
Adolph von Steinwehr
Alex. von Schimmelpfennig
Louis Blenker
Peter Osterhaus
George von Schack
Konrad Krez
Alban Schoepf
Julius Stahel
Samuel Peter Heinzelmann
J. H. Heinzelmann
Louis Wagner
August Kautz
Hugo Wangelin
G. Pennypacker
Friedrich Hetker
Max Weber
August Willich
Fredrich Salmon
Karl Salomon
Edward S. Salomon
Isaak Wister
Heinrich von Bohlen
Adolph Hassendäubel
Louis Zahm
Gottfried Weitzel
Theodor Schwan
Adolph Buschbeck
Willim Heine
Gustav Kaemmerling
Louis von Blessing
August Mohr
Julius Raith
F. C. Winkler
Johann A. Koltes
Herman Lieb
Alexander von Schrader
William C. Kueffner
George W. Mindel
Felix Salm-Salm
G. R. Paul
Karl Leopold Mathies
Edward S. Meyer
Joseph Conrad
Adolph Engelmann
Joseph Gerhardt
Hermann Haupt
Tutt’s
MR. Fergus
Insurance of Independence
Rock of Gibraltar
Wilmington Homestead & Loan Association
Front and Grace Sts
Bunting’s Drug Store
J. Hicks Bunting
John R. Hanby
C. C. Brown
J. H. Hardin
C. P. Vineberg
W. C. Peterson
Sig. Goodman
Thorpe
Crowley
Raymond Hunt
C. H. Bornemann
John D. Bellamy
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