16th of September 1775. William Drayton and Loyalist leader Colonel Thomas Fletchall signed a treaty of neutrality in the interior community of Ninety Six, South Carolina.
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16th of September 1775. The Virginia Gazette
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16th of September 1775. "Liberty Tree" by Thomas Paine
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[September 16th, 1925] Cartoon from the Brooklyn Daily Eagle
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[September 16th, 1925] Noël Coward's scandalous play The Vortex opened on Broadway at Henry Miller's Theatre. The production, which ran for 157 performances, was a critical and commercial success that cemented Coward's reputation.
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[September 16th, 1925] Harvey S. Firestone Jr., who was the president of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company, and Elizabeth Parke Firestone, announces the birth of a daughter. They name her Martha Parke Firestone.
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[September 16th, 1925] Leo Fall, Austrian Jewish composer, died at 52 in Vienna, Austria from cancer. Born in Olmutz, 1873, son of a Moravian military bandmaster. Studied in Vienna, trained by Fuchs. Later worked in Berlin, Hamburg.
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[September 16th, 1925] Today's Fritzi Ritz comic by Ernie Bushmiller
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[September 16th, 1925] Fred Hilderbrand confesses to three Kroger payroll robberies, stealing $11,984 and smaller amounts from stores. He and Charles Floyd, arrested from Oklahoma, claim Floyd is innocent, citing Chicago accomplices and sold stolen machines. "Ban on Radical" noted.
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[September 16th, 1925] The USS S-47 (SS-158) was commissioned into the U.S. Navy
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[September 16th, 1925] 20,000 watched Vancouver's largest air circus at Pearson Field, featuring 52 planes, aerial stunts, and no accidents. The event honored Alexander G. Pearson, showcasing aviation's prowess through races, combat drills, and precision maneuvers, thrilling and educating the crowd.
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[September 16th, 1925] Alexander Friedmann, a Russian and Soviet physicist and mathematician, dies from misdiagnosed typhoid fever in Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. He was 37.
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[September 16th, 1925] Vanderbilt's new $3M school of medicine and hospital opened in Chattanooga, admitting patients and a nurses' home, with formal dedication planned for Oct. 15-18.
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[September 16th, 1925] Kiwanis International's John H. Moss dedicated the Harding Peace Memorial at Stanley Park, symbolizing enduring friendship between Canada and the U.S. The event featured speeches, hymns like "Lead Kindly Light" and "Blest Be the Tie That Binds," and a special National Anthem..
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[September 16th, 1925] Pittsfield's Sun Printing Company, founded in 1800 as a weekly newspaper, became a major job printing house in Western Massachusetts after its 1906 discontinuation. Started by Phinehas Allen at 24, it faced challenges post-James Harding's death.
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[September 16th, 1925] German astronomer Karl Reinmuth discovered the asteroid 1051 Merope at the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory.
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15th of September 1825. Advertisement: A Hat Store in Wilmington offers men's and boys' fur hats from Philadelphia in latest fashions at reduced prices. (Delaware Advertiser and Farmer's Journal, Wilmington, Delaware)
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15th of September 1825. Major Noah proclaims "Ararat" as a Jewish city on Grand Island, NY, citing his U.S. and masonic affiliations in a ceremony at Buffalo's St. Paul's church.
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15th of September 1775. An early and unofficial American flag featuring a dark blue field with the white word "Liberty" was raised by Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Mott after seizing Fort Johnson
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15th of September 1775. The Arnold Expedition marched through Ipswich, Massachusetts, on its way to Newburyport. This was the first leg of Colonel Benedict Arnold's secret mission to invade Quebec and seize it from the British. A memorial stands in Ipswich to commemorate the event.
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[September 15th, 1925] Delta State University, located in the U.S. in Cleveland, Mississippi, opened for its first classes as Delta State Teachers College.
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[September 15th, 1925] The new Walt Disney Alice comedy "Alice the Jail Bird" is released in theaters.
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[September 15th, 1925] Pertinent Paragraphs (The Shreveport Journal)
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