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Title: National star-spangled banner centennial, Baltimore, Maryland, September 6 to 13, 1914
Year: 1914 (1910s)
Authors: National star-spangled banner centennial commission O'Connell, Frank Albert, 1886- Coyle, William F
Subjects: Star-spangled banner (Song) Baltimore, Battle of, Baltimore, Md., 1814
Publisher: (Baltimore, Munder-Thomsen Press
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Like It, the opening play 3 Oct., 1871 Third National Bank robbed between banking hours, Saturday and Monday; loss over $220,000 17-19 Aug., 1872 Initial number of the Evening News 4 Nov., 1872 Thermometer 10 below zero night of 29 Jan., 1873 Church of the Ascension, Protestant Episcopal, destroyed by fire. . 12 May, 1873 Baltimore and Potomac tunnel, about l/2 miles in length, begunJune, 1871, and first passenger train passed through to CalvertStation 29 June, 1873 Union Railroad tunnel (Greenmount avenue to Bond street) begunMay, 1871; completed June, 1873, and first train through.... 24 July, 1873 Most extensive fire to date (1873) in the city breaks out in a plan-ing-mill on Park and Clay streets; 113 buildings destroyed, in-cludmg 2 churches, 3 schoolhouses; loss $750,000. .. .25 July, 1873 Johns Hopkins dies, aged 79 24 Dec, 1873 Morning Herald established 1875 City Hall completed 1875 Monument to Edgar Allan Poe (Westminster Presbyterian Church-yard) unveiled 17 Nov., 1875 135
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Baltimores splendid watt-r Iront offers unexcelled opportunities for almanner oi aquatic sports and pastimes TH& BALTIMORLe^ BOOK Johns Hopkins University incorporated 24 August, 1867; endowed by its founder with $3,000,000, is opened 1876 Following a strike on the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, on the 16th,noting occurred, and on the 18th troops were sent to Martins-burg—the President having issued a warning proclamation to therioters. This was succeeded by strikes and riots on most of theleading railroads in the United Slates, accompanied by immensedestruction of railroad property and freight. The riots werequelled by troops with considerable loss of life. On the 20th ariot occurred at the Sixth Regiment Armory, in Baltimore, inwhich eleven persons were killed and several wounded. Theoccasion was the movement of the regiment to assist in quellingthe railroad rioters. The trouble continued until the end of themonth before they were quieted, and on the 30lh railroad travelwas pa

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