San Francisco Items

Sacramento Daily Record-Union, January 3, 1883 New Year’s Day along the city front was exceedingly dull, although during the early morning hours it was somewhat lively for the shipping, some…

Aero Meet for Seattle

The Seattle Star, Seattle, WA, January 2, 1911 If present plans do not miscarry, Glenn H. Curtiss, one of the greatest of American aviators, and his pupil, Eugene Ely, will…
One of the Battleships in the Tyne (photograph; silver gelatin print)

Daniels Believes in Limiting Navy

Pensacola Journal, Pensacola, FL, January 12, 1921 America Must Have Strongest Unless All Disarm, Secretary Asserts WASHINGTON, Jan. 11. The present time was described as ripe for a movement toward…

January 12, 1861 – “Hold ’Em and let ’Em Fizz, till They Fizzle Out.”

This is the suggestion of a humble private citizen as to the best mode of treating the secessionists. The expression is not elegant, nor diplomatic, but it is sensible and hits the bull’s-eye in the center. We presume that the man who used it had not a very clear idea as to the details of the process he proposed, taking only a rough and comprehensive view. But his idea is the correct one, and furnishes a good text for a brief statement of the policy that will kill out the disunion conspiracy, if anything can.