The Fourth Day and Sport on Independence Holiday
A survey of how Americans celebrate the Fourth of July with sport and recreation. Baseball, picnics, archery, golf, races, fire-company contests, horse and motor events, chariot and tilting acts, and water sports fill communities with festive competition and crowds. Strong emphasis on varied games, venues, and evolving modern events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
New York
Chicago
Boston
Red
Finnegan
Schmidt
Red Sox
Knights of Old
Recurring Civilizations Across Time and Races
Professor Flinders Petrie argues civilizations rise and fall in regular 1500 year cycles across regions. He cites Egypt, Mesopotamia, Greece, India, and Mexico, noting shared stages from art to science, driven by racial mixing and climatic influences.
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Flinders Petrie
Royal Institution
Egypt
Middle Kingdom
Europe
India
Mexico
Petrie
London Globe
The Hill of Hope Fairy Tale of Alaster
Alaster a sheltered heiress longs for action and a fairy prince as she roams the Hill of Hope. Mallows the road surveyor and financier Levering pursue her, while her aunts guard a land rights struggle. A concealed romance, a delayed union, and a father’s surprise fortune shape Alaster’s destiny.
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Alaster
Susan
Debby
Mallows
Hill of Hope
Mallowa
Lever
Lassy Drewett
Levering
Drewett
aAlaster
Hiram Carpenter’s Remarkable Psoriasis Cure Story
A long testimonial from Hiram E. Carpenter of Henderson New York describing twenty years of psoriasis and severe skin suffering. After trying doctors and treatment, his sister used Cuticura products which rapidly eased the burning, healed the skin, and returned him home within six weeks. Carpenter later cited continued freedom from relapse through 1910.
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Hot Springs
Detroit
Lansing
Mich
Hiram E. Carpenter
Henderson
N. Y
Carpenter
Walnut St. So
Lansing, Mich
The Concession for Moving Pictures During South American Revolt
A dialogue captures American demand for exclusive rights to film a South American revolution. The president questions the concession while the American requests sole rights to capture motion pictures of the upheaval.
Why the bluenoses got their nickname from a potato
Thomas F. McCartney of St John explains the term bluenoses originated in the Cornwallis valley from the blue skinned potato called bluenose. The potato was shipped to the states, and the name then applied to Nova Scotia planters.
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States
Thomas F. McCartney
St. John
N.B
Maritime Provinces
Nova
Cornwallis Valley
Declining With Thanks in Society Letters
A young man in an Ohio town declines an invitation to a social event, writing a formal note that he declines with pleasure Mrs Wood's invitation for the nineteenth and thanks her for the opportunity. The example shows rigid etiquette and full compliance with polite correspondence customs.
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Ohiotown
Henry Blank
Wood
Lippincott’s
One Thing Needful Man Injured in Explosion
A man who escaped an explosion narrowly notes arms and legs are not essential and proves his point by puffing a cigar with his mouth. He slips milk through a straw, pays the waiter, and, after bowing, tucks his head into a hat and departs claiming his head remains very useful.
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Alaster
Drewett’s
Mallows
Castoria Ad Warning for Mothers to Check Bottles
This vintage notice urges mothers to inspect Castoria bottles for the doctors of Castoria supervision and the signature. It highlights Castoria as a safe remedy used for over 30 years and notes children should cry for Vletcher's Castoria.
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Vletcher
Castoria
Dr Pierce Pellets Advertises Constipation Cure
An advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets as a cure for constipation and claims treating the cause cures disease. The message mentions learning from events and cites Havelock, framed in a political and promotional tone.
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SOLY
Poe
Apa
Associated Literary Press
Hiram Carpenter
THE
Bluenoses
Land of the
Free
Havelock
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