Mickey Emmett's Fourth of July Balloon Adventure
A Kansas boy Mickey Emmett of Elwood climbs into a balloon during a Fourth of July picnic in 1872. His mother, Memorial attendance, and Prof Windall run the ascent. The balloo n rises, leaving Mickey perched in a slender basket as he recounts the awe of seeing earth recede and the vast sky open before him.
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Elwood
Kan
Illinois Central Railroad
M. R. Emmett
Mickey Emmett
Michael Robert Emmett
Mickey
Heself
Lake Contrary
Bedlam
Prof
Windall
Prof. Winball
Kane
Emmett
The Fifth of July Calling the Roll Adapted Poem
A narrative poem recounts a family roll call on July fifth with seven Jones children, four answering, and a sobering account of Charley, Johnnie, Albert, and Chauncey Jones. The vivid prose shifts to aerial memories of St Joseph, Missouri, a balloon flight on the Fourth, and a perilous descent ending safely near the lake. It also surveys origins of Yankee Doodle with Hessian connections and Schwalm dances.
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Jones
Charley Jones
Lake Contrary
St. Joe
Kansas Plains
Epitaph on a Soldier and His Cannon
A brief epitaph notes a traveler’s sorrow for a buried man who filled his cannon to the brim. Quoted from the New York World, it marks a morning moment of reflection on casualties and war.
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New York World
Haakon Crowned King of Norway with Maud Queen at Trondheim
Coronation marks Norway’s independence from Sweden after the 1814 union disputes. Haakon VII and Queen Maud were crowned in Trondheim Cathedral with religious rites led by the bishop. a seven gun salute followed. The ceremony contrasted with older customs as oils were not applied to the couple’s chests.
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Maud
Foltlaws
Norway
Haakon
Queen Maud
Trondhjem
Oscar
Sweden
Michelsen
Olsson
Haakon VII
Rikstag
Nyrsvevin Storthing
Norwegian Council of State
Storthing
Carlstad
Council of State
Christian Michelsen
Prince Charles
Denmark
Traakon VII
Chris Tanja
Cleaning alfalfa seed dodder free sowing method
Dodder infestations ruin alfalfa fields and seed alone is often doddery. Hand sifting seed through a 20 mesh sieve is advised to remove tiny dodder seeds and other debris. A DIY frame with No 32 wire screen can clean five to ten bushels daily. Sifting must be done in small batches with careful timing. Our tests show this method can render most market alfalfa seed practically dodder free and safe to sow.
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F. C. Stewart
H.J. Eustace
New York
Too Many Hens in a House Roosting and Scratching Sheds Plan
The author argues against overloading a poultry house with birds and endorses one-roof housing. It recommends dividing the space into alternating roosting rooms and scratching sheds, with each shed positioned between two roosting rooms, to ease care and manage risks.
Inland empire church conference dedicates $12000 tabernacle
Swedish Congregational churches gathered for a regional conference in Spokane. They then dedicated a handsome new tabernacle valued at $12,000 located at Second Avenue and Division Street.
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Spokane
Inland Empire
Second Avenue
Division Street
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Henry Cuyler Bunner
Benjamin Jones
Johnnie Jones
Albert Jones
Chauncey Jones
St. Luke's
William Jones
Chicago Tribune
Prof. Windall
John H. Raftery
Chicago
Lord-Herald
United States
America
Johann Lewalter
Kur- Hesse
Schwalm
Lewalter
Wasenberg
Ziegenhain
Kur-Ffesse
George
Boston
Yorktown
Sagtae
Rastus
Dane
Thomas B. Collier
Tennessee
T. R. Tucker
Queen Maud OF Norway
J. C. Haifleigh
Jasper County
Hoge
Texas
Union
Indianapolis News
Maine
B. Fiske
Middlesex County
Mass
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