Fragmented Revolutionary Era Excerpt On Independence Debate
Readable passages describe the Fourth of July peril and the debate over the Declaration of Independence. It mentions New Jersey participation, Witherspoon’s tide in the affairs of men, and Rev. Jacob Duche urging cessation of hostilities in a misaligned letter to Washington.
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Phia
New Jersey
Witherspoon
Freeman
Siz
Jacob Dauches
Duche
Philadelphia
Congress
Washington
Lord Howe
Amari
Ain
Fourth of July Traditions Rise in Early American Memory
The piece recalls dramatic Independence Day celebrations from 1776 onward in Philadelphia New York and Castleton Virginia. It describes how bonfires bells beheadings and patriotic toasts framed public devotion, with vivid anecdotes of Hessian music and heroic oratory, ending with a 1820 Virginia observance honoring a fallen soldier.
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Paul
Ford
Independence Hall
Penn
New York
Bowling Green
George the Third
George
Congress
Trenton
New Jersey
Doctor Lange claims alchemy backed transmutation of metals
A physician and inventor, Dr F W Lange, details a signed statement claiming a new method to transmute base metals into silver. He describes his background from Scranton tin shop to Wesleyan and Hahnemann College and asserts a process that could multiply silver with specific matrices, while distancing himself from alchemy.
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Charles ©. Dickinson
Doctor Lange
Scranton
Wesleyan University
Mid ‘Aietown
Conn
Atwater
Hahnemann College
Philadelphia
Lange
F W Lange
Browne Jury Deliberates in Browne White Bribery Case
Lee O Neil Browne awaits jury verdict after closing arguments in Springfield bribery trial. Judge McLurely instructed 66 points as Wayman denounced White and Browne. defense likened White to Judas and Benedict Arnold. Browne’s counsel argued Browne gave no money and awaits acquittal. Also notes on typhoid vaccine, McMurry Indian deals, and Coca Cola booklet.
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Chicago
Lee O'Neil Browne
McLurely
Springfield
Charles A. White
William Lorimer
United States
Wayman
White
Beckemeyer
Link
Mauskellunge
Mitchell
Madison County
Mississippi
Charlies A. White
Judas Iscariot
Lee O’neil Browne
Bible Times
Charles E. Erbstein
Jesus Christ
Jesus
Judas
Judas Lagariot
Judas White
Browne
P H. O’donnell
Erbstein
State Street
Benedict Arnold
Arnold
Lee O’nell Browne
Forrest
Charles A White
Briggs House
Jorimer
Mr Forrest
Bunyan Birthplace and the Hamlet of Histon Recalled
T P s Weekly recalls Elstows link to John Bunyan born in 1623 giving the hamlet historical nobility. The piece notes Judith countess of Huntingdon Radcliffe and Hillesden legacies, the church tower bells guest house cross and fairs, as Bunyan is imagined revisiting his early years in Elstow.
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Bunyan
Judith
Huntingdon
William the Conqueror
Histon
Humphrey Radcliffe
Hillesden
Elstow
John Bunyan
Banyan
T. P.'a Weekly
Noahs Ark Meets Stage Dream in Comic Reframe
Japhet and Noah discuss feeding the animals and their fortune turning toward a grand theatrical project. The dialogue hints at creating the greatest stage production of Uncle Tom’s Cabin on earth.
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Japhet
Noah
Earth
SAY CHARLTON IS INSANE
Porter Charlton, who killed his wife Mary Castie Charlton and hid her body in a trunk dumped in Lake Como, faces extradition battles. His father Judge Charlton and allies fight Italy’s request while four alienists declare him insane and incurably so, seeking to bar transfer from Hudson County Jail.
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New York
Porter Charlton
Mary Castie Charlton
Lake Como
Italy
Hudson County
Jersey City
Charlton
R. Floyd Clarke
Wiliam D. Edwards
Washington
Hoboken
Rome
Chariton
Funston Near Death in Leavenworth After Heart Attack
Gen Frederick Funston commander of the army service schools in Leavenworth Kansas is critically ill with heart disease at his home. Physicians and nurses attend him as Mrs Funston, in California, received word. He is suffering angina pectoris and has long had heart trouble. Temperature heat may have triggered the attack. In Boston thieves stole 5000 in Austrian and Italian currency from Julius Rottenburgs private bank as it was crowded. A Washington report says the House adopted a conference bill on public buildings and sent it to the president.
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Washington
Gore
Senate
McMurry
Oklahoma
House
Colorado
House of Representatives
Nebraska
Kansas
Gallinger
Leavenworth
Kan
Frederick Funston
Army Service Schools
General Funston
Army
Boston
Julius Rottenburg
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Carroll
Braxton
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Philadel
Jacob Ducke
Castleton
Nathan
Tella
F. W. Lange
Ars 9
Daag Coe
Jung
Eugéne T. Porter
New York States Department of Health
Announces Hoe
Coca-Cola
Ron Yo
Coca-Cola Co
Atlanta
Ges
G Bernard Shaw
Libby
Taneh- Libby
Vicana Sausage Park
Bess
Mik
Gen
Funston
Beral Restate
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