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Newspaper
Carthage Record
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1898
Page
11
A nostalgic poem recalls childhood Fourth of July rites and louder past celebrations. The narrator laments changing times and says the fireworks thrill no longer matches the earlier, more vivid days. The piece closes with a personal memory of a lost finger from playful battle sounds.
Johnnie Duckworth, a railway family son, longs for a Grecian light. He saves for a red firework and secretly builds a river raft to celebrate the Fourth not knowing a looming storm and a wrecked bridge may end in tragedy when his red light ignites on the night express.
Johnnie Duckworth, ten, saved a stranded express near his home, guiding locals to the scene as the engine’s sparks flew. He is carried to his mother amid cheers while railway officials praise his bravery and the president notes a bright railroad future for him.
A man sits on a store step amid Independence Day celebrations, reacting with distress to every patriotic explosion. His friend urges festive fun and snowball throwing as a playful alternative, revealing his preference for a harmless amusement over gunpowder.
Poetic fragment notes a young child counting the daybreak season and counting thumbs, lamenting the need for a quiet moment amid festive bustle. The lines evoke a small boy sensing treason in the absence of stillness.
A patriotic verse extols the flag of the United States and honors soldiers who bore it through hardship. Starry lines praise bravery and unity, urging cheers for the flag and the boys who protected freedom across the years. Mary D Brine is cited in Christian Work.
Gen Shafter streams of troops and supplies land at Daiquiri and Basquiri as Sevilla battles claim 22 American dead and about 70 wounded. Wheeler reports Sevilla engagement as decisive with Santiago less than seven miles away and main forces preparing for a weeklong campaign.
Off Santiago de Cuba June 25 Navy opinion holds that Spanish troops will burn the town Cervera will destroy ships and then surrender or attempt escape The Basque Bay and harbor defenses are to be neutralized by a naval bombardment American forces press the siege Meanwhile Cuban convoy moves and ships coal at Guantanamo as Gloucester shells Morro area Nurses depart from Tamra to serve on Cuban fields.
First Lieut Charles G. Ames of the 7th Ohio regiment at Camp Alger will be court martialed within days. He sought leave to marry in Columbus, was denied, but went to Washington then Columbus, remaining away three days. Charges include absence without leave disobedience of orders and conduct unbecoming an officer.
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