Plum Picking and a Barbecue Promise in Rural Politics
Marina longs to attend a Fourth of July barbecue amid county political tensions over a congressional nomination. She rebels against her domineering aunt and hopes to see Leslie Page, once kind to her, while navigating family conflicts and the lure of ripe plums in the orchard.
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Congress
Marina
Lafayette
Patience
Wayne County
Dancy
John Mimms
Glee Club
Columbia
Leslie Page
John
Ander 2
Aki Tslaratan of Independence
A short note presents a 1899 story by Martha McCulloch Williams about Independence themed events. The piece is authored by Artha McCulloch and William, with a copyright attribution to Martha McCulloch Williams.
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A Fouid
Duly
Byartha McCulloch
William
Maartha McCulloch Williams
Independence Day At Bear Spring Parade Chooses Page
In Bear Spring a Republican political rally culminates as Mr. Leslie Page is heckled by a trick that leaves him blank on stage until Marina Key steps forward with a noble reading from the Declaration. The crowd responds with patriotic fervor as Page recovers and delivers a rousing finale.
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John Mimms
Marina
Joe
Grace's
Mimms
Page
Leslie Page
Wayne County
Dancy
Eton
Spring Valley
Lexington
Bear Spring
Glee Club
Cora Hill
Dixie
B’jacks
Stars and Stripes
Sally Ann
Sam
Thomas Jefferson
Greer
Mr. Page
Andrew Jackson
Lafayette
Miss Hill
Buck Darden
Marina Key
John
Chinese Treaty Ports Show Strong American Trade Demand
The report highlights Tientsin, Newchwang, and Chefu as key treaty ports with rising American demand for drills, sheetings, and kerosene. Tientsin is the northern hub near Peking with expanding rail links and growing imports. Newchwang reports supremacy of American drills and sheetings and a surge in kerosene. Chefu shows steady gains in American goods as imports rise.
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Tientsin
Newchwang
Chefu
Peking
China
Treasury Bureau of Statistics
Tien-tsin
Pe-chi-li
Shanhai-kwan
Shangtung
Kiangsu
Shanghai
Yang-tse-Kiang
Alfred Hippisley
Tanku
Read
Tinit
Tie.m. Pee
Canton
State Department
United States
Hongkong
Gulf of
Wei-Hai-Wei
Consul Fowler
Asia
Gulf of Pechi-li
Shengking
Muren
Manchuria
Port Arthur
Shanhaikwan
Walter Lay
Freight House Burned in East Buffalo Fire
Buffalo July 24 The Lehigh Valley freight house at East Buffalo burned, destroying five cargo cars with merchandise. Loss estimated at 150,000 dollars.
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Buffalo
Lehigh Valley
East Buffalo
Cuban Editor Advocates Constitutional Convention
New York reports Cuban editor W. Guyot of La Lucha in Havana en route to Washington. He says the idea wins broad approval with few conservative exceptions and urges Cuba to study tariffs to foster closer ties with the United States. He calls the current tariff absurd and worries it favors Europe over Cuba.
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New York
BE. W. Guyot
la Lucha
Havana
Washington
Guyot
Cuba
United States
Legal Fight Over Party Emblem in Seventh District
W B Moody nominated at Paris Kentucky as Democratic candidate for congress plans court action to settle the party emblem dispute. South Trimble, seated by the bolting faction, has the matter before the state central committee amid claims of Trimble control and rising bitterness.
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Lexington
W. B. Moody
Paris
South Trimble
Trimble
Explosion of Naptha Launch Kills Family on Long Island Sound
In New York on July 24 an explosion of a naptha launch on Long Island Sound killed Mrs. A. E. Crowe and her 16 year old son Chilton instantly. A. E. Crowe was fatally or severely injured, hurled into the water with a fractured thigh and internal injuries.
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New York
Long Island Sound
A. E. Crowe
Chilton
Crowe
German oleomargarine trust formed for next year
Berlin July 24 reports an oleomargarine trust has been formed in Germany and will take effect at the start of next year.
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Berlin
Germany
Louisville
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the Express Printing Company
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Roebuck & CO. (Inc
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Bureau of Civil Service Instruction
Dalciana
Cremona
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