Celebrating the Glorious Fourth and Liberty’s Birthday
A patriotic prose piece recalling Independence Day celebrations and the birth of American liberty. It notes Philadelphia’s Liberty Bell signaling the break from Britain, the June 7 1776 resolution declaring independence, and the July 4 1776 path to nationhood with the Declaration’s framing by a Committee of Five.
Fourth of July Independence Declared in 1776
The document stating independence was adopted by thirteen colonies amid crowds outside Congress. Delaware’s Crar Rodney rode overnight to cast a timely vote in favor. The Liberty Bell rang as celebrations began, echoing patriotic fervor and reflections on freedom and national identity.
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Jefferson
Adams
Franklin
Congress
Crar Rodney
Delaware
Philadelphia
Jong
Jond
Helbringer
Hind
Freedom's Banner Honors Inaugural War Years
Poetic tribute to a national banner, celebrating Freedom's emblem through battle, memory, and enduring stars. The piece praises the flag's glory, sacrifice, and the nation's ongoing reverence across generations as printed in Front-Track News by Warbauch.
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Uwarbauch
Facts From Far and Wide Across 1900s World
A digest of century notes covers public schooling costs in Germany and Formosa machinery purchases, coal reserves in north China, Sicilian ox hair exports, a teller’s coin naming, a Polish legal society milestone, the Skat game, a St Petersburg navigation congress, autocar screw driver rail use, a Homer monument debate, Paris vacant sites, Massachusetts pest warfare funding, wireless longitude trials, London workhouse women’s use, lightning tree susceptibility, and taller trees more prone to strike.
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Germany
Formosa
Galley Wills
United States Geological Survey
North
China
France
United States
Chicago Journal
Kneralska Reinschmit
Warsaw
Poland
Liaw Society of
Skat
Altenburg
ISVT
Hempel
Altenburg College
St. Petersburg
International Association
Paris
Gustave Kuhn
Massachusetts Legislatire
Atehiy TD
Kirkland
Melrose Highlands
Paris Academy of Sciences
M. Bouquet de la Grye
Eiffel Tower
M. Bouquet de la Grue
Teneriffe
Church of All Hallows
London Wall
London Globe
A. W. Borthwick
Royal Botanical Garden
Edinburgh
Fourth of July Tribute to Founding Fathers and Freedom
A reflection on the legacy of Franklin Adams Jefferson Sherman Livingston with scenes from Philadelphia's 1776 celebrations. It recalls Jefferson drafting the Declaration in a brick house at Seventh and Market as bells rang and cannons boomed.
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Benjamin Franklin
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Roger Sherman
Robert R. Livingston
Jefferson
Congress
Seventh and
Market Streets
Notable Day in American History Since 1776
A Four-Track News retrospective lists key Fourth of July milestones across U S history. It cites the Declaration of Independence adoption, events from 1776 through 1873, and notable figures and disasters connected to July 4.
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Aton
Aly
Forty Fort
Wyoming Valley
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
New York State
Baltimore and Ohio
Charles Carroll
Carrollton
James Monroe
New York
Mbi
Five Paints
Vicksburg
Gen. Grant
Portland
Maine
Indiana
Wisconsin
Ohio
Missouri
Comic dealer hints at alien foot bane powder ad
Odd dialogue mocks proposals with regional dialects about clams and lobsters. Then an advertisement promotes Allen’s Soot-Heel Powder for feet, offering relief for corns bunions and ingrown nails, with free samples and mail order details.
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Allen
Allen S. Olmated
Te Roy
Fragmented 19th Century Advertisements and Anecdotes
A collection of miscoded ad copy and a short anecdote. Mrs. Lapsling denounces whisky in medicine for children. A waiter quips about oysters. Red Crean Bull Blue stands in for home use. A clergyman recalls a parishioner accusing him of stealing his sermon, then retracts after verifying the source.
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Sandi
Virginia
Richard Henry Lee
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Great Britain
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Deeda
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Bowling Green
Willie
New York Evening Journal
Ike
Wray
Depota
London
Rue de la Paix
Australa
R. Towns & Co
Sydney
India
K. Paul
Algy
Dodds
Addipsg
Marion
Ind
Oklahoma
C. W. Deming Inc. Co
Tulsa
Okla