Signers of the Declaration Martyrs to Independence
The article recounts how key Continental Congress signers like Richard Stockton Thomas Heyward Jr John Hart and others faced brutal British retaliation after signing the Declaration of Independence. It details Stockton's capture mistreatment and death, Heyward's prison ordeal and losses, Hart's flight and assets devastation, and excerpts of Hancock and Franklin urging unity.
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Continental Congress
England
John Hancock
Congress
Benjamin Franklin
Hancock
John Bull
Ien
Richard Stockton
Francia Lewis
Arthur Middleton
Lyman Hall
George Walton
Edward Rutledge
Thomas Hayward
John Hart
New Jersey
Howe
Mr. Stockton
The Liberty Bell Ends Ringing 71 Years Ago
On June 8, 1835 the Liberty bell tolled for Chief Justice John Marshall and was badly cracked. Though damaged it rang on great occasions afterward, with diminished tones. Seventy one years later, on February 22, 1916, the bell finally ceased ringing.
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Liberty Gell
Justicar
John Marshall
Washington
Broken Bell Remains Voiceless After Seventy-One Years
A historic bell tolled in joy once, but a prior crack widened and fractured its tones. It has not rung since that day, leaving the bell voiceless for 71 years as memories of a joyful love endure.
Miraculous Interruption Saves Frontiersman From Death
An Indiana tale from the Santa Fe era recounts Uncle Johnny Smith's brush with death. While scouting along Washita River, he narrowly avoided firing on a buffalo cow after a quail startled him, only to have Apaches attack and kill his companion Thorp. He explains the Indians’ belief in luck and why he remained untouched, citing that firing prematurely would have invited a grim fate.
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Indiana
Kansas
Kansas City Times
Westmore
Jess
Will Huatrate
Col
Henry Inman
Ancla Johnny” Smith
Washita
Johnny
Yellowstone
Independence
Boyd
Thorp
Arkansas
Outfit
Red Devils
WRONG KIND OF GARDENING Form That Patient Had Been Indul ing in Was Not What Doctor Would Have Recommended
An anecdote from a Duluth toast references gender roles and leisure, then pivots to a doctor quip about a patient claiming gardening as the cause of his troubles. The physician jokes about prescribing gardening instead of drugs, and the patient reveals the problem was roof gardening.
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Hue
Jerome
McWade
Duluth
Lacking In Self Assertion Abner Green Is Quiet
A humorous mock dialogue notes Abner Appledry Jay Green lacking pride and independence. It compares him to a rabbit, saying he never asserts rights on streetcars and sits still in his seat, in a rambling Puck like vent. Jered swallows pride yet remains hungry.
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Abner Appledry
Jay Green
Ashton Allred
Puck
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Monmouth County
Covenhoven
Stockton
Cavenhoven
New York
Amboy
Ater
General Howe
Iifa
Thomas Heyward, Jr
South Carolina
Charlieston
Hayward
Heyward
Rutledge
Charleston
St. Augustine
Jamaica
Philadelphia
Hunterdon County
Hart
Trenton
Verhim
Hunter
Pioneer
Ian Oatet
Tre Coca-Cola Co
Atiawra, Ga
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