First American flag creed and historic dates in June History
June 14 marks the first U S flag creed by Congress describing 13 red and white stripes and a blue field with 13 stars. Noted events include Harriet Beecher Stowe’s birth, 1775 Washington’s command, 1775 Tattnall noted, 1907 Hague Peace Congress opening, and Magna Carta signing in 1215. Astronomical data lists sun sets and rises, moon phases, and planetary positions.
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Congress
United States
Harriet Beecher
Stowe
King John
George Washington
Josiah Tattnall
Pekin
The
Hague
Township Trustee Candidates Named for Republican Convention
Harrison W. Godfrey will be presented to the Republican township convention meeting June 19 1908 as candidate for township trustee subject to its decision C E VanAlstine also named before Concord township Republicans for township trustee For Township Assessor E Darling Jr to be presented for office at Republican convention William J Sigerfoos named for Bucklen’s Arnica Salve ad curative testimonial from Tom Moore Rural Route 1 Cochran Ga Fort Wayne excursion train Sunday June 14 from Elkhart to Fort Wayne L 8S M 8 Ry round trip 1 Try the Bank savings account Start a savings account this month with St Joseph Valley Bank North Second St home for sale by Andrew S Lamb 123 W Lexington Ave Goos Milk and Cream mentioned Sanitary Milk Co Home Phone 1476.
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Harrison W. Godfrey
Fort Wayne
Elkhart
Notable Appointments and Obituaries From Empire and Americas
Ceravities Emperor William grants the Crown of Prussia to William Charles Reich of the New York Times. Baron Albert A. Schlippenbach leaves Chicago as consul general for New York City. Louis Klein moves to Philadelphia as commercial agent for the Missouri Pacific Iron Mountain system. Admiral Richard Moorman, famed father of the fleet, marks his ninety eighth birthday after a long naval career starting in 1823 and retiring in 1866. Thomas Kalends, a bootblack in Alton, appointed critic of Shurtleff college Greek classes. Roosevelt reappoints Straus to the permanent arbitration court at The Hague for six more years. William R. Smith, head of the National Botanical Garden, famed for Burnsiana. General Porfirio Diaz governs Mexico for twenty seven years with a planned retirement at eighty.
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Emperor Wiliam
Prussia
William Charles Reich
New York Times
Albert A. Schlippenbach
Chicago
New York City
Louis Klein
Illinois Central
Philadelphia
Missouri Pacific
Richard Moorman
Thomas Kalends
Alton
Shurtleff College
Athens Greek High School
Roosevelt
Straus
Department of Commerce and Labor
Permanent Court of Arbitration
The
Hague
William R. Smith
National Botanical Garden
Washington
Scotland
Porfirio Diaz
Mexico
General Diaz
Quotable Press Snippets skip across early editorials
A collage of local editorial lines jokes about elections for weather forecasters, Mount Etna’s eruption, lax gambling controls, automaker caution, fortunes in disguise, alias use, and Paris scientists debating life without mind with funeral delays implied.
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Columbus
O.) Journal
Mount Etna
Chicago Post
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Washington Star
Providence Tribune
London Daily Papers and a Dredger for Liverpool
English Etchings notes London has 31 daily papers and 375 periodicals. A mammoth dredger for the port of Liverpool will be 478 feet long and lift 10,000 tons of sand in fifty minutes. London's rush hours are 8 to 9 in the morning and about 6:30 in the evening. Tintern Abbey ruins in Monmouthshire are being restored with arches examined and more excavations planned.
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London
Liverpool
Tinternabbey
Monmouthshire
New York City Rapid Receipts and Coal Use Noted
The New York Herald reports daily post office receipts now total 54 370 dollars as it operates. Over six months 110 885 000 tons of coal were burned in New York City. The city has more water than Venice and the most rowing clubs worldwide, draws milk from up to 400 miles away, and consumes products from 986 000 farms daily.
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Manhattan
New York City
Venice
New York Herald
Pith and Point Editorial Note Critique
A brief editorial comment from the Atchison Globe argues few dare publicly oppose a majority and notes people praise others to gain support while blaming obstacles for poor outcomes. The piece reflects on courage, criticism, and delayed action in public deliberation.
The Bore and the Remorse of a Clever Swine
A compact meditation on a bore who loves, adding remorse to pain. The text notes that true bore rarely falls for stupidity and often prides cleverness, but a diet of pearls becomes extremely boring to the swine.
Clever Bore Ends in Silence Amid Stark Warnings
The remark conjures a tense scene where wit meets threat as a crowd reacts to sharp words. A character known as the clever bore challenges others, prompting a blunt, perhaps dangerous, response that shifts the mood of the setting.
The Trick of Opening Tahitian Young Coconuts
Beatrice Grimshaw describes Tahitians opening coconuts with a pointed stick to split the husk and reveal white inner nut. Young nuts yield a refreshing, slightly sweet, aerated water prized for drinking and nourishment, unlike older nuts avoided for illness concerns.
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Beatrice Grimshaw
South Seas
Tahiti
England
America
Tropics
Cigarettes and Tea in Russia a Local Habit
In Odessa, an Odessa correspondent notes Russia as the original home of the cigarette long before it spread to England and France. A British visitor observes cigarette smoking and tea service in a Moscow bank, with tea served to all staff and cigarettes used openly behind counters despite public smoking bans.
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Russia
Odessa
London Standard
First American patent granted by Massachusetts in 1648
Joseph Jenkes, an English blacksmith and machinist from Hammersmith, received the first American patent in 1648. The monopoly, valid fourteen years, covered water powered engines and included export and pricing controls. Jenkes, who built the country’s first fire engine and cast the Pine Tree coin dies, settled in Lynn in 1643 and died in 1682.
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General Court of
Massachusetts
Boston
Joseph Jenkes
Jenks
Hammersmith
England
Lynne
Rhode Island
Origin of Myths and the Mind as a Thinking Machine
The text argues that myths arise from humans natural craving to know the reason why. It contrasts savage and civilized minds and suggests early explanations of natural phenomena satisfied untutored understanding. Citing Tylor, it claims myth originates when attention is drawn to phenomena with obvious reasons and people invent stories to account for them.
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Tylor
The Literary Sweatshop Factory Tour
Foreman of a six bestseller factory explains the writing process in a satirical Puck tone. Plots are punched in at one end, description stitched in the middle, dialogue added by hand, and the finished product cut into chapters in the finishing room.
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T Foreman
Puck
Maine Solo Man and the Pullet Verdict
A Maine judge earned the nickname Maine Solom on for deciding that a pullet belonged to neither Mrs Jones nor Mrs Smith. After questioning the two claimants the magistrate declared the pullet mine and ordered a janitor to deliver it to his cook.
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Pine Tree
Maine
Solomon
A Great Change First Gentleman Calls Out Duel
A satirical exchange depicts the First Gentleman recalling a duel challenge from about a year earlier. He notes he has married and now refuses risk, while the Second Gentleman responds with a defiant, blunt tone implying readiness to fight. The exchange turns from civility to threat, framed as a commentary on human life.
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Haughbilly
Republican Township Meeting for Island Park Nominees
Concord township Republicans and all intending GOP voters meet at 7 30 p m on May 19 1908 in precinct locations to select delegates for the Republican township convention to nominate township officers for the November 1908 election. delegates chosen will convene June 19 1908 at Island Park Elkhart. Bradley and Rice sign.
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Concord Township
Republican County Central Committee
Island Park
Elkhart
Township Central Committee
J. D. Braden
Earl C. Rice
Best Pills Ever Sold
After fifteen years of chronic indigestion and spending over two hundred dollars, B F Ayscue of Ingleside North Carolina says Dr King s New Life Pills are the best pills ever sold. Sold under guarantee at Houseworth Bros drug store for 25 cents.
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Dr. King
B. F. Ayscue
Ingleside
N. C
Houseworth Bros
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Lawrence M’turnan
J. L. Peetz
Elkhart St
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Francis B. Berlin
Leander Anderson
Daniel J. Troyer
W. E. Wider
Aaron S. Zook
John Ziesel
Charles A. Croop
Walter A. Stauffer
Harold A. Keith
C. E. VanAlstine
E. Darling, Jr
William J. Sigerfoos
Bucklen
Tom Moore
Cochran
Houseworth Brros
South Bend and
North Second St
Andrew S. Lamb
Lexington Ave
St. Joseph
the Hall OF Fame
Atchison Globe
Bag
Monger Building
Frank Laidlaw
Clark Street
Indiana
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