Independence Day Debate and Dates in American History
The article traces John Adams letters from July 1776 asserting July 2 as the true date of independence, while popular celebration aligned with July 4. It notes states voting to accept independence on July 2, Jefferson’s declaration on July 4, and low-signing activity, with likely signatures by Hancock and Thomson. Paul Leland Haworth cites Harper's Magazine.
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John Adame
Massachusetts
Continental Congress
Abigail
America
New York
United
Great Britain
John Adams
Jefferson
John Hancock
Congress
Charles Thomson
Paul Leland Haworth
Harper’s Magazine
Adaptability as a keystone of success and leadership
The passage extols adaptability as essential in crisis and change. It argues that those who can adjust quickly to new conditions turn setbacks into gains, comparing adaptability to a general, a statesman, or a financier who thrives amid sudden shifts. It portrays lack of adaptability as a mark of a misfit.
The Shamrock in Ireland a Unique Clover Plant
A fragment describing the Irish shamrock as a unique evergreen clover with three leaves, small size, green color, and fibrous creeping stems. It notes its rarity among American clover, its low growth style, and the tiny white blossom that appears later. The piece mentions the word shamrock possibly deriving from Arabic for trefold.
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Ireland
America
Varied Commencement Addresses
An inquirer asks Bishop Prendergast how he handles the monotony of giving annual commencements addresses. He replies that he does not strive for originality, instead varying adjectives each year to keep the talks fresh.
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Prendergast
the Inquirer
Inquirer
Philadelphia Record
Playing Her Cards Tonight
Tommy asks to stay up to watch Mr Green and Ethel play cards. Mr Green says they won’t but Tommy insists he heard mamma say everything depended on how Ethel played her cards tonight.
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Tommy
Ethel
Mr. Green
Mamma
His Past and His Present Examined by Magnifying Glass
In a dialog between Mabel and Maud, suspicion rises as Maud inspects a diamond ring with a magnifying glass, questioning what is known about the young man’s past and its bearing on his present.
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Mabel
Maud
Spinning Minnows As Bait For Hungry Bass
Warsaw Indiana bass fishing locals debate spinning wooden minnows as a lure. The contrivance with multiple hooks and revolving fittings claims to outpace live minnows, but many anglers prefer live bait while some report catches ranging from two to six plus pound bass on Winona Lake.
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Warsaw
Ind
Indiana Lakes
Indianapolis
Indiana
Hoosier Lakes
Winona Lake
Big crop ahead for Grand Rapids peach season
L B Kelly of Detroit traveling agent for Merchants Despatch in Michigan says this will be the biggest crop ever for Grand Rapids fruit growers, with peaches likely to surpass 1902’s bumper season. He estimates two thousand cars needed to move the fruit and a potential two million bushels, noting shipments will rest with local growers.
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Grand Rapids
L. B. Kelly
Detroit
Merchants Despatch Transportation Company
Michigan
Mr. Kelly
Alrivud
Millionaire's Car Torn to Pieces by Frightened Horses
Allen Gray of Evansville narrowly escaped with his fifty horse power touring car after a mail wagon team frightened, backing into the car and tearing off a wheel. The wagon crashed down an embankment, injuring driver Allen Dickey. Gray's party reached Paoli and later French Lick Springs.
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French Lick
Ind
Allen Gray
Evansville
French Lick Springs
Allen Dickey
Mr. Gray
G. Vincent
Chaffeur
Dickey
Paoli
West Baden
Gray
Taggart
Gas House Coke for Fuel Prices Set at Four Dollars Per Ton
Parties placing orders for immediate delivery may obtain coke at four dollars per ton delivered. Elkhart Gas Co., foot of Hast High street.
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Elkhart Gas Co
Hast High Street
Miss Della Shinn and guests visit Cleveland township
Miss Della Shinn and Pearl Kantz of Michigan visit friends in the township. Miss Alice Hunter of Indianapolis stays two weeks with Aymer McKean and family. The threshing machine sound is heard, huckleberry marsh visitors return with full baskets as the marsh stays wet. Mrs. Kantz marks her birthday with relatives. Several locals spend Sundays at Garver lake and with family near Mishawaka and Lake.
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Della Shinn
Pearl Kantz
Michigan
Alice Hunter
Indianapolis
Aymer McKean
Huckleberry Marshes
HE. J. Kantz
Fred Young
Elizabeth Kellogg
William Steffen
Geraldine Johnson
Garver Lake
Oliver Thornton
Samuel Thornton
Orin Stauffer
Harry Steffen
Mishawaka
DeWitt's Little Early Risers Promote Gentle Tonic Relief
Early Risers are small easy to take pills noted as a tonic rather than drastic purgatives. They claim to cure headaches constipation biliousness and related discomforts. The ad line hints at hotel or lodging context and product display.
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DeWitt
Mack
Hatel
Valley 5
The Price Rockefeller Has Paid for Riches
Ida Tarbell hails John D Rockefeller as the central figure in a harsh portrait from McClure's August issue. The piece contrasts his public wealth with a private life of secrecy and a ruthless money driven code shaping modern business and society.
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Rockefeller
Ida M.tarbell
McClure’s
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Hanna
George Varian
Mr. Varian
Mr. Rockefeller
Mr. Rockefellers
Excursion Train to Benton Harbor Next Sunday
The Big Four will operate a roundtrip excursion to Benton Harbor next Sunday. The train departs at 7:48 a m with a roundtrip fare of 75 cents. The note also mentions E WA MacKelvey and a later remark about a visit with Robert Haggerty.
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Big Four
Benton Harbor
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the Shamrock
Dan J. Ford
Gus Magnuson
Charles E. Silvers
Dan Ford
Elkhart County
Transportation Line
Cleveland News
Winona
Culver Naval Cadets
W. A. Colledge
Middlebury Street
Presbyterian Sunday School
Miss Tarbell
Mrmr Mackefeller
Victor Hugo
Pemfieman
Ft &i
United States
MacKelvey
Circle‘nait
Rober Haggerty
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