Riots in East St Louis Kill and Burn Negro Quarters
Violent mobs attack the East St Louis black district killing whites and injuring many blacks. Fire consumes homes and businesses as militiamen struggle to restore order. martial law debated and traffic halted across the Mississippi bridges.
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St. Louis
East St. Louis
International Harvester Company
Samuel Coppedge
William Keyser
Coppedge
Illinois
Lowden
Chamber of Commerce
Sergeant Coppedge
Frank Woolley
Earl Hobbs
Harry Walker
Gus Masserang
Mississippi
The Old Fashioned Fourth Reflections Across Time
A nostalgic meditation on a bygone Fourth of July with memories of speeches, parades, bands, and fireworks. The piece laments the loss of old village pageantry and the sense of national pride, recalling Lewington, Concord, Valley Forge, and Yorktown through vivid images.
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Quaint
Concord Stream
Valley Forge
Yorktown
Polger McKinsey
Baltimore News
Senate Committee Adds Beer and Wine
Washington July 3 The Senate Agricultural Committee rejected the Chamberlain amendment to the food control bill abolishing whisky but leaving beer and wine to the President's discretion. The Gore substitute which kills whisky passed 6 to 5, while the Chamberlain amendment failed 8 to 3. The day also saw the Senate approve sections giving the President authority over various necessaries including petroleum fertilizer cotton hides skins aluminum and related products. Senator Smoot offered to abolish presidential control over everything except food containers and fuel but withdrawn on a technicality.
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Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
Gore
Chamberlain
Senate
Smoot
The Patriot's Day of Days Quote by President McKinley
A celebratory reflection on Patriot's Day describes it as the baptismal day of freedom. It portrays the day as inspiring patriotism, courage, and hope for the future, uniting Young America and renewing the old.
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America
William McKinley
Ride of a Man Who Helped to Make July 4
The article recounts Israel Bissell’s ride to warn colonial towns in 1775 after receiving a message of British troop movements. From Watertown to Philadelphia, Bissell traversed Worcester, Brookline, New London, Lyme, Saybrook, Killingworth, East Guilford, Guilford, Branford, New Haven, New York, New Brunswick, Princeton, and Trenton, arriving four days after starting.
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Lexington
Concord
Israel Bissell
East Windsor
Rhode Island
New London
Boston
Watertown
Thip’s Farm
Cambridge
Colony
Connecticut
T. Palmer
Bissell
Mass
Worcester
Brookline
Lyme
Saybrook
Killingsworth
East Guilford
Guilford
Branford
New Haven
New York
New Brunswick
Princeton
Trenton
Philadelphia
Wilson Issues Rules of Draft for Least Injury to Individuals
President Wilson issued a 50 page regulation booklet outlining how exemptions and appellate boards will operate for the draft. It lists classes exempt from service and requires affidavits for exemption claims. An immediate physical exam is planned to speed up determinations and reduce board labor.
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Washington
Wison
United States
Fourth of July Prayer and Resolve Across America
A reflective early July piece calls Americans to recall the nation’s founding promise and the vision of Washington and his peers. It prays for God’s grace to sustain courage, faith, and renewal amid difficult times and national trials.
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America
Washington
Diamay
Three craps players shot in Evansville melee
In Evansville Indiana three men were shot during a craps game fight. Two are reported in a dying condition. Detective Eldridge Shrode shot one attacker when he and his posse closed in. The assailant, David Arrett, was struck in the thigh.
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Evansville
Ind
David Arrett
Eldridge Shrode
Shrode
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St. Clair County
Lawrence Walsh
Eads
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Senate Finance Committee
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Lewington
Bunker Hill
Total Prohibition
Committee of Correspondence
Wilson
District of Columbia
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Sea Service
Heng
Geereithk
Sinn
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