Riot in St Louis as Negro Mob Rampages Across City
Rioters attack East St Louis and white residents as mobs burn negro quarters and attack homes. Police are powerless with Illinois militia reinforcements. two white men killed and many blacks injured or killed amid brutal mob violence.
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St. Louis
East St. Louis
International Harvester Company
Samuel Coppedge
William Keyser
Coppedge
Keyser
Neegro
Illinois
Lowden
Chamber of Commerce
Sergeant Coppedge
Frank Woolley
Earl Hobbs
Harry Walker
Gus Masserang
Turbulent Day in Olumpian Town Ends in Violence
Whites attacked Black residents on State street and Collinsville avenue dragging and beating victims, with three shot and many injured. Police and militia failed to control mobs as pawnshops and hardware stores were looted. Saloons closed, bridges barred, and Black refugees sought safety in the police station. Separately, Congress finalized a war tax bill at 1.67 billion dollars, avoiding new bonds.
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State Street
Collinsville Avenue
Mississippi
St. Louis
Ride of a Man Who Helped to Make July 4
A historical note recounts Israel Bissell the messenger who carried a Lexington and Concord alarm on April 19 1775. His route from Watertown to Philadelphia covered Worcester Brookline New London Lyme Saybrook Willingworth East Guilford Guilford Branford New Haven New York New Brunswick Princeton Trenton arriving four days after departure.
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Lexington
Concord
Israel Bissell
East Windsor
Rhode Island
New London
Boston
Watertown
Phip
Cambridge
Connecticut
T. Palmer
Bissell
Mass
Worcester
Brookline
Lyme
Saybrook
Willingsworth
East Guilford
Guilford
Branford
New Haven
New York
New Brunswick
Princeton
Trenton
Philadelphia
Wilson Publishes Draft Rules for Exemptions and Boards
President Wilson issues a 50 page set of regulations guiding draft exemption and appeal boards to ensure fairness. It outlines who is exempted including officers, clergy, students, aliens, and dependents, and requires affidavits for claimed exemptions with immediate physical exams for the drafted. The proclamation notes a forthcoming date for the draft, with July 10 as a widely discussed target.
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Washington
Wison
United States
States
District of Columbia
Senate Committee Adds Beer and Wine Controversy
Washington July 3 The senate agricultural committee rejected the Chamberlain amendment to the food control bill abolishing whisky while leaving beer and wine to presidential discretion The Gore substitute killing whisky passed 6 to 5 and the Chamberlain amendment was defeated 8 to 3 The senate then approved the President’s authority over various necessaries including petroleum fertilizer and aluminum in later votes Smoot proposed broad abolition but withdrew due to a technicality The day closed with amendments on cotton hides skins and their products and aluminum added to necessaries
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Washington
Senate Agricultural Committee
Chamberlain
Gore
Senate
Smoot
The Old Fashioned Fourth Echoes Through Time
Folger McKinsey Baltimore reflects on the old fashioned Fourth recalling parades speeches drums and memory. The piece laments lost boys turned to acting and cherishes past flags rosettes and orators amid nostalgic rural revelry.
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Folger McKinsey Baltimore News
The Patriot's Day of Days
Quote from William McKinley praising Patriot Day as a baptism of freedom and a day that stirs both young and old with patriotic memories and hopeful courage for the nation.
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America
William McKinley
Fourth of July Across the Long March of Years
A reflective poem recalling America's July 4 spirit and the founders' resolve. The verse invokes Washington and peers to seek divine guidance amid trials, urging renewal of the founding dream and steadfast faith in hard times.
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America
Washington
Three Craps Players Shot in Evansville Turnout
In Evansville Indiana on July 13 a craps game dispute erupted leaving three players struck. Two were reported in a dying condition and one suspect, David Arrett, allegedly tried to shoot Detective Le Shrade who returned fire wounding him in the thigh.
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Evansville
Ind
David Arrett
le Shrade
Srode
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Depew
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