Iowa News Roundup Adds Local Tragedies And Appointments
A long Iowa dispatch reports multiple deaths by suicide, drownings, and accidents across towns including Mount Pleasant Des Moines Ottumwa Grinnell Armstrong and Decatur County. It notes legal actions a consulate appointment and a pure food case plus community efforts toward infrastructure like the Albia Interurban line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Franklin Traffley
Des Moines
Flora Fecht
Julius Fecht
Ottumwa
Fecht
John Henderson
Chicago
William Gloor
Council Bluffs
Martin
William Hightower
Hans Lauritzen
Silver Lake
Armstrong
Lautitzen
Dert’Lameroux
Crystal Lake
J. B. Rowan
Wright County
Punta Arenas
Port Stanley
Falkland Islands
Rowan
Cerro Gordo County
MecContogue
M. L. Endanger
New York
C. Otteson
Otleson
John F. Whitmore
Grinnell
Whitmore
Old Fort Des Moines
Everett Eulogy at Independence Hall Deed
A quotation from Edward Everett lauds Independence Hall Philadelphia for its role in the Declaration. The speech describes the hall as sacred and urges reverence, envisioning future generations visiting as pilgrims to honor the nations birth and its enduring legacy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
England
Greece
Rome
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
Edward Everett
Fourth of July in Independence Square and Valley Forge
The article recalls Philadelphia as the traditional stage for Independence Day celebrations in Independence Square with readings of the Declaration by Thomson and Nixon, and notable public figures and foreign dignitaries. It notes Valley Forge Park as a commemorative site, with mass attendances and ongoing preservation efforts, predicting 8,000 to 10,000 celebrants for July 4, 1908.
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Philadelphia
Shrine of
Charles Thomson
Thomas Jefferson
Continental Congress
Independence Hall
United States
Liberty
Iand
Independence Square
Congress
Thomson
King George
John Nixon
Committee of Safety
Edwin Forest
Jefferson
Forest
Shakespeare
Quaker City
York
Conrad Alexander Gerard
France
Don Pedro
Brazil
Wi Ting Fang
Grover Cleveland
America
Rarnuel J. Randall
Judge Kelley
Gen. Grant
Lewis Cassidy
Warwick
Pennsylvania
Valley Forge Park
Valley Forge
Union
Washington
Kent Paea
History of the American flag and its evolving designs
A concise account traces flag evolution from medieval banners through colonial Union Jack use to the first republic banners. It notes key milestones including George Washington era flags, the 1777 star pattern, 1795 fifteen stripes, 1818 star expansion plan, and Captain Reid's 1818 proposal shaping the U S flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Egbert
France
St George's Cross
New England
Jacobus Rex
New Netherlands
Great Britain
St. Andrew's
St. George’s
Bunker Hill
St. George's Cross
Putnam
Colony of
Massachusetts
Washington
Colt
William Moultrie
South Carolina
Charleston
Continental Congress
United States
Ross
Philadelphia
Benjamin Franklin
Joseph Reed
Congress
Vermont
Kentucky
Samuel G. Reid
Monroe
Hall of Representatives
Thoughts for the Day from the Globe Democrat
A collection of aphorisms noting that prejudice may outshine weak conviction and that bold talent is hindered by busyness. It comments on fish in a large sea, cultivation of virtue, and the belief of some men that they are geniuses while they work to earn a living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Thomas Wall
Mason City
Elk's
Western Grocery Company
Marshalltown
John T. Hancock Sons
Dubuque
Sioux City
Executive Council
J. B. Maytag
Laurel
Fred ‘L. Maytag
Newton
Winnemucca
Nevada
Saytag
Cockgill
Munytag
Cockrill
Jai
Alfred Brenneman
Charlton
Leon
Prenneman
Lora Whalen
State Orphans” Home
Davenport
Albia
Hiteman
Hocking
Frank Taylor
Thomas
Taylor
Oakley
Harry Crawford
Decora
Ottaway
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Tommys Chart Helps a Forsaken Dose Lesson
A Boston physician recalls giving a chart to a mother to time a sick boy’s medicine. The mother says she never missed a dose, noting she warned Tom in advance that he would refuse unless reminded with a prewarned alarm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Calla
Mary
Paris Made Double Locked Safety Envelope
A French invention uses two layered envelopes to prevent tampering. The outer blue envelope holds the inner piece, with a large star shaped cut showing through to bond both flaps when sealed. The system leaves no easy way to read or reseal contents without detection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Stranger Seeks Good Mess Food Then Bears Bitter Comeback
A bicyclist asks a passerby for a good restaurant and follows directions to a place that provides the worst meal he has ever had. The passerby notes the missed opportunity to share misery and jokes about the outcome as they part ways on a windy day.
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Ernest Quante
Scott County
Mount Pleasant
Everett
Histers
Erlinaon
Free
Hberty
Benjamin-Sutron
Tommy
Nuree
Hia Medicina
Stranger
Colorado
Rockies
Omaha
Beaver
Colorado Springs
Union Pacific
Yellowstone Park
G. L. Lomax
Opa
Nebr
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