Fourth on a Warship and a Japanese Fourth of July
A fragmented memoir recounts a Fourth of July aboard the cruiser Olympia in eastern waters eleven years ago, detailing a grand water garden set along the spar deck and a poignant memory of Commodore Dewey and Captain Gridley. It contrasts with a Wyoming Valley massacre incident on July fourth, 1778, describing a brutal raid in Pennsylvania and the sheltering women and children.
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Olympia
Manila Bay
Dewey
Rob
America
Read
Coffure
Gridley
Japan
Wyoming Valley
Jon Butler
Pennsylvia
Fragmented Program Notes and Clerks Blunder in Revolution History
The article fragment lists a vivid program with boat races and fencing contests, then shifts to a clumsy clerk’s error in copying Lord George Germain’s dispatch. It explains how a miscopy and missed sign-off altered plans for Burgoyne’s campaign, contributing to the Saratoga surrender and the Revolution’s turn of fortune. The piece ends with a poem-like couplet about a bonnet and Hollister's tea.
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Great Britain
Olonies
Burgoyne
London
Mohawk
Fludson
Lake Champlain
Osweld
New York
Albany
Hudson
William Howe
New England
St Leger
Canada
Sir William Howe
George Germaine
George
America
Howe
Washington
Philadelphia
Saratog
Chicago Record- Herald
Fourth of July in Texas Cowboys and Comanches Dance Night
A St Louis Globe Democrat correspondent describes a Fourth of July in Texas with a lively dancing pavilion scene. Cowboys and grain-farm daughters mingle as Granger presides, guiding dances amid shouted calls, hats in motion, and a heat haze of enthusiasm lasting from afternoon to sunset behind Comanche tepees.
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St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Texas
Granger
Wichita Valley
Reese
Uncertain Fragments From Street Scene
The readable fragments describe Indians watching pale faces dance from the outer edge of a frillon with expressionless faces, noting the stoic, impassive attitude of the onlookers and the ambiguous mood of the crowd.
A Sad Fourth of July Deaths of Adams Jefferson Monroe Hamlin
On July 4 1826 John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died five decades after signing the Immortal Declaration. James Monroe followed on July 4 1831. Sixty years later Hannibal Hamlin died on July 4 1801. The article notes the coincidences of dying on the nation’s birthday and recalls their memories and deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Republic
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
James Monroe
Hannibal Hamlin
Adams
Jefferson
Irreverent Insects and the Signing of the Declaration
Long excerpt recounts how swarms of insects delayed the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, with Jefferson noting the disturbance from a stable nearby. It details preservation of the original parchment, signs, and related artifacts at the State Department, and mentions a Monroe-ordered facsimile. Also includes an ad touting Chamberlain's Liniment for sprains and bruises with local sale by W. S. Martin & Co.
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Pligg
Congress
United States of America
Jefferson
Liberty
Fies
Washington
Star
Patent Office
James Monroe
Adams
Frankin
Department of State
Monroe
Chamberlain
W. S. Martin & Co
Gambling tale swirls around Crewe creditors and town curfew
A garbled reminiscence recounts a gambler tale involving Mrs Crewe and debt to Mr Fox. Crewe admits a past payment to Fox, while others recall a warning and a sudden urge to leave town. The imperfect text suggests a social scandal over borrowed money and memory gaps.
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Beneceve Sra
Crowe
Chares
Crewe
Indy
Fox
Sim Grewe
Ie Mayer Aitiad
Hs Cendoeanen
Tess Met
Mr. Fox
Aire
Cataredy
Scarce Food in Paris Siege of 1870 Prices and Hardship
A fragment from a journal recounts Paris during the siege of 1870 with astonishing prices for meat and basic goods. Elephants and wolves were sold at high per kilogram rates, households queued at butcher shops under municipal rationing, and women showed courage while men faced the cold and hunger. The piece ends with an advertisement for Kodol for digestion.
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Paris
Journal of French
Oficer
Zoological Garden
A. Delon
France
National Guard
No Tears Nor Hille Bishop and Parson’s Witty Exchange
A Manx tale from the days of Howley Hill with a clergyman named Tears bidding farewell to his bishop. The parson hopes for a reunion, the bishop doubts heaven contains Tears or Hills, and the parson jokes about plains of paradise. London Queen.
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Hille
Howley Hill
Isle of Man
Goodby
Plains of Paradise
London
Undefinable Australian Bushmen Navigate Home Instinct
Partial OCR note describes bushmen of Australia as very ignorant yet possessing a rare instinct. It claims they cannot get lost and will correctly return to their nests even if blindfolded and guided away. The passage highlights an uncanny homing sense despite implied ignorance.
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Australia
Fool and Sage Lesson in Values and Local Opinion
A fragment from the Emporia Gazette and Franklin Democrat items jokes about the fool and money, praising folly's cheer and hinting that a miser's fall would satisfy neighbors. The note ends by mentioning the Democrat newspaper price of one dollar a year.
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Fool
Sage
Emporia Gazette
The Spectral Horseman of Wycollar Hall
A correspondent recalls Wycollar Hall near Colne home to the Cualities of Billington. Legend says every year a Stuart era specter horseman visits the hall on a wild night, dismounts, ascends the oak stairs, and a woman's screams echo as the murdered wife haunts the scene. The curse claims the family’s extinction.
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Wycollar Hall
Colne
Billington
Wycollar
Critics Debate Impersonal Taste at Academy Exhibition
A Philadelphia art club critic voices the belief that true criticism must be impersonal, while noting the crowd’s lively reactions at the Academy of Fine Arts. Observers praise a portrait, a “Luncheon” piece, and a gladiator daub, with many declaring the last room’s work the crowd favorite. Also includes miscellaneous notes on superstition, mole lore, Casca syrup, and a Tourgee quote on inheritance shaping daily life.
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Philadelphia
Academy of Fine Arts
Paquin
Nathan Hale Statue and Yale Alumni Plans
Nathan Hale on Yale campus to be memorialized by a new statue by Partridge with no Hale portrait available. Yale alumni back the tribute, while comparisons are drawn to MacMonnies sculpture nearby. The article also recounts Jefferson politeness and a tale of a fire balloon spectacle.
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Hale
MacMonnies
Partridge
Dew
Yale
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Thomas
Dean's Kidney Pills Advertised as Quick Kidney Aid
An advertisement from Milburn Co. promotes Dean's Kidney Pills as a fast remedy for backache and kidney distress. G. W. Pennell of Lenoir NC testifies the pills relieved his back pain, headaches, and low energy, claiming his kidneys grew stronger. The copy urges readers to remember the name Dean's and buy from sole US agents. Subscriptions offered for the Democrat at $1.00 yearly.
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G. W. Pennell
Cotton Mill Road
Lenoir
N. C
Dean
Milburn Co
Buffalo
New York
United States
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Life
Southern Life & Trust Com
Hickory Insurance & Realty Go
J. A. Lentz
W. A. Hall
M. HL
C. Treas
Hie McComb
Assi
Mgr Real Baate Dept
Far East
Prines
Vergun
Wil
Union
Hiana H
Serco
Hollister
Rocky Mountain Tea
Menzies
Solly W.S Martin
CM. Shuford
Franklin
the Critics
C. M. Shuford
W. S.martin
Albion W. Tourgee
Tia
Democrat
Nathan Hale
Athan Hale
Hickory
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