Independence Day and the Declaration of Independence
A detailed retrospective on the Declaration of Independence, its drafting in Philadelphia, key figures like Jefferson Adams Franklin and Lee, the vote in Congress, the debate over authorship and location, the signing process, and the document’s subsequent publication and safeguarding in the State Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watson
Jefferson
Indian Queen Inn
State Department
Washington
Edward B. Phelps
Congress
Lee
Harrison
Virginia
Adams
Franklin
New York
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Hancock
John Dickinson
John Hancock
Dickinson
Doelo‘gates
Mr. Lee
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Massachusetts
Benjamin Franklin
Roger Sherman
Connecticut
Robert R. Livingston
Philadelphia
Market and
Seventh Streets
Clymor
Daniel [Webster
George Ticknor
Monlticello
Chestnut Street
Third
Fourth
Clyimer
South Fourth
Market Streets
Hois- Neell
Independence Hall
John Nixon
Continental Army
Baltimore
Mary Katherine Goddard
Department of State
Fourth of July Firecracker Tragedy in Childs Play Tale
A playful Fourth of July scene turns grim as Johnnie Jimplecute and Willie Winkelbaum ignite a large cracker. The fuse leads to disaster, transforming the cheerful lad into a memorial, while bystanders react with shock and grim humor as the crowd contemplates the price of childish bravado.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnnie Jimplecute
John
SIGHTS IN A BIG TOWN Hints at Chicago meat trade district
Chicago’s vast stock yards and surrounding industrial zone reveal the immense meat packing industry. The district includes 3300 pens, 1800 covered, supports 25,000 cattle 14,000 sheep and 150,000 hogs, with twenty miles of streets and waterworks. Visitors may tour with a guide. the stock yards and nearby lumber district, tanneries, and prisons illustrate the city’s commerce and social fabric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Canal
Lake Michigan
Gulf of Mexico
Blue Island Avenue
West Division Water Works
Great Central
Joliet
New York City
Halsted Street
State Street
Thirty-ninth Street
Lightning Kills Seven at Ringling Circus in Wisconsin
A violent thunderstorm near River Falls Wisconsin struck a Ringling circus tent center pole as the show paused. More than fifty people were prostrated with seven dead instantly and others injured in a chaotic scene of panic and relief efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
River Falls
Wis
Ringling
Theo Circus
Messrs
Aldridge
Curtis
Dean
O.A
Kinnikinnick
Glendenning
J. A
Oak Grove
Leslie
J A. GlendeNning
Mares
Clark
Clifton Township
Reynolds
Eugene
Carpenter
Smiti
Charles
Wal- Tece Smith
Street car sergeant brutal attack sparks courtroom scene
In New York, DAVID BRYANT a street-car driver was savagely beaten by FRANCIS McCARTON a sergeant of police in citizen clothes after a street car quarrel. A court squad man intervened saving Bryant as cries echoed through the courtroom. Meanwhile Tus Citizens' Exchange Bank of Great Nebraska closed with state board taking charge. Nineteen people collapsed from heat in New York on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Bryant
Francis McCarton
New York
McCarton
Sergt. McCarton
Tus Citizens’ Exchange Bank, of
Great, Neb
State Banking Board
Destructive Cyclone Strikes Missouri Towns and Countryside
A violent wind and hail storm hit Stanberry Missouri at five pm destroying Judge Maston’s lightning struck house and killing farmer William Cummings. Three members of John Doyle’s family nearby are reported killed. A cyclone passed south of St Joseph with losses at Lake Contrary where several cottages and crops were damaged. Dispatches note storms in Polk Nodaway and Atchison counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Stanberry
Judge Maston
William Cummings
John Doyle
St. Joseph
Lake Contrary
Summmer
Polk
Nodaway
Atchison
Stanford Is Dead Heart Failure Ends California Senator
Senator Leland Stanford died at his Palo Alto home after a prolonged decline linked to severe private treatment. He resisted earlier demands for drastic care, endured a strict diet of chopped meat and hot water, and passed away in his sleep with heart failure cited as the direct cause.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Leland Stanford
Also Mentioned on This Page
Republic
Greece
Rome
American
Independence
Richard Henry Lee
United States
Great
Boston
England
Assembly of Divines
Westminster
Weatty
Johnnie Simplecate
Willie Winkelbaum
Wille Winkelbaum
Johnnie
Sharpman
Dboys
Puck
Anni Schweigler
St. Louis
Chicago Stock Yards
Stanford
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