Expedition to Win Loyal Tribes Through Flag Allegiance
Rodman Wanamaker sponsors a 20 802 mile expedition to 89 reservations and 169 tribes to raise Old Glory and have each tribe sign loyalty to the United States. Dr Joseph Kossuth Dixon leads with Rollin Dixon and others visiting western and southern regions. The goal is to present flags and deliver Taft’s message to American Indian chiefs and celebrate a pledge of allegiance.
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Philadelphia
United States
Rodman Wanamaker
North America
West
Fort Wadsworth
N. Y
Washington
Joseph Kossuth Dixon
Rollin Lester Dixon
H. Trevor Booth
M. Harris Cole
James McLaughlin
Department of the Interior
Montgomery Conky
Wanamaker
President Taft
America
Triplets Born In Green Bay incubator care
In Green Bay Wisconsin two boys and a girl were born to Mr and Mrs Lynn D Jasph. Two of the babies followed the first by a day and all are expected to survive. The physician ordered incubator care for the trio.
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Green Bay
Wis
Lynn D Jasph
Liberty Bell At Exposition Plans Revealed
Philadelphia reports the Liberty Bell will be sent to the Panama Pacific Exposition in 1915 despite metallurgists warnings. The crack, begun on July 4 1776, has grown to about one quarter of the circumference and is said to worsen with vibrations and rail travel amid the long journey.
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Philadelphia
United States
San Francisco
Wilfred Jordan
Independence Hall
Mr. Jordan
Growth of Movies Shown In First International Exhibit
New York reports official statistics on the moving picture industry showing 6.38 billion nickels spent yearly by 3.6 billion people who love films. Revenue totals, employment, film production, and investments are listed, with a demijohn themed movie to illustrate the growth.
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New York
Frank A. Tichenor
Moving Picture Arts
Singing Fish Disturb Bellevue Town in Odd Tale
In Bellevue Ohio townsfolk report singing bull pout surfacing from subterranean streams at dusk to chant a haunting melody. A poetess compares it to night winds. residents, exhausted by noise, voice frustrations as the legend spreads. Meanwhile in Kansas City a man starts with $1 and builds a $300 bank balance by buying and pawning a gold watch to fund fruit sales.
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Bellevue
Kansas City
Dago John
Egg With Two Shells Attracts Attention In Winfield
In Winfield Kansas R T Richardson displays an egg with two shells. The outer shell is as large as a turkey egg and resembles one. A broken end reveals an inner egg about the size of a common hen egg.
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Winfield. Kan
R. T. Richardson
Congress may sit through autumn and into next year
Washington observers fear the current congressional session could extend into late fall and merge with a December start. A banking and currency reform bill looms in the House, with Senate debate likely long and hot.
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Washington
Congress
Hull
Tennessee
Henry
Texas
House of Representatives
Mann
Illinois
Wilson
House
Senate
Glass
National Bank
Light Burns For Soldier Fiance In Memory Of Miss Julia Frank
Amsterdam New York seventy two year old Julia Frank died at her West Stony Creek home. She kept a light burning for her soldier sweetheart for fifty years and bequeathed her farm to her spinster sister with a condition to keep the light lit. Her fiancé was believed killed at Bull Run but she disputed the report. For forty years she attended Memorial Day and tended every soldier’s grave. Known as Mother Frank she adopted ten children and was highly esteemed in the village.
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Frank
Amsterdam
N. Y
Julia Frank
West Stony Creek
Bull Run
Wedding gift cow protected from creditors in Missouri case
In Kansas City a court of appeals judge ruled a fifteen year old wedding gift cow inviolate against creditors. The cow was given by Mrs. Thomas Hines’s father at her marriage in Holt county Missouri. After milking ceased the Hines family sold the cow and used the proceeds to buy another. Felix Gambrel attempted to attach the cow for a debt of Mr. Hines. the court sided with the gift holder.
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Kansas City
Ellison
Court of Appeals
Thomas Hines
Holt County
Hineses
Hines
Felix Gambrel
Gettysburg 50th Reunion Fosters American Brotherhood
Fifty years after the battle of Gettysburg about 40 000 veterans gathered in Gettysburg Pennsylvania to relive the clash between the blue and the gray. General Sickles stood as the sole Union division commander present with many Confederate veterans in attendance. President Wilson spoke on July 4 as veterans recalled trials and triumphs and the town hosted parades and camp life with meals for old soldiers. The reunion honored both sides and reinforced national unity.
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President Wilson
Sickles
Gettysburg
Pennsylvania
Army of Blue
Army of Gray
Lee
Meade
Emmissary
Seminary Ridge
Pickett
Cemetery Ridge
Emmitsburg Road
Old Town
Daniel E. Sickles
Hancock
Howard
Slocum
Reynolds
Hunt
Webb
Longstreet
Hill
Ewell
Alexander
Wilson
Seven Children Born to Bavarian Manufacturer Family
The wife of Herr Ottmann, a well to do Bavarian manufacturer in Schontal, Berlin, delivered seven children in fourteen months. Four daughters were born in April 1912, and now she has added triplets, all boys, to the family.
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Berlin
Herr Ottmann
Schontal
Bavaria
Diamonds and Gems_import surge to record yearly imports
Dealers in gems rush purchases as importers fear higher duties under the Underwood tariff. New York customs tallies show fiscal year imports of precious stones at 50 million dollars with diamonds appraised at 43.69 million, a yearly record. Months reveal July leading with 5.55 million. August 3.32 million. year totals and monthly figures cited.
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New York
New York Custom House
Monkey disassembles watch at Natatorium park
In Spokane Washington a monkey named Jack seized a man’s silver watch and began tearing it apart before an increasingly large crowd. The owner, shocked, watched as the monkey broke the face and removed the wheels and mainspring before an attendant arrived.
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Spokane
Wash
Natatorium Park
Jack
Big wages offered boosts piecework rate
A notice states the piecework rate has risen to 12 cents per hundred from 10 cents, effective immediately, signaling higher pay for workers.
Coats and Marks Basket Factory Seeks More Operators
Paying. We need several more operators at once. See L. H. Marks, Mgr., this week. Coats and Marks Basket Factory.
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L. H. Marks
Mgr
Coats and Marks Basket Factory
Adv
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Hope
the Blue
the Gray
American Press Association
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Stanton’s Insurance Office
General Electric
Summer
Pacific Power & Light Co
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