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Newspaper
New Holland Clarion
Location
New Holland, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1908
Page
6
Denver July 2 claim victory on the first ballot but Bryan followers watch Gray and Johnson camps for any coalition signals. Gray and Johnson deny pooling forces while discussing vice presidential options and anti injunction plank influence on Bryan.
Wilmington July 2 Judge George Gray issued a public statement denying any plan to accept a vice presidential nomination and reiterating he would not consent to any nomination for the presidency or vice presidency. He declined further comment for publication.
General Luke B. Wright of Tennessee was sworn in as secretary of war in Washington at noon on Wednesday. John Randolph administered the oath, and John C Schofield handed Wright his commission. Taft, the first private citizen to congratulate Wright, stood beside him during the ceremony. The brief reception followed, lasting about an hour.
James T. McCleary proposes a seventy two mile highway from Washington to Gettysburg as a national memorial to Abraham Lincoln. The plan comes in a preliminary report to the Abraham Lincoln Memorial commission, which includes Senator Wetmore and several cabinet and congressional members. An appropriation of 25000 dollars was provided for the commission's work.
Harrisburg July 2 Health Commissioner Samuel G Dixon urges mothers to protect children from tetanus after any explosive wound. Wash and foment with hot antiseptic while awaiting a physician to prevent death from a tiny puncture.
Director of the Mint reports coinage in the fiscal year: gold $197,238,877 silver $18,620,4773 minor coins $1,946,008 total $215,716,882. The figures summarize production across U S mints.
Thomas Taylor, an American citizen, tore down Emile Le Fevre's large U S flag at 219 Bloomfield street Hoboken New Jersey. Police officer O Donohue escorted him to court where the Recorder ordered him to climb the 40 foot flagpole and rehang the banner amid cheering by dozens of onlookers from diverse immigrant backgrounds. Taylor claimed he disliked the flag at 3 am but complied, restoring the flag as witnesses urged respect for the symbol.
Captain French and a small British force on the river are deceived by Colonel White of Georgia. White and four companions stage a mock hostile camp with fires and loud orders, prompting French to surrender five vessels crews and 130 arms. White then escorts the British officers to safety before dawn.
In a Paris letter dated January 16 1787 Thomas Jefferson argued the core of government rests on public opinion and that citizens must have access to newspapers. He stated he would choose newspapers with a government over a government without newspapers.
The excerpts portray Carlyle predicting democracy rising with tea and rifle fire at Bunker Hill and a future vision where new states join the Union under liberty. Prentice imagines liberty’s harp restored, time over the broken lyre, as nations await entry to paradise and freedom endures eternally.
A sailor recounts a Fourth of July on board the cruiser Olympia in eastern waters eleven years ago. The ship staged an elaborate improvised lake scene with a bamboo forest and a tiny model Defender yacht as Manila Bay memories. English warships in foreign ports kept the celebration tradition as seventy guns offered a patriotic salute.
The article argues marriage and motherhood age a woman's appearance and health, blaming ignorance and neglect for pelvic drains and weaknesses. It praises Favorite Prescription as a safe tonic and nervine, made from American root medicines, to strengthen weak and sick women and assist nursing mothers and expectant mothers. Dr. Pierce offers free consultation by letter.
The Olympia hosted a festive program with boats races prizes and deck sports including cutters whaleboats and samoan races along with boxing fencing and a star spangled banner. Captain Read with a guest met a stranger who earned praise from Gridley and Commodore Dewey later commanded the famous ship in the Spanish war era.
The 1778 Fourth of July marked a historic event when Tory John Butler led loyalists and Indians in an attack on the Wyoming valley in Pennsylvania. While locals took refuge in wooden forts, many men, women, children, and the elderly were slaughtered after surrendering under assurance of protection.
Mrs Joseph Weaver and son Ralph of Philadelphia visit local friends while Mrs Harry Sensenich also visits family from Philadelphia. Numerous acquaintances are mentioned visiting from Elizabethtown Lancaster Morgantown Freemansburg Mohuton. An measles epidemic affects local children and several women are listed as ill but improving.
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