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Newspaper
Newberg Graphic
Location
Newberg, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1913
Page
3
A poetic piece extols the American flag, urging readers to lift Old Glory and remember freedom, sacrifice, and national pride. It invites reflection on the flag’s meaning from sea to sea and across regions as a symbol of homeland.
Dorothy rebels against traditional roles during Fourth of July at a summer resort. Jack, expecting a festive day, confronts Dorothy’s new woman persona as meetings of the “new women” unfold. A barn fire forces a rescue by Jack, and the couple's bond deepens as Dorothy realizes independence comes with life risk.
The text extols skyrocket superiority noting the garniture secrets of Orms and describes advanced devices like the gold cloud rocket costing 8, the mammoth balloon rocket releasing seven balloons at 600 feet priced at 12, and the diamond chain rocket with color-changing links, highlighting spectacular displays and risks.
The article traces Virginia's May 1776 instructions to Congress to declare independence, John Adams urging colonies to form independent governments, and Richard Henry Lee's June motion. It describes Adams’s July 1 speech and the July 2 unanimous adoption, with Jefferson and Stockton praising Adams, and notes the public celebration later tied to July 4 as the commemorated date.
Mor d I want the company to pay my re insurance Tamun Vanes Cooke in Puck reflects on past Fourth of July revelry. The narrator recalls cannon, crackers, and big crowds, lamenting modern celebrations while praising the old, raucous customs and loud communal cheer.
The piece notes the fiftieth anniversary being observed on Monday in 1825 with General Lafayette in New York. A vast parade, grand review, receptions, races, regattas, and banquets followed at Castle Garden with fireworks lighting the evening. Earlier decades saw growing processions and displays as Americans marked the day.
A poem from Lippincott's invites a boy to buy crackers rockets pinwheels and balloons for the Fourth of July. It mentions a toy pistol and cartridges along with pharmacy items like arnica court plaster lotions and lint.
Three former U.S. presidents died on Independence Day. Thomas Jefferson and John Adams passed away in 1826, followed by James Monroe in 1881. The peace treaty with Mexico was signed on July 14, 1848.
A Boston July 4 1780 banquet at Colonel Martins hostelry marked the first Independence celebration. The toast list honors Congress Washington France Spain Massachusetts and the militia while lamenting Montgomery and praising virtue valor and science as bulwarks of liberty.
A July 8 1777 Pennsylvania Packet account describes Philadelphia’s first independence anniversary. Ships on the river fired thirteen guns each, a grand dinner for Congress took place, the Hessian band from Trenton performed, and British deserters marched by spectators in festive mood.
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