Elfins and fireworks on a Fourth of July tale
A whimsical tale follows three elfins who venture from a fairy book into the night to witness fireworks and sounds of July. They ride a giant spark and suffer injuries, meeting a crow, a crippled trio, and an owl who reminds them that the Fourth is a costly but festive day for the country. An eagle concludes the lesson that the flag they see is the symbol of the nation worth the sacrifices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walt
Deen
Mashal
First Fourth of July and the birth of American liberty
A historical reflection on the first Fourth of July 1776, noting the courage of Patriots who gathered in Philadelphia to declare independence. The piece contrasts modern fireworks with the years of struggle, cites Lexington, Patrick Henry, and the broad scene of fifty six signers and three million people backing a new nation.
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Harry Lee
Patrick Henry
Philadelphia
Great Army of Patriots
Revolutionary Army
United States
Reflections on the First Fourth of July Patriot’s Tale
A veteran narrator recalls the birth of the United States and the first Independence Day. He describes powder and bells, the ringing of liberty, and the enduring patriotic spirit, then muses about pensions for Fourth of July soldiers and political aims.
Kansas Legislature to Act on Bridge Bonds After Flood
Governor Bailey calls Kansas Legislature to meet in Topeka on June 24 1903 for a special session to enact laws allowing counties and municipalities to rebuild destroyed bridges. Focus is on issuing bond elections for construction amid widespread flood damage including eight bridges in Kansas City and five in Shawnee County.
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Kansas
Topeka
Bailey
Kansas City
Kansas Citys
Shawnee County
State of Kansas
I. W. J. Bailey
Topexas
Enablin
W. J. Bailey
J. R. Burrow
Rural free delivery appointments across Nebraska and Iowa
A June notice lists rural free delivery carriers appointed in Nebraska towns including Fairmont Rose Davis Plattsmouth Craig Swanton Rising City and Rising City. Jacob C Mauer named postmaster at Liscoe Cheyenne County and Boone Iowa construction bids opened with J T Watt of Omaha submitting the lowest bid at 65000.
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A. Washington
Nebraska
Fairmont
J. Lewis Davis
Rose
Davis
Joseph W. Crandall
F.B. Crandal
Plattsmouth
Jasper M. Young
Mattie E. Young
Craig
John D. Davis
James R. Davis
Swanton
B. F. Roscoe
Howe Consul Howe Plans Auburn Home After Service
United States consul at Sheffield England Mr Howe visits Princeton Massachusetts and Auburn Nebraska birthplace and former Auburn settler announces he will return to Auburn to make it his home after finishing his consulship He was appointed consul at Palermo in 1895 and later served in Sheffield
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Howe
United States
Sheffield
England
Princeton
Mass
Auburn
Neb
Palermo
Italy
Surgeons amputate Major Pond's leg for life save
A New York dispatch reports Maj. Jas H Pond sixty five year old manager of lecturers and singers underwent a right leg amputation after a failed foot operation. He withstood the shock well and physicians anticipate a favorable outcome following the monthlong illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York ‘Dispatch
Jas. ‘H. Pond
Maj. Pond
Hastings College appoints Miss Haughawout preceptress
Miss Margaret Haughawout of Lincoln has been elected preceptress of Hastings college. A Hastings College graduate from the class of 1900, she earned a master's degree at the state university this year in English literature. She attended the university two years and showed remarkable talent in her work.
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Haughawout
Margaret. Haughawout
Lincoln
Hastings ‘College
State University
Thirty Girls Buried After Bowery Box Factory Collapse
A building on the Bowery in New York caved in trapping about thirty young women who were working on the second floor of a box factory. Several were seriously injured as rescue efforts began.
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Bowery
New York
Talbot elected head consul of Modern Woodmen at Indianapolis
A. R. Talbot of Lincoln Nebraska was unanimously chosen head consul by the Modern Woodmen of America convention in session at Indianapolis. The election followed a tense contest between J. G. Johnson's faction and the administration with Johnson’s side defeated. The convention discussed officer elections and readjustment plans, rejecting the proposed readjustment outline.
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A. R. Talbot
M. Werr
Lincoln
Neb
Woodmen of American
Indianapolis
America
J. G. Johnson
Committee On Order of Business
Peoria Man Charged in Diamond Theft Case
Robert McDermott son of a Peoria leader was arrested for stealing diamonds valued at $2,000 from Thomas Webb. W H McGetrick, a prominent buffet owner, was arrested for receiving the stolen property. The diamonds were sent from Chicago in May and vanished in transit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McDermott
Captain McDermott
Peoria
Ill
Thomas Webb
W. H. McGetrick
Chicago
Yale Professor Resigns as Law School Secretary
Prof William Foster secretary of Yale law school resigns. Other items report Aurora Illinois store fire losses, union election of Martin Higgins, Kansas City Mexico & Orient Railroad director reelect George Crocker, Ontario Commons confidence vote defeated, Sullivan granted new trial in conspiracy case, Peru political maneuvering, Bank of England discount rate cut, Chile joins St Louis exposition, Spanish signage in Mexico move, Allis-Chalmers directors reelected, Webb City robbery recovered funds, National Children's Home Society meeting, White Star and Morgan executives voyage, hog sale prices near Macy Indiana, Logan county grand jury indictments for vote buying, English Lutheran synod reforms, California prune holdover low.
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William Foster
Yale Law School
S. S. Sensenbaugh & Co
Aurora
Ill
International Printing Pressmen and Assistants’ Union
Martin P. Higgins
Boston
George Crocker
Kansas City, Mexico & Orient Railroad Company
Ontario House of Commons
Tarte
Chicago
Alexander Sullivan
Sullivan
Peru
Alarco
Senor de Pierola
Bank of England
Allis-Chalmers Company
Jersey City
Bud Fair
Frank Ellis
Adams Express Company
Webb City
Carterville
Joplin
National Children’s Home Society
Pittsburg
National Endowment Fund
St. Louis
J. Bruse
Ismay
White Star Line
Henry Wilding
Majesty Perfection
Wilkinson Bros
Cincinnati
Logan County
Lincoln
English Lutheran Synod of the Northwest
la Crosse
Wis
San Jose
Cal
California
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T . Amber
Congress of the People
United States of America
Congress
Supreme Judge of the World
Daly
Church Howe
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