First Independence Day celebration facts from 1777
The article traces July 4 celebrations from 1776 to 1777 in Philadelphia, noting the Lee resolution's passage on July 2, Jefferson's draft, and the first formal public Fourth of July in 1777 with ships, toasts, Hessian band, and fireworks. It contrasts popular myth with historical sequence and cites observers in Philadelphia.
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United Colonies
Philadelphia
Lexington
Concord
Mecklenburg County
North Carolina
Thomas Paine
Richard Henry Lee
Virginia
Continental Congress
Great Britain
Congress
Christ Church Bell
Association
Old Swedes’ Church
Pennsylvania Gazette
John Dunlap
America
United States
Supreme Executive Council
Trenton
Georgia
Second Street
Scientific doctors propose royal science commissioners for parliament
An Australian doctor suggests appointing royal commissioners of science in both houses to advise on matters involving science. They would be full time, salaried experts heard at the bar, ensuring informed legislation. The proposal cites Cicero and Mancinus as historical cautions against failing to ratify negotiated peace.
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Royal Commissioners of Science
The
Aus
Cicero
Titus Veturius
Spurius Posetumius
Caius Mancinus
Texas News Roundup Highlights Fort Worth Meeting and Local Projects
The National Federation of Post Office Clerks plans a Texas meeting in Fort Worth on July 4 and 5. Texas courts adjourn for summer, resuming the first Monday in October. Blanco County bonds approved for road districts total 75,000 dollars. Breckenridge to receive a 350,000 dollar water works franchise. University of California hires Texas A&M professor Robert F. Miller as animal husbandry head. Dallas school census lists 33,006 pupils. state aid estimated at about ten dollars per pupil. Road tax election in Precinct 1 passes. Fire Marshals’ Association set for Fort Worth in October 1921. Rats threaten crops in Jackson County. Texas and Pacific Railway resumes freight car building in Marshall. Highway designations proceed with advisement. Health essay contest planned across six normal colleges. Cuero forms a women’s auxiliary for the American Legion. Galveston port reports no freight congestion. Texas Supreme Court upholds 1909 street improvement act as constitutional and inclusive of married women. federal suits over taxes dismissed. state tax commission to issue prorated valuations.
Texas Health Crusade Reaches Over Six Million Children
In Austin Texas the modern health crusade reports enrollment of more than 420000 Texas schoolchildren and over 6000000 U S children nationwide since 1919. Texas Public Health Association notes funds and supplies from 1919 and calls for integrating crusade into school curricula with support from Red Cross National Education Association and Playground and Recreation Association.
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Austin
Tex
United States
Texas
Texas Public Health Association
National Tuberculosis Association
Winnie I. Bracy
State Crusade
The
American Red Cross
National Education Association
Playground and Recreation Association
State Prison May Report Shows Population Drop
State prison commission figures for May indicate the prison and farm population fell to 2820 from 2920 in April. Three inmates died in May including a Huntsville pen inmate killed by a fellow convict, a Wynne Farm drowning, and a tuberculosis death. New receipts were 134 with El Paso and Eastland leading at eight each. Twenty one were recaptured, and 57 discharged along with other transfers and paroles.
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Austin
Tex
State Prison Commission
Joe Rosales
Huntsville
Jessie McDaniel
Wynne
el Paso
Eastland
Hunt County
Dallas
Bexar
Alabama Miners On Strike Idle 15 Mines Threaten Fuel
About 3000 miners in Alabama are on strike with 15 mines idle. A car shortage worsens a looming fuel famine, stated by Frank V. Evans statistician for the Alabama Coal Operators Association.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
Frank V. Evans
Alabama Coal Operators’ Association
New Texas Wheat Arrives From Rochester
The first car of the Texas wheat crop reached Fort Worth from Rochester on Thursday and tested 60.7 pounds to the bushel. The quality surpassed the usual standard and the price paid was a surprisingly high $2.80 f. o. b. Rochester.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Rochester
Texas
Censorship Lifted on Cables by Mexican Telegraph Co
Washington reports the Mexican Telegraph Company announced Friday the removal of all government censorship on cables. The State Department was advised by the American Embassy in Mexico City.
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Washington
Mexican Telegraph Company
State Department
Mexico City
Madrid Cabinet Confronts Rising Living Costs
The cabinet council met Saturday to discuss high living costs as prices for many goods continue to rise in Madrid and across the provinces sparking repeated protests.
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Madrid
Spain
Wilson Urges Tennessee Special Session for Suffrage
President Wilson sent a telegram to Governor Roberts urging a special session of the Tennessee legislature to act on the federal suffrage amendment.
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Wilson
Washington
Roberts
Tennessee
Appointment of Van Marle Smith as third assistant secretary
Washington announces the appointment of Van Marle Smith to the post as third assistant secretary of state. He succeeds Breckinridge Long, who recently resigned.
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Washington
van Marle Smith
Breckinridge Long
What's the Use What Cortlandt Bleecker Said at the Ritz
Cortlandt Bleecker, NY clubman, lamented at the Ritz about gowns and mannequins. He noted the young models as superbly lovely but asked what use chic clothes have for older women, expressing disdain with the remark what’s the use.
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Cortlandt Bleecker
New York
Ritz
Bayer Aspirin Ad Claims Safe Trusted by Millions
An advertisement touts Bayer named aspirin tablets as genuine and safe for headaches toothaches earaches neuralgia rheumatism colds and pain. It urges accepting only unbroken Bayer packages with directions and notes 12 tablet tins are inexpensive with larger packages sold by druggists.
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Bayer
Her Tragedy and a Joke About a Rich Mismatched Marriage
A brief item notes a humorous quip about a wife's marriage to a wealthy old curmudgeon. The family physician allegedly claimed he was sound as a dollar and would last twenty years. The remark reflects social attitudes in the era and the marriage's perceived stability.
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Massachusetts
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Connecticut
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John Hancock
Charles Thompson
Colonel McKean
Philosophical Society
Rittenhouse
John Nixon
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Norris Homestead
Customs House
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John Dickinson
Edward Biddle
Thomas Willing
Shermar
Shelby
Texas News
National Federation of Post Office Clerks
Supreme Court
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Blanco County
City Commission of
Breckenridge
Robert F. Miller
A. and M. College of Texas
University of California
J. F. Kimball
Sealy
Peters
Cleveland
San Felipe
the Fire Marshals’ Association of Texas
Jackson County
Edna
Texas and Pacific Railway
Marshall
State Highway Commission
State Normal Colleges
Commerce
Denton
Alpine
Canyon
San Marcos
Winter Post No. 3
American Legion
Cuero
Otto Buchel
Carlyn Fischer
de Witt County
Galveston
G. G. Moore
Galveston, Houston and Henderson Railway
Carervice
Interstate Commerce Commission
Court of Civil Appeals
Spears Etux
City of
San Antonio
Bexar County
State Tax Board
Tax Board
United States District
Duval West
Workers IN Health Crusade
Lone Star State
Behrens Drug Co
Waco, Texas
Mamie
Fletcher
Mercury
Venus
Hunt
Price Ycat
Richards Cotrematea & Eed
Houston
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