Fourth of July Echoes From an 1855 Parson Chronicle
A 19th century parson kept Fourth of July records noting Sabbath restraint on celebration and calls for godly observance. The piece contrasts religious observance with public feasting and details letters by John Adams and debates on independence. It traces the Declaration's drafting, key signers, and early public commemorations, including parades, fireworks, and criticism of excessive noise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Monthly
John Adams
Congress
Adams
Republic
Abigail
America
Thomas Jefferson
Samuel Adams
Washington
Franklin
Lexington
Concord
Bunker Hill
Richard Henry Lee
Virginia
Council of Virginia
Great Britain
John Adame
King George
Licely
John and
Roger Sherman
Oliver Wolcott
George Wythe
John Dickenson
John Jay
James Wilson
Robert R. Wilson
New England
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Georgia
North Carolina
Benjamin Franklin
Robert R. Livingston
Jefferson
Branklein
State Department
Lee
New York
Onies
Matthew Thornton
New Jersey
Hancock
John Bull
Harrison
Carter Braxton
Carroll
Carrollton
Gerry
John Nixon
Statehouse
Philadelphia
New
Julia Ward Howe
Gideon Lee
Emerson
Postal Bill Passes Senate Vote Goes to President
The senate concurred with the house on the postal savings bank bill 44 to 25. President Taft’s stance boosts passage pending his signature. Main issue fixes deposits: 65 percent redeposited, 30 percent for bonds, 5 percent reserve. A trustees board oversees operations with postmaster general, secretary of the treasury, and attorney general. Deposits capped at 100 monthly, 500 total. 2 percent interest. Bonds issued to cover refunding and new Panama canal bonds.
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House
Senate
Secretary of the Treasury
Attorney General
Postal Savings Banks
Thirteen Injured in Alton Prairie State Express Wreck
Thirteen people were hurt when the Chicago and Alton Prairie State express derailed a mile north of Carlinville due to spread rails. The locomotive, multiple cars, and three Pullmans derailed. one Pullman remained upright. Seven hundred feet of track damaged. no fatalities reported.
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Carlinville
Chicago & Alton Railroad
James A. Fouch
St. Louis
J. A. Wood
Ill
A. G. Taylor
Chicago
Needham
Alton
W. G. Ryan
New York
Vina Brubaker
Girard
J. P. Eldridge
F. Zeliff
Little Rock
Ark
A. Gotthardt
Rock Island
Matt Smith
R. N. Flack
Comfort
Tex
Clara Provendhare
Francis Nafew
Girl slain in Cumberland. youth held for murder
The body of eighteen year old Alice Brown was found with her throat cut in a bushes area in Cumberland. Buck Nolan, also eighteen, is jailed on murder charges with blood-stained clothing and bite marks on his arms. Earl Mudge and Loring Barringer, both young men, are held as witnesses.
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Cumberland
Alice Brown
Buck Nolan
Earl Mudge
Loring Barringer
Boston and Maine Grants Increase for 2500 Workers
Boston and Maine railroad grants wage advances to 2500 employees. Increases range from 6 to 26 cents per day as of the June 25 announcement.
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Boston and Maine
Boston
Boston and Maine Railroad
Cure for Skin Troubles Promises 1909 Proof
A Boston man reports twenty five years of agony from a head and neck skin condition cured quickly by Cuticura Remedies after failing with doctors and hospital. A Philadelphia man credits Cuticura for clearing pimples after ten days using Cuticura Soap Ointment and Resolvent despite prior medical efforts.
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Cutiura
P. Keyes
Congress St
Boston
Mass
Wm. J Sadlier
Susquehanna Ave
Philadelphia
Samples of College Humor in a Girls College Scene
A German professor tries to detain a student after class and a student advises girls to take courses with men professors while women faculty seek to test them. A professor is warned about standing barefoot at a funeral in the rain. Life and Royston quotes remark on monotony and desire.
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John
Genius Seeks Funds in Borrowing Quip
A newspaper wryly notes a quote about genius and ambition as it remarks that a genius is a man who tries to borrow money and gets it. The fragment references no specific person or place beyond the idea of borrowing.
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Tromlas
House Postal Savings-Bank
Taft
Prairie State Express
Wichita, Kas
San Francisco
Here
Miss Caustique
Antique
Royston
Libby
Vicona
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