Boomville Fourth Celebrations Spark Remembered Pride
In Boomville a long cherished Fourth of July celebration unfolds with parades, music, and grand displays. Sammy Smith guides the crowd as townsfolk recount lean years, the eagle wood cut, and a night of fireworks from Uncle Billy’s shop. The day includes a festive parade, speeches, a greased pig event, a slippery pole climb, and a bandaged eye ending the tale with Sammy Smith’s daring ascent and a boy’s memories of past glory.
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Stub
Norma
Horner
Ink Lumber Company
McMaln
Calaboose
Boomville
Sid
Wille
Jef Daseum
Jeff
Bu Talbert
Sheebuckler
Carina
Godden of Liberty
Mtvnilants
Jim the Hos
Timothy
Todhunter
Ramy Smith
Gammy Smith
Fer tha Babies safety concerns at toy shop
A mother asks for safe Areworks for her 14 month old boy. The routeour dealer doubts availability of suitable items. Conversation highlights caution on child safety and age appropriate products.
Roar of the British Lion
A long tale of Dickey Brown heir to a vast American fortune bound by his grandfather's odd condition. Plumville plans a Fourth of July spectacle featuring a roaring lion act with Dickey in a cage, wearing a tail and uniform. As the crowd roars, Dickey swears vengeance and the town settles its expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Brown
P. Chawley Brown
Dickey” Brown
Peter
Plumville
Dickey
England
Cannine Engie
Wax
Storm tolls and wrecks figure in varied 1910s news
Across summaries from various stories a lightning strike killed Samuel Fridley near Mount Vernon B C and drownings from New York beaches reported, while a Baton Rouge train wreck left one dead and many injured. Other items note Astor funding Greek excavations, a Louisiana prohibition on liquor on trains, Moroccan sultan news, and rail/river disasters.
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Samuel Fridley
Mount Vernon
B.C
New York City
Baton Munge
William Waldorf Astor
Athens
Laconia
Greece
Loutaiana
Louisiana
Tangier
Mulal Najid
Sultan Abd-el-Aziz
Morocco
Mogadar
Louisville
San Francisco
General Bell
Henry Miller
Harrodsburg
Paris Green
Kentucky
Moreland
Yellowstone River
Billings
Mont
Roosevelt
John C. O'Laughlin
Washington
Tokio
Geo. Willoughby
Prospect
Wis
Fife
Mountain Lake
Minn
William TD. Watkins
Long Beach
Cal
William H. Taft
Charles
Hot Springs
Queen Victoria
Spain
Ena of
Battenburg
King Alfonso
Madrid
Wu Chow
China
Teon de la Grange
Milan
Weat River
Wa Chow
Kuang Tung
Flagsnat Arkona
San Francisco Weunains
Vlagetat
Municipal Traction Company
Natonal Club Federation
Katiear City
Rock Island
Kansas City
Kan
Lynch Station
Elung
Cotorman
Montana and regional notes from Northwest region
Northwest notes recap Montana and regional items from bills, convs, crimes, fires, deaths, and business. It covers the Montana Democratic convention in Billings, Reno robberies, a Milwaukee meeting, various fatalities including a fire death in Carson City and a trainman incident near Garrytown, and mining and company news across Montana, Colorado, and Nevada.
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Montana
Denver
Carnegiehtory
Reno
Nevada
C. D. Fragier
Portland
Travellors’ Protective
Milwaukee
Samuel Stevens
Carson City
Nev
Joseph Wallace
Laurel
Mont
Egbert Smith
America
Colorado Springs
Mexico
Harry Sitford
Fillswater
Oregon
California
Isthmian Canal Commission
Tacoma
Wash
Beattle
Garrytown
J. J. Mullen
George W. Dukshire
Montana Independent Telephone Company
Butte
W. H. Hall
P. RB
Billings
John Sutherland
J. L Kerr
Sutherland
Kerr
Taylor
EB. W. Priest
Goldfield
Henry Weber
Weber
Doctor Mining Company of
Wonder
Titstell
Creek
Tony Sprite
Leonora Pearce
Harriet Crows
Colorado Penitentiary
Colorado
Jefferson County
Park County
Mount Evans
Andy Hempel
Pioneer
Premim Bene
Longley
Ken Cushman
Sooll
Tonopah
James B. Steele
Jerome
Arla
Rentin
Mass
Telnidad
Colo
Raton Mountain
John Michael Daly
Montang
Daly
Chicago
Helena
Belna
W. Scott
East Lake Mad Company
Dry Lake Station
Lad Vegas
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Tad Say
Oomville
Sammy Smith
Fay
Uncle Billy
Billy
Shad
The
Tad Veason
Wright A. Patterson
Northwest
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