Changing Ideas of the Fourth Celebrations Across America
The article notes seven states and many city councils ban fireworks on July 4 due to deadly incidents, marking a shift from old time oratory and banquets toward noisier modern celebrations. It recalls early commemorations in the 18th and 19th centuries focused on speeches, toasts, and parades, with thirteen toasts symbolizing the original states. It contrasts past practices of noon banquets and tar barrel fires with today’s fireworks and daily noise, citing John Adams’s warning that pomp and parade now dominate. The piece recalls Boston’s 1779 first major celebration with morning salutes and noisemaking.
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John Adams
Boston
Newspaper men sift through scraps leave few stories
A stock remark frames the era as reporters comb through fragments. Despite effort, many leads yield scant detail, leaving readers with a sense of faded substance and kept secrets behind the clippings.
Puck and Pluck Shape Some Men’s Success
A brief note suggests that success stems from a mix of pluck and skill in acquiring opportunities and achieving results, highlighting personal drive and talent as key factors behind accomplishments.
Washington Letter on Congress Record of Legislation
Washington dispatch notes a packed Congress with 36000 bills offered, 27000 House and 9000 Senate, praising reforms, postal savings banks, land conservation powers, statehood for New Mexico and Arizona, Navy expansion, and a sweeping admin reform. It cites failed measures like ship subsidy and Alaska Panama governance as offsets to a strenuous, reforming session.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
House
Senate
New Mexico
Arizona
Union
Bureau of Mines
Philippine Islands
Hawaiian Islands
Havana Harbor
Cuba
Alaska
Panama
Bureau of Health
Appalachiia Forest Reserve
Committee On Rules
Doughnut Devotion in Jarvis Township Farmer
The Jarvis Township Farmer extols doughnuts as vital and healthful, citing approval from the U S Department of Agriculture. He jokes about the holes in doughnuts, warns of rind eating, and ends with a humorous tale of a man who consumed doughnut holes until nothing remained but a giant circular interior.
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Jarvis Township
Grandpa
Department of Agriculture of the United States
Washington D. C
Henry Hank
Spain
Cape Cod
Jarvis
Dr King’s New Discovery Promised Relief for Coughs
An old advertisement touts Dr King’s New Discovery as a safe remedy for lung ailments and stubborn colds. It claims to soothe coughs, croup, asthma, hay fever, and whooping cough, offering 50 cents or one dollar with a trial bottle available.
Two Italians Wheel World Barrel Start in Venice
A pair of Italians began a year ago to wheel a barrel around the world starting in Venice and still continuing, drawing much attention. The journey, believed to take 12 years, aims to win each man a wager of 150,000 francs if completed.
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Venice
Unclear OCR prompts Peterman agency notice
Fragmentary text mentions Daniel Peterman as agent for AT tf and multiple newspapers. No clear event, date, or action is readable to form a full notice or summary.
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Louis Globe
Republic
Post-Dispatch
Star of Times
Daniel Peterman
Court House Items and Transfers
Circuit court adjourned by Judge Hadley until Tuesday. John Stewart of Edwardsville deemed insane by county court jury and committed to Jacksonville asylum. Stewart previously declared insane but discharged as cured.
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W. E. Hadley
John Stewart
Edwardsville
Jacksonville
Stewart
Court actions show varied progress and verdicts
Since last report in the circuit court juries awarded 900 dollars to B. S. Kennedy in Feldwisch case, 2098 dollars in Edrington case, and a foreclosure decree for 4231.03 plus 225 dollars in solicitor fees in Daube versus Koberna. Divorces granted include Stacey from Stacey, Johnson from Johnson, Ozurek from Ozurek, Roberts from Roberts, and Brown from Brown.
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Henry Feldies
C. & A. Railroad
B. S. Kennedy
H. F. Feldwisch Et al
W.R. Edrington
F. M. Titchenal
Chancery
Emma Williams
Thomas Williams
Leo Signaigo
Katherine Sign
Collinsville debtof City against Moses and others
Legal docket item lists debt action City of Collinsville vs F D Moses et al, plus appeals in cases Louis Bode vs Clover Leaf R R Co, People vs Helmich Trullinger Bell et al, and Anderson vs St Louis Smelting Co seeking $15000 damages. Also mentions Elizabeth Bauer suit for relief temporary injunction denied and probate matters with Fred Edward Johann settlement and will of Henry Johann deceased set aside.
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City of
Collinsville
F. D. Moses
Louis Bode
Clover Leaf R. R. Co
People
Wm. Helmich
George Trullinger
John Bell
Alexander D. Anderson
St. Louis Smelting Co
Elizabeth Bauer
Louis
Lavina Giesemann
Fred
Edward Johann
Maria Johann
Ite
Henry Johann
Probate notes disclose guardianships and final reports
Probate proceedings list A. Berger minor with 1196.98 balance due ward. George Kohlbecker deceased claims 149.65 allowed. Nancy E. Keller deceased claim by B. F. Dunnegan 1.44 allowed. Emma Dustmann et al minors inventory approved. Sarah Lloyd insane conservator inventory examined and approved. Nelson Bishop minor guardian Stephen Catt bond 1000 presented and approved. Alice Oldenberg minor guardian final report discharged. Kate M. Paul deceased final report receipts 2810, outlay 1400.08, balance 1407.93. Ida M. Koenemann deceased no will letters to Henry Koenemann bond 8000 presented.
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A. Berger
George Kohlbecker
Nancy E. Keller
B. F. Dunnegan
Emma Dustmann
Sarah Lloyd
Nelson Bishop
Stephen Catt
Alice Oldenberg
J. E. Hillskotter
Kate M. Paul
Ida M. Koenemann
Henry Koenemann
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Troy
Lligots
Troy Wieekly Call
Ill
Kintoch
Post Office Department
Washington
Circuit and Probate
Circuit Court
Probate Proceedings
F. O. Leidel
Shinola Outfit
ACME
H. F. Kueker & Son Lumber
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