04 Jul 1894
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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1894
Page
1
The Elmira Telegram presents a reflective poem in which a narrator speaks to his wife about Fourth of July memories. He recalls childhood torpedoes and powder, mentions a rival, and ends with the wish to sleep until sunrise on Independence Day. The piece blends nostalgia with quiet domestic sentiment and national celebration.
Enemies swarm the city as Lord Howe holds Philadelphia and Dorothy McFarlane plots with Colonel Jeffries to aid the Continental cause. Dorothy defies an arranged marriage, legitimizes love with her Army lover, and Washington approves a daring rescue plan amid frost and danger.
The Boston Globe describes a children’s flag game for Independence Day. A yard long flag with blue field is used, a silver star on a pin placed by each child blindfolded from a distance. Prizes go to the closest star to the center circle, with booby prize for the farthest.
Philadelphia Press notes Jefferson penned the Declaration in mid June 1776, likely June 28, in a small Market Street room with a bricklayer landlord Mr Grant. It traces the idea’s emergence from Anglo-Saxon political thought and frames Jefferson’s writing as fate driven.
Julia Ward Howe outlines Fourth of July celebrations emphasizing martial music public speeches school exercises essays prizes and a civic pledge. She envisions evening patriotism tableaux fireworks and a pastoral benediction plus lectures on European society and republics to warn against luxury and decadence. The piece notes Erie will hold a summer U S Court session starting July 16.
A jilted suitor in Philadelphia recounts a dramatic Fourth of July fireworks misadventure at Bryn Mawr. While spying Amy with her fiancé Jack Armstrong, he locks himself in a summer pavilion and becomes tangled in a hammock hook and a torrent of firecrackers. He survives but vows vengeance.
A 12 year old girl learns her father cannot afford fireworks and pleads with her brother Willie. After she sobs asking what Samuel Adams Washington and John Adams would say, the father returns with a large cache of firecrackers torpedoes rockets and roman candles to celebrate Independence Day.
New York marked Independence Day 1861 with speeches and fireworks despite civil war fears. Edward Everett spoke at the Academy of Music as regiments gathered for battle near Fairfax and plans to advance on Richmond stirred public resolve. Lincoln urged 400000 more troops and 100 million dollars as Congress met in extraordinary session.
The piece contrasts American and Chinese firecrackers, noting Americans’ are large and fuse corded while Chinese packs use gilt labels and paper fuses. A Chicago firm failed to mass produce small firecrackers, folding after losses. Americans print warnings on large crackers and boys rush recklessly during the Fourth, prompting more eye and hand injuries.
The Declaration wins broad public support across classes and states, rallying the population to the national cause. Read at Cambridge, on pulpits, in newspapers, and abroad it shaped rights in New York and inspired constitutions, becoming a lasting measure of republican institutions.
In the Detroit Tribune a small humor vignette features two girls reacting to the story of the fall of man. The first declares she would not be tempted by an apple, while the second questions obedience if told not to eat apples.
A sermon by Rev. 8S. H. Doyle for the week begins with John 16 7 14 on Christ’s last address. The Holy Spirit is Comforter Convictor and Instructor guiding believers into truth and aiding them amid life’s trials. Bible readings are listed.
Cleveland Christian Endeavor societies prepare to welcome up to 40 000 youths for the international convention to be held July 11 to 15. Opening meetings will distribute across 16 churches with Thursday sessions at Seengerfest and a 10 000 seat tent. Governor McKinley to give welcome remarks and Jones Spotted Bear is among Indian delegates.
The sermon stresses that yearly gospel preaching can reach many, but many will not hear. Christ warned to take heed what and how we hear, noting the accuracy of hearing mirrors the truthfulness of speech. False speakers will mishear others.
At Fort Lapwai a paper 11¢ yards long displayed the names of 168 Endeavorers among the Nez Perce Indians. The Second Reformed Society of Muskegon Michigan recently built a new sidewalk around the church. Quotes from Panin and Hentz appear, followed by Rev. Joseph B. Morgan stating the four pillars of Christian Endeavor are the pledge prayer consecration service and committee work.
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