JULY FOURTH IN ENGLAND
The English People Join American
Soldiers In Celebrating Inde
pendence Day.
The following account of the Fourth
of July celebration held at Cambridge,
England, is taken from the Cambridge
(England) Press and News, of July
5, 1918, which was sent us by Julius
Cronin, w’ho is with the 137th Aero
Squadron and attended the celebration
in Cambridge that day. The writers
account of the base ball game is par
ticularly interesting, on account of the
peculiar descriptive style of the
writer. One thing is certain that
when the war is over the people of
England will be more familiar with
the great American game than they
are today:
Independence Day was celebrated in
Cambridge yesterday by a consider
able number of American troops who
came into the town in the morning at
the invitation of the local American
Hospitality Committee. This com
mittee, which has been in existance
some little time, was formed for the
purpose of entertaining American
troops visiting the town, and includes
the Lord Lieutenant (Mr. C. R. W.
Adeane, C. B.), Lady Darwin, Sir
Charles and Lady Walston, Mrs. Mel
lish Clark, Mrs. Michael Foster, Mrs.
Gaskell, Mrs. Hopkinson, Mrs. Hazel
tine (Hon. Sec.), and Mr. G. T. Laps
ley (Trinity). The committee have
already arranged several dances for
American troops and are hoping to be
able to provide some sort of club-room
for them in the town if suitable prem
ises can be obtained.
A large number of American sol
diers arrived at Cambridge by train in
the morning, some of them wearing
small American flags wound round
the brims of their hats, and others
wearing the Stars and Stripes in the
form of armlets. Three men marched
in front carrying the Stars and
Stripes, the Union Jack, and their
squadron pennant. A number of the
“Sammies” also came in on bicycles.
The Union Jack, flanked by the Stars
and Stripes and the old Emmanuel
College flag, were flown over the front
of Emmanuel College, and a number
of business establishments and pri
vate houses in various parts of the
town displayed the American colours
in honor of the occasion.
The proceedings began with a ser
vice at King’s College Chapel at llr:30,
conducted by the Mayor (Rev. Dr. E.
C. Pearce, Master of Corpus Christi
College). At two o’clock the Ameri
cans assembled on the Market-hill and
headed by their three flags, and the
drum and fife band of the 2nd Officer
Cadet Battalion, marched to Fenner’s
Ground, kindly lent by the Cambridge
University Cricket Club, where a
grand baseball match was played. At
6 p. m. the visitors were entertained
to dinner in the Hall of Trinity Col
lege, and this was followed by an in
vitation dance in the Examination
Hall.
Service in King’s College Chapel.
The service in King’s College
Chapel was attended by the Vice
Chancellor (Dr. A. E. Shipley, Master
of Christ’s College), and other repre
sentatives of the University, as well
as by members of the general public.
Seats were reserved for the American
soldiers, many of whom took the op
portunity afforded them to attend. The
Mayor officiated, and gave a short and
most appropriate address.
The service commenced with the
singing of the hymn “Onward Chris
tian Soldiers,” after which the Mayor
offered up the following prayer:
“0 Heavenly Father, of Whose
only gift it cometh that men are of
one mind, and that bretheren dwell
together in unity; we offer up our
heartfelt thanksgiving on this Day
of Independence that Thou hast
united in the bonds of friendship the
two great branches of our common
race. Prosper them in the work
whereto Thou hast called them;
crown their efforts with success and
victory; bring them to be of one
heart in Thy service, that Thy name
may in all their doings be glorified,
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Amen.”
The Mayor’s Address.
After the hymn “The King of Love
my Shepherd is" had been sung, the
Mayor gave the following address:
“This is Liberty Day—a day with a
great history behind it, and we hope
with a great future before it. No
Briton or American need be anything
but proud of the history behind it;
when the American colonies quarreled
with George III.’s Government, they
had behind them the support of the
best representative Englishman, and
the Government of the day had to
depend largely upon German troops
for the carrying out of the campaign.
This war i3 not the first war in which
German Armies have been pitted
against the world’s liberty; and the
[re'sult will, we feel sure, be no differ
ent. The breath of life for the Anglo
Saxon can only be drawn in an atmos
phere of freedom.
“Great as has been the miseries and
disasters that this war has brought
about, it has not been without its
bblessings: we owe to it the happy
chance of the Festival of American
Independence being kept by Britons
and Americans with enthusiastic unity
in he Mother-land, and we here in
Cambridge, with all our University
connection with the American Cam
bridge, shall not be the least warm
hearted in our rejoicings. But you
have very properly wished that in the
programme of to-day some place shall
be found for a religious service; and
whatever be our several religious
points of view, we can all combine
here in this noble chapel of Henry
VI., with 400 years of British life
looking down upon us, to offer up our
thaksgiving to Almighty God that He
is able to bring good out of evil, and
through the dark clouds of war to
send a ray of His sunshine to gladden
our hearts.
“The truest form of liberty is
Christian liberty: as St. Paul said
‘Where the spirit of the Lord is, there
is liberty.’ And that is the highest
liberty which makes a man say not ‘I
am free to do what I like, but *1 am
free to do what I ought.’ So that to
day we are not content with makjng
the day a holiday: there is something
deeper behind our celebration—to
alter a little the famous words of
Abraham Lincoln: We want highly
to resolve that our two nations, or
shall I say one nation under two
Governments, shall .under God have a
new birth of freedom; not freedom to
seek our own advantage, but freedom
to sacrifice our individual advantage,
and even our life, if necessary, to the
good of humanity. Any other kind of
liberty is nothing but a pretence and
a sham, and we needs must seek the
higher. Let us not forget on this
great day the example of Him who
used His liberty to die upon the cross;
if the Son of God shall make you free,
ye shall be free indeed."
The service concluded with the
singing of the first verse of the Na
tional Anthem. Dr. A. H. Mann pre
sided at the organ.
Procession Through Town.
At two o’clock in the afternoon a
number of American soldiers as
sembled in front of the Guild-hall,
and, headed by the 2nd Officer Cadet
Battalion Band (in charge of Band
master C. Gee), marched through the
Petty-cury, along St. Andrew’s-street,
Regent-street, Gonville-place, and
Gresham-road, on to Fenner’s.
The procession was one to inspire
with hope the most gloomy pessimist.
The athletic, wiry troops, clean-shaven
and alert, marching with their peculiar
“loping” stride past grey colleges,
weather-beaten with the storms of
ages, formed a memorable picture. At
the head the banners waved gently in
the breeze, the Stars and Stripes on
the right, the Union Jack to the left,
and in the center the orange-colored
regimental pennon. “The Old World
and the New:” a scene seized by many
an amateur “snap-shotter.”
If these men are a sample of the
million in France and of the millions
yet to come, then is victory certain.
Baseball On Fenner’s.
A good number of townfolks, in ad
dition to the Americans, assembled at
Fenner’s in the afternoon to witness
the baseball match. The game was a
novelty to most of the spectators, but
it was fairly easy to follow the
run of the play, and it was certainly
very refreshing to see the whole
hearted way in which our young
Transatlantic cousins threw them
selves into the game and the pitch of
excitement to which their comrades,
who were looking on, worked them
selves.
I want to see a registered Hereford on every
farm in Holt county. If you have one, sign up here.
: It will cost you nothing.
L. W. Arnold & Son ..2C 17'ad
John L. Quig... S'Z Head
This space for you to sign up in.
I want you in, see me.
Johrv L. Qviig, O’Neill
The play proved very interesting to
watch, and the visitors, although not
professing to be great experts at the
game, showed much skili and smart
ness in many directions. Baseball, as
played at Fenner’s yesterday, is cer
tainly a strenuous and at first sight
rather a fearsome game. The ball,
about the same size as a cricket ball
and every bit as hard, was thrown, not
bounced, by the pitcher at express
speed at the batsman, who made pro
digous swipes with a hefty club. More
often than not he missed, a thing not
to be wondered at considering that the
pitcher hurled the sphere at point
blank range with all his force, and
contrived, by dexterous twist and finger
play, to make it swerve most discon
certingly as it came whizzing through
the air so swiftly that the eye could
scarcely follow its flight.
When the striker did manage to get
fairly hold of the leather it had to go,
high and hard well outside the dia
mond-shaped field of play along which
the runner sped from base to base.
The defensive face and body armour
worn by the catcher who stood close
behind the striker to stop the balls
missed by the player, and the huge
padded glove that he and the pitcher
arid fieldsmen wore on their left hands,
tended to heighten the impression of
danger; but it was probably more ap
parent than real, for nobody got hurt.
The great feature of the game was
the smartness of Abe throwing to the
various bases by the fieldsmen with
the object of getting the base runners
out. They picked up quickly and
cleanly, selected with astonishing
quickness the most likely bases to
throw to, and banged the ball in at top
speed with unerring aim. It was rarely
fumbled in receiving the ball,and many
a smart run-out was thus recorded.
The work of the men who took turns
as catcher behind the striker was also
very smart; they let very few balls
pass them, notwithstanding the pace.
Some good catches, too, were made,
although the big glove on the left
hand of the fielder was undoubtedly a
great assistance. The pitcher at
times made the ball swerve in a very
puzzling manner. The game was very
closely and keenly contested, the final
scores reading 5—6. Owing to the
length of the game the speeches
which were to have been delivered by
the Vice Chancellor, Dr. Holland Rose,
and Professor de Sumichrast (fo
rmerly Professor of French at Har
vard University), were cut out, and
Col. H. J. Edwards, C.B., Officer Com
manding Troops in Cambridge, simply
called for “Three cheers for the Union
Jack and the Stars and Stripes,” which
were given with great gusto. Sergt.
Wiggin, the N.C.O. in charge of the
Americans, then called for the “Army
Yell,” followed by the “Siern Yell,” a
j special yell for the winning team, and
a final “Cannon Ball” for the Hospi
tality Committee, and for “Sugar.”
which were all given with extraordi
nary vigour and indescribable weird
effect, after which the lads made
tracks for Trinity College, dinner and
“Sugar.”
Substitute Sule Unchanged and Farm
ers Must Use Them.
Householders in buying wheat flour
must buy pound-for-pound substitutes
and use them during the time the flour
is used. Householders may buy not to
exceed six pounds of flour for each
member of the household for the
month.
Farmers in exchanging wheat at the
mill for flour may do so after they
have signed two pledges—one that
they raised the wheat on their ground,
owned or rented by them, and the
other that they will use pound-for
pound substitutes covering the flour.
It is not necessary for the farmer ex
changing wheat to buy the substitutes
at the mill but he must get them some
place and use them while he is using
the flour.
GLYCERINE mixture
, FOR APPENDICITIS
O’Neill people can prevent appendi
citis with simple buckthorn bark,
glycerine, etc., as mixed in Adler-i-ka.
ONE SPOONFUL flushes the EN
TIRE bowel tract so completely it re
lieves ANY CASE sour stomach, gas
or constipation and prevents appendi
citis. The INSTANT, pleasant action
of Adler-i-ka surprises both doctors
and patients. Leaves stomach clean
and strong. Gilligan & Stout, drug
gists.
Rural Carrier Examination.
The United States Civil Service
Commission has announced an exam
ination for the County of Holt,'
to be held at O’Neill on September 14,
1918, to fill the position of rural car
rier at Stuart and vacancies that may
later occur on rural routes from other
post offices /in the above-mentioned
county. The examination will be open
only to male citizens who are actually
domiciled in the territory of a post
office in the county and who meet the
other requirements set forth in Form
No. 1977. This form and application
blanks may be obtained from the of
fices mentioned above or from the
United States Civil Service Commis
sion at Washington, D. C. Applica
tions should be forwarded to the Com
mission at Washington at the earliest
practicable date.
During the continuance of the pres
ent war the Commission will, in ac
cordance with the request of the Post
Office Department, admit women to
rural carrier examinations upon the
same conditions as men.
Surgeon—This man’s injuries are
very peculiar. How did he get hurt?
Attendant—He was a chauffeur
before he enlisted, and when the
mule stopped he crawled under it to
see what was the matter.—Life.
Republican
Candidate
for
Lieutenant Governor
lsidor Ziegler
OMAHA
20 years practising attorney
in all state and federal courts.
Former member of Republican
State Committee and President
of McKinley Club.
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Candidate for Republican Nomination
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For United States Senator
Charles H. Sloan
Congressman Sloan has a record long and extensive enough to permit
•f judgment by works as well as by words. He is no unknown quantity.
He is a winning candidate. He has a political tally sheet which contains .
not a single defeat. He is a loyal member of his party, devoted to its
principles and working in harmony with its leaders. He represents and
expresses party solidarity and in doing so is able to obtain those things
in legislation which make for the greatest general good.
He has a congressional record that is eloquent in service well done.
He has risen to high ranks at Washington. Theire is no reason to assume
that he will belie his past achievements or rest under the laurels he has
already won. There is every reason to believe that if the republicans of
Nebraska choose him as their candidate for senator and the citizens at
the later election ratify that choice by an election he will continue to
give to his state the same high order of faithful service that has distin
guished his congressional record.
For these reasons the Republ^an believes that Congressman Sloan
is the strongest senatorial candidate now before the people of Nebraska
and the republicans of the state should give him a strong plurality vote
on Augggt 20th.—The York Republican.