MONDAY. JULY 4. 1922.
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The Fourth
of July in Ne
braska History
Memorable Incidents of Independence
Day Occurrence Running Back
to the Territorial Days
From Nebraska Almanac, 1939
Now in Preparation by The Federal
Writers' Project, WPA
Memorable incidents have occur
red in Nebraska on the Fourth ol
July. The first formal celebration
of the day -was held at "Belleview
City" (Dellevue) in 1S54. The as
semblage of pioneers, their wives.
their children and their wagons ( a prayer. After an appropriate ad
gathered near the Indian Agency ! dress, a procession was formed and
there, and at noon hoisted the Amer- j marched to the building site. A box
ican flag. Here it was predicted by j containing a copy of the Holy Bible
one of the speakers that "this conn-j and various other enclosures was de
try will be. indeed the 'Eden' of the posited in a space fitted to receive
the settlers were large enough to
receive them. The physical, moral,
and mental worth of everybody pres
ent was praised; toasts were given
and everyone applauded.
In Brownville in lSf9. the first
circus came to Nebraska. Says the
Brownville Advertiser: "The circus
company having advertised to per
form here on that day, it being the
first appearance of that class of
amusements, there appeared to be a
somewhat general conclusion 'among
j the masses' to 'go in and enjoy
j themselves."
On the Fourth of July, 1S60, the
cornerstone of the First Methodist
rrotestant church of Nebraska City
was laid. The group met in a grove
on Kearney Heights, where the ex
el cises were opened by a hymn and
world." The country was large j it. and the cornerstone was laid,
enough to accommodate fifty mil-j Some concluding remarks were made,
lion inhabitants, and the hearts of; a hymn sung by the choir, and the
ceremonies closed with a benedic
tion. July 4. 1SC4. the First Constitu-
tional Convention met at Omaha.
Sterling P. Majors was elected presi
dent on the first formal ballot. Im
mediately after organizing of the
convention, a resolution was offered:
"Resolved, that this convention ad
journ sine die without forming a
constitution." The resolution was
carried by a vote of 33 to 7. and the
matter of statehood was placed on
the shelf for the time being.
According to provisions of the
State Constitution, the first session
of the legislature was to convene on
the Fourth of July. 1SCG ( though
the actual date for Nebraska's state
hood is March, 1SC7). The session
of eight days resulted in the election
o: United States Senators, as follows:
Thomas Y. Tipton having been nom
inated as a republican, and J. Ster
ling Morton as a democrat, twenty
nine votes cast for the former, and
twenty-six for the latter. Thomas W.
Tipton was declared duly elected.
Twenty-nine votes having been cast
for John M. Thayer, and twenty-six
for Andrew J. Poppleton, John M.
Thayer was also declared duly elect
ed as Senator.
The celebration of the Fourth in
Lincoln. 1S7C. featured a tribute to
the freeing of the slaves. Some ten
colored men. clothed in rags and
looking particularly woebegone, des
titute and terror stricken, handcuff
ed, shackled and chained together
with huge ox chains were driven
along the street by a man represent
ing an old-time slave driver. He car
ried a Llacksnake whip, and his
black chattels carried a banner read
ing: "177G and Slavery.-' Following
this party, with heads erect and
buoyant tread, came a like number
of Negroes, cleanly and neatly dress
ed, with limbs unfettered and glances
free. They bore the significant ban
ner. "1S7C and Freedom."
The Populist Party was convened
in Omaha on July 4. 1S92. Two In
uian bands furnished music, and
delegates in Sunday suits began ar
riving at seven o'clock in the morn
ing. Daniel Freeman, of Beatrice,
"the original homesteader." present
ed the chair with a gavel made of
wood from his farm. The loudest
and longest demonstration came
when the platform was adopted. The
platform included wealth for him
that creates it. free and unlimited
coinage of silver, postal savings
banks, and prohibition of alien
ownership of land. One of the sen
sations of the convention was sup
plied by an eastern delegate who
arose at every opportunity, shouting
Amen. When he mounted the plat
form to raise a point of order, he
was found to be out of his mind; he
had to be allowed to speak one min
ute to get him out of the hall.
In Omaha on the Fourth of July,
1M'7, a great bicycle race was held.
Rain spoiled the one-mile profession
al race. The two-mile professional
race was the most desperate of the
day. It was won by F. G. Barnett,
time: ":(',.
The Fourth of July, 191C. was
celebrated in Fullerton when a con
course of people, headed by the Hus
sar band, marched to the court house
wheie a boulder in memory of the
Pawnee Reservation was dedicated
and unveiled with impressive cere
monies. During the A. A. U. championships
at Lincoln on July 4. 1927, a new
American record was set by Elkins.
a University of Nebraska freshman.
Elkins scored 7.574.42 points, bet
tering by 222.53 points the national
record held by Harold Osborn.
On the Fourth of July, 1932. ap
proximately 50.000 people were in
Grand Island to assist Hall county
in celebrating the seventy-fifth an
niversary of the settlement of the
country. On the site where 75 years
before the first colony of Hall county
Christian Youth
Council Frowns
on ROTC Units
Wish President to Declare a Na
tional Youth Peace Week Over
Armistice Dav.
COLUMBUS, O., July 2 (UP)
A resolution recommendim- that ap
propriations for ROTC military units
on college and university campuses
settlers unfurled an American flag' be withheld was adopted unanimously
on the morning of July 4, 1S57. a today by the commission or. interna-
group of men and women raised the tional crisis of the Christian Youth
Stars and Stripes in tribute to the
little group who first claimed this
part of Nebraska for the wtiite man.
LOSES SUIT FOR ESTATE
PHOTOrFLASH
Big Guns of Polo Boom at Meadow Brook Preparing for an ex
citing carr.Daign, lour of the nation s tcp polo stars are snapped at
historic Interna
tional Field in
Westbury, L. I.,
in one of the
weekly special
matches. Left to
right are: Stew
art Inglehart, El
bridge Gerry,
Earle Hopping,
Jr., CTd Jimmy
Mills.
jCofioe Industry Picks Queen A I
fin
storm o! aDDlause as this choto L lr . V ; li
as taken
beautiful stenographer of the
Hotel Commodore, into the title of "Miss Coffee." She
was chosen by 1,500 members of the coffee industry
Jrom the prettiest girl employees of New York Hotels.
and will represent the industry during Iced Coffee
Week. Insert shows Miss Carson with her crown cf
icoifee blossoms symbolic of her title.
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For Garden Wear A cool little blouse with
mesh yoke and tiny puffed sleeves. Neat and
Immaculate, it will
wash again and
again, being
made of soft knit
ting and crochet
cotton.
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Wrapped in Cellophane is
ftis dazzling package of
Vrreliness, in the form of
Harriet Haddon. San Francis
co's gift to the cinema.
Keel for New
Battleship This
photo shows the
hrst rivet being
driven in for the
keel oi the new
battleship. U. S. S.
Washington, at
the Philadelphia
Navy Yard.
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No-Hit, No Bon Mound
King Johnny. Vcmder
Meer. sensational
hurler of the Cincinnati
Reds, who made baseball history
with two straight -no-hit, no-run
pitching performances, demon
strates the wind up and follow through of his powerful
speed ball.
Maury Maverick looks at the world, . and an
nounces that our naval program is an invitation
to another world war. Writing in Collier's, the
Texas
Congressman
states that "instead of
spending billions
which may lead us in
to trouble abroad, we
should spend millions
on shore defenses to
insure peace at home."
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"Lost Division" Secure in snowy Peaks Parzan,
Spain A detachment of th "lost" division of Span
ish Loyalists, drawn up on the pass leading to head
quarters. The men have fortified themselves in an al
most invulnerable position among the high mountain
peaks, commanding ten leading pesses to France.
New York Mayor
Honors Rural Re
porter Mayor F.
H. LaGuardia is
shown presenting
certificate of.
award to Mrs. Ed
na Eaton Wilson
of Ripley, Okla..
winner of the
Country Home
Magazine's annual
award to the
champion country
newspaper corres
pondent For her
writing in the
Stillwater. Okla..
Gazette. Mrs. Wil
son received $500
'hfork and Wash
ington.
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A La Fashion Mode (1) White lace with flounced skirt and strapless
decolletage is appealingly quaint (2) Shimmering biack cire satin is
veiled with hand-tied black silk fish net. The flaring tunic and back hem
line of the overskirt accentuate the sheathed-figure line. (3) Floating
scarfs in two shades of green silk chiffon forrA a graceful drapery or a
long cape on this lovely' gown of white mosseline de soie.
Vault for Silver Ready West
Point N. Y. Mrs. Nellie
Tailor Ross. Director of the
Mint, examines the' 15-ton
safe door entrance to the
government's new silver de
pository here. The vault is
252 feet long. 166 feet wide
and 22 feet high, with side
walls of thick double layers
of concrete.
LINCOLN, July 2 (UP) The
Nebraska supreme cojrt i)day re
versed and dismissed an equity action
brought by Mrs. Dan Goodwin of Chi
cago who sought tu be declared heir
to the estate of her father Charles
H. 1'reudikh. prominent Lincoln gro
cery store operator wha died in 19:15.
Mrs Goodwin asked the court to
enforce a verbal contract alloyed to
have been made between Kreadrich
and htr mother Mrs. Edith Phorrn at
GalesLurtr, Illinois in l'Jl2 when she
was 7 years old.
It was contended that Freadrich
promised at his death to leave his
entire estate to his daughter except
Council.
Tile council's purpose va; to vote
later on the resolution cast by the 21
member commission-. The p-nup ;.i
meeting here in conjunction with the
international ror.vention on Christian
education.
Other resolutions adapted today
would :
Petition President Koose' tlt io de
clare a national youth p"ace week
over Armistice Ihtw
Pledye support to the n..n-part:san
child feeding con-mi-sion.
Deny the ea.-tern stiuknt omeryency
fund committee military reserve.
Condemn binjro, bunco, b rid ire r.nd
similar fames, raffles and commer
cial j'am!ilinfr.
St-t nkllier.s .f .'irac i
titioiis f;upiio!-tiny a cor.jrri--s
which would prohibit local, :
national liquor advertisii.rr
to p--
;ti:i1 bill
-late ard
c.!i Li!l-
th: ont--(juaiter interest recjuiredfj
lor
by law to p to his second wife and j
widow.
The hih court ruled that the al-, to stayc
loured conversation lucked "the cer
tainty and definiteness to constitute
a bindinir resent contract.'
joarus and radios.
Counteract ' tr r o v i r. f
t home anl wars aboard.
NEBRASKA. FARMS BOOSTED
OMAHA. July 2 (UP) Charles
McCumsey, federal land bank presi
dent here, today announced improved
crop prospects had boosted sale of
Nebraska farms bv the land bank
and federal farm mortgage crop to ." j
for the same month last year.
Total paid for the T0 farms was
$247,r00 with an estimated 37 per
cent cash paid before possession.
Annroximatelv 75 per cent of the
buyers were neighboring farmers '
adding more land or tenants secur- j
ing their own farms. j
For the bank's district as a whole.'
comprised of Nebraska. Iowa, South
Dakota and Wyoming. June sales
numbered 12S. Cash paid for land to
taled over a half million dollars. The j
month represented a 70 per cent in-!
crease for the district as a whole over i
June 1937.
lii'.ansm
si; youth. -
n Armistice Pay peac:-
dedication and studv nu-ans to im
pliment anti- war action.
Dr. Carroll Morris, PlainhVhl. N.
J., 22-year-old Princeton graduate
who headed the commission was el
ected council president.
REVISE ADMISSION RULES
HOLD HOUR LAW INVALID
PHILADELPHIA. Juno HO (UP)
The state supreme court ruled today
that the special 4 4 hour work week
law was unconstitutional.
The decision voided the major j Tuesday
labor legislation of the lft."57 state ber.
legislature and the "corner stone !
statute" of Governor George Earle's
"little? new deal administration" in
Pennsylvania.
Under the act. no one employed in
Pen nsylvania
more than 4 4
LINCOLN. July 2 (UP) The state
supreme court today announced re
vised rubs governing admission of
attorneys effective at the start of the
fail term in September.
Changes follow:
Membership of state bar commis
sion which examines applicants in
creased from fi to 7 to be selected
from each supreme court judicial
district. George II. Turner, clerk of
thf high court, as secretary and as
one of the seven.
Commission secretary to secure a
report on each candid;:" for the
committee on inquiry of the Nebras
ka State liar association.
If applicant fils on his third
examination he1 shall not be eligible
to take another cxT.n.inat ion until he
has requalified by a full thre e ears
course of law study in the office of
a practicing attorney or ni a reput
able law school.
Time of semi-annual examinations
shifted from second Tuesday to first
Mondav in June and from third
to first Mondav in Novem-
FILES FOR GOVERNOR
LINCOLN. June ?,0 (UP) William
II. Swanson, Lincoln insurance man.
industry could work ' formerly of Hastings had his eandi-
hours a week or 5 M
dacy on file today for the demo-
eight-hour -clays except on specific ex- cratic nomination for governor. He
emotions granted bv the state secre- '" lUi i'1'-"1-
tary of labor and industry.
DEFICIT $3, SCO A MINUTE
fi
Other flings include Herman
Hueke of Table Hock. Eastern Ne
braska Public Power district, James
V. Christie of Omaha for lieuten-
WASHINGTON. June .10 (UP) ant srovernor. democrat, and Henry
During the fiscal year, the fed-c. Blome of Dalton. fifth district con-
eral government spent money at thelgress. republican,
rate of approximately $14. GOO per j "
minute. Its revenue, on an average,
basis, came in at the rate of about i
$11,SC2 every minute.
Thus, each minute of the day the
federal deficit increased fC.SOO.
The public debt, standing at the '
highest point ever seen on a fiscal ,
year end is around $2S5.f3 for every j
man. woman and child in the United !
Slates. !
TRUCKERS CONFERENCE
RESUMED AT OMAHA
OMAHA, June 30 (UP) Meet
ings between the Nebraska Commer
cial Truckers association and the
general drivers union were to be re
sumed today in an effort to nego
tiate a new wage and hours contract
covering the industry here.
The negotiations are being carried
on uuder a 30-day "truce" signed
June 20 after the union had called off
a strike against Watson Brothers
company.
LAND, FARM and
RANCH BARGAINS
WANTED
Painting and paper hanging.
Wayne Lewis, Phone 530-J, tfd
WV. AUK HMI.I
The lest Feed
We Can Buy
Our feeds have been a stand
ard in Nebraska for 25 to SO
years and can be depended on
for freshness, as the trucks ar
rive each week. Prices right!
Black Bros. Starter
and Grower
25-lb. Sack $ .75
100-lb. Sack 2.45
Gcoch's Best Starter
25-Jb. Sack 5 -75
50-lb. Sack 1.30
100-lb. Sack 2.45
Grcwing Mash 2.15
Growing Pellets 2.20
SALT! SALT!
Sulphur Blocks, each 50t
Gray Blocks, each 400
White Sacks, each 50t
Ann-rlc-nu. lorloij'n r (arfj'n
line Sack or a Carload
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