The report for tho Consular district of Rive? 85,000 as the approximate population/ot the city. Many Jews and Christians ore 'emigrating to America. Trade has suffered because of tho fnlling-ofE in pilgrim and tourist traffic, due to the wor. Souvenir articles of (dive-wood and mother-of-pearl, the manufacture of which hiw hitherto been a monopoly of tho inhabitants of Bethlehem,' is now to some extent carried on bv natives of Bethlehem established in Paris, who send their goods to Jerusalem for sale. ■'
Independence Day was celebrated in the United States without loss of life. Three years :ij;n 215 people wore killed and 5000 injured in tho Fourth of July celebrations. President Wilson oddressed tho f'ivil "War veterans assembled on the field of Gettysburg. A group of veterans quarrelled during a drinking liout, and in tho fight that ensued knives were used.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1835, 22 August 1913, Page 10
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140Untitled Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1835, 22 August 1913, Page 10
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