1941

"LOS ANGELES – A small firecracker, a small bottle of gin, and a sense of humor inspired by the gin, has caused Herman Rucker of Texas to return to that vast state in somewhat of a hurry, has cost him his pretty new wife and has set the six-foot…

"Claiming the dubious distinction of being the most belated victims of a Fourth of July prank, two men and a woman were burned and bruised about the legs Friday night by a giant fire-cracker.
Those injured when the cracker exploded in a store at…

"Here’s hoping that you had a glorious FOURTH of July….. In Chicago’s Bronzeville, everybody had a grand time….night clubs and drink places were packed to capacity and the three-day holiday will linger long with those who made merry during the…

"The Chicago Defender employees celebrated Fourth of July by going to Abbottsford, country home of Mrs. Robert S. Abbott, Benton Harbor, Mich., for a picnic. They arranged to have wives, husbands and friends motor up for the day. Over 100 persons…

"TOP INDEPENDENCE
Although our Independence Day
Has just been celebrated,
I never fully realized
How free we are created.
I mean I never did until
I noticed what we’re wearin' ;
And then I knew what caused divorce,
Insanity and…