1909

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1909

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"19 Killed; 427 Injured
In Some Cities the Fourth Was Celebrated in a “Sane” Manner and No Deaths Were Reported.
Chicago, Ill.-- Statistics compiled regarding Fourth of July casualties throughout the country indicate a much smaller list of…

"“I allus enjoy hearin’ the Declaration of Independence read on the Fourth of July,” said Farmer Corntossel.
“It is a noble document.”
“Yes. But what I particularly admire about that kind of program is that it prevents a professional orator from…

"Casualties in United States From Celebration of Fourth.
Chicago.-- Latest reports on the number of casualties in the United States due to the celebration of the Fourth of July show that 39 lives were sacrificed and 1,217 were injured, as compared…

"New Year’s Day we share with all the world, and Christmas and Easter will all Christendom. The Fourth of July is emphatically our own day, but it is purely patriotic in its significance. Thanksgiving Day is as distinctively American as the Nation’s…
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