"Independence Day
All is quiet, clam and peaceful, there is no distrurbing noise:
Pa the morning news is reading, Ma is cooking, while the boys
And girls are upstairs primping. All intends to spend the day
In the park where there’ll be speeches…
"Several accidents were the toll of the Fourth of July celebrations in Harlem. Peter Rodriguez, 11, 2143, seventh avenue, sustained abrasions and powder burns on the right leg from the discharge of a pistol at close range by an unidentified boy. The…
“The automobile races which the Negros of this city have been holding for the past two years have gone a long ways toward giving Savannah publicity in other fields. This kind of sport is a rather expensive pastime and thousands of dollars have been…
"Considerate excitement was caused Friday when James E. Posey, 21 years old, 1332 Union St. S. W., started firing a revolver to celebrate the Fourth. The shots caused residents in the vicinity to flee in all direction. While 7-year-old Mary Lee, who…
"Physical Director Crawford has been busy all week circulating hundreds of entry blanks among the athletes of the city, signing them up annual Y.M.C.A. track and field meet at the Beutner grounds on July 4. Word from Capt. Pitts of the English…
"“Don’ts’” for a safe and sane Fourth of July celebration have been listed by Arthur H. Young president of the National Safety council, in appeaking for “a glorious day and not a disastrous one.”
Children particularly should be guarded, he said,…
"Several accidents were the toll of the Fourth of July celebrations in Harlem. Peter Rodriguez, 11, 2143 Seventh avenue, sustained abrasions and powder burns on the right leg from the discharge of a pistol at close range by an unidentified boy. The…
"Redding, Cali - The town, in upper in the Sacramento valley, hung up a new Independence day heat record. The high mark of the mercury was 124. The heat has sent thousands to cool camps in in the Sierras."