"CLEVELAND, Ohio- Now that the Fourth of July celebrations are over the fire-crackers have fizzled out and even the yelling has stopped.
I wonder if half the Americans really know what they were celebrating. Do they know that the first man to give…
"The young man who was sun struck while sitting in a gentleman’s parlor on the 4th of July is improving.
The question, has women any rights that men are bound to respect, was severely discussed by several young men at a support on the 4th inst.
The…
"Where was the Negro on that day in ’76,
When the fearless patriots laid down the pen;
The document signed that before earth and heaven,
Proclaimed them to be forever free men?
Perhaps Black Sampson worked amid the wheat,
Swinging his…
"When giant fireworks, pin-wheels, sparklers, and cap pistols are being used to celebrate the Fourth of July, nothing is farther from mind of the average child than what Independence Day really means. Little fellows who throw torpedoes on car tracks…
"We hold these truths to be self-evident that men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Lest we forget, even amid this loud din of…