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"SPECIAL PUBLIC NOTICE
FOURTH OF JULY CELEBRATION.
Citizens are specially notified that the Executive Committee of the Fourth of July Celebration are Districting the City, and that Special Committees of
Well Known Gentlemen
Will be assigned…

"Mr. John G. Whittier has written a letter to a friend in Philadelphia, from which we extract the following: “I quite agree with thee about that great commemoration of the Fourth of July, 1876. It ought to be worthy of the occasion. But at the same…

Citizens are specially notified that the Executive Committee of the Fourth of July Celebration are Districting the City, and that Special Committees of Well Known Gentlemen Will be assigned to solicit subscriptions in each District, in aid of the…

"Now I used to be a soldier
Of the good old U.S.A.
And I fought in France’s trenches
Till they had the Arm’stice Day

Then they said the war was over,
And the fighting was all done;
So we took the steamer homeward
Mighty Glad we licked the…

"The Grand Marshal is making exertions to have a fine celebration on 4th proximo, in which he is ably assisted by the President, Judge Palmer and the Standing Committees. The Board of Supervisors have appropriated $3,000 towards the expenses of 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…

"Tour of the city Sunday and Monday disclosed the fact that most of the fireworks were set off in the poor residential sections. Cannon crackers and roman candles did not seem to be the means employed by the wealthy to celebrate the Fourth of…

If the Maryland Tuberculosis Association succeeds in its present plan of securing the consent of the city to use the city-wide celebration of the fourth of July at Druid Hill Park to secure subscriptions and pledges for its proposed Preventorium for…

"MAJOR MOTION IN THE CITY
Major R. R. Moton, principal of Tuskegee Institute, spent a few hours in the city Thursday. He had talks with a number of friends, of whom wished him every success in his new position.
“GOOSE-NECK BILL” ROBBED…

“FIDDLING WHILE ROME BURNS… Have you made hasn’t found any scheduled amusement for the day. Food your plans for the FOURTH OF JULY? … This columnist is rationed cutting out the old-time picnic, transportation is discouraged by R. R. officials,…