Great Throngs Observ. Fourth of July, p. 1
Dublin Core
Title
Great Throngs Observ. Fourth of July, p. 1
Description
"Parks Crowded With Amusement Seekers
Few Accidents of Serious Nature Many Strangers Among Crowd A Day of Mirth and Merriment Nearest Attempt at Sane Fourth
The Fourth of July, as usual, was very widely observed throughout the city and at the various amusement parks on the outskirts of town.
All during the day great crowds of persons promenaded the principal thoroughfares of the city taking in the accustomed sights that are to be seen when so many persons flock on the streets.
The observance of the holiday in the city was general, all the public buildings and most of the retail and wholesale houses being closed practically all day, while a few of the business houses which opened for awhile in the morning suspended business a noon in order to give their employees an opportunity to celebrate the holiday.
The confectioneries and ice cream gardens were packed from morning till late at night and did a land office business, while their employees greeted the long awaited closing hour with a sigh of relief and a hope that the next “fourth” would find them otherwise engaged.
For the thousands who were offered opportunity for recreation and cared to get away from the humdrum scenes of city life the various amusement parks of the city presented quite an inducement and the crowds which took advantage of the opportunity to visit them were record breakers.
Lincoln Park with its varied forms of amusements drew probably the largest crowd, while Woodlawn ran a close second, with the other parks each getting its due share of the pleasure seekers of the day.
The roads leading to the parks were virtually alive with outing parties traveling in every conceivable kind of vehicle from the antiquated ox cart to the latest model automobile. Especially did the roads present an animated appearance between the hours of 3 and 6 o’clock in the afternoon when it seemed that all the available conveyances in the cit were pressed in service carrying the people for a spin on the roads.
Considering the wide observance which the day was given, the small number of accidents, none of them a very serious nature, which occurred was most remarkable and demonstrates the affectiveness with which the “sane fourth” has been agitated. It had been expected that the agitation for a proper observance of the day would have its effect upon the community, but even the most ganguine had to admit that the result far surpassed their expectations.
The small boy who thinks of the fourth in very nearly the same breath with Christmas seemed to catch the spirit of the new fourth and did not burn up his pennies in fireworks quite as recklessly as in past years. Better natured crowds than those which passed one another on the streets and also those which gathered at the parks have scarcely been seen in our city. On the whole, everybody was apparently out for a general good time and seemed to be impregnated with a spirit of mirth and merriment.
Quite a deal of interest was manifested by hundreds of men and boys, and women too, in the telegraphic reports of the Johnson-Flynn prize fight in New Mexico which were given at the Pekin Theatre and Air Dome. Cheer after cheer was given by the audience as the detailed accounts of the battle were given to them and in some respects the demonstration resembled that given two years ago when the Johnson-Jeffries fight took place. The strangers who were in town to spend the day were very numerous and they were to be found at all the parks enjoying the many pleasures of the day and adding to its success."
Few Accidents of Serious Nature Many Strangers Among Crowd A Day of Mirth and Merriment Nearest Attempt at Sane Fourth
The Fourth of July, as usual, was very widely observed throughout the city and at the various amusement parks on the outskirts of town.
All during the day great crowds of persons promenaded the principal thoroughfares of the city taking in the accustomed sights that are to be seen when so many persons flock on the streets.
The observance of the holiday in the city was general, all the public buildings and most of the retail and wholesale houses being closed practically all day, while a few of the business houses which opened for awhile in the morning suspended business a noon in order to give their employees an opportunity to celebrate the holiday.
The confectioneries and ice cream gardens were packed from morning till late at night and did a land office business, while their employees greeted the long awaited closing hour with a sigh of relief and a hope that the next “fourth” would find them otherwise engaged.
For the thousands who were offered opportunity for recreation and cared to get away from the humdrum scenes of city life the various amusement parks of the city presented quite an inducement and the crowds which took advantage of the opportunity to visit them were record breakers.
Lincoln Park with its varied forms of amusements drew probably the largest crowd, while Woodlawn ran a close second, with the other parks each getting its due share of the pleasure seekers of the day.
The roads leading to the parks were virtually alive with outing parties traveling in every conceivable kind of vehicle from the antiquated ox cart to the latest model automobile. Especially did the roads present an animated appearance between the hours of 3 and 6 o’clock in the afternoon when it seemed that all the available conveyances in the cit were pressed in service carrying the people for a spin on the roads.
Considering the wide observance which the day was given, the small number of accidents, none of them a very serious nature, which occurred was most remarkable and demonstrates the affectiveness with which the “sane fourth” has been agitated. It had been expected that the agitation for a proper observance of the day would have its effect upon the community, but even the most ganguine had to admit that the result far surpassed their expectations.
The small boy who thinks of the fourth in very nearly the same breath with Christmas seemed to catch the spirit of the new fourth and did not burn up his pennies in fireworks quite as recklessly as in past years. Better natured crowds than those which passed one another on the streets and also those which gathered at the parks have scarcely been seen in our city. On the whole, everybody was apparently out for a general good time and seemed to be impregnated with a spirit of mirth and merriment.
Quite a deal of interest was manifested by hundreds of men and boys, and women too, in the telegraphic reports of the Johnson-Flynn prize fight in New Mexico which were given at the Pekin Theatre and Air Dome. Cheer after cheer was given by the audience as the detailed accounts of the battle were given to them and in some respects the demonstration resembled that given two years ago when the Johnson-Jeffries fight took place. The strangers who were in town to spend the day were very numerous and they were to be found at all the parks enjoying the many pleasures of the day and adding to its success."
Creator
N/A
Publisher
Savannah Tribune
Date
1912-7-6
Collection
Citation
N/A, “Great Throngs Observ. Fourth of July, p. 1,” African American Fourth of July, accessed April 28, 2024, https://africanamerican4th.omeka.net/items/show/350.