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Newspaper
Akron Register Tribune
Location
Akron, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1905
Page
7
Edmund Vance Cook laments modern Fourth of July celebrations in this Puck excerpt. He recalls a past day of cannon salutes, crowd cheers, and generous lemonade as boys endured a long parade. He notes today’s celebrations lack the vigor and communal spirit once shared.
Ocean Meredith a patriotic girl from the city visits a small town for the Fourth of July. She decorates a cottage with flags but finds no celebration until a Grand Army veteran and a local woman join her effort. Ocean volunteers to celebrate, and the town friends rally to revive patriotic spirit.
A Cincinnati Post voice urges a boy to grasp Independence Day’s meaning. It recalls colonial oppression, the fight for liberty, and the sacrifice of Continental soldiers. The piece links fireworks, patriotism, and remembering George Washington to the birth of a republic and national identity.
A family Fourth of July celebration features Ocean Meredith being paraded through the streets in a carriage drawn by two ponies. A crowd cheers as veterans, flags, and music accompany the procession. Ocean’s patriotism is hailed as neighbors offer lemonade and cookies to the cheering crowd.
A fragmented line features quirky street dialogue with characters named Red Light and Black person-Chaser. The scene includes a boy lighting firecrackers and assorted taunts such as public safety items and a target phrase, ending abruptly with a pun about “Ught work.”
A chaotic Chicago Record-Herald vignette recounts a boy with a Roman candle on a burning porch. Fireworks ignite mayhem as a family flees bloodied, scorched, and panicked, seeking an ambulance while relatives suffer injuries and shock.
Jack Gridley secretly sets off crackers at midnight to celebrate Independence Day. He returns to find the door locked, confesses to firing the large crackers, and must work all day under Miss Ann Hobart’s strict supervision. He longs to see a local circus but must stay home.
A boy named Jack builds a cracker launched by a kite during Independence Day. An outcry erupts when the crackers spook an elephant that charges fences and breaches a barn. The elephant ends up befriended by Jack, the keeper, and the crowd, while Miss Ann remains wary of circuses.
A historical verse celebrates Old Glory's milestone with marching drums and cheering crowds. The refrain invites listeners to join the celebration, echoing a patriotic motif of twenty centuries and the enduring fight against tyranny. The piece references fathers who bled for freedom and the flag’s symbolic triumph.
A fragmentary passage describes a chaotic scene with a firecracker maker and a boy, hinting at a theatrical or allegorical performance in New York, mentioning a doctor and undertaker, and invoking a festive atmosphere as the Fourth repeats.
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