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Newspaper
Concord Enterprise
Location
Concord, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1907
Page
5
A local column parodies July excitement by presenting a hazardous homemade firecracker recipe. The method uses macaroni shells, kerosene soaked fuse, gunpowder, and limburger cheese as plugs, urging readers to obtain a health board permit before celebrating with such dangerous devices.
Admiral Dewey recounts his role in adopting The Star Spangled Banner as the official national anthem at a Francis Scott Key Memorial Association meeting in Washington. He recalls dining with Prince Henry of Prussia when the band played Hail Columbia and notes the later discussions with Justice Moody leading to the president’s order recognizing the anthem.
Uncle Joe Cannon recalls a boyhood Fourth of July milking cows hoeing corn and fishing on the Wabash. He contrasts that simple celebration with the modern era offering cheap fireworks and noisy devices for today’s youngsters on the Fourth.
A quirky exchange echoes a quick boast about starting a flying business with emphasis on flags. The dialogue hints at a whimsical venture as it plays on the word flying and flags in a lighthearted, period-tinged tone.
Phrastus ignores Aunt Scilla’s Fourth edict and, with Harvey Harris, plans a toy naval battle using a British ram and a flag backed by firecrackers. The prank escalates when Mr Turner's English ram toppled by the pond and battles the US flag, ending with the boy hiding in a tree as the ram charges. Aunt Scilla gives him a memorable punishment.
National League notes list game scores and battery pairings for Philadelphia Chicago Cincinnati Brooklyn New York Pittsburgh Fall River and Lynn. Players Boron Lindgren Scanlon Camnitz Gilroy Barherich and others are named with multiple batting and fielding contributions referenced.
A fire on a side track five miles from Salt Lake City ignited two car loads of giant powder, causing a massive blast that shattered windows and damaged buildings for miles. A nearby passenger train lost its windows and riders were thrown from their seats. In Chicago, after 16 weeks, Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders union members near South Chicago abandoned their strike against the Chicago Shipbuilding Company, citing failure of the sympathy strike across lake ports.
Beth Harrington visited with her aunt Mrs. L C Frngg while Mr and Mrs Harding Bent stopped by West Marshfield last week. George Henry Law of Boston visited his aunt Mrs Bulette last Wednesday. Alvin Lothrop and family together with Mrs C E Stearns and Frank Lothrop departed for several weeks at Alvin Lothrop’s Adirondack summer home.
Rev Sidney J Willis was ordained Tuesday evening June 25 at the First Universalist church South Acton in the presence of a large company. The service featured sermons by Rev Vincent E Tomlinson and a sermon on the more abundant life, with confirmations by Rev George M Hannon D D and Rev Chas Conklin D D. Willis has accepted a call to serve the South and West Acton churches, receiving support from both parishes.
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