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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1906
Page
7
The speaker recalls the Fourth of July past with vivid nostalgia. He remembers boys firing louder, cheaper powder and staying up late cheering warlike sounds, wishing the earth could be drilled with powder and hearing it burst.
A New York Tribune reminiscence reflects on Fourth of July celebrations from boyhood days. The speaker notes wartime noises and fireworks as powerful, nostalgic symbols, contrasting past thrill with present detachment and the line about a finger lost in the pie of early explosions.
The Janesville Wisconsin Fourth of July celebration features the Circus of the Nonesuch Bros a burlesque circus with a wide mix of participants. George McKey funds and leads the event with outfits and arrangements while railroads run special trains to handle crowds.
A Victorian style note warns that firing a cannon firecracker between thumb and forefinger can cost a hand or arm, especially protecting the very young. It cites comicdialogue from The Firecracker and the Torpedo with a playful exchange about patriotism and danger.
A 1900s political flare surrounds Cornelius N Bliss, longtime Republican treasurer, amid New York Life contributions and George W Perkins’s arrest for grand larceny. The case links Bliss to funds diverted to the Republican committee in 1904. Perkins’s arrest shocks national politics as Bliss’s Massachusetts roots and McKinley cabinet service frame a storied career.
During Roosevelt's May 1903 western trip the president halted in Salem Oregon and was photographed near Hermann on the platform. The image, widely published, allegedly boosted Hermann's re election bid and angered Roosevelt over the staged incident and timing.
A ragged Fourth of July tale follows James Dunstan Dashe and family as they roam to a lake, hunt rabbits, eat strange foods, and drink from a keg. After a drunken dance a quarrel arises with a red faced man, mules wander for days, and only three red bugs stay behind with their mother. The neighbors later ask about the day, and James claims a nice quiet day in the woods.
On July 2 1776 John Adams wrote that the day would be remembered as a memorable epoch in American history. He predicted it would be celebrated with devotion to God and grand public festivities from coast to coast forevermore. The Continental Congress debated on July 2 and set independence for the thirteen colonies, though New York abstained.
A McClure quotation extols the United States as the sole exemplar of constitutional freedom, praising representative institutions, equal rights, and law rooted in liberty. It lauds sacrifice through war, devotion to peaceful industry, and liberal Christian civilization as citizens’ trust and pride.
The piece explains that Fourth of July crackers were once imported from China and are now mostly produced in America. The simple process uses soft pasteboard strips saturated with explosive material, rolled around a small amount of composition, then a primer or cord is added and a red cover finished. The result is a loud blaze followed by a sharp crack.
A detailed Victorian era feature explains how a massive 205 foot flag is assembled in Denver. It describes fabric width, bunting weight, and the sewing process by specialized workers and electric machinery. It notes careful alignment of stripes by skilled glass workers and the exacting production of a blue field with forty five precise five point stars.
A vivid, if imperfect, description traces the assembly of the American flag. Workers lay cloth in layers, place five pointed stars precisely, sew cloths and bindings, before finishing touches with grommets and a flag rope. The account emphasizes speed, precision, and the roles of laborers in the production process.
A playful poem questions customs of Independence Day celebrations. It ponders whether firecrackers and cheese are eaten, why cannons lack teeth at their mouths, and why a hair trigger would have hair, offering a humorous prompt to think before answering.
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