Mickey F inn s Big Fire Cracker at Casey s Grocery
In Cooney Island a boy named Mickey Finn adores two 12 inch firecrackers displayed in Casey s window. He trades labor for one, brings it home, disturbs neighbors with pretend lighting, and finally is thwarted when his father removes the powder, ending the Fourth of July spectacle.
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Casey
Cooney Island
Thunderers
Mickey Finn
New Orleans
Micky
China
Mickey
Mickey Desire
Chow Chow
Wan Lung
Finn
Mrs. Murphy
Mr Finn
Fourth of July Do Nots for Safe Fireworks Use
Household safety guidance warns parents to prevent children from handling fizzling fireworks and to seek a doctor for serious burns. Remedies include a raw potato poultice for unbroken skin and baking soda paste for relief, plus cautions to keep town house windows closed to stop stray rockets and sparks.
Firecrackers Trade From China to New York
The article notes that nearly two million dollars worth of firecrackers are exported annually from China with the United States a major market, especially New York. It highlights harsh labor conditions as thousands of Chinese workers, including women and children, toil long hours for about 1.40 to produce 10,000 firecrackers, earning little for their hardships ahead of the Fourth of July celebrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
New York
United States
Making Colored Fire From Metal Filings And Compounds
A historical note explains how colored fire is produced by adding metal filings to gunpowder. Steel gives brilliant flames, copper yields green, zinc blue, magnesium white, amber, colophony or common salt yellow, lamp black red or pink, verdigris pale green, sal ammoniac palm tree green, barium salts grass green, potassium picrate whistling sound, camphor very white flame and aromatic fumes.
Noted caption hints at a medical or fashion crisis
Fragmentary OCR text references money, fashion brand Fila, and Stella with dialogue about fortune and seeking a doctor. The passage appears as a garbled social snippet with no clear event, date, or location to anchor a full news item.
Dangers of tariff cuts warned by Des Moines Capital
A Des Moines Capital editorial warns that wheat corn and cotton shortages plus rising imports threaten American labor and industry. It cites freight discrimination, tariff interpretations, and Germany talks as signs the Dingley tariff may fail to protect US markets.
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Des Moines
United States
Treasury Department
Germany
Congress
Telling Facts on Protection and Gold Reserves
A Louisville oriented piece argues for protectionist policy linking national wealth to Kentuckians. It states the U S treasury holds 175 million pounds of gold, Germany about 40 million, and Britain 23 million, noting high rates drive British investors home and funding for British industry becomes hard.
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Louisville
United States
Treasury
England
Makeshift tariff moves delay France Germany pact
The dispatch from Washington reports no tariff expert commission will be sent to France, citing differences with Germany and Senate control. Officials warn that temporary measures and potential reciprocity nullifications may extend, leaving Mr. Root to navigate a long tariff era with ongoing makeshifts.
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Washington
France
Germany
Senate
State Department
Paris
Congress
Root
Wool grower stands pat as wool clip ships to Boston
A Des Moines Capital editorial cites a Billings Montana wool clip of one and a half million pounds shipped to a Boston firm. The owner refused 24 cents a pound, illustrating protectionist gains for wool growers and criticizing tariff reform advocates.
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Yelena
Mont
Billings
Boston
Sense and Nonsense on Tariffs From Draper and Tattersall
Gen William F. Draper warns tariff cuts may halt business or force wage reductions, while J L Tattersall claims England does not want U.S. tariff changes to avoid becoming a rival. The editorial notes the difference between certainty and rhetoric, with ten years of the Dingley tariff yielding a billion in revenue.
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William F. Draper
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
J. L. Tattersall
England
United States
Tillis settler recounts Western Canada success in 1907
A letter from E Emberley of Evarts Alberta dated April 8 1907 describes six years in Red Deer and area. He details land purchases fences buildings crops including heavy grain yields, stock feed, and a 52 below winter. He contrasts life with Illinois hardships and praises local schooling and community.
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Tillnois
Western Canada
Canada
Chicago
Dominion of Canada
Evarts
Alberta
Red Deer
Dakota
Harvey
Mt. Vernon
Ills
Canadian Northwest
P. O
Wife
Illinois
E. Emberley
Sailors' Friend H A Hanbury Oversees NYC Port Papers
Sixty thousand sailors rely on H A Hanbury the U S shipping commissioner for New York as their judge and protector. He handles papers for seamen on foreign craft and settles disputes with masters, ending abuses like forced outfit purchases. His Battery Park office enables quick access to departing ships.
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H. A. Hanbury
Mr. Hanbury
United States
Port
New York
Hardening Drill Tip with Sub Phoric Acid
English mechanic describes hardening an ordinary drill by dipping the heated dull red point into sub phoric acid for about one-eighth inch depth in a flat-bottomed vessel. The point becomes extremely hard while the rest stays soft. If it breaks, reheat and rework with slightly less acid.
Shake Into Your Shoes Allen's Foot-Ease Ad
An old advertisement promotes Allen's Foot-Ease powder to cure painful swollen feet and ease new shoes. It warns against substitutes and lists a sample address in Le Roy New York. The copy notes human skin contains 3,600 perspiration pores per sheet.
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Allen
Akes
Olmsted
le Roy
N. Y
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