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Newspaper
The Democratic Banner
Location
Mount Vernon, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1910
Page
2
A dialect poem recalls a mother and child discussing firecrackers and the risk of angering the father. The speaker jokes about not understanding fancy words like lustrate and ponders cracker size while avoiding offense.
Lawrence Holt a young American traveling alone on a Rhine to Lucerne journey encounters a striking woman who reads his paper and unknowingly fuels a witty courtship. Their brief meeting aboard a first class compartment ends with a flirtatious farewell as the train stops.
In a playful notice, T. Sapp recalls ERCIVAL and ALGERNON with bulging pockets and overflowing arms as Algy and Percy prepare a nightly and diurnal rocket display. The text mocks peace preaching while the rockets rage till midnight and beyond.
A New York woman once leading a crusade against noise disturbances continues her drive this 4th of July. She partnered with governors and mayors, yet the eagle remains loud and the crackers still crack.
A playful scene shows Johnnie and Willie mishandling fireworks with a bandaged Willie after an explosion. The narrator concludes it is better to be cheerful than brave, vowing to prioritize personal safety over bravado and forefathers’ valor.
A humorous reminiscence of a silent Fourth of July in Caliente Nevada. The narrator narrates riding eighty miles to fetch fireworks, losing his horse, and enduring deadly silence as he reaches a deserted desert town, collapsing from thirst and heat, and awakening to a party scene with the others asking if he enjoyed a quiet Fourth.
Poetic tribute praising Columbia as the symbol of freedom and national virtue. It extols the flag’s colors and the defender role of citizens, urging a bright celebration of liberty and peace across the earth. The poem celebrates duty, heroism, and the enduring blue of the heavens over the nation.
The article notes the Fourth of July as a turning date in American memory with events including the deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, James Monroe, and later Civil War and Spanish-American War milestones. It highlights Grant’s Vicksburg march on July 4, 1863, Gettysburg’s collapse, and the 1898 victory over Cervera leading to Cuba and Puerto Rico outcomes.
A morning cloud burst in Baylorville Kentucky washed away 26 houses and numerous people were drowned. Four bodies were recovered from the Licking River with the death toll still undetermined.
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