The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1906-06-23
IocxsAw MAY BIZ rREvrKrED.
Care Should BE Exercised In Use Of
fireworks, July eth.

Fireworks, July eth.
More deaths from lockjaw result
from the celebration Of the Fourth
Of July than from any other cause.
Not only in Michigan, but through
out the country, the number
OF deaths from lockjaw In the month
OF July is greater than in any
other month Of the year. That this
increase in the number Of fatalities
can be prevented, is conceded, and
that it should be prevented is the
responsibility Of the general public.
The records of death for the last
three years in the United States
show that fatalities from tetanus,
popularity known as "lockjaw, in
variably follows 10 case OF wounds
from explosions OF blank cartridges,
toy pistols, giant firecrackers, can
non firecrackers, torpedo canes and
pin wheels. The common use of
these articles, by children as well as
adults, in the celebration OF In
dependence Day, readily explains
the unusual death rate from tetanus
in the month of July. In the state
OF Michigan, the use OF blank cart
ridges. by children, lis not alone q
great risk, but a criminal risk, being
direct violation Of the law. In
1888, the legislature passed law to
prevent the sale and use OF such
articles to such young children as
follows:
Sec. /. That no person shall sell,
give, or furnish to any child under
the age of thirteen years. any cart
ridge OF any form or material,or any
pistol, gun or other mechanical con-
trivance, specially arrange or desig-
mated for the explosion OF the same.
Sec. 2. Any person violating any
OF the provisions OF the foregoing
section, shall be deemed guilty OF
misdemeanor, and upon conviction
thereof, shall be punished by q fine
of not less than ten dollars, nor
more than fifty dollars, and costs OF
prosecution, or Imprisonment in the
county jail not less than ten days
nor nor more than ninety days,
or both such fine and i'm
prisonment, in the discretion OF
the court.
Sec. 3. 1t shall be unlawful for
any person under the age OF thirteen
years. to have in possession, or use
any OF the articles named in section
one Of this act.
It is believed that If people
generally know of this law. and also
know the real danger resulting from
the use OF certain fireworks, they
will exercise the care and discretion
necessary to protect their children
and themselves from becoming vic
Tins OF improper use of explosives.
During the month OF July in
Michigan three years ago there were
twenty-seven deaths from tetanus,
resulting from wounds received from
handling fireworks, and in the
United States, the number OF deaths
from the same cause was 415. In
1904, in Michigan, the number OF
deaths from the same cause, in July,
was B, in the United Statss, 1O5.
In 1905. the number OF deaths in
Michigan from the same cause was
| Z; In the United States l04. 1t is
at .once seen that the number of
deaths both in our own state and
throughout the country, Ia 1908,
greatly exceeded the number OF
deaths occurring either in 1904 or
1905. After the fatalities we're re-
corded 10 1903, the great crusade
against the use OF improper
fireworks on the Fourt b
of July began; and the de-
crease in the two following years
| in the number of deaths is due chief
ly to the aroused public sentiment
against such use, and the passing
OF ordinances in many localities
against such use.
Wanted--A girl for general house