Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-06-27
FOURTH or JULY
GOODS ON SALE.
MANY NEW BEAUTY, PIECES Elk
HIBITED THIS
YEAR.
ENFORCE ORDINANCE
ORDINANCE

Police Will Sec to That Young Ameri-
ca Does Not Break Loose
Before Nations
Natal Day.
Local dealers in Fourth of July
goods are now beginning to make
their annual display of firecrackers,
| pin wheels, sky rockets, niger
chasers and other instruments of al
legged oriental manufacture to delight
the heart of Young America on the
forthcoming anniversary of Americas
freedom, and incidentally kill and
MAIN hundreds.
But the death dealing cannon
crackers are conspicuous for their
absence, as but few of the large and
much dreaded crackers are to be
seem Few stores even handle crack
ers over four inches long and few at
this size are displayed, and the young
sters are encouraged to use the small
er variety instead Burned fingers
will undoubtedly result from the use
of even these on the glorious day, but
the accidents on that day will be re-
duced to a minimum by the absence
of the enormous foot long cannon
cracker, which, when it explodes has
force enough to jar house from its
4 foundation.
4 Few Sales on Crackers.
Although there is considerable
Fourth Of July goods on display in the
windows of the various business
houses in the city the sales are light
and it is thought will be so up until a
few days previous to the big day, as
1 it is against the city ordinance to
use these explosives or fire works on
any day except the Fourth of July.
The police are also seeing that the
ordinance is strictly enforced, but SO
far there have been no arrests.
Following Is the city ordinance on
the subject:
Paragraph 1876; section A. No
il person shall within the limits of the
city of Ottumwa, fire. discharge, or
explode any fireworks, firecrackers,
Roman candles, torpedoes or any
other explosives for demonstration in
any of the streets, alleys or public
places, except on the fourth day of
July, and at no time shall they be so
used or exploded as to brighten horses
lawfully upon or passing the streets.
The use of toy pistols, dynamite
canes or revolvers using blank car.
tridges is forbidden at any and all
times"
Any person found guilty of violation
of this section shall be fined not less
than IS nor more than $1O0.
But nevertheless the youngsters are
now saving their stray pennies and
are doing little Jobs around making
nickles, dimes and quarters which &C
to their savings banks for the day OF
| all days, week from tomorrow.
Among the novelties this year that
are really pretty are the electric
sparklers, or sparkling gems. These
come in boxes and look like slate pen
ellis on wire. The piece is penny
J goods. or ten cents box and is II
certainly worth the money. Upon light
ing it short sputter is heard an6
J. then for fully three minutes the piece
gives off beautiful colored stars anc
sparks. The beauty of the piece ii
that the sparks are perfectly Harmless:
t there is nothing to burn ones sell
with, and the piece is as pretty in the
t house and just as safe as out of doors
The sparks can be let to fly agains
: the face and are not felt. This piece
!, is destined to become popular because
= of its beauty and simplicity.
: = Then there are the shooting
e matches, made like the safet!
matches, put up in boxes and shoot
r ing like torpedoes or burning slowly
giving off different colored lights
i These matches are made in all size
and are very popular
n There Is combination nickel as
s sortment put on the the market b,
one of the fireworks companies whicl
: is dandy. 1t is composed of IL piece
and they are all good, the electric vo
: cano, sunburst battery. whirling dery
!, ish, prismatic bouquet, silver Vesu
vius, searchlight, fusilades, silver bat
a teries, spreading meteors, being som
: of the pieces
: Besides these are the Bengal sticks
e meteor sticks, which are the colore
lights made in different styles an
prices Then there is the hand teroph
or son-of-a-gun torpedo on a stick. TIL
i newest novelty in the niger chase
I, line is the imported grasshoppel
which is crackerjack for liveliness.
Then, Of course, there are the u:
ual rockets, Roman candles, day fire
i, works of the Japanese, or torpedoe
g for the girls, snakes nests, Dewe
mines and the old fashioned mines
: pinwheels and big colored lights, t
n say nothing of all kinds of fir,
crackers.
- 1t is no wonder that the pennie
4 that usually go to the candy man {
= this time of year go to the little ii
bank for the fireworks man, and
h, spite of the bowls for sane Fourt
'r Young America will be there wee
from Saturday with all the noise NAL
. ing instruments that the fireworl
J. man can devise.