Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-06-24
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ONE .c0MMUMT rs LESSON
Citizens y Arranged Prosram .Fer Ird.'.:
y Psndenee Day Which. Included Pa
rade, Games, Banquet; School Exsr-
: eisss and Church ) ssrvicss-Fire-
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A very important question that ia
being seriously considered in numer-
GUS towns and cities throughout the
United States is the celebration Of In
dependence day in safe and sane
manner. II those who have not vet
become interested in the movement
would sit down and consider the enor-
nous amount of good it would do for
their fellow citizens and the wonder
ful benefit their home towns would
realize it is almost a sure thing that
they would at once become enthusiast
tic followers In the ranks Of the great
army that is battling for "sane
Fourth" by which they will dndoubt-
fedly save the eyes, hands and, in fact,
Lives Of children, prevent loss Of prop
erty by fire, save the street trees from
serious injury and keep the streets
! neat and clean. ~~ss~> ~-ss~~
T. During the congress Of the Play
ground Association of America in
Pittsburg forty-f1ve mayors sent dele:
gates to assist in furthering the move
for a rational celebration of the
Fourth Of July. In summing up the
points brought out in the meeting the
secretary said in part:
Much valuable constructive work has
been done and is being done in the en-
deavor to find a suitable celebration to
! substitute for the traditional one. We
here would call special attention to the
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| large and small communities during the
| past six years along this line. We in
dorse this work as resulting in celebra-
| lions that are safe, appropriate, inspir-
ing and educative. and we believe that
| such celebrations combine important les
| sons In civic corporations and communi-
/ ty life.
1t is the opinion Of the writer that
towns and cities would benefit wonder
fully by following the example Of a
certain city in the middle west whose
citizens are firm believers in the move
for quiet holiday celebration. The
( movement in this city was started by
gentleman whose son was injured
by the explosion Of lead cannon.
About eight weeks before the Fourth
this gentleman invited four of his
friends whom he knew were "doers"
and interested them In the movement
that would increase interest in pa
triotism and make lead pipe cannons
unattractive. - :. (
+ They decided to interest all pub
lie officials and public spirited citizens
in the movement and get them to:
agree to help organize a central cam
paign committee. Then they organized
q committee with representatives from
the wards, churches and social Or
CARNATIONS. They arranged an elab-
crate program, including parades, pic
MICS, games, dinners, school exercises
and church services.
The result was that every citizen in
that city admitted that the abolition
Of fireworks from the exercises proved
q great boon in making the Independ-
ence day a real pleasure holiday and
not destructive one to humanity and
property. The program that was DIS
tributed broadcast throughout the city
was set up something like this: