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[quote=Anonymous]I was doing a little research at my day job today and came across the following reference to fireworks. I thought that this crowd might be interested given how the setting off of fireworks becomes a topic of debate here every year. Enjoy! "In 1899, [Managing Editor of the Chicago [i]Tribune[/i] James] Keeley's daughter was critically ill, and her physician told the family that the girl's life was endangered by the uproar of the fireworks accompanying Chicago's Independence Day festivities. The following year Keeley began a crusade for 'a Sane Fourth,' which after more than thirty years helped achieve the outlawing of the general sale of fireworks in most states." Wendt, Lloyd. [i]Chicago Tribune: The Rise of a Great American Newspaper[/i], 358. [/quote]
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