Fireworks Should Be Prohibited
A dry-season editorial warning against the danger of fireworks in a water-scarce Arizona town ahead of the Fourth of July — a small but revealing note on frontier fire risk.
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Mesa Free Press · June 1, 1900 · Page 1
1 min readThe use of fireworks in the town should be wholly prohibited under most severe [penalties]. The scarcity of water and the general dry season of the year ought to deter every one from endangering his neighbor's [property] and his own property.
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