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Show ! ...'. """" -- I -". 7.1 LA I. D, Cr., :.';.rch C3. The I . t cf f. 3 C.':r: l tl:ir Lip Ar 111, vl'.i e : : 1 v : 1 - 3 c 'p'--!y fron II: :I Jc; t -rts," tlows 15 o i f f fr-rac' rs. ' i"-l for fortv-c'-t cities cf th U.ieJ tat-3. Hi trial wf'-t rf this cons' con-s' "mer.t v ; s ia exec i tf 70 tor, an j sixty frcirLt crs vri'A be required to. tra-crort t;. lourth of July material to 1 astern cities. Tr local r i:.:-tors-hoKse will receive trS.LSo diitif-s oa a portion of this shipment. Of the totnl amount cf firecrackers fire-crackers received 1ZZI cases go Hast in bond. They are coriig-ned to Grand Lapids, Toledo and Cincinr ti. -There ar tweTity-e:ht cases for innipe. The avera case of firecrackers received re-ceived from llonf-kong contains 10,000 explosions. At this rate the shipment received on the Arabia will assist in making the eale scream on Independence Independ-ence day to the tune of 283,33,000 separate cracks. The duty was paid here in order to facilitate delivery. - This is one of the largest shipments of firecrackers ever received in the United States. The duty is the largest single payment ever made to the local customs-houe on anything of the kind imported. Heretofore it nas been the habit pf Eastern buyers. to have everything every-thing sent to destination in bond in order to give the town port the credit of the business. |