From the Lawrence Daily World for July 1, 1908: “A good many queries have been made about the exact nature of the city’s fireworks ordinance involving firecrackers, cap-canes and aerial displays on the Fourth of July. The ordinance does not forbid shooting them at home but if you shoot them anywhere else in the city the police are empowered to come after you. Outlawed are the cap-canes, pistols and giant crackers of any kind. Common sense is the best ingredient for holiday observances of this nature.”