This is the front page of the July 3, 1917 Washington Observer. They did not print on July 4, so this was the Fourth of July edition. At the top is a patriotic American flag with depictions of soldiers and President Woodrow Wilson and George Washington. Stories of the day included 250 slain in race riots in St. Louis, a head-on trolley accident in Finleyville that killed two, and how well a new oil well in East Finley was performing. Other stories included how a carnival worker, who was identified as a would-be pacifist, was shot while operating a merry-go-round, and a Monongahela boy who choked on tobacco and drowned while swimming. There was also a small blurb about not speeding, since the last holiday, vehicles were traveling at “terrific speeds.”