The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-05

SoLdu, Ltutl -NC4NdSulen, OIiF
Patten, Daisy Gleason, Nora Siml
son. Maud Swain, Josie Bulwer, Dolii
Sergeant, Effie Wood and Katie Harrison
Following were two floats representa-
the wholesale saddtery house of Reckmeye
{ & Giles, preceded by boy representing
cowboy riding style of saddle which Mr.
Reckmeyer has been making with great
success for nearly twenty years. In til
first float were the company's twenty-on
harness makers sewing away precisel.
as they are wont to do in the shop. Th
second float represented the salesrooms anC
shipping department of the company: il
one corner were men busy putting VI
orders and in another were other mel
equally busy marking boxes and sending
them out. 1t was a fine display and Reck
meyer & Giles can well feel proud os it.
The next was float representing the
firm of Barnes & Newcomb containing d
fine display of musical instruments. The
float was nicely and artistically arranged
aud was very creditable to the enterprise
of the firm.
The next float was that of Finlay Ross,
beautifully decorated and containing some
fine samples of that stylish and artistic
furniture for which Mr.. Ross house is
noted
Shaw's music house was represented in
the next float. 1t was nicely decorated
with the national colors and contained a
piano on which Professor Harry Shepherd
| played some excellent music for the edit
cation of the crowd along the line of
march.
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the next two floats one of which contained
paints and the other wall paper, the two
leading specialties of the firm.
Lehman & Higginson's Wholesale house
was represented in the next float which
was i'll the shape Of tent on wheels. This
was followed by the Fleeschman Yeast
Co.'S. wagon. Another fine display was
the floats representing L. Hays saddlery
house. The first contained every article
of goods in Wholesale harness
house and the second was
shop on wheels with q number of
men on the inside going through the forms
of manufacturing. 1t was certainly very
fine display and reflects credit upon the
enterprise of Mr.. Hays.
The express companies followed.
Then came the Wichita Mattress COM
pany's floats, bearing fine variety of the
excellent goods which the Wichits enter
prise is manufacturing.
1t took four different yehiclts for Cash
Henderson to show off properly. The first
was pulled by an immense span of horses,
the next smaller, the third still
smaller while the fourth was pulled by Il
pair of Shetland ponies that did not seem
much bigger than two good sized rats. Mr.
Henderson always aims to make a novel
display and succeeded admirably yester-
day.
Robert Jacks the clothier was we'll rep
resented, too, with a float built in the
shape of an immense star. suggestive of
the name of his house. 1t was very at
tractive.
The Wichita Book Company
were out with a handsomely
decorated float containing stock of books
of every kind and variety imaginable. 1t
made a very fine showing. A float belong
ing to S. S. Daniels, furniture, followed.
Cone Brothers, the grocers followed with
float which contained a number of little
girls. 1t made a very attractive turn out
and WAS noticed by nevrly everybody.
Raffety the carriage dealer and FAIRIES
the machinest followed, one with
a fine line of buggies and
carriages and the other with a complete
boiler made in his shop.
The Wichita Live Stock exchange was
represented by two gorgeously decorated
floats containing artistic representations
of the kind of stock handled at the yards.
On top of one of the floats and under a
canopy, was a live goat belonging TO w.
r. Dulany, which goat is known by every
man, woman and child in the neighbor-
hood. 1t WAS very fine display and all
the stock yards people were justly proud
of it.
The next was the turnout of J. l. Case,
the well known manufacturer OF plows, in
charge of r. B. Pollard, the resident man
ager. The Triumph sulky and the
Triumph gaug pillow were the specialties
in this display, which, it might be added
was the best of the kind in the proces sion
A string of Tuller's spring wagons and
buggies, manufactured in this city, came
next. The string was 800 feet long and
vehicles in every stage of con-
from the one ready for sale to
the implanted one just set up. 1t was
display that neither Mr.. Taller nor the |
Peerless Princess have any reason to be |
of.
To break the monotony, as it were, Of |
this long procession of trades display, the |
marshal of the day sandwiched Cash Tay |
Ior's Sedgwick City band in after Tuler's |
display and everybody was glad he did for |
it was now about time to hear some more !
music and no band in the county can
spell" it out any better than the Sedg- |
wick City band.
After the band came the float Of the !
Oliver g. 1mboden Milling com pany. con- |
tanning a fine pyramid of sacks of flour.
On each of the four corners of the pyra-
mid were sheaves of grain piled up nicely |
which were very attractive when taken in
with the -four display. On
.op of the entire cargo were
TWO young men. one as lean as match
and the other as fat as the proverbial roll
If butter who carried signs, before tax
ng" and after taking respectively.
Following the display was fiour display
IF the Halstead Milling Company, plscard-
ii second TO none" which was also very
ire display. Valentines Grocery display
ollowed and it was certainly a success. A
,olored minstrel played in the inside and
Valentines were thrown out among the
children by the handful.
Steele aud Walkers display was follow
ID by the Wichita produce company
which contained everything in the fruit
inc that man ever heard or read about.
The display was nicely arranged and ar
ested the admiration Of the crowd.