Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1898-07-08
4 GLORIOUS FOURTH.
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Little Falls had a Celebration
of Gigantic PROPORTIONS
> = Yesterday.
Street Parade one Of the Grand
r. est Ever Seen
Here.
City Full Of Strangers and
all Highly Enter
r,&%E tanned.

Speech-Making, Sports, Fire
Works and Sham Battle
& on the Program.
Monday was a day Of great rejoic-
ing throughout the entire land, but
it was doubtful II there was any
more enthusiasm to the square inch
in any other community in the
land than there was here.
Not only was Independence day
celebrated. but early In the morning
the news of SIMPSONS victory over
the Spanish fleet came In, dispelling
the gloom caused by the rumOrs Of
the probably defeat Of Shafter the
evening before, and SO general was
the satisfaction and enthusiasm
created that the celebration was
double-header all along the line.
While everyone seemed wildly en-
thusiastic. there were no serious
disturbances nor casualties to mar
the pleasure at anyone.
The first event on the program
was the parade, and it was indeed
imposing beyond expecta lions.
Their was a general turnout OF
societies, business men and citizens
in a line fully two miles long. The
parade was formed at 10 O'Clock.
headed by a fife and drum corps with
the different organizations in the
following order: Workman Post Il.
A. r., Junior Order of United Ameri.
can Mechanics, children Of the
Parochial school, Catholic Order OF
Forresters, the band, the Maccabees
and St. Joseph's society. The float
carrying the Young ladies represent
ing each state in the union was
between the G.. A. r, post and the
Junior order of United American
Mechanics and the business mems
floats were given places all along
the line, and a long line Of citizens in
carriages brought up the rear.
The line of march, az announced
previously was followed, and ended
at the speakers stand at the inter-
section of First street and Broadway
just before II O'Clock. "a. e..
u. There were four speakers--:Mayor
G. f. Vasaly, C. B. Buckman, j. H.
Rhodes and A. Nj. Rowe. AS there
was only an hour devoted to speech
making, the remarks of each speaker
was necessarily quite brief, but each
of the four speakers was greeted
with great applause for their patri-
otto sentiments expressed.
Immediately after dinner the sports
were taken up, and in every event
the contest was interesting and the
award of prizes justly and impartial
~ made. The following is a list OF
the rrize winners:
1O0-yard foot race-C. Larkin, first;
j. Wakefield. second.
Boys lOO-yard race-H. Wakefield.
l1I6l, H. MOIIlcOuS CCCOuOs
Mems tug-of-war-E. Beatty and
five others won.
Boys tug-of.war-Louis Wright
and five others won.
Bicycle race-Peter Freisenger, first;
Leon Robbers, second.
Boys bicycle race-Ed Conliff. first:
Ned Fortier, second.
Three-legged race-Peter Vasaly.
first; VIM. Garfield, second.
Fat mans race-Wm. Tourtellotte.
Prize box Of cigars.
Standing broad jump-Wm. Bar
den. first; Vim. Tourtellotte, second.
Running broad jump-V. Lacher,
first; Oliver Lafond, second.
Girls bicycle race-Clara Wright.
first; Lou Staples, second.
Running high jump-Chas. Gravel,
Jr., first; Oliver Laiond, second.
Standing high ju1np-Peter v asaly,
first; Ned Quinn, second.
Putting shot-W. T. Tourte]lotte,
first; NJ. w. Mcleod. second.
Rope walking-Worth Chapman,
first; Frank Courser, second.
Banana eating match-Mat Frei-
senger, first; Ed Turner, second: Joe
Nieman, third; Albert Peterson,
fourth. ~* ~'...
VaultinG-H. H. .HutchinsOn.
THE BALL GAME.