Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1900-07-06
CELEBRATION
Drew Large Crowds to Marietta, the
Fourth.


Early in the morning Wednesday,
the crowds began coming in to witness
the big celebration in remembrance of
the Nations birthday. BY nine
o'clock the streets were filled with peo-
pie, and still they kept coming by
railroad and river and country
road until they bacame a
vast multitude and in spite
of the heat which was oppressive
all day, they all appeared to enjoy the
days festivities to the utmost.
1t was typical July day, all the
forenoon the sun poured his hottest
rays down upon the sweltering masses
until about noon, when a light show
er cooled the atmosphere for a short
time. Later the sun came out hot as
ever and the crowds sought the shelter
of trees, awnings and umbrellas, drank
the cooling lemonade and other
drinks and had royal good time.
The first feature of the day was the
parade. Owing to the o. & l.. K. train
bearing the GAINESVILLE and McConnels-
VILE bands being late, the parade was
late in getting started and when they
finally started, they did so with only
two bands in line, the Cambridge and
Marietta bands. The others, however,
ioined in later and the program was
carried out.
The parade, while not so large as
that of last year, was a successful af-
fair. Grand Marsha. Stevens and his
aides did their work in a commendable
manner ard had it not been for some
accidents the parade would have been
a complete success.
The Bellevue bus and the Penrose &
Simpson Co.'s wagon, which had been
tastily decorated, caught fire in some
manner and the light material used in
the decorations burned in less than a
minute. The occupants had narrow
escapes from being scorched by the
flames, which were quickly exiting
uished and no serious damage was
done.
Later the fire department had to
leave their places in line to answer an
alarm from the West Side.
Notwithstanding these interruptions
the other portions of the parade KEEP
| on their way
There were number of interesting
, features in the parade. The l. o. H. M
: appeared in Indian costume with three
nicely arranged floats, men on horse
= back, and other scpecialties and at
q tracted considerable attention by theil
{ display. Other organizations, includ
= ing the Marietta Guards, Sons of Vet
e Grams, High School Cadets, Labor I'm
e ions, Modern Woodmen, were also ou
e in force and added much to the ap
/ pearance and size Of the parade.
= The threatening weather just afte
$ dinner was the cause of delay in get
d ting started with the afternoon pro
o gram. A large crowd gathered in thu
, park and were entertained for tw'
: hours with speaking and music.
d Rev. E. A. Coil read the Declaration
of Independence and Rev. w. E. Roe
A Rev. w. e. Brinkman, A. d. Follet
n and Rev. F. NJ. Woesman followe,
with appropriate speeches. The band
a furnished music for this affair.
q Only two organizations were con
o testants in the prize drill, the Mariett
= Guards and the High School Cadets
o The judges were Capt. Barbour, C. r
j., Stevens and j. c. Goldsmith. TIL
Guards received the first prize and tn
Cadets the second.
- The bicycle parade was somewha
spoiled by the crowd interfering witt
~ the movements of the riders by fillin;
up the streets. A number of rider
> were forced out of line and gave up try
ing to keep in line. The costumes o
some of the riders were novel and in
4, teresting and the event would hav
been a success in every detail had
not been for the crowds pushing int,
tn streets The judges were Messrs
]. e. VanDervoort, Geo. M. Cooke ant
David Prayer. The first prize. new
:, Aetna wheel, was presented to j. c
!, Cone and the second, new Smell bi
: cycle, was given to John Palmer, tn
: holder of coupon S69. Both prize
were given by the Big Four Cycle Co
The chariot race was a tame affai