The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1900-07-11

Industrial Parade on JULY
4th Without an Equal
in the State.
1000 People Witness the
Pretty and the 6Omi-
Gal Event.

The big street parade of last We'd
,nesday was one Of the finest, if not
the finest pictures ever witnessed
in Southwestern Minnesota, and
many of those who witnessed it,
and who have seen parades in larg-
err cities. claim that from the stand
point of beauty and originality, it
would compare favorably with any
thing they have ever seen.
The parade was under the man
agement Of Ed. Pratt, I. N. Temp
kius, w. S. Brammer and Ron.
Thiering, the committee in charge
Of the same, and the first two gave
particular attention to every detail.
On the formation they were assist
ed by Joseph Tyson and H. S. Bald
win.
It was shortly after II O'Clock
when the great procession got un-
der way, and to patriotic air
played by the Redwood Falls band
commenced it's steady march over a
mile of streets. It was headed by
Rev. Franklin ]. Barackman,
mounted on prancing steed, and
acting as chief marshal of the day.
Next came a carriage containing
Mayor VIM. Smith and Charles T.
Howard, orator of the day. Then
came the Redwood band, followed
by the Advance Threshing Machine
outfit of T. H. King. Next came an
outfit Of Wilson & Lyss, advertis-
ing the machine and repair shop Of
that concern. Next came the J. L.
Case thresher outfit of King Bros.
and the Nichols & Shepard outfit OF
Thompson & Mead.
The seventh vehicle was the float
of Kuenzli & Luscher. It was a
neat arrangement of boxed grocer
les, teas, coffees, with a couple of
young ladies. Cecil Baldwin and
Edna Race, clad in white, on either
side, throwing out advertising mat
ter. The next float was that of c..
Fred. Thompson, and like all of Mr..
Thompson's past efforts for a pa
rade, it was decidedly unique and
original. The center attraction
was an engine. This was labeled
G. & NJ engine No. l. A dummy
engineer and fireman were in the
cab, while driving the team draw
ing the float was your Uncle Asa
Perkins, the original Gulf & Mani
toba boomer.
n. B. Anderson was another
"wahm' member in the big show.
He was No. g. The center attrac-
ton of his float was a huge camera,
and the lettering called attention to
the fact that the day was the 18th
anniversary of Mr.. Anderson S
photograph gallery in Redwood
Falls. His float was followed by 10
little kids from Morton, dressed in
uniforms Of red, and representing
themselves as the Morton ideal base
ball club.
The 18th float was that of n H.
Mahowaid. It was arranged as a
typical harness shop should be ar
ranged, with the harness makers
and repairers and Mr. Olson as the
boot and shoe maker all having
seats at benches and laboring the
same as if they were in the shop
{. From the standpoint of labor, ar
tistic work and splendor the next
float, that of Philbrick & Co.. had a
right to be classed among the first
in the big parade. It was tri-coned,
representing architecture of the
time Of Cleopatra, and was filled
with dry good specimens from that
store. The next vehicle was that
of Barnes Bros.-a Victoria occu-
pied by four children Hastily clad,
and the vehicle superbly decorated
with spring flowers,
Schmahl & Jaehning's float was
No. IA in the procession. It was a
canopy top affair with a Garland
stove occupying central position.
On either side of the stove was
Leo Q Hara and Clinton Baldwin,
clad in white duck and faces black
ened. shining the stove. This float
was followed by carriage contain