Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-06-04
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The Annual Picnic at ,Des Moines
One Of the Best Ever
Held.
Large Attendance and Enthusiastic
Interest in the Events Prize
Winners.
Fort Dodge School Board and School
Patrons at Outs Over Super.
intendency.

Hell > dIIdlF Is over. III enQeu WIN q
serenade by the Marshalltown band of
twenty-six fine musicians in the streets
of the city Saturday night. 1t was a
success. The credit is due alike to the
energetic men and the charming women
who planned the entertainment, and to
the hundreds of visitors who had conf
5dence in the invitation and went home
happy and pleased.
Saturday started with a parade by the
travelling men in the forenoon 1t was a
snowy affair. and about so participated
In it. Marshalltown had about 200
knights of the grip here, and led by the
band they made a,fine appearance. The
men fell in Unfortunately. because it
was not desired to keep up the organiza-
ton distinctions in this entertainment,
anywhere along the line, for it was
planned for all travelling men. whether
members Of the u. G.. r., the 1. s. T. NJ.
a. or any other order.
Returning to the city at 6 o'clock, the
visitors disported themselves about I'M
til train time, and the band played on.
The Marshalltown musicians serenaded
the newspaper offices, the homes of L..
NJ. Martin and F.. r. Haley. and other
wise made its visit to Des Moines pleas
urable and memorable.
The parade was begun at 1920 o. clock.
Before this all had deposited their lunch
baskets at the Auditorium, whence they
We're transported free to the fair
grounds. The ladies We're given free
street railway transportation to the fair
grounds from the Slavery. the cars leav-
ing every five minutes thruout the day.
The parade was formed at the Audi
forum. Al the head was a squad of
Mayor Hartenbower's newly created
finest. Then followed the mounted mar
shals, the Marshalltown delegation, the
Iowa State Military band and the re-
mainder of the travellers. In all 300
travelling men We're in line. They march
ed by twos, each pair being provided
with huge umbrella, given by a local
firm. the umbrella being as generous in
the wealth of its deep blue on a back
ground of white. as it was nits dimen-
slons. At first the umbrellas We're
opened, but by reason of the strong
tendency OF each parachute to buoy
aloft the two men holding it, they We're
closed at Fifth and Walnut stree1s
The parade moved south on Fourth
I5street to Locust, west on Locust to
| Eighth, south on Eighth to Walnut,
thence to East Sixth street, and north
Ito East Sixth and Locust. Here the
parade ended and the travelling men
took the cars for the fair grounds. The
Des Moines travelling men had provid-
led car tickets free for the trip and al
the fair grounds everything was free
4 to the guests from out of the city.
At the fair grounds dinner was
served, an ample supply of food being
1 provided in the lunch baskets that the
liladies took care to furnish. Tables We're
set in the power hall and here and al
4 various points about the grounds The
lunch was disposed of. The Afternoon
4 program of sports was then entered up.
on and the thousands of spectators were
i edited and delighted for two hour:
or more. The two bands in the center
i of the grand stand furnished music dur
4 ing the afternoon. The grand stand wa:
We'll filled, the ladies seeming to be IL
4 the majority. Large numbers of car.
4 riages We're on the grounds. the occu
pants witnessing the contests from the
4 space enclosed by the half-mile track
and from opposite the grand stand.
4 Earlier than the regular program o
4 sports the fat and lean men engaged ii
Ia bout at the national game. The leal
men won by a score Of to . Thoma
Land Mott We're the battery for the vic
tors ard a. Brody and Seth Perkins fol
their obese opponents. Ex-Afayor Mac
4 Vicar umpired the game.
4 The contests We're participated in b,
the ladies az well as the men. One con
4 test was as to what travelling man.
wife in attendance had the largest fam
lilly whose ages footed the least. Thi
was won by Mrs o. X. Palmer, of De
A Moines, whose three children have to
4 tai age of ~ years. Mrs. John r
4 rreanor. OF Mason City; was clos
7. second. the total age of her four children
a being 9E years. Mrs. Treanor was ii
4 several other contests in the course O
& the afternoon and was as successful ii
some of them as she was in this. Mi
4 Treanoris grand conductor of the gran,
4 council ofthe U. c. T. Mrs John Allen
of Des Moines, was third in this uniou
contest
The guessing contest brought out tn
greatest list of entries of any. A larg
& candy pail was filled with nuts and tn
i, 8guessers We're required to cogitate a
to the number. There We're 2,276 nut
in the pail. The winner. Mrs. Simons
of SOB Pennsylvania avenue, by som
sort of magic, guessed 1900. only TWEEN
a ty-four from the exact number. TIL
winning guesses We're Remarkable
close
The lying contest aroused as, mucl
interest as any event of the afternoon
In this the list of competitors wa
large. Each man appeared perfectly ii
home. and for something less than
half hour. amid the unstinted applaus
of the crowd, the contestants We'd wit
each other in the business of warpine
torturing, twisting and destroying
facts. Truth crushed to earth will ris
again, according to the proverb. but al
indications are that in this instance TIL
resurrection will be long deferred i
the end the first prize was awarded t
Fred Bullen, of Des Mones, who shat
. tered the pedestal hitherto occupied b
q George Washington alone, and said h
had never told lie in his life
q The program opened with tug q
war between the U. c. It's and Mar
q shalltown. The Marshall county dele
. CATION won the cigars. To each WHINE
in the events handsome or useful prize
were given, the events and winners be
ing as follows:
J, One hundred yard foot race-Jame
: Hunt won: A. Jacobs. second d. 1
. Michaels. third: H. c. Mosier fourth.
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