The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1901-07-12
The Celebration Very Disap-
pOinting-No Crowd, Not
Much Entertainment.
THE VAUDEVILLE WAS GOOD
The Band Worked Hard
Gave Four Concerts Up
Ow II and One at
Race Track.

lola tell uOWn on nefSelI July fIh
and sustained injuries that it will take
some time TO recover from. The
Fourth of July celebration was simply
frost when you consider II from
view of entertainment. But it was not
as bad as it might have been. There
might have been "A larger crowd and
then it would have been all the worse.
The chief cause of the disappointment
was that there was no entertainment to
speak of provided. The band played
nearly all morning to entertain the
crowd but on the Fourth Of July some
thing more is expected,
The program as published was all
shot to pieces by the small boy who
wouldn't wait until o'clock for the
Sunrise salute. The small boy opened
up about 3 u. IN. and had "A good time
the rest of the day. At . O'Clock the
band gave their first concert after
which Baxter ID. McClain made the
speech of the day. Mr.. McClain's
speech was very appropriate to the
occasion and was delivered in good
shape and was perhaps the most en-
tertaining feature of the program. A
good crowd heard the speech and many
compliments were given the young
man. After his address the band gave
another concert lasting until noon.
At one O'Clock they gave another one
lasting until the Ted Sparks Naude-
Vile Company began their perform
ance. The show was above the aver
age vaudeville ami held their crowd
WE'LL entertaining them until five
o'clock.
The races at the park attracted Il
fairly good crowd but people were dis
appointed i'm them. They were disap-
pointed first in having to pay to get
into the grounds, and many farmers
simply turned around when they found
out the situation and came back up
town. And then it seemed to the
crowd that the fastest horses somehow
failed to win. The result OF the races
was as follows:
The pacing race for a purse of 500
divided in three moneys was won by
Sunnower with Ray 5. second and
Gray TaiTey third.
The rotting race for 500 divided
into three moneys was won by Iretta
X. with Lady May second and Malcom
third.
The running race as advertised did
not come off on account of no entries.
There was "A running race matched
after the regular program however in
which one of the horses ran away
throwing Frank Cooney off and cut
ting him about the arms and head.
The band started the ball rolling
again at 1880 and the evening was
finished by the Vaudeville Company.
The crowd at night was larger than
during the day ALTHOUGH many coun-
try people went home or drove to
Humboldt. But the town people who
did not turn out during the day on ac-
cooled off and divided their time
between the band and the show.
But band and show, however
good they may be, can't take the place
of the parade and the speeches and
the banners and the singing on the
Fourth of July. The fact has been
thoroughly demonstrated in lola, and
the experiment will never be tried here
again.
BIG CROWD AT HUMBOLDT.
The crowd at Humboldt was inn
mense. Over 5000 people came IN
lggies and by train. Rev. |. b.
Pulliam made as fine an Grafton as
ever was heard in the mark, The day
was hot but the giant elms in the Park
made shade enough for all. Ten acres
of people is II magnificent sight, and
when all are happy and contented and
clothed in their gayest dress it was a
sight worth going miles to see. The
boys and girls who were young enough
waded in the river by the dozen. Not
drop of anything Intoxicating was
sold in the city At night fine dis
pay OF fire works held the crowd, The
Chanute band aud the Humboldt band
furnished the music. The committee
i'm charge of the celebration knew how
To manage crowd and make them
happy. REGISTER Reporter.
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