Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-09-03


C1garmakers' union.
Timers union.
Blacksmirns' union.
Plumbers and steam Filters union.
Bakers union.
Float.
Stone Masons union
Brick Masons union.
Float, Excelsior coal company.
Float.
StOnecutterS union
Hodcarriers and Mortar Mixers
union.
typographical union.
Pressmens' union.
Stereotypers' union.
Federal Labor union.
Union Printing company
Float, ID. n. Sprasue.
Six floats, G. b. Castle, painter and
decorator
City street department
Street railway employees.
U. NJ. w. A. union, of Keb
Z. M. w. local No. 613, Ottumwa.
Y. M. w. A. No. 152, Ottumwa.
Jonrneymen tailors' union
Meat Cutters and Butchers union.
Three floats. Swift Campbell Brick
and Construction company.
Float.
Electrical Workers union.
Schlitz Brewing company five floats
Two floats, Anheuser- Busch brewing
company.
One float, Pabst brewing company.
Two floats, Jim Gray's bottling
works.
The Line of March.
The parade moved westward from
the corner of Second and Court streets
TO Wapello street, down Wapello to
Main. and east on Main to Union
where IT moved to the picnic grounds.
Welcomed by Mayor PickIer.
Upon the arrival at the picnic
grounds, the. parade made It's way to
the grand stand. which had been erect
ed in a shady grove, and where its
numbers We're Increased by many hun
dreds of visitors. Mayor Thomas II.
Picker was introduced and made the
ADDRESS of welcome, speaking briefly.
welcoming the laboring men to Ottum-
wa and assuring them they would get
royal treatment. When the mayor
had finished the crowd dispersed FOR
dinner, the people forming into small
groups around the grounds where
senuineSpicnic feast was enjoyed
All Features There.
The picnic grounds resembled the
genuine thing. There was the baby
rack, the phonograph and divers other
arnusements for young as well as old.
A goodly portion of the crowd came
back UP town for their dinners. and at
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again called to order The crowd in
the afternoon was much larger than
that OF the morning.
Band Concert.
Inc afternoon program was opened
with a band concert by the Wape,lo
Chief band. This was continued for
about twenty minutes when a ladies'
quartet consisting of Misses Clara and
Minnie Rosen, Alma Johnson and Mrs.
G. A. Hagberg with Miss Emma An
derson as accompanist rendered an es-
cellent number and We're forced to re.
spond to an encore.
Address of the Day.
When the quartet had finished Rev.
Father O'Farrell, pastor of st. Pat.
rick's Catholic church. was introduced
and made the address of the day.
Father O'Farrell, caught the attention
OF his listeners at once and as they
listened to his flow of oratory, he was
frequently interrupted by hearty ap-
plause.
Father O'Farrell taking for his text
"Laborare Est Orare" (To Labor is to
Pray, said:
Mr. Choirrnan .1;ac .nd cnnfJop,on
thank your societies and you for
the honor of being spokesman on this
occasion. Iowa has set this day apart
for the honor of labor. Thus the sons
and daughters of toll, in our common
wealth, have one day in all the year
to call their, own, to rest from work,
and to meet in social pleasure. All
our fellow citizens should cooperate
TO add to the happiness of their festal
day. TO this end l am here. For this
purpose | now make sincere and
humble Offering of my words. My
subject is The Dignity and Duties of
Labor
Mr. Chairman, it is only by study
OF the divine plan of creation that we
can understand the real dignity of the
working people. To the Man, of Para
disc, God gave natural perfection of
mind and body. He possessed, in its
fullness, every faculty OF the human
mind. In him every endowment of
physical nature was complete. Hence,
the race was to enjoy natural perfec-
tion. To these blessings God super
added higher gifts, not due to nature.
He raised up the whole human family
to a supernatural state-the state of
grace and holiness. All We're to be
saints.
Another gift bestowed on man was
that of Immortality. No one was. eyer
to taste death. We We're to dwell here
in a Paradise OF Pleasnres Oui. work
was to be the care and protection of
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