Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-08-18
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Plans all Completed for the An
nual Outing on August
List Of Prizes are Fully as Good
as Any Previous Pic.
mic.
Promises to be a Big Success
Complete List OF Events
and Prizes.

All the arrangements are now com
pete for the retail grocers annual pic
pic to be held Thursday, Aug. 81, a
Des Moines. All that is now needed t,
make the outing a grand success is
good weather on the day set. For the
rast several weeks all of the commit I
tees in charge of the various branches
of the plans have been busy at WORN
and everything is now in readiness
The picnic will be held in Greenwood
Park in Des Moines, and 1ngersol
| Iark that is near by,with it's additional
attractions in the Way of NaudeNllle
and continuous performance shows
will do much to aid the visitors in
spending pleasant day. The list OF
prizes donated this year for the val,i-
Gus events are fully as good as those OF
any previous year. The program COM
mittee, owing to the late arrival of
many of the prizes, WAS the last to
Iccmplete it's work. The labor of dis
tributing the various prizes to the
events has just been completed and
below will be found the entire program
as it will be pulled off:
1. Guessing Contest (open to the
public)-The person who shall come
the nearest to guessing the number of
passengers leaving Marshalltown Tor
Des Moines, on the special trains, Aug.
21.N Each passenger will write on n
strip of paper the guess and full name
and address, which will be taken up by
the committee for decision. Ladies'
prize, one case of Kenwood canned
goods, donated by the Marshall Gro
Gerry Company. Gents prize, 100 cigars,
donated by ssprague. Warner & Co., of
Chicago. Third prize, one years SUBJ
scription to the Iowa Times Repub-
lican, donated by the Times-Repub-
lican.
2. Ball Game-East End VS.. West
End. First prize, SIS; second prize,
$40. Donated by the Letts-Fletcher
Company.
8. Fifty Yard Dash-For boys I'M
der IL years (open to the public. First
prize, 81. Donated by the Marshall
1GlepnOHe company.
4. Fifty Yard Dash-For girls I'M
der 10 years of age (open to the pub
lic). First prize, $3.50; second prize,
s1.50: third prize, 81. Donated by the
Marshall Telephone Company.
5. Thirty Yard Dash (for grocers'
daughters or lady clerks of any branch
of business of Observation-Disclosures
prize, piece of statu.ly, donated by L.
u. Cook & Lawrence Company, of
Cedar Rapids; second prize, salad dish,
donated by Burley Tyrell. of Chicago;
third prize, one box of stationery, do
mated by the Reflector.
G. Blind Pole Race (open to grocers
prize, briar pipe, donated
by LaShelle & Cook: second prize 100
cigars. donated by James Lamb; third
prize, fifty cigars, donated by John
Tallman.
Z. Backward Rope Race (open to
grocers' clerks only)-First prize gem
watch, donated by w. f. Nc
Laughlin, of Chicago; second prize, 100
cigars. donated by j. +. Dietrich.
s. Ball Passing Contest Gor ladies;
open to the pubiic)-First prize. one
case of kenwood canned goods, donated
by the Marshall Grocery Company;
second prize, silk umbrella, donated by
the Northwestern Yeast Company OIL
Chicago; third prize, one case of Jello.
donated by the Pure Food Company, of
Genesee, N. Y.
8. Best-Looking Baby (under 81
years old; open to the public)-First
prize. one box of assorted cookies do
mated by the Continental Biscuit Conn
pany, Cedar Rapids; second prize, one
box of assorted cookies, donated by the
Cracker Company, of
10. Nail Driving Contest Copper, to
ladies of grocers' families)-F'irst prize, |
one case of Kenwood goods, donated by
the Marshall Grocery Company: Sec
ond prize, one fiat cheese. donated by
the Union Cheese Company, of Mar
third prize, one sack of
Fancy Patent flour and three packa ges
of Pear Wheat, donated by the Mime
sofa Flour Exchange, of Marshalltown.
IL. One Hundred Yard Walking
Race (for ladies or gentlemen over 80
years Of age; open to the public)-First
prize, fifteen pounds of Mocha and Java |
coffee, donated by the Jewett & Sher-
man Company, of Milwaukee; second |
prize, ten pounds of Mocha and Java
coffee, donated by the Let's
Coffee Company; third prize, ten one
half cans of DR.. Sherman Baking Pow
DER donated by the .Jewett & Sherman
of Milwaukee.
II. Three-Legged Race (open to
srocers and clerks only)-t'irst pl'ize.
,ne case of Nine O'clock Washing Tea,
donated by w. w. Williams, of INDIAN
ipolis; second prize, ,fe case of Van
Camps Pork and Beans, donated by
he Van Camp Packing Company. In
third prize. one box of
seachs Home Soap. donated by James
5each & SON. of Dubuque.
49, Best-Looking Groceryman -
FIRST prize, one Barrel of f.aco flour,
donated by Everett, Aughenbaugh &
%, of Waseea, Mimi; second prize {
hree limburger cheeses. donated by the
1nion Cheese Company. of MARSHALL +;
own.