Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-05-03
THY LIKE TIE Plan
Carnival Pageant Will Excel
Any Similar Undertaking in
the West.
Marshalltown Business Men
Highly Appreciative of Plan
for Floral Parade.
Pleased With the Big Fireworks
Display Scheduled for
July 4th.

DISPLAY SCleOuleU iOI
July 4th.
Marshalltown business men are high
iy pleased with the plans Of the Carnl-
val Company and have assured the pro-
moters of their readiness to aid the
project in every possible manner
While business men are making these
assurances and securing positions fol
floats in the great floral pageant the
company is in receipt daily of congrat-
ulatory letters and calls from private
individuals highly a~ppreciative of the
enterprise and financial expenditure
that has assured the inhabitants OF
Marshalltown and central Iowa sc
great a spectacular pageant. Private
parties have asked the privilege of par
%ticipating in the parade n 1t now
seems as tho the spectacle is to grow
of It's own strength and attraction
greater than even Its promoters had
hoped for.
This floral festival while under the
supervision of the expert decorators,
Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. V. Whelan, of Kansas
city, who have been secured at h ex-
pense of the Carnival Company, is not
to be limited to any company or coterie.
+. is a public spectacle, and the public
is to select by popular vote the queen
of the carnival, who shall occupy the
splendid $1,000 chariot provided by the
Carnival Company to head h nam
moth parade. The parade belongs to
the public. Its success will be judged
by the interest it evokes. and the COM
pany is gratifed beyond measure at the
widespread interest and approval al
ready shown by business n prefes-
sional men and other citizens.
This parade Will prove q revelation to
those who witness it. 1t is the most
beautiful and unique feature of a car
nival week crowded with everything
new and startling that money or per-
suasion could secure. Imagine miles of
streets filed with a parade offioats hid
den in flowers, and symbolical of his
torical and NEUROLOGICAL events. Think
OF a street banked with flowers, filled
WILL 10 SoSAi "
quet, and the regnant queen of beauty
IN her jeweled chariot Of gold superb
and supreme over all. There will be
pilgrimages made from h uttermost
portions of Iowa to witness this specta-
Gle at once unique and unparalleled in
the west. Every n will come. His
neighbors will be here, and all will go
as they did last year singing the
praises of Marshalltown and the carni-
val.
To the great expense of the floral
festival the company has added anoth-
er item Of $4,000 for a display of fire.
works. TO add to the attractions of
the week of June 80 to July 6 this COM
pany has placed with an eminent firm
of pyr%otechnists the greatest order ever
given for fireworks, with one exception.
The carnival company's order is for
$1,000 worth of the highest creations
of the manufacturers art. The other
and greater order was for the $4,000
display at the worlds fair in 1898, the
greatest every known and one not like
ly to be duplicated. These fireworks
will be brought to this city by the
manufacturers and will be under
charge and direction of the best known
and most capable experts. They will
show marvels of Chinese and Japanese
fireworks that have never been seen
before outside of the countries where
the fireworks makers trade is an art.
The display will be beyond description.
The night will be filled with the scin-
tillating c~orruscations of the marvel
Gus display; the day will be the great
est Fourth of July ever celebrated IN
the state. No wonder the people are
taking an extreme interest In the plans
of the company.
Finkle's entire park has been
leased by the company, thus
assuring sufficient room for the multi
tude of attractions it has contracted
with. New grandstands will be erect
ed and the park put in the best possible
condition to receive visitors June 80 to
July 6. Everything will be clean and
new and there will be plenty OF room
for the crowd of visitors, and shady
spots to rest upon beneath the branch
es of the beautiful grove. This innova-
ton will be greatly appreciated.
The attractions will be greater IN
number and quality han before. Inc
has been in the market FOR
the best money could secure and has
been lavish in expenditure. The pro-
gram has been varied and the Leading
attractions secured are those now at
tracing unprecedented attendance In
the eastern cities. New York has gone
mad over Loop the Loop or Hoop
the Hoop" an act where the bicyclist
defes the laws Of gravitation and rides
at terrific speed about the inside Oh a
hoop hanging head downwa<a
during half his fight and overcoming
the laws of gravitation by his fearful
momentum. The "Cycle-Dazzle" over
which London raved and the English
magazines made leading articles. me
Great Guthries, lady athletes, thrilling
balloon races and a hundred other
startling acts and performers nave
been secured regardless of cost. Ihese
and a thousand other attractions are
only q portion Of a week of entertain
ment continuing from June ~ TO july
6. such as never before was
in any Iowa city.
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