The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-07-01
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The social event OF the week will be the
opening ball at Hotel ST. Louis, Saturday
night, which Is being planned by Manager
/ undertake on an elaborate scale. The
/ Ladies orchestra will arrive on Thursday,
also Miss Trina Mueller, mistress of cere-
monies On Saturday another important per-
sonage will be on hand-the chef, with a
! full corps of assistants. His coming will
mark the completion OF the arrangements
for the comfort of the guests of the season.
While strict full dress will not be insisted
| upon for the party, it will be dressy one,
and outing costumes will be barred. T..
Parties are arriving daily now to spend the
season and the advance bookings of people
coming about the Fourth are large. The over
| sunday crowd was good one. Among the
guests were Mr.. and Mrs M. F. Baxter,
| Omaha; Mr.. and Mrs. G. A. Bergman, Miss
| West, F. F. Bergman, S. A. Bemis. St. Louis;
Al M. Peabody, ST. Paul; Mr.-and Mrs. w. F.
Gordon, Mr.. and Mrs. G. w. Webster, Mr..
and Mrs. R.. R. Ramsden, Judge and Mrs.
Adolf Wisizenus of st. Louis. -
| Mrs. w. B. Lewis and family from Den
yer came yesterday to remain for the sum
mer. Mrs b. Larnhofer of Schuyler, Neb. !;
| Mr.. Jacob Mohler and family of St., Louis
| have taken. apartments for. the season. i
| Others soon to- arrive are:% Mrs B. B.
slifer and children, also of St. Louis; Mrs
| John ]. Hill from Fort Smith, Ark; Mrs:
e. A. Fernald and her daughter, Miss Fer
maid, come soon from Pensacola, Fla. Mrs.
| Robert Gilmon and daughter of Omaha will
spend the season. ~' r -fEt%e2 ~ -,' .
The hotel has. new golf course, which
| has been laid out by N. C.. Goforth of st.
Paul, who has been at the hotel several
weeks already, accompanied by his wife.
Record-making matches are now being played
daily under the direction Of Mr.. Goforth and
Robert Burkam
The fine orchestra that played for the open
ing party at Hotel del Otero will remain at
the hotel until next Monday, and, thereafter,
will be out each week from Friday night to
Monday morning. Tomorrow night the
guests of the hotel will enjoy an evening ex-
cursion on the Mayfower, taking the orches-
ira along to give Its evening program on the
water.
A similar excursion of the Lake Park hotel
guests was made on board the Mayfower on
Sunday evening.
Instead of hop on Friday evening there
will be f1ne concert program at Hotel del
Otero, as the usual Fourth of July festivities
would rather interfere with hop. At the
clubs there will be music for dancing. Ros-
STEERS First Regiment band will play during
the day and evening at Lafayette club and
will furnish music regularly on Wednesday
and Saturday evenings through the season.
Excelsior will have an old-fashioned Fourth
of July celebration. Plans have been made
for a program that will draw thousands to
this part of the lake. A parade, which will
be participated in by the, various fraternal
organizations. business houses, and the Ex-
celsior Military band, will form at the in
tersection Of George and Water street and
march to the commons. Rev. j. r. Davies
will deliver the invocation, A. T: Morse will
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G. L. Morrill, Of Minneapolis has been Sc
cured as orator Of the day. The singing will
be BY the school children, and will be an in
teresting feature. A program of sports which
will take up the entire Afternoon has been
prepared. The sports will include game
Of baseball between the teams from the In
'ternational Stock Food company and the
Palace Clothing House. There will be log
rolling contest, swimming races. boat races
climbing creased pole, frog race, besides
number Of other contests that are being
ranged The Excelsior Military band will
furnish the music afternoon and evening.
During the evening there will be magnih
cent display OF fireworks. g..
The Sigma Delta Sigma girls Of the Cen
trail high school who are occupying the Sven
son cottage at Birch Bluff, will entertain
large house party over the! Fourth The
members Of the fraternity at the lake are
Misses Kate Kane, Maude Bucklsnd, Dorothy
Dodge, Mae Wise, Alma Burgland, Mae Colo
ton, Wayne Purcell and Nellie Judd. They
are being chaperoned by Mrs. Anthony At
Kane. q; y "'.sT
A jolly house partysentertained by Mr.. and
Mrs. B. N. Lewes at Old Homestead for a
few days last wee included Mr.. and Mrs.
Floyd De Vinney Of ST. Paul, Mrs Louise
Watson, Mr.. and Mrs H. j. Shotwell, H. M.
Lewis. Mrs. Stout isyout for a week.
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