Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1904-07-07
GLORIOUS FOURTH
AND CARNIVAL
MONDAY THE GLORIOUS DAY
OF lNDEPENDENCE AND
OPENING DAY OF THE CARNI-
VAL WAS A BUSY ONE.
SPECIAL TRAINS BRING LARGE
CROWDS TO THE CITY. BALL
GAME IN THE AFTERNOON
LARGELY ATTENDED AND
SCORES ANOTHER VICTORY
FOR OUR BOYS.

Early Monday morning saw large
crowds thronging the streets of the
city. People who had come from
the country and adjoining towns to
celebrate the Fourth and take in the
carnival.
The latter had arrived early Sun.
day morning and the day had rang
with the sound of sledges and ham
mers belying the day of the week.
They were ready monday morning
and the crowds thrOnged in and out
of the various tents seeing all the
shows the company had to offer. Up
and down the avenue the crowds
surged, larger and denser than has
been the case in this city for years
and every train that arrived yester-
day added to the already large assem-
blege. @
Business buildings were gay with
festoons Of the national colors and
merchants had spent pains, care and
time to window displays which show
ed up prettily. The nrettiest sight
was last night and was the Gladstone
hctel with its many colored electric
lights strung across the front of the
building. Many private homes we're
decorated with national c0lors.
The small boy with his engines Of
noise swatted mother earth and rent
the air and the elders looked wise at
the gay pictures in front Of the tents,
listened attentively to what the
spoilers had to say Of them and mean
while jumped sideways, wideways
and highways. to the eminent pleasure
of the young American.
Fortunately there were no accidents
attending the days sport resulting
from the samll boy and firecrackers
and Notwithstanding that 1t was tile
longest Fourth Of July ever, extend
ing from somewhere in the middle of
the past week up to and including
yesterday.
During the forenoon OF yesterday
several races for the young folks,
boys and girls. were run on Fifth
avenue and prizes distributed to the
lucky winners.
The day was perfect, and everybody
mad good time. The rooter with
his big horn was in evidence, and
the people from the town and country
alike laid themselves out to have
fun. The fire works IN the evening
we're from the hill north of the city
and some fine rockets and candles
adorned the sky. The rockets were
the best ever seen here. The spirit
if Momus was in the air and the
small boy was not the only. one who
was busy. There was noise enough
to make man with tin ear deaf
and some narrow thrilling escapes Of
fractious kids from being run over by
team. One man was jugged for reck-
less driving and Policeman Mccormick
had to use rough means to make him
unde rstand that care must be taken.
in going along 5th ave. This was
the only disturbance of the day.
There were races on foot if not on
horse back. Hilarious celebrator
filed the streets, and no ones toilet
was safe, an Alert reporter having
a pair of white duck pants well
sp1inkled with red pop.
"A balloon ascension was ATTEMPTED
last evening from behind the opera
house which resulted in failure
and almost the serious injury of the
aeronaut. In rising the parachute
struck against an electro wire which
fortunately did the aeronaut no
special damage. The balloon pIopel-
led by slight breeze swung around
over the electric light plant. The
ae1onaut skillfullly extricted himself
from the wire, but ne was hurled
with violent force against a cast iron
water tank on the roof Of the build
ing. His assistants cried to ''cut
her loose'' which he did before being
further hurt. II is presence Of mind
alone saved his life, perhaps, or at
least serious injury. The giant
balloon carcened forward instead Of
shooting straight upward. 1t almost
dashed tho professor against the big
chimney Of the electric light plant.
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