Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1904-06-30
Plans for the Fourth Of
July Celebration.
Members Of Various Commit
tees Are Hard at Work.
Couple Of Good Teams Wanted to Play
6all-Somethins Will Be Doing All
the Time from Daylight Until Mid
night.

1t is evident from the manner in
| which the committee in charge of the
various departments are working and
from the results which are coming in
| that the Fourth of July celebration will
be much more pretentious affair than
has been imagined by a great many
people. 1t is going to be something
besides $3.50 celebration" Every
body interested is working for all that
is in them, and the celebration will be
one of the best held in any part of
the State. Everything is progressing
finely and all that is now lacking is a
couple of good teams to play baseball
Several teams have been heard from
and all want to play, but as yet it is
not known just what teams will fur
nish the excitement for the afternoon.
The Moguls want to play the North
Ends. and the Oakland team would al
SO like to meet the North End aggre-
cation again. Either of these eombina-
tons would furnish some good sport
and the game would be full of interest.
In the other departments everything
is progressing finely. There will be
three companies of militia in the city
lol tllC SClEUi sttIOii, dlll tuCy VIII ~
into camp ON Gilman field, Sunday af-
ternoon, and remain until Monday af-
ternoon. breaking camp at about $50
SO as to allow the men to take part in
the celebration at the Central Maine
park. The celebration will begin with
salute fired at sunrise. At A. NJ.
there will he parade of horribles
which promises to be the best ever
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been offered and n large number of
entries have been received from Wins
low, Fairfield and from this city. At
$50 A. M. the militia companies will
go ON dress parade at the campground.
Companies H, of Waterville, M of Au-
gusta, and f of Skowhegan, will be in
camp, and they will make a fine show
ing.
While these things are going on the
sports will be run off on Elm street.
There will be hose reel and coupling
races, foot races, and a tug of war be-
tween two local organizations.
The following teams will compete in
the hose races. Reel race. prize Sic:
Columbia Hose Company, Taconnet.
Hose Company, Central Hose Com
pany. Hose coupling contest; prize $40:
Columbia Hose Company, Taconnet
Hose Company, Central Hose Company,
Hose and Hose 3.
There are a number of fast contest
ants in the 100-yard dash for which
suitable prizes are offered. The tug
of-war promises to furnish great sport
as the two clubs are well-known local
ly and will fight to a finish.
The big parade will be formed at 9.45
o'clock on Main street with the right
resting on Elm street. The militia COM
panies will come first and will be fol-
lowed by the automobiles, trades wag-
ons and local fraternal orders. The au-
tomObile parade will be a big feature
of the day, as there will be about so
of the machines, some of them finely
decorated. and the parade will be a
great novelty.
The line of march will be: Main
street to Silver. to Elm. to Western
avenue. to Pleasant, to Main, to Depot
square,. to College avenue. TO Elm, to
Spring, to Silver, to Main. and dis
band at the point of formation. Halls
Military band ana the Oakland band
will furnish music during the day.
The celebration will be continued at
the Central Maine Fair grounds in the
afternoon. when there will be trotting,
baIl-games. balloon ascension and all
sorts of fun. and a grand display OF
fire. works and illuminated balloon as
Cension in the evening. There will be
something doing from daylight until
midnight. and the small boy will have
the time of his life.