Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-06-09
EXCURSION
DA|E DD JUNE 70
Grocers and Butchers Set Picnic
to Clear Lake Two Days
Ahead OF Original Time
WILL RUN THREE TRAINS
First Will Leave Union Station at
s; Second at $3.50, and Third at z
ociock-Prizes This Year Up to
Usual High standard-offioers and
Committees In charge-Prize List.

Owing to the selection of Thursday,
June %, as the date for the Hagen
beck show in this city, the MARSHALL
town Retail Grocers' and Butchers
Association has changed it's plans for
| its sixth annual picnic, which was to
| have been held at Clear Lake on that
! conference with the Iowa Central pas
senger department, decided to set the
excursion ahead two days, and it will
! be run on Tuesday. June 20, so that
the dates for the two attra ctions Will
not conflict.
Three trains will be run as originally
planned, leaving the union station at
| g. $50 and z o'clock. Returning the
8 p. IN. The second section will stop
going and coming at Albion and Lis
comb, and all trains will stop on the
return trip at the Milwaukee depot,
Mason City. Two bands will accom-
1 pdHy the eACuFSlOu
The prizes for the events are of the
usual high character, and are largely
donated by wholesalers and jobbers.
! The list is as follows:
L. Ticket selling contest-Grocers'
and butchers clerks. First, silk UNI
brella, Northwestern Yeast Company;
second, SO worth of laundry, Meeker
Laundry Company; third, one box of
Big Four soap, Iowa Soap Company.
2. Guessing contest-Excursioni
| Nearest guess on number of passen-
gers. Ladies, first, one box Trilby toll
ct soap, Hasking Bros. & Co.; second,
one box of Veg-Oil soap, the Puck
Soap Company; third, five pound jar
Miss Williams. raspberry jelly, the.
Iowa Fruit Preserving Com
pany. Gentlemen, first, one
case pork and beans, T. A. Snider Pre-
serve Company; second, two sacks
Markota flour, Falgatter Bros; third,
one box Puck's Mechanic soap, the
Puck Soap Company. :
/ 3. Base ball game-The Owls VS..
Mcbride & Will. First. $40, Let's
Fletcher Company; second. $40, (Letts-
Fletcher Company SIS, J. E. Swingley,
|s5.)
4. Tug Of war-Grocers VS.. butchers,
| twelve on a side. First, one dozen
brooms. Harrah & Stewart Manufact-
uring Company; second one case OF
Puck's tar soap, the Puck Soap Com
pany.
5. Tug Of war-Ladies, single VS..
| married. excursionists. First one case
cyclone Relish, George A. Bayle; sec
| ond, twelve packs Malta Vita play
ing cards, Malta Vita Pure Food Com
pa9y- - a,sb-Rovs under -,
omen to excursionists. First, one case
assorted soap, James Beach & Sons;
second. five pounds Holly Mocha and
| I.va coffee Spencer Let's Coffee
Company; third, five pounds Red Rose
Seed Mocha coffee, Spencer-Letts COL
fee Company. 80
= Fifty-yard dash--Girls under IL,
nnan to excursionists. First, two box-
az wild Rose Glycerine soap, Peet
Pros Manufacturing Company; sec
| ond stwenty-four packages assorted
orae1xers Independent Baking Com
many: third, two-pound box chocolate
hon-hons. the Walter NJ. Lowney COM
pany. a on7
& Fifty-yard dash-Grocers ana
h,tcbers, daughters and lady clerks.
Eiret one case assorted pickles. sec
ond one case assorted pickles. lhliu'
ono case assorted pickles; J. II. HEINZ
| Company. c.oar, ond
h,,+obars, wives. First, one box veg
oilasoan The Puck Soap Company:
second two sacks Medi!ia flour, 9. >.
| CIV. stiansen Company: third, one oox
| Ctystal White soap, Peet Bros Mdie-
| f.,ct,,r.nr ACompans, fourth, NV ,ntH-
6v,. packages Pauline. James Pyle "
Sons.
10. Fifty yard fat mems race-Gro-
GERS and butchers IT'S pounds or over.
| First, So worth of merchandise, Mar
shaItown Aluminium & Brass FOUNDRY
| Company; second, one case family size
Pet cream, Helvetia Milk Condenslng
Campany; third, one case baking
powder, Tone Bros.
II. One hundred yard race-Grocers
and butchers clerks. First, one case
white line. Crown Chemical Company;
second, one case Frazer axle grease,
Frazer Lubricating Company; third,
one case Red Lion kraut, Marshall
Vinegar Company; fourth one box
4
featuring Company.
70. One hundred yard race-Grocers
and butchers under IT'S pounds. First,
one case Lewis I've. Pennsylvania Salt
Manufacturing Company; second, two
sacks Markota flour, Fallgatter Bros;
third, one case Frazer axle grease.
Frazer Lubricating Company; fourth,
five pounds Merrigold Mexican and
Java coffee, Spencer-Letts Coffee
Company.
10. Walking race-Ladies and gem
tlemen over so years, open to excur-
sionists First. two sacks E-A-CO
-four, Everett Aughenbough & Co;
pany; second ten pounds Elephant
coffee, Jewett & Sherman; third, five
pounds Sweet Brier Java coffee. Spen
cer-Letts Coffee Company; fourth,
| twenty-five packages Pearline, James
Pyle & Sons.
IA Three-legged race-Grocers
butchers and clerks. First. one case
Arm & Hammer soda, Church &
Dwight Company; second, one box
Grandpa soap, Beaver Soap Company;
third, one box Belle of the Land Ell
gars. John A. Talllnan; fourth, one
box Crystal White soap, Peet Bros.
Manufacturing Company
Is Blind pole race-Grocers and
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