Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1906-06-30
DETAILS COMPLETE.
For the Great Celebration and
Carnival Next Week.


week OF the carnival is at hand and
it is evident that the events of next
week will be something which anv
city OF the larger size could point to.
with pride for years to come. Fol
lowing is a brief account of the
program and attractions:
PROGRAM.
The ceremonies of the Fourth
Will be opened by a grand salute AT
sunrise. The morning will be de-
voted to athletic sports. band
concerts and the grand street
parade. In the afternoon. at 2
O'Clock, Father Maggie, the famous
orator from Chicago, will deliver
the Grafton of the day at the HIGH
school. In the evening the fire.
works will be set off. MANY mis-
cellaneous events will be on the
program, but space forbids a de-
tailed account.
$4,000 FOR FIREWORKS.
The display of fireworks in the
evening will be the largest and most
magnificent ever seen in the south
western part Of the state. Three
hundred dollars have been e expended
and the display will include among
a great many sets, sixty Glib, SIT.
rockets; a great number of set
pieces of all sizes and designs.
twelve bombs weighing five pounds
each that are shot from a mortar
into the air and explode at height
OF fifty feet. The collection is so
large and varied and so much space
Is required to discharge it that tie
committee has as yet been unable
to locate a suitable place for the
occasion and the probabilities are
that some location on the outskirts
OF town will be selected
THE PARADE.
One of the attractive and mcst
interesting features of the 4th will
be the grand industriaI parade of
Lancasterls business establishments.
1t will form on West Hickory street
and proceed south on Monroe street
to Maple street thence east at 1920
a. m. All those having floats will
be in line by 10 a. N.
TWO NEW CARNIVAL FEATURES
Two new features will Join the
carnival company here: A ferris
wheel, three stories high, and illum-
mated at night with hundred large
e-ectric lights, and theworld famous
snow Creation" that aroused the
admiration and wonder of the people
from all Parts Of the globe at the
st. Louis exposition and later at the
White City in Chicago. These two
attractions have never before shown
IN city of less than twenty thous-
and population and we have brought
to our very doors what thousands of.
people have travelled hundreds of
miles to see. 1t is also probable
that a miniature railway will be
here to go footing around the court
house square under its own power.
The proprietors of this attraction
seem very anxious to come to Ian
caster and the probabilities are that
they will.
STREET ARRANGEMENTS
The various shows and attrac-
tons of the carnival troupe will ex-
tend from the Lancaster House to
the Northwestern on Maple street
and from Woodruff's restaurant to
Hyde's implement store on Madison
street. On the south side of the
court house will be the merry-go-
round on one corner and the ocean
wave on the other; on the west side
will probably be Creation" requir-
ing one hundred and twenty feet
space for its tent, and on the east
will be the ferris wheel.
THE CARNIVAL
Besides the two new attractions
that will join on here, the carnival
has four first class free street shows.
free from all faint of immortality. ard
eight special shows that will please
and amuse all. There will be not
one Objectionable feature to the en-
tire troupe. This carnival troupe is
the best one touring wisconsin this
season and we wish to firmly i'm
press the fact on the minds Of our
readers that it IS not the troupe
that showed at Galena or Dodge
vile aud is connected with them in
no way whatever.
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