Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-05-23
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ored guests will be Mrs. Marion Eos
ter Walsh, of Allegheny, Pa, the only
child of the famous composer. A
chorus of a thousand voices will sing
my Old Kentucky Home "Old
Folks at Home" "Old Black Joe,''
and others of the most popular OF
Fosters songs. The bands of Louis
vile and those employed for Home
Coming week will be arranged as
one and will together play the song
that has done SO much to attach every
Kentuckian to his native state.
Daniel Boone, the hardy pioneer,
is chiefly responsible for the coloni-
cation of Kentucky, and who, when
he first saw the dark and bloody
ground, declared it to be park and
not wilderness, will be honored on
Friday, which will be known as
Boone day. The exercises of the day
will be typical of the period in which
Boone lived. Following the unveil-
ing of the statue of Boone, made by
Miss Enid Yandell, and which has
been presented to the city by one of
her wealthy citizens, the visitors will
gather in Cherokee Park, the most
beautiful spot In the Falls City. Here
a fort and stockade, modelled after
Boonesboro, will be built and mimic
reproduction of an encounter be-
tween the settlers and the Indians
will be given. The victory Of the
settlers will be celebrated with old
fashioned games, apple parings, sew
ing bees and other simple amuse-
ments which the pioneers greatly en-
joyed. A Virginia reel will be danced
on a platform which shall be built
to hold a. thousand couples. At night
an categorical pageant, the theme of
which will be the history of Ken
lucky, will be the center of interest.
This pageant is expected to prove
the most spectacular event of the
week, and it is believed that it will
surpass in gorgeOusness the annual
shows given during the Mardi Gras
festivals in New Orleans. Imme-
diately after the parade has covered
the line of march the maskers will
enter the new armory building.
where Daniel Boone will be presented
to one of the most beautiful of Ken
tucky's| young. women, who will rep
resent the New Kentucky, and who,
together with the pioneer, will lead
off the grand march, which will open
the ball. The ball itself will be the
biggest of it's kind ever held south OF
the Ohio river. The dancing floor in
the new armory will accommodate
between 5000 and 10000 persons.
Kentucky orators and poets will
have their day on Saturday, which
will be known as Greater Kentucky
day. An old-fashioned Kentucky
| barbecue will be held in Shawnee
park on the bank, of the beautiful
Ohio.
Until we meet again will be the
| spirit of Sunday, the closing day OF
the reunion.
Following the Home oming week
in Louisville County Home Comings
will be held by nearly every county
in Kentucky. The business organiza-
tions of each county has appointed
committees who, with the comission-
ers appointed by Governor Beckham,
is preparing to take back from Louis
vile to each county all natives and
former residents. The entertainment
of the County Home Comings will be
simpler than that planned for Louis
vile, and with the exception of sew
! eral formal orations and large
county picnic, it has been thought
that the visitors would find the great
! est. enjoyment in seeing their rela-
tives and friends, and spending che
days visiting well remembered spots
in the neighborhood of their former
homes.
s<r,~s ALFRED WH1TEHOUSE.
II You Would Be Plump.
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