The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-03
BIGGEST FOURTH
IN CITY'S HISTORY
INDEPENDENCE DAY NOT SOLE
LY FOR YOUNG AMERICA.

Birthday Anniversary, and Thous-
ands Are Expected to Throng the
Parks and Amusement Places-Fire
works and Noise on the Bills.
All signs point to the biggest Fourth
Of July celebration in the history of
Minneapolis--the biggest because Min
neapolis is bigger than it has been on
previous Fourths, of July. Everybody
is going to celebrate who can get day
off, and of the 100000 people living in
Minneapolis at least 100000 will devote
da onv sy ose to wSo STa to IN wa
for the pleasure Of others will be fully
employed-the railway and streetcar
men, the cooks and walters in hotels,
restaurants and saloons, the policemen
and firemen, musicians, and amuse-
1&ment park employees, etc. All other
| trades and occupations, as rule, come
to standstill.
kind that forty years ago would be
apt to mark the day, when town or city
entered into a celebration arranged
for the general public. Memorial day
has in this way taken the place Of the
oldtime Fourth of July as the day
when patriotic emotions are stirred to
the deepest depths and the Fourth is
now devoted simply to having good
time. The Fourth Of July orator is
nearly extinct, and only occasional spe-
cimens are to be found at picnic cele-
brations -.
The day will furnish great big out
ing for the entire community. Every
lake and pleasure resort will have its
quota Of visitors. There will be in
| % e.. ol1e
Sunday schools and societies, which
will take people out into the country
in parties that number from groups Of
three or four to as much as many
thousands.
Day Of Picnics.
The most notable of these will be
the union picnic Of the Catholic par
ishes at Nelson's Grove, for which an
attendance Of $4,000 people Is antici-
pated and arrangements made accord
ingly. The street railway has pre-
pared, for the rush to Lake Minneton-
ka, an all-day ten-minute schedule:
Harriet. Medicine and Powderhorn
lakes, and, for that matter, wherever
there is lake or pond within a radius
Of twenty-fv miles, there also will be
found q picnic or picnics.
All the railroads give an excursion
rate of one and one-third fare for the
round trip and the SEQ Line half, e
will bring into the city about $4,000
people, and take out about as many
more.
>. Twenty-Five years ago the street cars
Of minneapolis carried $4,000 people OF
ss nSsGt9 the na 2 viii Th be fsf &c.,
. 600 . s~ ...-
Perfect Weather.
| Perfect weather conditions are pre-
/ walls from 6:45 am. to pm. and tn
day was spoiled for many. g
: At night will come the big celebra
2 tion in the city, when many have re
turned from excursions and are pre-
+ pared to indulge in the great America
love for fireworks. This Is to be 9 san
Jones' has his wa Se &e has issued
proclamation fixing the limit for in
. diligence in fireworks from am. unit
I midnight absolutely, and allowing -onl,
what he considers to be the "proper.
uso Of fireworks on public grounds
streets and vacant lots subject to pa
lice control. '-'f'- .-]..
- TO Prevent Casualt1ese. L.
: He forbids fireworks in alleys an
backyards, the use Of cannon. gums
t revolvers and other firearms, dynamit
n or cannon frecrackers, and placing ~, Q
9sSzzs ssv sss?a 1.s S Ss h9 az aud
Last year sixty-seven persons were r.
J. ported injured on the Fourth Of Jul
, in the twin cities by accidents cause
l., BY fireworks, and nine Of these wer
= permanently disfgured. In the Unite
y States forty:tw92 we're ens killed, 7oS u u
e s Sss s. s ganp sy snd
u BY toy pistols. Many deaths resulte
: later on from these injuries which lie
u to tetanus or lockjaw. The lacerate
y wound inflicted by fireworks is likely, t
y lead to infection caused by the carryin
= Of dirt likely to contain the tetanr
In spite Of all precautions there wi
~, - to bear in mind the suggestion of D
- P. NJ. Hall tho health officer, given
r. Sundays. Journal, that all wount
- should be carefully cleansed with 500
10 and water and kept open to the air III
n til properly dressed. treated with SON
IL antiseptic solution, if possible. A. 9
~ ~ luton Of carbolic acid with water is
~ simple and effective solution. ~
e-z% - The Catholic Picnic. N
"a To 90 into, particulars on the dt
=, - the union picnic Of the Catholic pa
q, ishes Of Minneapolis at Nelson's grow
IT. at Penn avenue and Ninth avenue
= which can be- reached both by the Pl
a mouth avenue and the Sixth avenue
Of cars, will be the most comprehend
+ event Of the day., in point of numb
- of people to be in, attendance T.
til total membership Of the, parishes
Mt $4,000, and 1t Is expected that full
q. one-half of this number will after
"a the picnic. Each Of tho sixteen ps
he ishes will have an open-air diningroo
AZ, "a at which dinner will be served from
at until 2 o'clock, and supper, beginni1
ev at S CLOCK. The edibles are contrib
~ ted by the Pensioners and IS cents
~ I to be charged for either dinner or su
til per, as rule. There will also be no,
Vi. ~ entertainments in large tent, DO
la afternoon and evening, for which
no admission Of Is cents is charged. = r
. proceeds are to 90 to the pro-cathed1
fund. <.5.Ea 4
For two days the large force of pe
pie have been at work upon the pre-
49, arations at the grove. Fifty tents q
~ in place, big grandstand has be
OF built and other arrangements effect
Ut for entertaining. E
The Voting Contest.