Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-05-26
LARGEST EXPOSITION OF THE
KIND EVER HELD IN STATE BE-
ING ARRANGED AT ARMoRY-
100 FIRMS REPRESENTED.
EXHIBIT WILL BE
OPENED MONDAY Pm.
SHREDDED WHEAT BISCUIT COM
PANY WILL HAVE IMMATURE
FACTORY IN oPERATlON-NU-
NERVOUS OTHER GOOD THINGS.

NERVOUS OTHER GOOD THINGS.
From Saturdays Daily
The pounding Of hammers, screetch-
ing of saws and the hum of countless
voices make veritable bedlam of
noise that greeted the visitor at the
new armory this morning. The cause
of all this unseemly sound is easily
accounted for upon entering the build
ing where all is hustle and hustle in
the effort to make the pure food show
of the Iowa State Retail Merchants
association an exhibition to be long re-
membered.
Opens Monday Afternoon.
AS this exhibition is scheduled to
open to the public Monday afternoon
and continue for the entire week, 1t
will readily be seen that in order for
the forty exhibitors to get their booths
decorated and hteir displays ar,
ranged it will be Herculean task.
The success of this task rests on
the efforts of the pure food committee
consisting Of Chairman Hallberg,
George Haw Jr, j. l.. Graham, ]. J.
Trenneman, Jerry Shea and Carl Nc
Elroy and John Rowe, as advisory as
sistants form the wholesale grocers.
This committee was greatly assisted
by George Hinshaw, secre>~ry of the
association who has been the busiest
man on the job for the past month and
to whom much credit rebounds.
Three Dozen Booths.
The sight that greets the visitor up
on entering the large auditorium of
the armory is one of great beauty,
transporting one as it were into a
vertiable fairyland in which crimped
paper, bunting and filmy draperies of
many hues hang in streamers and
festooned in the identifying of the
three dozen booths that are arranged
along the two sides and in the center
of the floor. Booths are also located
at the rear and in the front of the hall.
A main aisle leads from the entrance
at the right and left rides of the hall
while three cross aisles connect the
two main promenades. Electric
lights by the hundred are feature of
the decorations and lend charm to the
already beautiful scene. They are to
be seen in all colors and of different
sizes, clusters hanging from the domes
Of the booths and placed in the arches
and other conspicuous places.
Upon entering at the left side of the
room the first booth is that of the
Iowa Soap company of Burlington,
decked in crimped paper of pale yell
low and green, with many small
electrics. This booth is given to a
large display of soaps about seventy
varieties of toilet, bath and laundry
soaps and cosmetics arc tastefully ar
rayed in an artistic manner. This
booth was decorated by and will be in
charge of T. F. Daley, of Burlington
during the week
Hutchison's Booth.
Adjoining this and continuing along
the left side of the hall, is the double
booth of ]. G. Hutchison & Co., whole
sale grocers whose display has not
yet been completed. Next to the
Hutchinson stand is double. booth
used by G. o. Arnold Jewelry and
Music company. This firm has not
completed its exhibit at this time The
Peet Soap company of Kansas City has
very tastefully decorated booth
adjoining the Arnold stand. This firm
are large soap manufacturers and a
very pretty display of their package
goods consisting Of the various brands
of soap and washing powders they
manufacturer. The exhibit of the
Peet brothers will be in charge of their
advertising manager, w. D. Search
rist with Harry S. Boyle and D. E.
Church as assistants. Crimped paper
colored electrics and beautiful pictures
in profusion go to make this a beauti-
full display.
Crackers, Cakes, etc.
The last display on this side is
given over to the Crescent Macaroni
and Cracker company of Davenport
This is a prettily arranged exhibit
and many varieties of crackers, cakes
and macaroni products are displayed
in an artistic manner. The entire
southwest half of the rear of the aud
itorium is occupied by the Minnesota
Macaroni company of st. Paul, MINI.
This handsome exhibit will be
thorough in every detail giving an in
struction in Macaroni, Spaghetti and
Vemicelli products from the kernels
of the wheat, which is raised especial
ly for this company and is known as
the macaroni wheat, to the completion
of the very pallatable article of diet
made by this company. Egg noodles
are also one of this concerns products.
This exhibit is one of the neatest of
the many here and is the product of
the artistic ability of j. w. Moore, of
st. Paul, Mimi, who will remain in
charge of the exhibit being assisted by
demonstrators, Mrs. A. Thomas and
Mrs. Wells of Des Moines.
Three Good Exhibits.
The Fnling Electric company has