The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-10-07
THIRTY THOUSAND
PEOPLE SEE GREAT
INDUSTRIAL PARADE
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cakes. Zwissler's bakery had three
wagons, the Pacific Express Company
1.-TWO and the Brumley transfer COM
lpany one.
/ Fifteen Of the prize winning horses
passed by in quick succession. The
George J. Knollenbsrg grocery COM
pany and the Schwegman meat market
displays followed. Schwegman had
four wagons and an OK cart in line.
Korsen and Taube, liverymen, had
three rigs. Henry Deuker's grocery
two. The Bee Hive grocery was rep
resented by an immense hive.
/ Another section was headed by the
Musicians Union band. Redman to-
bacco, Bulla's barber shop and the
Morning News were represented by
carriages and stanhopes. Robert John
son and party of children in pony
cart made pleasing presentation. The
displays Of the Indiana Loan company,
o. X. Krone Tailoring company and
Sullivan Transfer company were appro-
pirate. The Ross Drug company had a
large camera as part of their display.
1t was about ten feet in length. The
interior of the Westcott hotel barber
shop, operated by Web Pyle was rep
resented by one of the most novel
and barber in the act of shaving a
man. He was really doing it-actually
removing the whiskers with lather and
razor. Prospective customers were
seated about.
The Seaney & Brown Hardware
company was represented by stove
display. There wes a Florence stove
in operation and the heat that was
radiated could be felt all about the
wagon. The Brown & Darnell COM
pany had an auto arranged to display
the company's wares. The Seidell
Buggy company was represented by it's
output. The Jones Hardware company
had five wagons. The first showed
heating and baking stoves in operation.
The cook had just removed a quantity
of nicely Drowned bread from the oven.
Another wagon displayed vehicles and
harness, another agricultural imple-
ments, a fourth a sample of the Ell
wood fence forming a pig pen and en-
closing live pig. The last wagon
was manure spreader.
Upon the wagon of Mrs. c. A.
Brehm, milliner. was group of mil
linery girls busy about their work. The
central figure in the display of Kibbey
Il Co. was Chalk" Johnson, a young
gentleman of color, wearing a spanking
clean white shirt with the lower por-
ton unrestrained. The Hoosier store
was represented by a party of boys in
a coach and the Bartel Manufacturing
company by float with figures repre-
sentative of the different lines of gar
ments manufactured by this concern.
Probably the neatest and prettiest
baum store. 1t represented a scene
from Fairyland. Five little girls
dressed in white appeared as fairies.
They carried their wands and wore
golden crowns. The rear of the float
was formed by canopy of white cloth
and tinsel. Expressions of rapture
were heard on every side as this wag-
on passed.
The Emmons Tailoring company, Ell
rod Shirt company, Dennis X Thomas
Tailoring company, o. e. Dickinson
company. w. F. Brown, Grothaus Fur
niture company, Alonzo Girton and
Rooney Furniture company were rep
resented in an appropriate manner On
the Hassenbusch float was a miniature
house surrounded by household fur
nishings. The Durham Furniture
company's wagons carried household
furniture and baby cabs.
The real for sure water wagon rolled
along and hauling it was the Lancas
ter prize winning team. 1t was the
street sprinkler. The B. F. Morris
moving vans were there as were also q
wagon and automobile carrying the
employees o the city light plant and q
quantity of material for construction
work. Another detachment of prize
winning horses interrupted the Wagon
display. The Commons stock farm
was represented by several harness
horses and rigs.
The New Phillips theater was repre-
sented by wagon with advertise
ments. The Y. Nj. c. A. float was one
of the best in the parade. 1t showed {
gymnasium scene with four young mer
practicing gymnastics. Doan & klut,
and Harry Downing & Son were eacl
represented by their beautiful privat,
ambulances. Theodore Woodhurst wa.
represented by three wagons. TIL,
Monibak Coffee company had a cleve
float. The Indian Refining compan,
was represented by one of its tanl
wagons. There were four Adams Elk
press company wagons. in one of which
was small safe guarded by an ex
press messenger. heavily armed. DR.
Lee c. Hoover had a small wagon OF
which was mounted the skeleton of
horse,
The Palladium float was one which
was well received all along the line
1t showed printing shop of the yea
1881, when the Palladium was estab
lished. Two men in quaint costume
operated an old Washington han,
press, one the few remaining in thi
section of the country A printe
worked busily on his case. Four news
boys dressed as printers devils distri