The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-07-03
Independence Day TO Be Cele-
brated Monday.
There Will Be No Lack of En-.
tertainment That Day.
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II VINEWOOD PARK
The Daylight Fireworks and
MarshalI's Band.
Races at Fair Grounds and Pic
MICS at Garfield Park.

Not with the old spirit of combustion
and noise, which the late John Adams
advocated as a fitting method of cele-
brating the various anniversaries of the
Independence of the thirteen colonies,
but with the newer and modern idea OF
having a good time without jeopardiz-
ing life and limb, Independence Day
will be fttingly observed in Topeka next
Monday, the day of rejoicing having
been postponed a day on account of
the regular anniversary date falling on
Sunday.
There will be plenty of noise at that.
You can't squelch the kids entirely, but
Chief Eaton and his defenders of the
peace will work towards the prevention
OF anything in the fireworks hne that
tinges OF the dangerous. Cannon
crackers of unusual lengths and ex-
plosiveS which are dangerous to public
safety will be tabooed. But the harm
less sort of fireworks such as the min
iature crackers. the pin wheel Roman
candles, skyrockets and the like, will
be tolerated and even enjoyed.
The various methods of making
noise won't appease all Topeka, and
the adult population will be searching
for methods Of showing their patriotism
and general satisfaction over the re-
suits growing out of the late revolu-
ton with the mother country.
There will be two chief centers of
interest during the day-Vinewood park
and the fair grounds. There will be
10 baseball attraction in the city on
that day, the first time since Topeka's
advent into the professional game that
the town has been without a profess
sionaI encounter in the great national
pastime.
At Vinewood Park.
At vinewood park the chief items of
interest will be enacted during the en-
tire day. The ddea of the management
good time. but to permit of none of the
hoodlum effects of a celebration EV-
erything at the park will be carried
out along strict safe and sane plans.
In the forenoon there will be the old
fashioned events which are character
istic only of a Fourth of July, such
as boat, tun, sack, wheelbarrow and
potato races, besides many of the old
freak adjuncts of a Fourth OF July eel
ebration. Prizes will be awarded both
to the most polished and the least de-
fcient along in these athletic events
If you can call them that.
One of the real treats for the Vine
wood patrons will he found in the af-
ternoon-Which is something elaborate,
and new and novel in Topeka as well
as in the west. This treat will be some
daylight fireworks, which will be fired
during the afternoon. for the edihca-
ton of the public and at the expense
of the park proprietors. MarshaIls band
will be on hand and will perform with
some patriotic arts and marshall
music.
In the evening some of the more
familiar 1rework effect will be shot
off and this display will be an elaborate |
one, the most elaborate to be seen any
where his side of the Mississippi river. |
The evening program will also contain |
g. number of other specials-the chief |
of which will be the illumination of the |
lagoon. Dancing will be the attraction
in the pavilion.
Plenty of car service will be offered |
during the entire day, and special care |
viii be taken of special family parties.
The management is planning on ac- |
history of the park and all the facili- |
ties for travel between the city and the
park will be adequate for handling the
pleasures seekers and ceIebrators.
AT Fair Grounds.
At the fair grounds, business will
be brisk during the afternoon. The
retail bicycle dealers of the city have
completed arrangements for an ex-
tensive programme of bicycle events
which will be sure to draw a large
patronage. A big parade will start
parade any sort of vehicle OF con-
is eligible to participate, with
the single exception that no vehicle
will be allowed which is pulled by a
horse. Mules are not exempted ac-
cording to the stipulations, but it is
not supposed that any will take part. |
Trick wheels, the old fashioned high
rage before the Introduction of the
modern "safeties.' will be in the
parade and it will be an imposing
parade. A prize will be offered for
the best looking wheel in the race.
In the afternoon races will be the
into prizes for the events. The fol-