The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-06-18
DAYTON GREETED
LOCAL BOOSTERS
WITH CHEERING
Seven Hundred Strong the
Richmond Delegation In
yaded Gem City and Took
The Town by Storm.
WAS "vvRlGHT" KIND
ADVERTISING PLAN
Thousands Of People Who
Thronoed dayton Nv
Know Rich 'ond IS to i e
A Big Fall festival. II
4 BIG Auf oEL5aT'oN
AeouT FlFTY-slx MACHINES
WENT 70 CELEBRATION AND
TOOK PART IN TRIuMPHAL PA
RADE or THE ouAkERs.
(staff Correspondent

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Dayton, o., June 1S.-The right kind
Of boosting for the Richmond Fall
Festival for 1900 was done today.
Seven hundred local citizens went to
Dayton today. Incidentally they went
TO Join In celebrating the achieve
ments Of Wilbur and Orville Wright,
the great aeroplane builders and ope-
rators. Primarily they went to let
others know there is q Richmond in
Indiana and that 1t viii have fall
festival this year, and that 1t will be
some fall festival
Between 100 and 500 went on trac-
tion lines. The Pan Handle carried
ass on ons train. Fifty-six automo-
oiles took spectators and II 10 esti-
mated that tho total number Of Rich
xnond residents In Dayton today In
cluding those who went yesterday is
easily 700. Five traction cars loaded
TO tho steps left the city at about
O'Clock. These cars carried about 400.
The Carl were decorated with stream
ers advertising the fall festival. The
right o4 way over all other traffic was
given and the run to the Gem City
wac made without any lost time.
All Wore Badges.
Every man, woman and child in the
hAlexation was provided with q badge
hearing the inscription, We helped
raise the Wrights." The famous avia.
&ore were at one time residents OF
Richmond and the city is Justly proud
- their residence. All the men who
desired them were given walking
sticks to which were attached banners
and streamers.
Arriving at Dayton the traction par
" was Joined by about fifteen auto
mobiles from Richmond. ALI formed
u line and With the bugle corps and
Couer d Lion degree team In uniform
leading parade was made Of the
downtown districts. Through the court
Of honor the marchers passed up and
aown second, Third and Fourth street
WVhcrever they passed they were
aree4ed with applause and cheers. The
ldelogation was perhaps the largest
krom any one city that poured into
Dayton during the day.
.Rlchmond All Right"
so Drominent did the local crowd
become that whenever man passed
Through the crowd wearing q badge be
was greeted with the words You're
iii right. you're from Richmond" Al
ter the parade, the delegation dis
4banded and the remainder Of the day
Hhe Dayton management of the event
was we'll pleased by the local contin
9ent. The leaders received praise fol
the aggressiveness shown by Rich
Snond and the enterprise that induced
such . magnificent delegation to make
= trip Of forty miles just to help an
other city celebrate In honor of two o1
ots citizens.
It 10 believed the jaunt Of the Rich
lmondites to Dayton will prove q bis
ltem ii the advertising for the fal
Festival. The natives were out III
along the line OF forty miles and some
OF them never before had heard Of /
1au festival In this city There arr
bound 70 b some Of them there whe1
RichmouA has its big do and tn,
more the msrrier. The city did itsel
proud BY sending such representa-
tive body. It q probably the larges
crowd that eve, went from Richmond
IN week day visit another city.
Medals Presented.
Il didn't take q ,eral James Allen
chief of the army d inal corps, long I,
OreseoA to the Wright brothers. thi'
mos11ng. the medals authorised b.
congress. About MI he raid was. "Yo,
men have done someth 'pg for whicl
you deserve honor and fibute at th'
hands OF the nation. Alls \ mo on be
half of the President Of The Unite,
states and the people Of this countr.
20 present these medals" They wer'
snodsstly accepted BY the WriGhtl
With abhCsv1nked speechse
Tho state medal was presented b.
Governor Harmon ana the city medal,
~ Mayor Burkhart. The big event D
the day was the parade. industrial
bnilitary and civic this afternoon. I
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