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The Holly chieftain., 1909-04-16

The use of the gas engine on the
farm is growing more popular every
year. In the last two years $4,000 of
these motors were purchased by the
farmers, and the demand this year has
every indication of being greater.
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they scratched away laboriously Next
to them were snappy-looking young busi-
ness men operating typewriters, adding
machines and other appliances or the
modern business office.
Dulin & Martin had a very handsome
yellow and white car. Blackstone had
a mass of chrysanthemums for his deco
ration. L. II. Landwehr's car was COW
cred with golden rod and cedar leaves.
and Nine. Catherine had her car draped
with a solid bank OF ferns.
Haines' Department Store entered car
made into a tremendous cage of white
lattice work. with q green background.
Purple wistaria was used with splendid
effect for the floral part of the decora-
tons.
Woodward & Lothrop's four cars were
masterpieces of the decorators art. Their
first car was entirely draped with flags.
The other three were draped with white
and bore festoons and garands of flow
ers. cornucopias made of bark. bronze fig
ures of wood nymphs. and bore waving
palms. William F. Matteson's advertis-
ing car looked like a small moving forest.
Charles b. Althoff's car was covered with
pink roses. The American Truck Com
pany used oak leaves and pink flowers
to hide the mechanical parts OF an enor-
nous machine.
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rade and one that was admired by count
seemingly drawn by a great white swan.
1t was the idea of w. F. Matteson. LII
liam Millers car had tall mast above
the tonneau, and from 1t ran streamers of
flowers. The body Of the car was decked
thickly with dark green ferns. Arthur
&c. Moses entered a wonderful car made
into a tremendous hood of dahlias The
Auto Livery COmpany's exhibit was green
draped to the very roadway. In front
was an American eagle, formed of red
roses, and under a spacious canopy OF
thickly twined American beauties sat sew
eral real live American beauties, with
hats which resembled enormous red roses.
Another tremendous car was the white
gondola of Harry Wardman. 1t was
large enough to make two real gondolas,
and 1t carried real live Italian-loking
gondolier with sweep made of roses and
under the canopy of white was mando-
lin player The boat was built of dahlias
and seemed to sail upon a sea of green
leaves.
Not to be left out Of 1t, the junior class
of the Central High School was in line
with a pretty little car that seemed to
groan under the mass of blue and white.
The Federal Taxicab Company had ire
mendous float in which a young woman
represented the Goddess Of Liberty, ana
several other young women, m allegorlcai
costume added to the interest and beauty
of the event. G. G.. Hammers car toward
the front of the entries made by the busl-
ness houses was a neat little runabout on
which an office safe swathed in flowers
sat. Oak leaves and white roses mace
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judges followed, Mrs. Claude Swanson.
Commissioner Mcfarland, Mayor Philip
Breitmeyer of Detroit. Mayor Mahool of
Baltimore. First Assistant Postmaster
General Charles P. Grandfeld T. B.
| Spence drove their car. After them came
two cars carrying representatives of the
Washington newspapers. One car was
| loaned by Col. A. E. Randle and the
| other was furnished by Isaac Cans.
| A great big sightseeing auto with band
| followed. and then the long line of dusty
cars just in from the Munsey reliability
run took the front of the parade. The
| electric cars followed. Foremost was
the beautiful little bower of pink roses
golden rod car of w. B. McBurney. Mrs.
w. w. Chiswell's car, decorated with
ferns and chrysanthemums, drew ap-
plause all along the line. and after II
came a car decorated beautifully with
laurel leaves and red morning glories.
| It was entered by Mrs. Lester D. Moore.
| The division of gasoline cars was next
| in order. j. NJ. Dunn had entered car
simply covered with American flags: and
A. c. West. next in line, had flags and
laurel leaves draped In profusion all over
his machine. Car number % was that OF
j. 8. Former. 1t was q perfect forest
bower of oak leaves. over which thou
sands of asters and dahlias were strewn
so that nothing mechanical appeared. 8.
c. Briggs car was hidden completely
lowing it came a bright red display OF
salvia-the car of r. P. Andrews.
Some Pretty Effects.
One Of the great features Of the pa
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PERAZA'S WIDOW DEAD.
She Planned to Take Diplomats
Body Back to Venezuela.

Mrs. Perfecta Monagas de Bolet. widow
Of Gen. Nicanor Bolet Peraza, formerly
Venezuelan minister to the United States,
died yesterday at her home in New York.
Mrs. Bolet was the daughter of the late
Gen. Jose Gregorio Monagas. who was
President of Venezuela and the liberator
of the slaves in that country.
When Gen. Bolet Peraza died in this
city Castro was President Of Venezuela.
Because of the diplomats enmity to the
dictator 1t was impossible to take his
body to his country to be buried. He was
buried in Calvary cemetery. New York.
and his widow had planned to take the
body to Caracas the latter part of this
month or early in November, to be placed
in the Pantheon there. Mrs. Bolet leaves
three sons, Julio, Nicanor and Carlos c..
and one daughter, Mrs. Nestor Ponce de
Leon. who lives On Havana.
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Observation-Disclosures
TLoAT,k 7NNE.k OF SWEEP5TAI1
PREE-GfArBER Or6rrERcE
S1LvERBN%L

up the decorations. Joseph StraSburger
had entered float on which a little
queen held court with two little attend
ants. White and gold was the general
scheme of this float. The Terminal Taxi
cab Company's car was covered entirely
from the top to the bottom with laurel
and chrysanthemums, and carried a gold
en- harp aloft. And No. 40 was the baby
cara little automobile not much bigger
than a child's express wagon. 1t was
orchids.
Navy Yard Car.
Then came the great float of the navy
yard employees. Four rapid-flre guns at
the corners and a much larger gun in the
center were attended by several sailors
in spick and span blue. The men and
guns were high above the street, and all
stood upon a platform OF white and gold
with thousands of flowers mingling their
colors with the red, white and blue. The
Florists Club car, not entered for com
petition, was a mass of golden wreaths
and green leaves. j. G. Meinbergs entry
was a moving bower of pink roses. The
Coca Cola Company had simple decora.
ton Of purple, but tremendously eff.
fective one. A real live goddess in q
purple shell seemed'to drive the car along
at the wave of her wand.
The Potomac Electric Power Com.
pany added to the parade the brigh,
idea of having what seemed to be the
porch Of a house move along slowly. The
lattice work was pure white and was well
decked with flowers, top and sides. On
the porch sat a happy family of little
girls, with their dollies and their nurse
Electric lights scarcely larger than 9
hickory nut twinkled among the flowers
The next twelve cars were the green and
white entries of Shannon & Luchs. They
were led by green and white car in the
tonneau of which was a little white
house.
The Washington Post had an enormou'
hemisphere of white, on which was 6
map of half tho world done In yellow
chrysanthemums. The e. ]. Murph,
Company had a green and red car.
Goddess Presides.
An intricate picture was that presented
by the Draughon Business College. Th'
goddess Of wisdom sat on a high COLDER
throne. At her feet were two minor god
dresses, and they seemed to gaze at {
scene before them which represented TIT
advance of science as applied to business
methods. On one side of the platform o.
the float were several quaint-looking fig
ures, looking very much like the wood
cuts of an old counting house clerica
force. With Quill pens and parchment
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VIZ nATrE.5 (5EcoND Ph1zC)
GASolnE CAR dA5s- TIM rRmSBuRGEn0 Cup

THE PRIZE WINNERS
SWEEPSTAKES PRIZE
NATURAL FLOWERS ONLY
SseS1 ns e NAo0oA' supply sn Ne"
Third mahogany music cabinet Grosan BrosPope Automobile Com
prizeo Goodyear Rubber Companies C. Briggs
Eth P P o n ssds
COMMERCIAL VEHICLE CLASS
Floral Decorations, Design or Not
First prize
Second p.e cf Ram Sons Raaae f 1 Company
Rubber CompanyJoph
sixth
AGDECoRATED CARS.
@ SHE'D E @ E 1 b
FIN Prize e
ELECTRIC CARS.
Woman Drivers, Flowers Only
s s PRIZE msh saa ~ns
MeBurney.
s GASOLINE CARS
Handsomest Decoration - Z
wsshinston Post s cuR7Auts . hEsTy Company
FSnrh Hre o one tire ne Fisk Rubber
UNIQUE CAR.
Prize set Of rhmos
delivery
ELECTRIC CARS.
Driven by only-Handsomest Floral Decorations
First prize Co.'S cupW w n Shswes: ~ 1.. ,, .
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,,,. :, the bowers of roses. chrysan-
themrrns dahlias. asters, iaufei' uan
leaves. ferns and a multltuue VI Td
nowers and greens that no one Wuhu y.
hu"w thew were automobiles. cars tha'
, sn4w trrned themselves into shapes as tan
tsstic as any fairy story couio .sn w.. W;
cars that but day or two ago Were p y;
main. ordinary touring cars WIN ~
cense behind and disagIeeau. 1or hnafs
eondoias. miniature forests, huge masses
81 white perhaps with little fairy KINGS
and queens perehed high upon soiue.
thrones and-but it Is Impossible W oe
scribe them all.
Business House Floats.
Then there were the cars entered py
.ha hus,ness houses of the city, some OF
them rivaling the beauties OF the prNate
oors II was in this class that the grea'
aoats were seen, bearing clever aliegorles
and pictures made up of real people. the
tive money and skill shown in this ar
raw from Washington merchants deserve
OH tho praise the crowds expressed yes
,ardav afternoon-and there was plenty OF
praise. So big and so grand ana Sc
ppretty and novel and surprising were the
foats and the cars IN TINS class 'n rsnindeG
htr,seif that those enormous masses OF
rnsas or those very pretty living pictures
~ those wonderfully decorated bowers o.
beauty were just 80 many s;s cases u o''
livery wagon metamorpnosis.
IVA so they bowled down the avenue
,,,i.h shouting and delighted thousands
on each side. Near John Marsnali piaoe
the Judges dropped out OF me anu s re- re.
viewed the cars as they 'uf"eu W. LAX
run back to the eHipse.
Review on Potomac Park.
When at last. the end car had beer
| reviewed on this first lap of the parade
the Judges jumped into their car anc
| scooted wildly by short cuts through the
southwestern part Of the city to Potomac
| Park. where a more formal review Was
| held. Followed by two cars with news
oaper reporters as passengers. the judges
car broke the speed limit law every lncf
Of the way, on this short cut, and more
| than one policeman started to stop 1t
hut one of the judges was Commissioner
| Macfar,and. The warming cry OF the
! policeman would die. and In its place
would be born the smile of recognition
There could be no prettier sight mar
| that from the judges car as the parade
grew into view upon the roadway OF 70
tomac Park. There was at that time JUS
| a faint suspicion of haze, and at mrs
| the long line of floats ana cars seemed
slow moving and Enthusiastically arranged
caravan; then. in few moments, the
va rious cars could be dtstinguished-i'
seemed a full mile Of them. They rar
slowly ND to the car In which the judges
were. Mrs. Claude Swanson. Mayor Ma
hool, First Assistant Postmaster Genera
Grandf,eId. Mayor Breitmeyer of Detroit
and Commissioner mcfarland, who were
honored with the enormous task OF award,
| ing thirty-six prizes, gave every car ane
| everys man. woman and child In the pa
| rade smiles of welcome that only such ar
automobile load Of officials could give
| Each machine stopped in front OF the
| judges. each driver .saluted and each
name and number was checked of, while
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All Washington Out to
Witness Illumination

Never was the great broad thoroughfare
more closely crowded with happy, ex-
pectant humanity than it was last night
when Washington poured out to witness
the illumination of Pennsylvania avenue.
the final feature of the Washington
Chamber of Commerce automobile floral
parade. Young and old came the folks
from all corners of the District and even
beyond. laughing looking and sauntering
along. while along the wide driveway fit
ted hundreds of automobiles OF all sizes.
types and descriptions. Not in many
years has the Avenue had so many horses
and carriages to show by comparison the
move OF progress in vehicle locomotion.
For brief period following the parade
In the afternoon many went to their
homes to rest and get ready for the night.
while thousands of others crowded into
the cafes for refreshment. not willing to
risk the chance of losing any part of the
gay festivities.
At S:15 O'Clock, down by the Peace Mon
ument, the glare of the red fire began 10
break forth, and in short while blazing
torches spread from the Capitol to the
Treasury Department, literally burning
up the pale light of big round moon
that sent its golden glory from a cloud
less sky of twinkling stars.
Electric Displays.
Added to this was the illumination OF
the electric lights of the theater fronts
and many of the stores which were made
to shine more brightly for the occasion.
With very rare exceptions there was no
attempt on the part of the automobiIists
to illuminate their cars other than with
the conventional lights fore and aft, and.
in some instances, the usual sidelights,
and many of the cars were without dec
grafton of any kind. But now and then
one ca the beautifully adorned floats that
graced the parade would glide along and
the crowd would press farther and farther
out toward the middle of the street to
l'catch glimpse of its beauty.
Joy Rides Popular. =,
AS the evening wore on one after an
other of the automobiles sought the free
dom of the clearer roadways, and Joy rides
on the avenues and side streets of one OF
the most perfect cities In the world for
automobiing were many and more or
less hilarious. The red lights on the Ave-
nue. burned brilliantly throughout the
evening. and about II O'Clock when the
last of the tired crowds was vending its
way homeward some OF the lights were
still pickering in their sockets with piles
of red embers still glowing on the pave
| ment. The Chamber of Commerce has
reason to feel proud, eminently proud, OF
| its efforts to give the Capital city its
| first great automobile floral parade and
evening carnival.
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The Concluding Features.

The Concluding Features.
AS the parade made off up the driveway
to the west Of the little bandstand there
was an effect exactly opposite to that
created when the pageant came into view
through the little haze The first cars,
away off In the distance seemed to blur
together in soft. nondescript color. while
the nearer cars shone and sparkled with
the brilliance of the afternoon sun.
In that way 1t ended: Every one waved
goodbye to those near at hand. Every
one shouted something to the judges and
the judges waved back and smiled. And
scramble to beat the other fellow out of
Potomac Park and get home in time for
dinner. and talk, and down town again to
see the lights and. II possible, to hear who
won the prizes.
Just before he left his post Of duty as a
judge, Commissioner Mcfarland said to
the newspaper men about him:
Wasn't 1t a fine parade? 1t was a great
one. ! think. and Washington ought to be
proud of 1t and the men who are RESPONSE
BILE. Now. let us have homecoming week.
before we forget how fine this parade
was"
Committees in Charge.
The committee of the Chamber Of Com
| merce who arranged every detail of the
parade was made up of Isaac Cans, chair
man: Henry L. West. vice chairman; H.
| B. F. Mcfarland. Maj. w. " Judson,
William F. Guide, ]. H. Small Joseph
Strasburger, e. c. Graham. D. j. Gala
han, Cuno H. Rudolph, Scott c. Bone, A.
| d. Marks. Arthur Newmeyer, j. Whit
HERON r rs; w ;,,; Meeks; James F. Oyster,
| srly, 7. 3: Spence, Fred W. Miller. Will
| liam E. Shannon. Allen D. Albert F. 8.
! Hight. A. %. Randle, Harry Rapley, E. D.
Shaw, F. P. May, w. s. Knox. ri. c. G.
stiles. a; G; Moses. George H. Gall,
| Charles E. Miller. E. s. Brashears Thorn
Galliher. T. c. Dulin. w. s. Corby, A.
| L. Sinclair, Julian Brylawski.
Another committee raised the money
which was needed: W: +. eaiiIher Was
a vise e ehar aas Harry
Wickle. Adam Weschler. d. J. Kaufman.
HI. c. Bergheimer, S. Kann, F. P. Nav
T. c: Dulin. Washington Topham Otto
Luebkert. Phil King. A. D. Prince, Jo-
Brownley. R. B.. Caverly. Bernard Bird
| get. A. Brylawski. George w. Spier. F.
| L. SiddOns Meyer Cohen, w. G. Carter.
J. NJ. Hoge, H. B. Leary and w s.
| Corby
The judges were Mrs. Claude Swanson.
wife Of Gov Swanson; Mayor Philip
| Breitmeyer of Detroit. Mayor Mahool of
! Baltimore, Charles p Grandfeld, first as
sistant postmaster general. and Commits
| sioner H. B. F. mcfarland.
Occupants Of Cars.
| In the first cars were Marshal D. West,
grand marshal: j. NJ. Stoddard. deputy
marshal; Isaac Cans, chairman of the
committee: William F. GUIDE. president of
the Chamber of Commerce: Capt. James
F.. Oyster Commissioner West, d. J. Cal
lahan. w. T. Galliher. Maj. Sylvester. The
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the last scrutinizing examination was
made Of the decorations and the general
effect
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Occupants Of Cars.

In the first cars were Marshal D. West,
grand marshal: ]. NJ. Stoddard. deputy
marshal: Isaac Cans chairman of the
committee: William F. GUIDE. president of
the Chamber of Commerce.: Capt. James
F.. Oyster Commissioner West, d. J. Cal
lahan, w. T. Galliher, Maj. Sylvester. The
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-08-27
REUNION OF THE CIVIL WAR
VETERANS.

The annual reunion of the Associa
tion of Minnesota Civil War Veterans
will be held during the Minnesota
state fair week, Sept. II, on the fair
grounds at 2 80 O'Clock, Wednesday,
Sept 8, and all comrades wearing the
regular Grand Army badge (from
whatever state they serve), or their
Minnesota Regimental association
badge of 1909, (not the &. A. R.
button), will be admitted free from IL
o clock Doon until 2p. m. on that day,
at the gate on Smelling avenue, near
the Administration building. The
veterans are advised to leave the car
at Smelling avenue and go one block
north to the flag.
In issuing this invitation, the state
fair officers respectfully request all
comrades to meet in the grove at the
building at 2 O clock
and march in a body to the place of
meeting. The column will be led by
one of the state fair bands, the
Morgan G. A. r. Drum Corps of
Minneapolis, and the veterans Of the
old First Minnesota. Following the
regular business of the meeting, the
comrades will be addressed by Hon. B.
F. Nelson, president of the Minnesota
State Agricultural Society, and other
speakers.
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WAS FOUND GUILTY.

Martin Fleischhacker of Pierz was
found guilty of threatening to beat and
kill Jos. Hartman, also of Pierz. in
Justice Gerrltz's court Thursday
morning, and was required to give
S1OO bonds tor the security of peace
during the time of one month, and the
costs of the case In the sum of $14.25
were assessed against him.
Flieschhacker, who is tenant of
Jos. Hartman on the latter's farm, it
as alleged would not allow Mr.. Hart
man to step on the farm to inspect 1t,
and threatened him great harm if he
dared to take step on it. Defendant
pleaded not guilty; but witnesses
testified otherwise.
Defendants lease of the farm ex-
pires in a month or two and it was
thought that by causing him to give
bonds for the month, matters could
be attended to properly without com.
plalnant being in danger of bodily
harm.
Defendant failed to furnish the
required bond and has been in.
carcerated in the county jail until
such time as he can do so.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-08-27
SCHOOLS OPEN SEPT. 6
Many Changes in Person
mel Of this Years
Teaching Corps

The Little Falls city schools will
open for the year on Monday,
September 6. Supt. White states that
the first day only organization will
take place, and the school dismissed
for the balance of the day. There
will be many changes in the teaching
corps from last year. the Lincoln
school to have an entire new set.
The corps for 1909-10 are as follows
HIGH SCHOOL.
Principal. and Math, Mabel j. Olsen
English, Alice Nj. Lancaster His.
tory, Maude Porter; Latin and Ger.
man, Gala NJ. Kendall; Sclence,
Arthur Hoffman.
= CENTRAL GRADES.
Beginning, Letltia Raymond; ad.
vanced first. Lanra E. Richard
second. Jennie Nelson; third, Hazel
Carroll; fourth, Tressa MCCLELLAN
fifth. Marguerite Hoard; seventh,
Martha l.. Swift.
COLUMBIA GRADES.
Beginning and advanced first, Pearl
Longley; second and third, Edith
Perkins; fourth and fifth, Grace
Brockway; sixth and seventh, Eta
Shinnabarger; eighth, Ann MCCLELLAN.
HAWTHORNE GRADES.
Beginning, Ina Powell advanced
first, Grace Hinckley; second Ethel
Fisher; third, Adelaide Lewis; fourth
and fifth, Ethel Du1yee; sixth, Clara
Belanger; eighth Annie I. Axtell.
LINCOLN GRADES.
Beginning, Carol Quickstad ad-
vanced first Lydia Conley; second
Gertrude Coleman; third Guida
Erickson; fourth Cecilia Corey; fifth
Ina Frennette; sixth and seventh
Helen B. Shove.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-08-27
A GOOD WINDOW DISPLAY.

The Little Falls Hardware company
has display that is very appropriate
at this time. A dummy dressed in
full hunting regalia seated in a boat
with all the necessary supplies, even
the bart at his command, takes up
the space in the display window. The
boat is made of wrapping paper. 1t
was thought at first that it really was
one of our nlmrods who is generally
out a little before the season opens,
preparing for the slaughter.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1909-08-27
BUYS BUCKMAN BIIs1NESS

BUYS BUCKMAN BUSINESS.
Royalton Banner: A large business
deal was closed at Buckman yesterday,
whereby Nick and Peter Mueller of
this place took over tho stock and
fixtures of the F. Mischke saloon and
general store
The Mueller brothers are reliable
business men and will doubtless make
grand success of the venture. They
will take possession today. We under
stand that the consideration was about
$12, 900.