Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-10-12
Pure SHOW
| ACREAT SUCCESS
RETAIL MERCHANTS AssocIA-
TON PLEASED WITH RESULTS
OF EXPOSITION.
1000 PERSONS ATTEND
Banquet Features the Closing Evening
of the Exhibition at Which Many
Give Toasts-Was Well Handled
Throughout.

Give Toasts-Was Well Handled
| Throughout
With the closing of the doors and
turning out of the lights in the Ar
mory Saturday night, the pure food
and agricultural show under the aus
pieces of the Retail Merchants asso-
citation came to an end and it was a
success. Several thousand attended
| the show during the eight days of the
exhibition and most of the local gro
GERS have been made to feel the good
of holding such show.
! Numerous firms from out of the city
| were among the exhibitors at the
show, and all of these speak of the
exhibition as having been most sue
| cessful in all respects. and sound the
| highest praise for the manner in
which they were treated by the asso-
citation and the public. All did a good
business while here and leave the
1 city with an enlarged list of acquaint-
ances, and expressing a desire to
again visit Ottumwa.
| A banquet or spread in which all of
those who were engaged about the
show during the week took part, was
held in the lower section of the ar
mory before the opening Of the doors
for the evening exhibition. Sixty
seven plates were laid and the appetiz-
ing menu was made up of the various
pure foods on exhibition in the hall.
A feature of the banquet was the pro-
gram of toasts. Nearly every one pres
ent responded to toast at the call
of Toastmaster O'Hara Of the Borden
Milk Co.
i 1000 Attend Show.
The awarding of the prizes to the
winners in the contest of the Pacific
Coast Borax Co. took place at $50,
and the winners were announced. The
shows were attended during the eight
days by 1000 persons, all of whom
seemed delighted with the beauty of
the exposition and the treatment &C
corded them. The managers Of the
two departments of the show, Charles
Hallberg of the pure food, and George
Haw, Jr., of the agricultural display,
express themselves as we'll pleased
with the results, and the success of
the affair is largely due to these men.
Hold Banquet.
the closing evening, was the talk of
the show Saturday night, and it's sue
cess was due to the ingenuity of Mrs.
Al Thomas of Des Moines, who demon
strated for the Minnesota Maccaroni
Co. She was responsible for the ban
quet in which all of the exhibitors, 10.
took part w. E. O'Hara of the Borden
Il rr IA n
a merry lot Of toasts were responded
to by nearly everyone present Chief
among the speakers was Capt. J. G.
Hutchinson, who delivered a very
choice talk Of ten minutes, to the de-
light of all present. Following the re-
marks by Capt Hutchinson the follow
ing toasts were responded to by the
various demonstrators and their as.
sistants:
i Mrs. AL Thomas of the Minnesota
Maccaroni Co:
There are no goods, however fair,
With spaghetti can compare;
i 1t thrives alike in light and shade,
And always draws the best of trade. y
Il R. S. Overman of ]. G. Hutchison
4 Co.:
after the banquet in Armory hall.
We invite you to drink our Darlington
Hail."
J. T. Murphy, the &c man:
Early to bed and early to rise,
Eat &c Corn Flakes and be wise
Mrs. Maurice Polling Of the Polling
, Electric Co.;
"The streets would be dark and dreary
when the stars are all agloW.
But the electric light is glory for al
on foot below"
. Mrs. G. A. Kares, demonstration FOL
!. the Falcon Flour of the Merrill booth
: "See that your kitchen fire be bright
And your hands be neat and skilled
For the love of man Oft takes its
t fight
If his stomach be not well filed"
Miss Anna Deveny, demonstrate
Z for Mothers Oats:
Here's to Mothers Oats, and thu
. good locker
. Who demonstrated the Fireles
9 cooker"
!
Miss M. Beisterfeld, the Jell-o girl:
: Cello ice cream, the king Of dessert
} when made Alright,
The frozen delicacy of pure delight;
The exacting epicure with smiles ga
lore,
! Like Oliver Twist, will ask for more.
Z Charles Johnson, with John Morrel
& Co.;
t Cook discovered the north pole, bu
cooks everywhere the past wee
7 have discovered the superiority Q
MorrelIs products"
James Majors of the Tower Major
: Candy Co..
: pure Food is the word
n May you all take heed;
n Get busy
). It's Perfection Chocolates 20
need"